Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-03-13
IN EN-. ERdL.

The floods on the lower Mississinn, A..
still increasing, and the prospect "a Tho,
the inundation Of last year will Nv
renewed. 'e
prairie fire near Kinsley, Missonr,
on Monday, destroyed numbss ~,
ranches and dwellings, and burned
woman to death.
jacob N. Hsrnish, 25 years of 40.
committed suicide by shooting himss,,,
Monday morning In West Lsmns,a,
township, Lancaster county, penna. ~,
WAS subject to fits of melancholia NC
Peter Sohmitz, contractor ri,
choked his wife to death In Chio.naV
about 10 days ago, committed snieiSl
Mon Jay in his cell in the oou,tv iun
by strangling himself with cord. jan
xiWoodstook station, a village N mill,
south OF Leadville, Colorado, wss nys,
whelmed by an avalance on Monas,
night. Seventeen pereons were bnriai
Two OF whom-Women-bavs le.n e',
ont severely injured. wv
The greatest blizzard OF the season i.
raging in the northwest. Travel ana
business are suspended throuphon,
Minnesota and Dakota, the people keenins
indoors. Snowdrit!s 20 feet deem a,'
reported near ST. Vincent.
Nathan p. Pratt, ex.treasnra, nj =,
Reading, Massachusetts ssvings banb
VINO was indicted for embaz,lin,
100000 Of its funds in 1879, was Mous
day sentenced to four years' imnri.o,,
ment at hard labor. Pratt ia "A v.as,
old, and pending the proceedings wa
confined in Jail for five years.
A telegraph messenger bow Vivipy a..
name of James Riley was found bS ,lo
police in the streets OF Nsw Yo,k EARL
Tuesday morning raving maniac. liz
Kept continually crying out "a am Bntts.
the boy detective" His fti.nds cnrId
not be found, and he was taken to tho
hospital. The surgeon at the hospit,I
says hls brain was turned by reading
dime novels.
! A telegram from Topeka, Kansas. Saw
that Major Sims returned On Sunday from
the district infected by the foot and
mouth disease. The district iufae,ad
which is about IS miles in area, ia now
, rigidly Guaranteed and everye Hort will b4
! made to stamp out the disease. |. ia nro.
posed TO buy all the diseased cattle KIN
them end burn their bodies. The e1,Ia
: are reported to be healthy In every e,hsr
i part OF Kansas.
A dog fight for 81, 500 and gate money
took place Friday near Negtown.
N. Y. The cogs were Belcher of Nav
York, and Danger of Boston. Over 300
persons paid $40 each for admission Ia
= the pit. The fight lasted an hour and a
\ i ha1 no rafa la
Danger, who was dying when brought to
the scratch the last time, having terrible
wounds in his throat and both foreegs
being broken. Bslcher turned tai
though showing but few marks.
!. A dispatch from Birming am, Alabama
;. says that arrangements have been made
!. to consolidate the Pratt Coal and Iron
!, Company, the Alice Furnace Compsp,
a and the Linn Iron Company into on,
n organization, with $3,000,000 capital
!. 1t ID said the property ofthe new oompsp,
"a Will be the most extensive coal and irol
n property in the United States, comprsin,
l0O, 600 acres of coal and iron lands, sol
I. coke oyens, two blast furnaces, with
"a capacity OF 100 tous. Several rev
"a furnaces will be built.
- The second branch of the city oounui
a Of Baltimore Monday evening passed til
d ordinance creating paid commission Q
n three to manage the fire department, a
10 1t came from the first branch. 1t nov
N goes to the mayor, upon whose reeommet
90 dation it was introduced. The Ordiuauc
,e abolishes the office of fire marshal. Til
q eight Republican and Fusion members
10 the first branch, who left the chamber q
r. February 18th before the Ordinauc
10 passed that body, will, 1t ia said, return
" as the measure has been finally dispose
s. OF by the city council.
in Tuesday night, while the baggas masts
ID at the union depot, Chattanooga Tenn,
N YVES arranging his trunks, he cam
ss ACROSS a soap box addressed to r.
in Wallace, Clinton, Tenn, from which
% horrible stencil arose. On removing tn
el top he WAS Mortified to discover the d,
of composing remains of white man, who's
in head was shockingly mutilated I'll
to remains were packed in lime, and sppet
an TO have been jammed into the box. 1t
d. not known how 1t cams on the premise
and is thought that it will lead to Il
discovery of terrible murder.
Maggie Harvey, who was bound al
gagged and Other wise ill-trested at Slos
" Flats, New York, on Satnrd ~ night
the negro Jesse Williams, was report
D. Tuesday night to be dying, After leavil
r.. court Tuesday Miss Harvey becaI
OF Frustrated from nervous shock. Medic
at aid WAS summoned, but she rapidly grt
be worse, until her symptoms assumed {
ne alarming form. Coroner Martin was se
90 for to take her ante-mortem ststemtn
sd but on reaehing the house he found h
or delirious and unable to speak. III
al physicians in attendance aay that the
; ID very little hope of her recovery, as h
or nervous system hiss been complete
o. shattered.
fs A special from Monroe, Ls, says 20
'c- thursday night last john Rodgers al
be wife, aged respectively 70 and 81 year
ne were murdered, II is supposed, by Jol
Ill Mullican and John Clark at their hon
p near Cadeville, The bodies were not ID
~ covered until Saturday, when pos
Do started in pursuit of the murderers. II
TO men named had taken lodging for Il
Va night at Rodgers house, and, II is asi'
g. while the old couple were sitting by u
tn fire, shot and instantly killed boil, I'll
e object of the double murder was ~
"a IDENTIFY robbery, as the place shows tbi
'lf it had been ransacked, but the mu
az derers failed to find the unfOrtnna
so couples money, as it was concealed IN
q mattress. The men made good the
escape on stolen horses"
ne The Blissville, Long Island, spoC
,Ia uttered it's last ghostly cry at 10 O'clot
oa on Monday night, At that hour NJ
~ John Flsherty, whose father first heal
VI the sound. left Lanrsl Hill for his hon
:. At Blissviile. When half way down Il
10 road he heard the "0h, hos comlI
=, from behind large tree short distsn
=, 81 n trent of him He drew his revolV
b. and ordered the ghost to suffend'
no or he would skill 1t dead
The spock at once threw up his han
aud exclaimed, "Don't shoot, boss
the ghcstl" Flaherty at once recogniz
The voice of Rollins johnson, the neg
e. barber Of Laurel Hat He demanded
,y explanation. and johnson said
9olly, Boss Flaherty, Pun bad lots Of IN
amt 7" Mr.. Flaherty thought dine
ha entity, aud after giving Johnson ihrssi
he ing, and getting pledge that he won
II, not continue his midnight prowlpl
n around Laurel Hill or Blissville III u
"a failure, sent him home.
y Lost in Washington Territory.
"a SPoKAN FALLS W. 4 March lO-Fes'
"a exist here for the safety OF IL men WI