Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-06-05

William Peterson, aged % died III New
Castle Pa, on thursday night, from wounds
received Ill Il quarrel three weeks ago. A
man named Kelly Is under arrest, but protests
that he did not intlct the injuries
An auction sale OF recently imported Jersey
cattle, lneludlng IL cows and 4 calves, in Bal
timore yesterday brought S5.5I3 The
highest price was 55l0 for Primrose Lady
None Of the COWS were more than two years
Old
The Garfield Memorial Hospital in Wash.
in6ton WAS dedicated Friday. The lev.
Mr. Butler Of the Lutheran Memorial
Church, oillciated, and Justice Miller OF the
Supreme Court, delivered au address. The
hospital will be opened for patients in about
two weeks.
Hoopers building 81 South,Gay street, Ijal-
timore tumblud down Friday afternoon
under the weight OF cotton stored in 1t. Eight
bodies have been discovered III the rulus, but
| up to I O'Clock last evening only two Lad
been got out. The building was a substantial
| one, hve stories high, with heavy brick walls
| and d bluestoue front but 1t stood upon
'hlled i'll ground, on what Was formerly the
river shore
The Protestant Episcopal Conference OF
the diocese of Maryland Friday adjourned
until October, having found 1t impossible,
after two days balloting, to elect Il bishop.
The last ballot taken yesterday the 18th OF
the session-resuted AZ follows DIR. Leeds
Il votes Bishop Elliott, 35; Dr. Ecclestou.
lS scattering, IL. resolution WAS offered
changing the canon OF the church
which requires two-thirds vote to elect d
bishop. After long debate its further con
sideration was postponed until the secOnG
Wednesday i'll October, when the convention
will reasscmble.
The trial Of $. d. Hall, at Christiansburg
Va, fol the murder Of c a. Bowyer,l III 1870
resulted Friday III n verdict of murder il
the first degree A new trial was refused
and Hall was sentenced to be hanged ol
August Sth. The murder was the result of
teud' Bowyer, who was land owner. solt
Hall small tract of land They quarrellel
over the transfer and Hall waylaid and sho
Bowyer in lonely place i'll the woods
womap and child who We're passing witncsse
the crime. The murderer He'd to North Care
lima and escaped arrest for ii years. He wa
at last captured while secretly visiting hi
, father.
On the 28th OF April the sailing brig Coz
fedorate Of llarbOr Grace, with IL men o
board, was caught i'll the ice in Notre Dam
, bay, newfoundland, and thrown completed
on the iioe, where at last accounts she wi
J lying on her side with her yardarms on Ii
Ice. On the 10th inst. five OF her crew yolui
. teered to go to the land, 20 miles distant. au
2 report tuc SITUATION htlet great rlsk the
reached Iwllllngate and boarded the steam,
Hercules which arrived at st. Johns la
evening. They report all TIE provisions c
the vessel consumed except the bread. and q
the fuel exhausted. There is frozen ocea
D OF ice all around, and as the ship thus bes
now drifting out to sea, there is danger
the whole crew being starved to death
r powerful sealing steamship will be at one
q sent from st. John to the rescue. The cal
: tam Of the steamer Hercules reports ice
4 the eastward Of Notrc Dame bay a. far IA Il
eve can reach. and nnumerabls icnhergs.