Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-03-05
NEWS GUkNARY.
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Fsvger BssWghi 20 0GrisE-M New the
Democrats CARRIED AeSAotOn.

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Fsvger brought 10 oG-isf-Msw II
Des"scrass Carried Sssastss.
II Frank Hopkirk. who, with Thoma
Browntield, was arrested 1t Missouri
for the murder OF John z. Wells, an oil
an, has made . confession charein
Gt orge Galloway with doing the kill
ing, but admitting that he and Brows
field were also concerned IN II. Hop
kirk IL only II years old and the other
are under 20 years. No motive for th,
murder has been discovered.
A charter was granted yesterday =
Harrisburg to the Reading and Potts
vile Railroad Company, the capital o
Which 10 33.1,350. Tue read will rsI
between the places named In its titla, I
distance Of thirty-hvs miles. JOSEPH
10. Bright, OF Pottsville, 10 President
and the directors are all from the san,
city.
II 10 announced that 700 persons IN
Scranton, Penna., voted vt the lss
municipal election on fraudulent tai
certificates. Richard Caldrn, q broth
erin law Of hayor-clec. Frank Beam
ish, was arrested yesterday for utterin)
such tax receipts. This 10 the frst Of
for ~ similar tas's.
by y collision between two traini
near Jni'ette station, twenty-five miles
from Macon, Georgia, on Mo.d day
night, engineer Herndon aud fireman
Rruitt wee killed and two other
persons were injured Both engines
and several freight cars were sm ashed.
Lieutenant Governor Finnsy,of Kan.
sas, telegraphs from Neosho Falls,
Wooisou County, in that State, that
the foot aud mouth disease las broken
out among the cattle there. Already
100 bead are affected aud the malady Ia
spreading
A telegram from Atlantic City, New
Jersey, reports that ian association OF
business men are now about to build n
substantial steamboat landing" there
and Is "taking steps 10 secure steam
boat Communication with New York. "
Navigation In the East and North
rivers At New York WAS greatly in-
terfered with yesterday Ivy low water
and lne heavy fields of floating ice. The
Long Island Sound boat. encountered
heavy ice at Fort Schuyler.
The Hill school building at Potts.
town, Penna., was destroyed by fire
yesterday afternoon. The loss is esti
mated at upwards Of $4,000. 1t was a
school for young men.
The International dog show at Gin.
ctnnati opened yesterday with 500 ami
mails Of various breeds, including
famous American and Canadian dogs,
on exhibition.
Monroe Med!ay and Isaac Kaufman
were injured, the former fatally, by
heing struck by the cars at Gordon
Plane, near Ashland, Pcnna, yester.
day afternoon.
The ice in the Missouri river at Fort
Benton, Montana Territory, broke up
On More day wnk, and spread over
the low part Of tho town. The damage
to property is estimated at $50, 600.
Pr er John .On, a teaInster. shot and
MI, d his wife, aud then committed
ruiclde In Des Moine', Iowa. yes.
terday morning. No cause is assigned.
John Hunter, alias John Thomps pso',,
was ARRESTED yesterday IN Boston on ih"
Charge of having vic imised merchants
ny fOrgrri,s for several months pas.
Theodore Forrest, his wife aud son
were arrested yesterday in Birming-
lam, [, ni'rclicut, for passing counter
lcit silver com,
The post Office at Merritton, Ontario,
was OLb,d II Il uuultr ot registered
ie'tcIs on Monday night.
The oleomargariLe factory of Thurbcr
& Ei-ner, at Albany, New York, war
buried Acettiuay afternoon.
Henry A. TIldcr, n brother Of Samuel
j. Ii!,lcn, is reported o hc dying 1T his
hune at New Lebanon, New York.
TiShor Clarkson, who is sick a
O,naLa, was reported better yesterday