Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-12-04

lux us bulDhbubs Dh LhhthUAJ SbANN |
A. blsok spot in straw stack, and
killed an unknown man who was hidden
there.
A soopious rain fell Friday in Vir-
ginia, terminating the long drouth which
has prevailed in that state east Of the
The water supply Of Peters
burg, which had been greatly diminished
Ia replsnished by the downpour.
]. Seymour Hall, owner OF the Cleve.
land mine, committed suicide at Mount
Holy Cross, Colcrado,o on Thursday night.
He wSs only 80 years OF age. Business
troubles and unfavorable developments
in the mine are supposed to have caused
the deed.
Matthew MeCsnnon has been arrested
10 New York for horrible brutality TO his |
wife. On Thanksgiving night 10 put out |
her eyes with q shqemaker's aWl because |
she Represented him for getting drunk and |
leaving her on sieh bed alone all day.
In Boston, the Thanksgiving exercises
at the pspiientiary were made notable by
the pardon Of Kern Rieney, sentenced
ior life May 2lst, 1868, for the fatal stab
bling al West Roxbury of Thomas a.
Clsary. Rigney was "a years old when
sentenced.
j. II. BARLEY Of Atlanta, commercial |
traveller for Deere, Narsen Il Co., OF 81 |
Louis, committed euicide Thursday IN |
Little Rock, as the result Of protraoted |
spree. He was author Of q book Oh
political economy, which attracted some |
notice about two years ago.
A number OF persons at Emporia, Kan.
20 unnnauan the |
southern border Of the state, to join with
others in another attempt to make 5
settlement In Oklahoma, in the Indian
Territory. II Is undersiood that con-
certsd raid will bs made about the LIST
proxlmo.
At z O'Clock Friday evening one Of the
hoppsrs al Straitsville, Ohio, was set on
fire and Q crowd of men refused TO let the
flames BIS extinguished. Finally one de-
terinined man rushed in and WAS followed
by others who put out the fire, although
pistol shots were fired to intimidate them.
In Chester, Warren county, New York,
William Barss was enticed to the door Of
his house, Wednesday night week by being
told that relative was sick. As he
opened the door he was ssizsd by two
masked robbers, who placed pistols to
his head and robbed him Of his gold
watch and 81, 500 in money which he
had in the house.
The treasury department decides in q
letter to the collector Of customs at Phil
adelphis, that WOODEN or worsted yarns
cut in lengths for the purpose Of knitting
into mats, are dutiAble under the pro-
vision for yarns in schedule <. The fact
that they are cut in unusual Ter & his does
not remove them from the category Of
yarns.
An excursion Of several hundred bust
pess men Of New York, Philadelphia and
, Baltimore will visit the New orleant
! Exposition on the 9Th Of January next,
} The object is to gain information In re
! gard too the commercial resources Of tn,
+ south, and the prospects Of opening III
new avenues Of trade with that section
and Mexico.
4 The Middletown National Bank o
Mjddletowp, New York, failed Friday
: It's failure is attributed to the conduct o
u its president, Thomas King, who aocepte,
large drafts, without security, iror
a Benz amin D. Brown, an Indianapoli
0 grain dealer. Brown has made an al
q signment. 1t is said that the banks de
Y posi,ors will lose nothing,
= Herman Linde, the Shakespeare
= reader, while looking through th
= Polytechnic Art Gallery at Lonisyill,
! tound painting which he bought Of II
) owner for 800, ant which, he says,
;. RembrAndt's celebrated ''Slaughtsr
:, :, the Ipnocents," for which connoisseui
a have been searching for years. How II
y picture, If 1t be Rembrandt, got
Louisville Ia unknown.
ar In Richmond, ViFginia,s ThanksgiviI
,e supper was given by the Union Dem
oe cratic Club, Of which an English pin
an pudding, weighing 219 pounds, vi
Of served. Fifteen dollars was paid by a
hi enthusiastic citizen for It's privilege
ne cutting the first piece, weighing
r. pounds, representing the electoral vote
az Virginia, to be sent to Governor Cley
"a land. mite boxss were distribute
% about the table, and a large amount
n. money was contributed for the poor OF q
De city.
I'd special dispatch from New Yo
relates the following horrible occurrence
to Joseph Edwards, retired merchant, "
is visited Thursday by his dissoluts a.
IA seapsgFsos son, Chsrlte, WIN demand
a. money, ard, upon being reiused rush
IL upon his fisher with drawn knife. T
Ter old man drew revolver and fred just
tai his other son, Harry, sprang to
on assistance, aud the ball from the pis
80. struck Harry, iphioting fatal wour
Of Charles fed, and the old man ia neal
lily crazy over his terrible miehap.
N, Charies T. Goodwin, aged 81 years,
| Al. n .nlr 4, N
'sS orsoker manufacturers of Nav York,
In his home about 2 80 O'Clock Fiii
ara morning in ft OF mania, uttering 1
ne ribie cries His wife and some neighbl
", pursued him uneucosssfully, and At
EN- o'clock HE mangled body was found NJ
III tie railroad track at Port Chester. II
ne supposed Mr. Goodwin's frenzy v
ca, caused by the recent failure of his FL
~ ~ Professor Goodwin Smith, chairman
~ the Combined City Charities Of Toron
nst has bsen authorized TO wait upon
70 Provincial aud Dominion authori iet
Inc urge the stoppage OF paupsr immigrant
~. Several immigrants recently arrived
~ Toronto penuiless, and are now bar
upon the city. II is said they were
, duoed 10 come by promises Of work M
them by the representatives OF stei
~ ship company which gave them pass
* at reduced rates
led, A posse in pursuit Of the gang '
robbed Shelters jewelry store, in B
for Evansville, near Lancaster, Pa, overt
and them on Saturday afternoon, on the e
~ OF swamp, The robbers were fou
numbsr-"Abs" BuzzRrd, "JOe" l
card, and two others. They wsre f
rs. upon, and finally, "Joe'' being s9pa.S
seis from the otheTs, was captured AID rs
ONE TO the Lancaster jSil. The other robl
Ren- esesped,
If a DR.. +. DeCsstro committed suicide
tito shooting himself in the head in hott
ord NswAk, Nav jersey, Sunday afternt
pirg He vas native of Italy, and sbou
bIu yesrs of age. He came TO this oOul
IRE, several years ago and was married
the Chicago. H. was an interpreter in VI
the iugton during President Gsrfsld's
TO Iainistfstion. Letters were left by
the indicating that he had contemplated
| IS destruction for SONS time, sad that
kles, mind was affected.
and Joseph ". williams, employed Oh
men Washington monument az Washing
the narrowly escaped death on Friday
ge," &c was standing on one OF the in
You sosffOlds near the top OF the shaft, "
7. he lost his balance and fell off. Luol
and however, the sic We OF his coat cAugh
only large nail which projected from sno
Jpu- soaffold about 10 feet below, and theT
! are hung suspended until rescued by
lams fellow wnrkmen. Had the rail given
'usly or torn through hts sleeve. he would
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