Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-10-09
News gusnmapy.

Ten men employed In the construc-
tion O the new water tunnel for the
village of Hyde Park, Illinois, were
drowned early yesterday morning.
The men were engaged In sinking the
tunnel and oonst ucting o new crib ut
q point in Lake Michigan one mile
from shore. A small cabin, In which
the men lived, was built on the crib.
The waves washed IL away. Several
men were rescued by the Chicago life.
saving crew.
The regular semi annual meeting of
St. Elmo club was held Monday even
ing and the following officers elected
President, Augustus Groves Vice
Henry Seeds; Recording Secretary,
John ChristAeld Financial Secretary,
William wilkins; Trustees, George
Eaton, Thomas Denney and Samuel
Turner.
Richard Clark. Of Caledonia, Canada,
nm employe Of Forepaush's circus, ex.
hibiting In Waterbury, Conn, opened
the ventilatOr IN q cage yesterday
morning, when his hand was seized BY
tigers and he wss dragged inside the
cage. The Animals were finally beaten
off with iron bars, after Clark's arms
and legs had been horribly crunched
and mutilAted.
The most violent storm that has
visited Harrisburg, Pa, for years, o.
Cured last evening. The storm WAS
not over ten minutes duration and WAS
confined to . width Of over half mile.
Trees were blown down, several houses
were unroofed and the roof and the
loose frame work OF section of the
carriage bridge across the Susquehanna
river was carried away.
| After lapse Of many years IL has
been discovered by Ex Supervisor Nor
ton. of Port Jefferson New York, that
the 40 callel patent under which Great
South Bay and the town Of Bro0khaven
Is claimed bears neither seal nor sigma
ture, though recorded In the town
clerks office. aud the flee Of the Secre.
tary OF the State 1t Albany.
Peter H. Comfy has signed the arti.
Giles for his race with Teemsr and for.
warded them TO the latter for his sigma.
ture. Tie race Is to he one Of four miles
with turn, In beet and best be ats
for 900 . side, Con y being allowed
ten seconds start. TIE race IL TO be
rowed at Hutton. Penn. on October %
A freight train collided with a light
engine, on the Union Pacific Railroad,
at Elkhorn Cut, near Kansas City,
Missouri, Yesterday. George Chamber
lain, the engineer, and g w. Sheldon,
the fireman of the freight train, were
KILLED. Richard Norris the fireman Of
the light engine had both legs cut of.
y. Jameson, q ciothier in Toronto
Ontario, was fined $50 yesterday, under
the lottery act, for giving prize OF a
Ipony a. carriage TO whoms oever should
4 hA N asf tn ha t.r # h,,t
ttons in a glass 4 'sh which he placed In
his store window. He will appeal.
The schooner John ] Taylor, bsfo re
reported In collision with the schooner
lComet and abandoned, was picked up
one hundred miles from Savannah
Georgia, and yesterday lowed into port
oy the steamship Ixia. She is n bad
wreck.
The safes Of Mobiles a. Sons ard Tom
linson * Sons, ut Perry, New York
were blown open by burglars on Tues
day night, and robbed Of 81 600 in Ar
kansas State bonds, besides larg,
; amount Of other securities and money.
i A carria g- containing George and
Alice Hall. of Stamford, Conn, wa.
, struck by an express train at Grey Loeb
crossing, on Tuesday night, and both
of the occupants we're Instantly kill
ed.
A collision occurred off Cove Pc mt
Chesapeake Bay. before daylight yester
, day morning, between the schooner
, Harriet Thomas and Maggie j. Smith
The Thomas had her bows stove and
spars and topmast carried away.
A despatch from Coatesville, Penna.
says the Doe Run Catholic church wa
entered on T-esday night, and the or
gan badly broken and mutilated.
} picture OF the Virgin Mary was ais
;. dam aged.
1t was announced yesterday that tn
: rival gas companies in baltimore ha,
come ID an arrang. ment, and that tn
price of gas would be- adj vancrd from
TO 81 90 per 900 feet.
A despatch from II incock, Michi gan
regarding the fire In she Calumet an
Hecla mines, ray $ that IL will probabl
be got under control in few days.
A ire at Covington, Georgia, las
might, destroyed the Georgia E,,lroa
Idepot. The safe, containing $50, 90
worth Of securities, is still hot.
I'll St. Parrick's Catholic CLurch in Ia
Claire, Wis, was burned yesterday Al
ternoon. Loss, $4,000.
81 The game aud toy book manufactor
OF Peter g. Thompson, IN Cincinnati
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