Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-05-22
IN GENERAL.
Governor McRnery Of Louisisn. w..
ipstAlled Monday "ab

installed Monday. was
The Louisiana legislature Tno.,.
elected James b. Eustis Unitad sauay S,"y
senator 70 succeed Benjamin 7. Jonas.
During thunder storm in Pstsrsbr,s
va, on Sunday night, Alice Jones' wss
killed BY lightning and her mother was
stunned. was
The corner stone Of the New York c.n
Ger Hospital, at Eighth avenue and ona
hundred -apd-six, street waa Is,d 90
saturday afternoon The building ia tbs
gift Of John J. Aslor. 'n'
Daniel T. Donovan, 20 ye.rs NJ a..
was sentenced in New York Mondsvto
imprisonment in the peniteptiArv TO- l,to
Tor killing bartender named Josanb
Rainer, In January last.
The railroad commissioners have do.
cided to grant the petition OF the Bslt.
more Ohio Telegraph Company for In.
cations Tor polls and wires pom th. linz
OF the Now York x New England rail
road. 'A'i'
By the fire in Panama on the 9th nj,
~ buildings were DESTROYED, and the lnos
la estimated at 100000 puring M tts
progies Of the flames a drunken mol,
dsfed the military and police and nlnn
dsred right and left.
SIR John Macdonald has writtan
letter TO the Montreal Board OF Trad
Offering to receive deputation of tbs
latter In Ottawa this week to discuss ths
subject OF abolishirg tolls on all Tho
canals In the dominion.
Alexander White, a creamery operator.
OF Grand Rapids, Mich commjttad
suicide Monday, at his mothers r,s.
denoe, In Chepapgo county, New York.
He had lost about $l25 900 in Wall
street. He was 46 years of age.
| The Pspachoag mill, in Worces,sr
Mass, WIS burn, d Thursday nipht .Loss
$l6O,OO0. Nineteen operstiyea wa,.,
severely injured or burned in trying Ia
escape from the building, and several Of
them are not expected to recover.
The New York & Harlem Railroad Com.
pany's repair shops at One Hundred and
Seventy-second street and Fourth avenue.
New York, were burned Sunday, with
three passenger oars and three locomo.
tives. The loss is estimated at $2OO, 900.
In the criminal court at Baltimore.
Monday, Judge Brown charged the
grand jury that pool selling WAS contrary
to law, and charged that body "to inquire
into violations Of the law against gam.
bling, and see that its provisions are en-.
forced"
A boiler In the Pennsylvania railroad
shops st Ninth avenue and Twelfth
street, Altoona, burst yesterday week
dsmolishing the building, struc-
ture 75 by 200 feet, killing Hayden
o'HAra, and injuring six others, one
severely.
The Brie County Savings Bank Of Rrie,
Pa, suspended Menday morning. Its
capital Is $3.50, 900, It's liabilities about
1850, 900. Its president is said to have
been speoulAting In oil. He has left
Erie. The stockholders Of the bank are
wealthy.
The dwelling Of George Peters, at shar.
bot Lake, near Kingston, Ontario, was
burned early Monday morning. Peters,
his year-old daughter, and young
woman, named Brigdon, were burned to
, death. Miss Peters, aged 20, is believed
to be fatally burned.
, John Biggs and Ellen Fsrrier eloped
from Greenbrier, West Virgia, on last
Thursday evening. They were pursued
, by the father and brother Of the girl As
they were crossing the river In boats q
! struggle ensued, resulting in Biggs' boat
oapsizing. The brother swan ashore with
his sister, but the father and Biggs were
, drowned. Biggs' body has been recovered.
8 The railroad rate war at Denver ia be-
3 lieved to be at an end, the Santa Fe and
: burlington officials having restored rates.
Wednesday Twas the most exciting in
railroad circles OF any on record. The
Santa Fe office employed a brass band as
! an advertisement, and at the other Offices
chromos and cigars were thrown in to
: buyers of tickets. The lowest rate
!. touched WAS $40 to New York"
I Monroe Grey, finding his wife and viii.
:. liam Deitoh together, near Columbia,
Illinois, on Friday morning, shot both oi
them dead, and then gave himself up tc
: the authorities. Deitch was wealthy
, farmer, Monroe a poor man who rented {
farm from him. Deitoh's reputation wa
. similar to those which caused the assassin
alton OF Lord Letrim in the north o
Ireland few years ago.
Early Sunday morning Boxey Bray
a and William Hendershott, notorious
n characters of Lawrenoeville, Pa, wert
!, shot and mortally wounded by police
. man named MoAleese. The two ruitisnt
10 were trying to abdu3t German girl
Policemen English and McAleese inter
!, fered, and were set upon by the rufliant
v and their friepds, when McAleese fired il
5 self defense. L. is feared the policemen
,f are injured internally,
II The stock holders OF the Bankers and
y Merchants Telegraph Company Of Bslti
more met on Saturday evening and
10 elected the following directors: Anthony
d W Dimuck Of New York, Robert Turuer,
"a Francis p. Stevens, ]. g Case, Bentley
n s, Glib, &. s Mott and William A. Dunn.
It The following officers were unanimously
,e elected President, Anthony W. Dimock
Vice President, Robert Turner Score
, tary and Treasurer, j. e. Case General
:, Superintendent, q. s. Mott Attorney,
y Francis p. Stevens.
Of A waterspout on Saturday washed
r away the track of the Missouri Pacific
io and Union Pacific railroads sOuth aud
a. west of Lsaven worth, Ksnsas. On the
IN former road $50 feet were washed away,
and seven cars loaded with cattle, and an
:, engine tender went into the river
~ Seventy cattle were killed. In some
=, places the water was from to feel
:, deep. On the Union Pacific hail fell TO a
, depth OF z inches. Three quarters Of =
T. mile of track and a bridge we're carried
4, away. All trains were delayed.
ia The will of Cyrus Il. Mccormick wal
( probat ID Monday in Chicago. Th'
/. estate amounts to $l0,00u,0OO, and ID
~ d ,vised in trus. to his widow for hVt
r ears At the 9, of said time she ia to
,i receive one fifth and his three sons All
two ttughters the remainder. II e,thei
No. II the children marries before the e&pl
10 10 ration NJ five years, hs or she is to re-
AZ oe;ve $l00, 900 in earnest OF the smoun'
q ally btqu4Rthed. The trustee Is per
D. nitied to make such charitable donation:
m as in har Judgment the teststor would
IL make II alive.
40 The Fish Cultural Association, In ses
il sion at Washington, djourned Thurdsay
10 after adopting resolution deo'afius
of that this society most earnestly recon-
"a mends the adoption Of the principle o'
O. individual ownership OF oyster gronnds,
that the oyster culturist may possess .ne i
M surety OF gathering the results OF hls
10 labors, and II is likewise the opinion o.
oI the society that an investigation OF sii
70 70 the conditions affecting the lille OF lIs
es oystar Ia eminently desirable and shouiu
ID be Immediately undertaken"
The triennial meeting of the General
I'd Society Of the Cincinnati, in session ~
u Pri ,ceton, N. j., Thu sisy e'eoted 1h'
IN \, 70 owing officers President deneia,