Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-12-29
NEWS SUMMARY.
EXPLOsIOH or DYNAMITE.KILL.
ED WHILE TAKING A DRIMK
OF WHISKY, ETC, ETC.

A package containing fifty. eight
cartridges OF dynamite and q lot OF
giant powder, also quantity of match.
e. arranged 30 that they could be east
" ignited, WAS found on Friday BY a
tIAck.Walker near the outer rail of the
New Jersey Central Railroad, near
Wsstneld. 1t is believed that the in.
teInal machine was placed close to the
track for the purpose Of blowing up a
train.
In tho Supreme Court, at Cam bridge,
Massachusetts,, on Saturday, the Jury
In the case of the will of Mrs. Valeria
Stone returned verdict to the effect
that the will was drawn In proper
shape, and that Mrs. Stone was of sound
mind. On the question OF undue In.
f1uenCe over Mrs. Stone on the part Of
the Rev. DIR. Wilcox, one of the ex-
ecutors, the jury disagreed, standing
six to six.
A heavy fog yesterday almost entire
~ suspended navigation In New York
harbor: The only mishap reported was
the collision ofa ferry boat with .
steamer which was at anchor off
Governors Island. The ferry boat was
badly damaged In her upper works.
A dense fog hung over Chesapeake
Bay yesterday, causing suspension of
navigation.
O. b. Simmons, local treasurer at
Louisville OF the Louisvillle and Nash.
vile Railroad, left the city on Thurs
day last,t leaving behind him, address
Cd to the company. . souvenir 10 the
shape OF q note stating that his accounts
we're S39 600 short, and that the climate
WAS too warm for him."
One Of the charges against William
J. Gallagher, In Chicago, that Of lille
gally voting In 1883, was dismissed on
Saturday morning. 1t Is said his ar.
rest on this charge was made simply to
insure his stay In Chicago, pending the
Investigation, 0f the other charges
against him.3
The cashier Of the Hotel Moser, at St.
Louis, has disappeared with $500 OF
his em ployer's moasey, S7OO Of his Wife,
money and Q good looking female
boarder at the hotel. He was only six
mouths married.
A yard engine, drawing fifteen
coaches, collided with freight engine
near Richmond, Indiana, on Saturday,
and both engines and three coaches
were wrecked. Walter Richie, an engi.
neer, was fatally injured.
Two colored men charged with bur
glary were taken from the Jail at Clay.
ton, North Carolina, early on Wednes-
day morning, by masked mob, tied
with chains, and drowned In the
river.
Near Dahlgren, Illinois, on Friday
aot tv,o m ~ IA
threw one of her children into q we'll,
jumped In herself. All three we're
drowned.
A telegram from Toronto says that
Paquet, the infidel, who was recently
paralyzed while denying the doctrine
Of eternal punishment" died In the hos.
pital on Saturday.
An unknown man on Saturday
" stepped on the track Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, in Baltimore, to
take drink Of whisky" and was run
over and killed by q train.
DR.. d. W. Williams, of the First
Ward of Scranton, Penna., has been
held in $500 bail on the charge Of ire
peating" at the recent election In that
city.
Henry s. Hopkins & Co., bridge
builders, of st. Louis, made an Is.
signment on Saturday. Liabilities
unknown assets estimated at $685..
900.
Joseph P. Evans, colored, who was
defeated for Congress in the Fourth
Virginia District by Colonel j. d.
Brady, has given notice that he will
contest Brady's seat
Rev. Robert T. Jones, recently arrest.
ed In Ithaca, New York, on the charge
of illegally voting at the last general
has been honorably discharged.
T. w. Jones was killed near Oakland,
on Thursday, by his broth
er Clint. The latter, crazed by remorse,
suicide next day.
One man was killed and three others
were terribly injured by the premature
explosion of a dy Mantle blast near Bran
Ridge, Ontario, few days ago.
The Providence Lumber Company,
of Providen ce, Rhode Island, made an
on Saturday.