Delta chief., 1884-10-15

John II. Mclean, proprietor OF the
Cincinnati Enquirer, was married in Washing
ton on the 7th to Miss Emily T. Bealc, the
daughter of General Edward +. Beale.
What was supposed to be the chicken
pox by the people Of Brookiugs, Dakota, is
now pronounced to be smallpox, and is spread
ing through the country in that vicinity.
Al Coolidge, Kansas, Mrs. Dempsey
was shot and killed, while lying III in bed, by
her drunken husband, who had been on pro-
lopged spree. Dempsey is under arrest.
The administrator of the estate of
Elizabeth R. Beach, of Boston, claims $50, 900
damages from the steamship company for the
loss of that lady on the City of Columbus.
The stove-molders' strike at Pitts
burg, Pennsylvania, which began nine months
ago, has ended, and the strikers are individu-
ally seeking work, at the reduction of Is per
cent.
In the fire at the royal palace at
Christiansborg, Denmark. Iten soldiers lost
their lives. The damage was very extensive.
A: number Of valuable works OF art were de-
stroyed.
The unskilled laborers in Oliver Bros.
& Phillips mill at Pittsburg decided to strike
against q reduction in wages. The mill will be
compelled to close, and 5000 idle men will be
the result.
Late Chinese arrivals at San Francis
co are claiming American citizenship under the
ruling Of Judge Field that those Chinese who
were born in this country are entitled to such
privilege.
The Union Pacific earnings for Au-
gust were 81, 43o, 900, or az oo0 more than last
year. The eIpenses for the same month show
August, 1883.
Great excitement was created al Troy,
Indiana, by finding the headless body OF Mr..
Hcndershot in cistcrn and the severed head
In some bushes. Her husband and two sons
were arrested.
Three white men, with their drago.
man are reported In the hands Of the Arabs
near the scene Of the recent disaster on the
Nile. II is supposed that Colonel Stewart and
his friends are the men.
While gang Of workmen were de-
molirhing an old building, near New Haven,
Connecticut, they discovered number OF un-
derground passages, and found some counter
fei. oncy. The house bad bad reputation.
Charler w. Butler. was hanged at
Fort Wayne, Indiana, on The 10th, for killing
his wife, September 90, 1ss3. Buffers father
Is q wealthy physician OF Columbus, Ohio, and
money was freely and valnly spent TO save his
life.
The Grand Opera House at Bethle-
hem, Pennsylvania, burned on the 7th. The
arcmen rescued n number Of barrels OF liquor
from the building and drank freely. One
drunken fireman received n fall, breaking his
back.
Tho Pennsylvania Railway Company
has notified the Baltimore & Ohio that, after
October IL, It will be deprived OF the privilege
OF running Its trains over the tracks Of the
former company between Baltimore and New
York.
A party Of boys who went camping
ket which George Turner discharged into the
crowd, killing Earnest Gibson, aged 10 years,
and woundlng James Livingstone.
A collision on the Union Pacific at
E!khorn Cut, near Omaha, between freight
train and light express, killed George Cham
berlain, an engineer, and q. W. Sheldon,
fireman. Richard Norris, another fireman, lost
both legs.
An immense storage warehouse at
No. 1917 Brown street, Philadelphia, burned.
Many families had furniture stored there dur
ing their absence for the summer. Loss 900
900, insurance $4,000. A number OF dwell
ings were wrecked byifalling walls.
James Graves, n member of New
York jewelry firm, with his wife, attempted TO
get into New York from the steamer America
with 10000 worth Of unset diamonds and
failed. He fell in faint when the Inspector
persisted In making close examination.
After a Republican parade in San
Francisco Lieutenanant Crosby, OF one Of the
uniformed companies, reproved Eugene Nc
Csrthy for his intoxicated condition. McCar-
thy answered with five shots, wounding two
boys and killing Crosby On the nfth shot.