Delta chief., 1884-03-05
NEWS SUMMARY.
A Condensation Of Important DISPATCHES,
Domestic and Foreign.

AIRY was almost 8, ,OOO, 900
A cali is out for Wool Growers
Convention at Chicago May 7th.
The. secretary of the navy on the 29th
dismissed three naval cadets for hazing.
United States Minister Hunts death
occurred at St. Petersburgh on the a'th.
Arthur Wellesley. Peel has been
chosen speaker of the House of Commons.
Turkington's carpet mill at Phila-
adephia, burned on the 3sth. Loss, S25,-
900.
Powers and Weightman's chemical
laboratory at Philadelphia, was burned on the
2sth
The widow of John Brown of anti
slavery and Harper's Ferry fame died on the
eth
The corner-st ono Of tho Cotton Ex-
change building in New York was laid ou the
25th
Eleven million and five hundred
thousand dollars was paid in pensions during
February.
f. Marks & Sons jewelry store. Mt
Troy, New::York, was robbed Of s50, 1000 worth
Of property.
William Moore. colored. was hanged
at Franklin. Louisiana, on the Goth, for killing
Chinaman.
Marshall T. Polk. the defaulting and
nbsconding Ex-Treasurer Of Tcnnessscc, died
on the Goth.
The Parnellites denounce the dyna-
mite schemes. and say no valid cScts- can be
given fer them.
Edwin Smith, m old aboliiionist. as
ISOLATED with William Lloyd Garrison, died in
Boston, on the 2sth.
Martin Sauber has disappeared from
Silver City, New Mexico, leaving about 5000
debts behind him
The postoflice at Rich Hill. Missouri,
was robbed Of $1,000 in cash and postage
stamps, on the 25th.
The store of Coon Brothers & Co.,
Water stree, Philadelphia. was damaged sl0,
900 by fire, on the Goth.
On the Goth, the Echo Carpet Mills
In Philadelphia. with some adjoining dwellings
burned. Loss. $4,000.
At jackson, Ohio. on the 29th. Luke
and William Jones were hanged for the mur-
der OF Anderson Lackey.
The Cedar Works at Richmond. Va.
aud @. B. stscy's shuck factory burned on the
2sth. Total loss, 800 600
General Schramm. who entered the
French army In 1873, when only ten years Of
age, has Just died In Paris,
Seer, tary handler'recommends The
nomination of Medical Director r. NJ Gunneil
to be Surgeon General Of the Navy.
The dynamite which was found at
the Charing Cross and Paddington stations
was labeled 'Atlas Powder Company"
The stables OF the Pittsburg and Allie
gheny Passenger Railway Company were par
TALLY burned on the 23rd. Loss, $4,000.
w. X. Mcdowell. murderer under
a death sentence, escaped from the Jail at
San Bernardino, California, on the 2stb.
On the 2sth the citizens of San Fran
cisco subscribed ss, ,200in I've hours for the re-
lief of the small towns on the Ohio river
The coroner's jury gave verdict Of
censurc against the West Lcisenring Company
for not having their mine examined daily.
Corsicana. Texas, had $4,000
fire on the oath. Mallory 4 Aliens clothing
store and two other buildings were burned.
In quarrel in Randolph county. AL
abnma IN the eth, Wyatt Pate and William
Li,cbneld, the disputants, were both killed.
On the 2sth the dry-house connected
with the Mitchell Levy company, at Racine,
Wisconsin, burned. Loss, $4,000 to $4,000
Near Fulton, Missouri. on the Goth,
Robert Craighcad, farmer, was called from
his house and killed by some person unknown
Ono Levi, acting rs bookkecper for
Balse Il Wells, at PhGnix, Arizona, recently
dccamped with s30O belonging to his employ
| ers.
| Frederick Baum. merchant OF Dal-
las, Texas, is implicated In the Texas cotton
swindlc, and is In jail In default Of e14,C0O
bail.
General De Wimpffen. who COM
manded the French army Mt Sedan, after
Marshnl Mcmahon was wounded, died on the
26th.
On tho 24th fire caused $4,000
damage to the George w. Lamb mercantile
dry goods house Mt Green Bay, Wisconsin
| Fully insured.