Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-03-06
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
AN EMB EZzLIHG AGENT OF HAR-
YESTER COMPANY.
suits ror Damages Instituted by west
IeIsenring widOws-A Dynamite
Explosion i'm Harrisbnre-Shot by
Mistake for a Deer. +.

ExplOston i'm Harrlsburg-Shot by
Mistake for a Deer.
A seyere snow storm In Boston aud its
vicinity Thursday completely wrecked
the telephone aud fire alarm wires.
During February 33 mine aooidents, IL
Of which we're fatal, were reported to the
niue inspector of the Wilkssbarre
district.
Sheriff Zttrsuer, while hunting deer
with some friends in Boyan county,
Georgia, on Friday, was accidentally shot
dead by one OF the party in mistake for
q deer.
Francis j. Smith, city treasurer of
Bayonue, New Jersey, has been arrested
on charge of embezzlement. His
accounts show an apparent shortage" of
$4,000.
Fifteen pounds of dynamite exploded
In small shanty in the lower part of
Harrisburg on Saturday morning. Sixteen
buildings on Eleventh street were
damaged, / ur Of them bsiug shaken
apart.
a man named Ryan was arrested in
Winnipeg, on Tuesday fof recruiting men
for duty on ths U aited States irontier.
Ha hiss bsen rsmaudei, ,there being doubt
III to what charge should be brought
against him.
A telegram from Augusta, Ga, says
that Notwithstanding the death of one
victim and the critical condition Of the
other, Cash, the North Carolina murderer,
is still at large, and boasts that he will
kill anyone molssting him.
Five suits have been begun against the
Conpellsville Iron and Coal Company by
ss many widows whose husbands were
killed by the recent explosion in the
West Leisenring shaft. The damages
claimed are S15, 900 iu each case.
Col. G A. C. smith, who has bseu
making an examination of the govern
ment building in Chicago, has forwarded
his report to Washington. He says the
building is in very bad condition and
should receive 8 complete cverhauling.
The works of the United States Stamp.
ing Company, in Portland, Conn, wers
destroyed by fire on Saturday night. Tie
buildings wers fl led with machinery fcr
stamping, and abaut 500 hands were en-
ployed in them. The loss is estimated at
$2,500,000.
The signal tower OF the CumheriaI i
Valley railroad bridge across the Susque-
hanna river at Harrisburg caught fire Sur
day from an overheated stoye, and, with
the company's engine house, was de-
stroyei. The bridge Was saved vita
great sxertion.
Henry Stith, colored policeman,
arrested Henry Johnson, steamboat si'-
gineer, in Vioksburg, yesterday week, fer
some trivial otfenoe Johnson stabbed
the policeman iii the groin, the pnlieema
shot johnson twice, and both died in
few minutes.
Osing to the death OF ths mother OF
Wayne MacVealh, the arguments in the
various Injunction ossee pending hetseoU
the Reading, the Penpsyivaoia, tie
Pottsviile and Mehsnoy aud the People's
Street Railway Companies, in P ttsville,
Pa, have been postponed until March
l4.h.
The Rich Csdar Works, opposite
Richmond, Va, were Thuraday destroyed
py fire, with & p. S!acy's shuck factory.
The total loss is estimated at $50, 900.
The destruction OF the cedar works
throws $50 men aud boys out Of work
Tie Ceier Wo'ks Company's loss is
S75,00G; insurance, 100000. 55-
huUtAb DAtl5yy WAS tEitu iuSt
Week in Toledo, o for marrying a white
girl, contrary to the law of 1910, whioh
imposes fine OF Sl00 and three months
Imprisonment H. vas found guilty ard
given the full penalty Of the Law. Tho
only other case under this law was tried
in CLEVELAND aud disinissei, the Judge
holding the law was unconstitutional.
William Nichols, 2S years Of aga, wa
shot aud mortally wounded by Edwin
Brothers near the doorway of Squire
shutters etfce in Hszleton, Pa on Sat
uriGy evening. Brothers was captured
AID was taken to Wilkesbsrre Monday
morning. The provocstiop tor the shoot
Ing vas the alleged betrayal of a neioe Of
Bfothers by Young Nicacp.
b w. Pratt, ex-g.ners agent in 81.
Louis of the Mccormick Harvester Com
pauy OF Chicago, was arrested on Sstnf.
day on the charge of emhezzling "a 00t
Of the compsny's money. Hiram II Post,
Pratt's bookkeeper, who attempted sui
cide several wesks ago, was also charged
with embezlemsnt from the came com
pany, aud made o confession showing
that he aud Pratt worked together.
Recorder Hiukok OF West Hoboken
New Jersey, was detected few weeks agt
in the act OF stealing chicken from &
grocery store. An investigation wat
ordered by the town committee, and
others dealers testified against HickOk
lie wss thereupon asked to resign, bu
refused. The town COMMITTEES being un
able to dismiss him, as his removal cal
only be effected by impeachment, hal
suspended him and ordered that nj
prisoners be taken before him.
la the play of "Coutusion," now run
ming at the Brooklyn Theatre, there il
point made of telegram reading "Com
to town at once. Your baby is worse.
John S.etson, the manager, by way o
stvertising the piscs, circulated litho
eraphed copies OF this Telegram
all over Brooklyn. Oue of then
unhsppily iell into the haods of the wifi
OF w. A. Rodgers, who, supposinR
alluded to her eldest child, who, havin
the scsrlst fever, WAS in the care OF it
aunt, fell into Mysteries. The agiiatio
brought on premature confinement. TIL
sggrleved husband has commenced
suit, claiming $40, 900 damages.
New York Star special from HI
Springs, Arkansas, datedRSurd4y, ssyi
Mr. Harris, editor of the Horse Shoe, ha
been bauished from here by the otizeni
opuuittee, CT IN Othkr WORDS, lhe Wig
lantes. petition calling upou Harrl
to leave was circulated and receive
several hundred signatures, but Harr
defied the signers in his paper until fo
bearance ceased. delegation
cltlzsns on Thursday waited o
Harris and made ovsrtures to hii
to leave, even offering large purse {
an inducemsnt. Harris was asked to e,
plain why he had pros ituted his positio
IN behalf of Frank Flynn, one of ii
participants in the Flynn Doran shootir
ARRAY, but no satisfaction could
elected, and the committee yesterds
formally called on Harris to leave al
escorted him to the depot and etfecte
hls departure. He was notfei to mai
hiS a6sence permanent.
Adv ees from St. Paul, Minnesota, r
port light snow, high winds aud driftir
on the Manitoba line. The storm on Il
minneapolis & st. Louis road, which 8
In Tuesday Light week, yes.erday d
veloped into the worst blizzard of Il
Season, the snow drifting heavily. T
running of freight trains has bet
temporarily abandoned, but passeng
trains are running on slow time. On u
Winona & ST. Peter road all trains ha
been abandoned until the wealth
moderatss. On the Northern Pacific L
WeRthar ia varv cold and stormy in d