Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-09-13


was in progress. He notified the sherig
but before the latter arrived, the thieves
had disappeared.
At a caucus of the Republican stats
Senators in Harrisburg Tuesday safters
noon, it was resolved that twenty. ona
Senators shall he present on every Tues.
day and then Immediately adjourn In
Friday. Then meet on Friday and al.
journ to Tuesday, and neither make
speeches themselves nor allow any To be
made by others, nor entertain any promo
stion or resolution whatever, Nina
senators are to be relieved alternately Ia
20 home or do with themselves az they ssa
proper. Twenty mine senators are 10 bs
present on Thursday, the 18th, to finally
pass the Appropriation bill.
The posthumous confession of Clarence
lIite, the youngest of the James gang
who died last February, has been pu5.
lished. Hite's account OF the movements
of the gang during his connection with IL
corresponds in all essential partioulara
with Liddel's story and corrOborates in
detail Liddells testimony at Gallatin
duplicating Frank James in the Winston
robbery. 1t also reoounts Franks mar.
ticipation in the Blue Cut robbery as told
by Liddell, and for which James ia vet Ia
be tried. Charlie Ford took part In the
Blue Cut robbery and Is expected to
testify, as also will Liddell, when that
case is heard.
Rev. Father Siddons, Secretary to Car.
dinal Manning, Monday, had an inter
view in Ottawa with Mr.. Lowe, Secretary
Of the Dominion Department OF Agricui.
nj In rafa.r 20, In.
children from Ireland. Father Siddops
asked the Government to allow a sam Der
| capita for every child sent out under the
Cardinals direction. Mr.. Lowe, 1t Ia IN.
derstood, said that So per capita would in
all probability be allowed. Six hundred
children have already, through the exer
tions OF Cardinal Manning and his score.
tary, fonnd homes in Canada this season.
Senators Dawes, Logan and Cameron,
OF the committee to cons lt with the
| Sioux Indians relative to the opening Of
their reservation to settlement, arrived in
Chicago yesterday, on their return. They
| said "nothing was deiinii ely settled, and
| that they found certain white men in
that part of the country had advised the
| Indians to hold fast to their reservations,
| as by so doing they could force the
Government to pay a larger price than ia
now proposed. As consequence the
chiefs were very non committal on sub.
| jects about which the committee WAS em,
| powered to talk"
| The schooner Restless Of Lunenburg,
was lowed into Darlington, N. S, Mon
day evening, having been picked up at
sea without living human being on
board. The Restless sailed from Lunen.
burg several weeks ago, on fishing trip,
| aud had on board crew of nine men.
When found, the bodies of four drowned
fishermen were found in the cabin, which
was fall of water, but there were no signs
of the five others. The other members of
the crew are supposed to have taken to
the boats, but it ia hardly thought posi-
BILE they could have survived such
violent tempest as they had apparently
| met.
Additional reports Of the damage done
by the recent heavy frosts in the West
aud Northwest have been received. They
are rather conflicting, but the damage
done to corn throughout the entire belt
will not, il is believed reach 10 per cent,
although in few localities II is estimated
AS high as 80 per cent. The damage to
garden vegetables and to buckwheat is
very great. The loss to the cucumber
interest alone in Milwaukee county, Wis
oonsin, is estimated at $4,000. The
frost in northern New York was severe
on Sunday night. The loss to farmers In
| Niagara and Chemung counties is esti-
mated at more than 100000
Monday morning Edward D. Cowap,
city editor of the Leadyille, COL, Heraia.
/ MI al hxr
OF that city. The parties were discussing
local politics, when Joy took exception to
a remark of Cowan's, knocked him down,
and with drawn revolver kept the crowd
at bay while he jumped on Cowan's face
with his heavy boots and kicked and
stamped him until almost unrecogniza-
bic. He will probably die. Joy has es-
capped to the mountains. Cowan is we'll
known in the West as a brilliant yonng
writer, and bears an excellent character.
joy Ia notorious bully, keeps low dive
and is absolutely devoid OF character.
Rnss Hall, a young man living near
Rocky Mount, N. c., on Wednesday week
parted from Miss Fannie Hopkins, a
beautiful girl, his hetrothed wife. The
enssgement was broken for come trivial
cause. On Saturday evening, as the
lady and young man were walking
together, they We're seen by Hall, who,
cra2ed by jealousy, skunk out of sight
INTO the woods, He cut heavy club
aud followed the couple. When they
arrived at Miss Hopkins house the
young man lett her near the gate Sud
Ieh4y Hail rushed upon her aud felled
her TO the ground with his club fractur-
ins hsr skull and otherwise lnjurng her.
! naI nit =.
appeals seemed only TO iniuriate him the
more, and he only ceased 10 beat her
When she was unable to cry any longer.
SIZE will die. HALL has fled.
The $50 immigrants brought over from
Europe by the missionaries OF the Nor.
mon Church who arrived gu SUNDAY in
the Nevada were Landed at Castle Garden
Monday As is the custom of the
agents OF the Utah Saints when bapd OF
Recruits arriyea at New York, tho flock
was J+aiously guarded from Geutile con-
tSm'3@iioo' Tie party WIS kept to-
Hr'h7r On the siia bf the rotupda at
'hH" uArden, H''t Conversation with
Ei'H'r5 and on '"rs was strenuOuely
discouraged. At o',llok in the altar
nooh party was put on board the
n.'e fe'l'"af hSrers aud taken to lsr.ty
| ultE' WILL ~ IL wa transferred to cars in
Tire muiRrAI train Fourteen rars
"'f" All"'rf ~ tie pr sslytas, wl.u de-
| 9Friei ~ q. II We YARD way al Il ntr o,,
'hfS WI arrive iu Utah on N mdsy
""$ oIr Of the women, instead Of
i",t o. 10 Utah, topped with relatives
=" PHILADELPHIA
A New Orleans li-psteh reports 3 duel,
'' IN day m'Sht, which f,r is durs ion
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