Delta chief., 1884-11-05
bench in Chicago on Wednesday or Thursday

bench in Chicago on Wednesday or Thursday
next.
Ex- Governor Moses of South Caroli-
na, who is under arrest ut Detroit on charge
Of swindling, attempted suicide by hanging in
his cell. He was cut down and saved for the
courts.
The Salvatiionists who were impris-
oned at Syracuse, New York, for violation
OF city ordinance were released under q de-
cision, which declared their conviction to be H.
legal.
The President has appointed Hon.
Hugh Mccullough to be Secretary Of the
Treasury and Judge Gresham succeeds Judge
Drummond as Circuit Judge of the Seventh
Circuit.
Sixty men were killed and one man
was badly scalded by steam thrcsher explo-
was recovering from drunk at the time. He
died with the others.
The funeral services over the re-
mains of Wilbur F. Story, Of the Chicago
Times, was attended by large number Of
representative citizens. Nearly the entire
working force OF the Times was present
The village of Chlorydorim in the
province OF Quebec, was destroyed by fire, and
the inhabitants are homeless and starving.
Their neighbors have little to give them owing
to the failure Of the fisheries.
The President has designated Assis-
tant Secretary Coon, to act as Secretary Of the
Treasury in the absence Of Secretary McCul-
loch. The effort was made to have the Presi-
dent designate Assistant Secretary French,
but without avail.
The suit of Mrs. Carrie b. Woodman
against the Pennsylvania Railroad company,
to recover damages for injuries which she sus-
tanned by being thrown over . seat in car In
Jersey City, by the violent jerk which the en-
gine gave to the train, resulted In verdict Of
1880.
At Bloomington, Illinois, Fred
Schultz, while drunk, threw = stone into
Republican procession, which knocked one
man insensible. A company charged on
Schultz and hung him to lamp post, from
which the police rescued him In time 70 save
him.
At the Thomas coke ovens, in West
Virginia, three men while examining defect
in one of the ovens were cast upon = mass Of
burning coke by the caviDg in Of the oven.
No traces Of the unfortunate victims could be
found, except some silver coins. It is suppos-
ed that the gas from the Goals strsngled the
meE.
The North Springfield, Misso 1ri, Post
ONCE was burglarized on the 2lst, and over
thousand letters were taken with q small
amount of money and stamps. Several other
places were entered. Both Springfield and
North Springfield are infested with band Of
akers, who have been operating heavi-
ly during the past week.
At the Imperial audience at Pekin,
November and Z, Which all the Princes Of the
Empire have been summoned 10 attend, It will
be decided whether to make war against
France or sanction mediation. Rumors are
again current in Paris that Prime Minister
Ferry is endesvoring to secure English media
ton.
The opening session of the Congress
Of the Association for the Advancement Of
Women, began in Baltimore on the 10th. The
of the Association, Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe, made the opening address. Papers re-
lating to the moral, intellectual and physical
Of women were read. The pub
lie sessions were well attended.
The building on the southeast corner
Of La Sale and Michigan streets, Chicago
burned. After securing the safety Of thirty
nine people, James Carr returned to the 6fth
door in search Of Others and his escape was
cut Oh. In cndeavoring to lower himself by .
rope, the line broke and he was horribly man.
yled. Others we're smothered in the fire.
The Phelps family vault. at Bingham
ION, N. Y. one Of the costliest structures Of the
kind in the State, was entered BY grave rob
bers on the oath, and the coffin Of Robert, the
,on Of the late Judge Phelps, was cut open, but
he watchmen scared Of the robbers, who
we're avs In number. Over Roberto body suits
IRE now pending for 5000, the amount which
. claimed BY . physician for embslming ths
body.