Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-09-06
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE EIRST DECENT SUNDAY IN
HICEED DODGE CITY.


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of coIored Military Companies
All the its-ssving stations on tbs at
lautio and gulf coasts we're opened on
Saturday for ths season, which will close
on the lat Of May next
Thera was riot in Tarrstewn, N Y
or Saturday night in which So psisons
were engaged, and duriug which bst~een
80 and 40 were more or less wounded.
The police we're powerless.
John Connellv, a watcbman in the
| Treasury Department at Washington,
committed suicide by shooting himself in
one of the vaults on Saturday evening.
Family trouble' was the cause.
Samuel Basden, a Chesapeake bay
| sailor, WAS suffocsted to death by the es-
cape OF gas in room in Baltimore on
Saturday night. woman who occupied
the same room remained insensible last
night.
Colonel May on Saturday informed the
authorities at Port Townsend, Washing
ton Territory, that he had seen boat
containing ~ Cinnamon pass 0rcss
Island, on its way to the Territory.
| Other Residents along that part OF the
| Chinsmen into the United States.
An unknown man having burglar
| iously entered 8 New York boarding
house on Saturday night, stabbed the
cock, Mrs. Vennard, in a fight with her
| aud two other women. The police came
afterwsrd and searched the house. While
they, searched the desperate walked ont
through the next house and escaped.
The Home for Destitute Children of
Ney York City, built at Mount Lorstto,
near Princess Bay, Staten Island, by the
Rev. Father John C. Drumgoole, was
dedicated Sunday. Archbishop Cor
rigan otiiciated, and he also confirmed
$50 boys. The home will accommodate
1000 boys and about 600 will be placed
there next month.
AT Dodge City, Kansas, Sunday,
"for the first time in the history of Dodge
City, there was sslnblanee OF Sunday,
all business houses, saloons, dance halls
and gambling bells being closed" The
decent Dodge citizens are rejoicing at the
change, willie many of the disreputable
men and women are leaving the place.
The United Press Association reports
that the Bankers s, Msrcnants' Tele.
graph Company has bought out the
American Rapid Company. The New
York Times said, yesterday, that negotia-
tiors for consolidation of the two COM
panies We're in progress, but had not been
contaminated. If the two companies are
consolidated, they will make up system
reaching most Of the principal cities east
of the Mississippi.
Samuel Logan, 'a plasterer, was
| arrested by two men AZ his home, in New
YORK, Oh 3 charge of larceny. They said
they would take him to police head
quarters. His wife subsequently was
unable to find him there or at any station
house. 1t was eventually discovered that
he had been arrested on groundless
charge by private detectives and had
been taken TO the Stevens House instead
OF being lodged in jail. Logan was dis
charged on Saturday by Justice Donohue.
A train on the Long Island railroad
which left Rockaway for Hunters Point
sunday evening, WAS stopped on curve
near Springfield station to put of per-
son who had retuaed TO pay fare. While
standing on the curve train from Long
Beach ran into the Rockawsy train,
wIeekipg the two rear cars, the engine
anu first car of the Long BBsch train being
| slsc demolished. Two men were killed
and several Passengers severely injured,
Two freight trains on the Western
Maryland railroad GOllided near Balti-
more early Sunday morning. William
Abell, 2 brakeman, was killed, and
Joseph Dorsey, 2 cattle drover, was
fatally injured He died last evening.
a fireman usuled Fleieh vas injured, but
rot dangerously. Oae Of tie trains was
detained by E hot bog, aud it was during
the detention that the collision occurred.
a eorUner's jury last night attributed the
disaster to gross negligence.
Sunday morning sbout 3 O'Clock the
polidF made raid on q poker room at Id
Smithfsld strael, Pittsburg, where
crowd ol negroes were gaming. There
was Tegu.sr payi1 aud one of the poker
players, l4al4s4 Spencer, leapsd from a
window four toEie5 above the pavement
and was fatally crushed. He died this
evening, n-y,r having recovered con-
sciousness. : rle OF the police had to
hold others ct the frightened negroes to
keep them from leaping from the rear
windows. Twenty five were captured.
There was an attempt on Saturday, at
Marshall, Texas, to organize q military
company under one Gregory, q negro,
claiming to have authority from the
| AdjutantGeueral Of the State. The
blacks, 100 strong, met in the private
resideuoe OF Henry Jones, ool4ed, but
| were waited on by committee Of white
citizens and notified TO disband, as they
were disturbing the peaoe and quiet of
the community. The muster showed that
Gregory had received a dollar from each
member. He was made TO refund the
money and told to leave town. A COM
mittee was appointed TO see him off. Sill
man, the oolored captain, was given 10
inmates TO go and was furnished an
escort. at a meeting of citizens reso-
lution was passed requesting the
Adjuaut General to revoke the authority
of Gregory and prevent him going to
other counties 10 impose on negroes for
his own beueht and organize companies
to disturb the peaceful relations between
the white aud black races.
During The abseaos of his father and
mother few days ago Willie Reno,
boy aged II, was lett in charge OF the
house, about four miles from New Castle,
Pa six children were playing together
in the timber, When Willie went to the
rear door of the house ana was confronted
by masked burg who was descending
the Stare from an upper room. The man
took fight dropping scme money he had
in his hand. Willie hastily got q
gun, but having to load, the
thief was too tar oil to be hit
by the load thst was sent after him. The
money dropped py the thief was only pant
Of what had heen stolen, ard Mr.. Reno
went to Now Css.l TO secure the aid OF
the police. Willie he WAS absent two
masked burglars met the boy in the field,
where he was working, and fred at him
as he retEsated hastily 10 the house. The
lad found there the son of peighbor,
and the two arming themselves with guns,
overlook the two men, who fred their re-
yolvers at the boys, who returned the
fire, and it is believed one OF the burglars
was hit.
Sylvester Knott, well-to-do farmer of
Erie county, Pa, attended q salvation
army meeting some months ago, and has
since been derauged. For two weeks, re.
gardless Of the weather, he wandered up
and down the banks of Lake Erie, de-
, claiming to ali he met upon the horrors
of The Judgment day. Saturday morning
, ne planted large cross in the woods,
) upon which to cruelty his S,yesr old son,
/ believing the boy would De tormented in
hell hereafter unless he died the death
OF msukird's Rsdsemer. He raised the
poor little fellow to the CROSS and had
driven large nail through one of his