Delta chief., 1884-05-14

The colored convention at Louisville
publican party to make them hewers of wood
and drawers of water"
Henry w. Cannon. of Minnesota,
has been selected successor to Comtro ler
Knox, and James Connolly. of Illinois, to be
Solicitor of the Treasury.
On the 4th. several hundred acres of
woodland near Pembroke, New Hampshire,
were burned over. Nearly five hundred cords
Of wood were consumed.
Alfred Sheldon, the agent OF the Blue
Springs Milling Company, disappeared from
Kansas City on the 9th. II Is alleged that his
accounts arc $1,000 short.
The founder Of the Astronomical Oh
servatory of Princeton College, General Nor
ris Hals,ed. was killed at the railway station
at Newark, New Jersey, on the 9Th.
On the 9th, two British gun boats
conveyed three hundred emigrants from West
| port, Ireland, and placed them on passenger
ctesmer, at Clew Bay, for Boston.
Another important witness in the
Sharon case tt-tifes that hi- evidence for
Miss Hill wss utterly false, and that he
was tempted by expecting 100000 at his re-
ward.
On the 9TH. D. Hardin. eN-Sherih of
Crittenden county. Arkansas, was shot and
killed at Marion, BY James Aurray- who was
mortaIly wounded in the affray- Their trouble
grew out of lawsuit
On the 4th, at Independence, Iowa.
John Duffy's dwelling burned. and one of his
children persisted. Duffy, With his wife and
| another child, were badly burned
On the Srd. the English schooner
Grapple was burned by the native. of Clay
Island, in the West Indies, and the crew mar
dercd- A war vessel has been sent there.
In New York, on the 4th. John
wep,z tried TO compel his children to take
raris green, bat thes ran away from him He
swallowed dose AND died from the effects
During the trial on the 4th, of the
Black Bank Shiist., DubelIki and his dARgh-
ter the prisoners stabbed themselves, be
| father fatally and the daughter d.ngeruu-
| ly-
The Mineral Belt Railroad company,
of Arizona, asks permission to purchase six
I hrndred and forty acres Of land for every
mile OF track they may lay, at tl25 per
! acre.
At Hatton Postoffice, Missouri, on
the 5th, Ham Patterson, a negro, was killed by
mob because be circulated scandAious re
ports abou. many ladies in that netghbor
hood.
Martha Pier and B. +. Levering have
commenced suits against the Nov York, Lake
Erie & Western railway, for 81, 900 and sso,-
600 respectively, for injuries sustained in a
collision.
On the Sd. the residence Of James
Mckay, at Edge~ood Station, Pa, burned.
Loss, s3o, 900. Also the town of Brisbin,
! Clearield county, Pa, burned Loss, sl5O,-
600 to $4,000.
On tine End, q tornado at Del Rio.
Texas, demolished the Episcopal church and
several other bhldings. One man was killed
and five Others injured. Property losses
amount to 10000.
The failure of Grant & Ward leaves
General Grant irretrieyably in debt. He re-
ceives the interest from his gift fund Of ESQ,
900. amounting to tl5,l l4O, bu. aside. from
/ that he has nothing
Bill Spurlock, member of the West
Virginia gang of desperadoeg, killed Robertson
| SpurloclI because he feared that he would be-
tray the gang. A posse attempted his arrest
on the sth, and killed him when he resisted.
| The Siamese Embassy, under the
escort of Secretary Frelinghuysen, on the 9th,
paid formal visit to President Arthur, attir-
ed in their full court costume, the distinguish
ed feature being cloaks made Of netted gold.
At Blue Spring, Missouri, on the 7th.
John GILL; while presumably insane, fatally
wounded John Stanley, he was passing.
GIL wounded two or three others and Stan
ley's father filed Gilrs face with bird shot,
putting out both his eyes.
One of Miss Hills witnesses in the
| Sharon divorce business testified on the Sth,
| that her former evidence was false and that
she did not zee the marriage contract in 1880
and that she was to receive 5000 from Miss
| Hill for her false swearing
On the 9th, the suspension of the
Marine National Bank at New York, was an
nDunced. The liabilities were large, and the
failure was claimed to be due to injudioious
real estate speculations'on the part of Presi-
dent Fisk.
On the 9th. at Mckinney, Texas,
colored Methodist church tumbled from It's
foundations while filed with worshipers. The
oil from the lamps burned one woman to
death and another will probably die front her