Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08
IN GENERAL.

At the close Of = game Of base ball at
Cincinnati Thursday the general pa
vilion gave way and IL persons were in
jured, one fatally.
James R. Keene, the New York broker,
said Thursday that he would pay sll Of
his liabilities. The stock market re-
mains unaffected by his failure.
More than half the cattle on the ranges
In southern Utah are reported to have
perished from starvation and exposure
during the deep SHOWS of last wirer.
A son OF Mrs. Catharine Friess Of Balti-
more, died yesterday week, and her three
daughters are seriously i'll. They ate
sausr kraut which is supposed to have
Contained poison.
1t is reported that gold In great quaint
ties has been discovered In Kaladar town
ship, 40 miles from Kingston, Ontario.
Gold discoveries are also reported in
Hants county, Nova Scotia.
Joseph Sterx, 56 years Of age, was
knocked down with a slungshot and
brass knuokles by highwsymen and
robbed Of $3.50 In one OF the streets OF
New York.on Tuesday night week.
b. +. Siooellse, alias Sivells, has been
arrested In Oberlin, Ohio, for swindling.
His scheme was to advertise for coins,
such as good specimens Of trade and
Bland dollars, Offering a premium for
them. When he received them he made
no return.
Heavy rains have occurred In north.
eastern Texas, the fall at Houston reach
ing inches In "a hours. All the streams
are swollen, several bridges have been
carried away, and In portions Of the
flooded districts the cotton plants have
bsen retarded three or four weeks.
Captain Baker Of the revenue steamer
Boutwell,, has telegraphed from Key
West to the Secretary Of the Treasury
"Sohooner Winfield WAS not stolen, IS
reported, but parted her moorings and
drifted ashore, near Green Key, Bahamas.
No expedition has left or attempted to
leave this vicinity since Aguero left.
Reports OF ilibusters' movements on
shore greatly exaggerated"
A telegram from Cincinnati says the
Xenis relief committee will issue an appeal
for help for the people OF Jamestown, o.
By the recent tornado, 1900 inhabitants
OF that town lost l30 dwellings, with all
their furniture, amounting in value to
nearly $500, 900. Many families are pot
only homeless but entirely destitute, and
contributions of clothing, money and
building material are solicited.
1t ia now believed In Toronto that the
dynamite cartridges were placed in the
parliament house either for a practical
joke or to enable come one to get the office
of watohman. The fact that the wires
attached to the cartridges were lying in
suoh pos tion that they could Lot bu.
have been seen by people passing gives
color to these theories. OF course extra
guards have now ben placed around the
buildings and also the government
house.
Scott Hill, Brownlow Hill and Charles
Spurlcck, fotbsrs, who murdered one of
the Woods family and mortaly wounded
another peGr 81. Albsns, West Virginia,
several nights ago, were arrested aud
taken to s.. AlbGps on Wednesday morn
ing week. Scott and Brownlow Hill were
taken from the officers by mob and
lynched. Spurlock was rescued by the
otficers. The lynched men confessed
their crime before they were strung up,
and they were prayed for by the Rev.
Mr.. Stump.
The fires in the pine woods south OF
Matswan, New Jersey, were bntniug
fiercely Monday. The woods at Brown
town have begun to burn airesb, snd tho
loss there is estimated at nearly $50, 600.
1t is said the fire at this placs was started
by the careless burning of bruah by c
wealthy farmer, and the losers propose TO
hold him responsible for thsir losses. Nhe
huokleberry crop which WAS r gr ut help
TO the poor people of that vicinity, was
entirely destroyed.
John George Wen,z, 80 years Of age,
bought package Of Paris green in New
York on Saturday, mixed the poison In
four tumblers and gave one to each of his
three children, aged respectively 8, ~
and IL years. They refused to drink,
whereupJn he told them il would not
hurt them and himself drank the copten,s
of the fourth tumbler. The children ran
away aud Wsrtz was soon afterwards
taken sick and died during the night.
1t ia believed he was crszsd from drink.
A moderate rain began to fall Monday
morning in the country around Wilkes
barre, extinguishing the forest fires in
the mountains and along the Lehigb
valley from White Haven to Bear Creek.
The forest fires in the Moscow and Spring
Brook districts, near Scranton, are burned
out. A steam saw mill, five dwellings,
several hundred cords OF wood and
several Thousand railroad ties were
burned on Friday. The fire in the Blue
tat DaoZtp,. llx
checked Sunday afternoon ~ a copicu:
| rain. Thousands of acres were burned
over, and cord wood and fences destroyed
| The dwellers at the foot of the mountains
we're driven from their homes by the in
tense heat. The forest fires around Port
Jsrvis, New York, were also extipguished
| by rain.
The town of Manning, Carroll conniy,
Iowa, is stirred up by frat class s.nsa
tion. A prominent business nan named
William Morrow, while walking upon I'll,
street Thursday morning, was accosted by
two women who threw Cayenne pepper IL
his eyes, completely binding him. On,
OF the women then, with horsewLip
thrashed their helpless victim with al
her power. They we're both arrested ant
disarmed. The women recently received
letters asking them to stay away from thu
skating rink, as their presence was OBJ
jsctionsble, and Morrow wss believed by
them to be the author of the letter, henc,
this act of vengeance. 1t has since beai
learned that the proprietor of the rinl
sent the letters, aud Morrow had no haut
In it.
The effects of the explosion at Hsvan a
Tuesday week, were terrible. Up to lates
ad vices, the dead number 81 and TIL
wounded 70. The latter are scattered ai
over the town, having been wounded b.
falling debris. Many are seriouel.
injured. OF the detachment Of 2
soldiers in the magazine at the time of tn
explosion eight escaped unhurt. Til
magazine contained 1000, 900 cnr
tridges, 100000 Kilograms of powde
and one barrel of dynamite. tn
warehouse of San Jose end the Planters
warehouse sustained serious damage, a
did also several churches and man.
houses. The second shock, which Wa
stronger than the first, was not csuset
by an explosion Of gas, as at first stated
but by the explosion of the magazine
The first shock was less violent. becaus
1t was caused by powder which was dry
ing in the open air.
James r. Kesne, the well-known Wal
street operator OF New York, failed yes
terday afternoon week. 1t was learned tina
the failure was due to the fact that MI
Keene has for some time past confined hi
stock operations 10 transactions in priv
legss and the selling Of puts and calls.
large number OF these contracts fell du
yesterday week, and it WAS said he bega
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