Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-10-16

froze half an inoh thick. A,NRA
The archbishop Of Quebsc wrstsa,from
Rome that new Sse-that 81 Nisolet-
will b. established by the Pogs oiA Of
the diocese OF Three Rivera
The treasury depAr msIt Thursday
purchased 1856 900 Onru OF pilteY for
delivery at the Nav 0fle.ns, sAffFfan.
cisco and Philadelphia mints. N
Chsrlea W Butlvr, QUE Of thsl ,pos.
noted crimipsls VI tie state ~ 06t6sswas
heraea Friday at columbia Fry,
ooiaDS, for the murder Of his wif8k
Daniel MoSweerr, the I,ial AfsA, lean
@usI cot, who was n.yiisOp.d 81 KfHAi,a
Jam jail, arrived il N " Yuk Bnfdsy
ty ths steamehip AuranIA Il N n 70.
po'ed to give him pubic REQ. $50.
Six dessrtious from he ftsrd a, the
Naval Academy at Annapolis, have taken
place within few days, The chief osuanis
sAid TO bs the smcunt Of pOst duty the
guard has to perform, bsosuss Ct tho few
men stationed thsre.
Leo BrlRal, 10 years old, WAS arrested
Ia Allegheny City, Pa, Fiidsy, FOR
maliciousiy destroying the eight Of both
eyes Of Berthe Black, only 4 years old, by
throwing mortar into her thoe. He sIRo
soriously burned two other children by
the came mears.
severe storm If wind, hail and rain
prevailed q. Harrisburg suudai after
room. Tie hail f:uata were So latee "a
mai bles; the rainfall wss very heavy aud
flooded many oelisrs, and the wind did
much damage in the upper section OF the
city.
An inceIdisry ffa In the town Of
Liberty, rs miles west II Lypcbhurp.
ViRiLis, Sunday. destrcy,d q stor,r,
causing loea estimated at 3l5U, 600.
There was no fire engine ia the tSwn, hut
assistance Was sent from Ii pohburs on y
special train.
Bishop Fabra has Endorsed the aoiinu
| Of the Cure Of Beauharpais in denouncipa
from the altar the establishment Of a
benevolent society eutitlad the Catholic
Union Of Knights Of 81. Johp. The bishop
holds that II touches upon q secret
organization like Freemssonary.
p. Jameson, clothier in Toronto,
Ontario, was fined $40 last week, under
the lottery act, for giving prize OF q
pony and carriage 10 whomsoever should
guess the nearest TO the number OF but
tons in glass dish which he placed in
his store window. He will appeal.
The Hamilton Powder Mills, at Com
minsville, Ontario, were blown up Thurs
dsy. William Murray, Henry Dibblea,
George Matthews and William Heather
ington were killed, and Albert Culp and
Daniel Doherty fatally injured. The
cause OF the explosion ia unknown.
The director OF the mint estimates the
amount Of gold and silver coin in the
UDited States on the 1st OF October 1884,
to have been s8l6, 000,0 900. In addition
TO this, the mints and assay offices held
bullion for coinage at that date amount.
ing e., gold, 5000, on0; silver,
OIL, 900, 900.
Mr.. Willard, representing the Northern
Pacific railroad, took SO years' lease Of
the Oregon Railway Company's road, at
Sl40, 900 per year. Mr.. Villard's success
sorB endeavored to repndiate the lease.
Judge Dealy, In the United States cir
cult court, at Portland, Oregon, Thursday
decided that the lease holds good.
On Saturday afternoon the ofiissrs in
Evansville, Indiana, in charge Of Hinder
shot and his son, who are charged with
the murder Of Mrs. Hindershot, removed
the prisoners In covered express wagon
to the steamer Henry Logan, which then
steamed of down the river. The people
were excited, but were unsuccessful in
heading of the boat.
A panic occurred in the Church Of st..
Sauveur, in Quebec, on Wednesday
night week. A man named Martin was
stricken with epilepsy and uttered tor
rible cry. Some Of the congregation
imagined that It ws3 an alarm of Gre, and
there WAS a general rush for the street.
Many persons were knocked down and
several were injured, but none fatally.
Richard Clark Of Caledonia, Canada
an employe OF ForepAugh's circus, ex-
, hibiting in Waterbury, Conn, opened
the ventilstor In osge yesterday week
when his hand was seized by tigers
and he Was dragged inside the Gage. The
animals we're fDAlly beaten off with iron
bare, after Clerks arms and legs had
been horribly crunohed and mutilSted.
The will of Mrs. Augusta M. Hunting,
don, probAted ia Cincinnati last week,
gives $500, 600 in trust to Bishop Whipple
OF Minnesota, and directs that 100000
be applied tU the building of ShumRay
Hall, on the Shattuck sohool grounds, at
Fsribault, Minnesota, and $50, 600 for liza
|
Another $l00. 900 is for the erection Of
, Johnston Hall in seabury. Tie Divinity
school of the same plaos is given gu Gu
doWment OF $50, 900 to q sist studenta.
The remains Of the celebrated Iroquois
chief, Red Jacket, and i've other famous
Indian chiefs, were reiuterred Thursday
In Forest Lawn cemetery, in Buffalo, New
York. The pail bearers were Indians
from the various reservations in New
York ard Canada. The exercises were
held at the graves, where a temporary
stand had been erected. William G.
Bryant delivered an historical address,
reviewing the history Of the Six Nations.
Indian chiefs. The exercises we're closed
by the singing Of Indian choire.
, AT WatTsn's furnace, in Hickman
, county, Tcnressce, 1t wss a rule to give a
. signal before iappi the furnace, that
the blast might be shut Ctf ard all The
y men set out OF danger. The Taper,
through neglect Friday, tapped the
: iurnaoe before the signal was given, and
three men, Gtarding near, were covered
by seettiDR mass of melted iron. Two
o. TIC msa We're burned 70 death IN
blantiy, The other man attempted to
! yet Gus OF this way ard wAded throut b
melted iron, walfiug ossr 100 yAids.
ae lived two hou,s. The Taper was also
fatally burned.
,, mysleEiOus explosion occurred on
5atut lay at the new parliament building
in Qdeb g, destroying muoh Of tho
: mEsonry aud the windowa Of the
structure, which Uas juat being rooted.
The work men bs'rg a. dinner, no person
, was ieiured eS0It one man who was
slightly cut bJ q piece Ct flying stols.
Windows OF honses In the neighborh0Od
were shattered aud the shock u the ex,
piosion wss FELT throughout the city. A
SECOND explosion occurred later in the
; afternoon, but no damage was done. II ia
: said the edifcs is 80 badly crscbt d
from the frat explosion that it ia
} feared about half Of it will have to be
taken down aud rebuilt. Carpenters en-
, ployed on the structure assert that thew
, noticed box lying all the morning close
to the wall where the first explosion took
place, but they supposed it was placed
there by the plumbers. No trace Of the
box, which is supposed to have contained
; an Internal machine, could be found after
the explosion. The disasteris attributed
Variously to dynEmiters and to the malice
Of private party, aggrieved at the con-
tractors.
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