Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-04-03

Two hundred mules are renortad -
have been killed by buffalo gna,s nsas
Grenada, Mississippi, within tbs lsst a.
hours. ~
1t Is stated that more than | .5oo
murders were committed In the IJn;tsd
States last year, while during the sama
period the number Of legal executions
was only 80.
During the gale on Saturday night. the
schooner Sea Bird was oapszsd off Sim
Sing, New York and Captain John Cronk
and Frank Baker, sean On, were drowned
Samuel REGISTER, president Of the old
board Of Baltimore fte commiasiona,a
WAS acquitted in the criminal court Mon
day OF violation Of city ordinance,
This ends these cases.
The village Of Oakville, bet, a.u
Muuoie and New Castle, Indiana "a
reported to have been DESTROYED bv n
tornado Tuesday afternoon. Several
persons are said to have been killed.
An epidemic Of measles has brok on on,
in the jail at Atlanta, and four Unittd
States prisoners have died since Mordav
evening. The remainder, almost 20 in
number, will be discharged to dsy on
suspended sentences. There are 20 oss.s
In the hospital.
On Monday night a masked mob n.
Dallas, North Carolina, took a colored
man named Erwin MCCULLOUGH from ia;l
and hanged him to n tree. Abouts . sek
ago Mccullough shot and killed Thomas
Wilson, a prominent young man, without
provocation.
The Baltimore city council In Joint
convention Monday confirmed the nomi.
nation of John Il. Hunter and Messrs
Kirk and Preston as members of the naw
fire commission. The name Of Mr.. Pres.
ton was sent to the council several tim.a
before he was confirmed.
Frank Elliott, colored, committed ,
felonious assanlt upon the daughter Of
gentleman In York county, N G., Tues
day morning. He was arrested and taken
to Rock Hill for trial As he WAS being
taken to Jail the officers were over.
powered by citizens, and Elliot. was
hanged to tree.
The supreme court Of Illinois has de-
cided 10 favor of the validity Of the tlUU
licenses granted TO faloon keepers IN
Chicago Just before the Harper slate law
went into effect. Had the ordinance
authorizing the granting Of the 800
licenses been declared invalid over
100000, it l. estimated, would have
been gained by the treasury.
The mayor of Andersonville, Georgia,
telegraphed to Savannah late on sstur.
day night for 1000 pounds OF ammuni.
ton, to be used in quelling negro up
rising supposed to be imminent. A com.
munist emissary had besn urgirg the
! negroes to massacre the whites and seize
their property.
The schooner Magic Of Gloucester,
, Mass, which sailed for Georges Bank
/ five weeks ago, has not been heard Of
] siuos, and Ia given up for Lost. She had
/ IL men on board. Stree the August gale,
seven months ago, IL vessels have been
0 lost from Gloucester, with all their crews
This, with the losses overheard and ON
dories, makes total loss OF 249 men, who
leave 50 widows and 1874 orphans.
A party OF II persons, including three
? bostmen, arrived at Kingston, Ontario
, Monday, after having spent all nigh
upon the Toe, between that city and
Wolfe Island, and suffered intensely from
= the cold. The party left the Island q
$50 O'Clock on Sunday afternoon In TIVE
!. bos,a. Their progress was impede6 by
the rottenness OF the ice, through which
= the boats frequently crushed. A furiou
wind storm added to the sutferings OF thu
:. party, who spent most OF the tint
!. iouudering in the water or amid iCt
u foes, and all were frost bitten.
4 The charges made against the R4v
n George NJ. Peck, one OF the Oldest mem
"a bers OF the Wyoming Methodist Confer
a enoe, by his sister, Mrs. NJ Helen Crane
. we're considered by the conference, al
= Scranton, Pa, Monday, and Mr.. Peck
was exorerateG and restored to full re-
!. iationship. Dir. Peck was charged by hi
~ sister with unbrotherly conduct and dis
!, honesty In his action as executor Of til
estate of the late Rev. DR.. George Peck
:, their father who died at Scranton in tn
"a spring of 1876 DR., Peck, who was on
- OF the hest known members of his demon
II instiop, lett his property, including
:, valuable trait OF coal land, in tqui
~ shares to his four children. His son, IL
! Rev. George II. Peck, has been the NAL
!; aging executor of the estate.
.r Captain Baker OF the revenue cult,
q George s. Boutwell,, lying at Savannah
!, Georgia, received Instruction. on Supds
10 to proceed immediately to Key West, as
administering expedition was fitting out {
IS that point, ard that revenue cutters tro'
=. Mobile aud Charleston would BIZ ord'r
10 to the sam4 place. A telegram from Ke
% West says; "No facts are known hel
a concerning the reported flibua;erio
" expedition against Cuba. The rpOr'
al are regarded AS mere rnmors. ldierSiea
to With Collector Wicker, Uuitnd STATE
ID District Attorney Patterson ard the con
Or mander OF the revenue cutter Dix, sho
al that uens If these officers kow snYtAip
OF shout such an expedition, except iy ii
i'd timstion received from the uuitl.
IN would le impossible Ter an expedition
A. organize here secretly "