Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-10-10
NEWS SUMMARY.


fatally.
The schooner f. l.. Rowe, Of Glouces-
ter, Maine, struck on Avery Rock yes.
terday morning, laid there thirty min
utes, and swinging of, sunk between
Avery Rock and Straitsmouth Island.
In ahout Eve fathoms OF water. The
crew was saved by the schooner Lady
Lincoln and tho life boat crew from
Rockport. Massachusetts,.
A joint session Of the Vermont Legis-
lature was held Thursday night to
adopt plans for q proper representation
of the col Elective resources Of the State
at the New Orleans Exposition. A
number of addresses were made, and
1t was the general opinion that the
State won Id subscribe IS 900.
The Hamilton Powder mills, ct Cum.
Ontario, were blown up
yesterday. William Murray, Henry
Dibbles, George Matthews and William
Hextherington were killed, and Albert
Culp and Daniel Doherty fatally In
jured. The cause Of the explosion is
unknown.
A report from BroOkings, Dakota, says
that what had been supposed to be
chicken pox prevailing in that section
Ia now pronounced by competent ply.
sicians to be genuine small pox and the
disease Is spreading rapidly through
the country.
The suit Of the National Tube Works
of McKeesport, Penna., to recover from
the Baltimore ami Ohio Railroad Com
pany $26 700 ex cesaive freight charges
pa Id by them under protest since 1875
has been dec ided BY the Master in favor
of the railroad company.
Orange disturbances are again de-
veloping at Harbor Grace, Newfound-
land. The gates Of the convent were
torn down and flung into the sea on
Thursday, and one Riverhead man was
beaten almost TO death by Orangemen.
Tho Supreme Court Of the United
States will meet on Monday next for
the October term of 1884. The number
of cases ON the docket is 1,025, or "a
less than were docksted up to the cor
responding time last year.
SergeantIThomas Melloy, of the Sol.
diers' Home, at Tagus, Maine, was
shot and killed on Thursday while &C.
ting as Sheriff, and attempting to
arrest Morgan Wallace, who he sus-
pected Of having liquor in his wagon.
Captain 7. Howard Dassell Is under
arrest, charged with embezzlement
from the Magnese- CAlcite Fireproof
Company of Boston. 1t Ia charged that
he has embezzled in all about $S, 800.
Implicit confidence was placed in him.
Payne and Wiley, who are said 70 be
sojourning in Canada, for duplicating
warehouse receipts, were expelled from
the Louisville. Kentucky, Board Of
Trade yesterday.
Frederick Meyers, . music teacher,
drove into the Standard Slate quarry,
at Slatedale, Pa, on Wednesday night,
falling 60 feet, and instantly killing
himself and horse.
Gideon Burrill, A. 8. Ruggles and .
guide were drowned in q lake, in the
interior of Nova Scotia last week, by
the upsetting Of their canoe. while fish,
ing.
The steamer Tallapoosa 10 now In Ed
gartowu harbor, in four. and ~. half faith.
oms of water. She Is comparatively safe
from the fleets Of gales and the ocean
swell.
Henry 7. Hopper, q stationer 80 years
old, committed suicide at his residence,
In New York, on Friday, by shooting
himself in the head while in bed.
Advices from Northern Illinois,
Northern Indiana and Eastern Michi.
gan reports heavy frosts on Wednesday
night. The crops were not damaged.
The Archbishop of Quebec writes
from Rome that new See-that of
Nicolet-will be established by the
Pope out Of the Diocese of Three Rivers.
Political.
A convention of the supporters In
New Hampshire of the National Equal
Rights party, of which Mrs. Belva
Lockwood is,the Presidential candidate,
metin Dover on Thursday. The fol.
lowing nominations were made: Pre-
sident, Belva A. Lockwood Electors,
Marilla M. Kicker, Charles M. Smith,
Martha 8. French, Olive A Coperly.
The Republican Senatorial con ferrees
Of Huntingdon and Franklin counties
held another session in Harrisburg,
Penna., on Thursday, without result.
They adjourned to meet on Monday
next.
The Republican Con gressional Con.
vention OF tho Thirty first District Of
New York on Thursday nominated
lot.
There was Democratic ratification
meeting at the academy Of music, Irv.
ing Hall and in tho Union Square, New
York, on Thursday night. It was esti-
mated that between $4,000 and loo. 600
people congregAted about the square.
There were platforms At each corner Of
the park, named respectively after Mo.
Clellan, Seymour, Tilden and Hancock.
Among the many speakers ut the Va.
rious places were Congressman W. w,
Eaton, Benjamin A. Willis, Wurz
Dundas, of Philadelphia, General Franz
Sigel, Ex-Governor Walker, of vir-
ginia, and John H. Fay, of Philadel.
phia.
General Butler arrived at Toledo, O.
on Thursday afternoon, and spoke for
two hours at an open air meeting in the
evening on the political issues of the
day.
William Daniel, nominee for Vice
President on the Prohibition ticket, has
written letter of acceptance. He as
signs reasons for the necessity of a
Prohibition party and Its claims for SUP
port.
Now II the Time.
There is no better time than the
children to Holland's photograph gal
lery. No. 307 Market street, and have
your pictures taken.
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Attention Ladies'.
Trimmings and notions, suits and
wrappers, also gents furnishing goods
at Mrs. Jones', 618 West Eighth street
An Intelligent, Quiet
Boy can secure . situation st this of.
fee. Va
Oysters.