Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-12-30
NEWS SUMMARY.
BURGLARS RIDDLED wIru BUL-
LETS-TROUBLE OVER GAS
SUICIDES, ETC.

There was trouble in the MetropOli.
tan church at Toronto, on Sunday even
| ing. While Rev. Hugh Johnston was
preaching, water which had got into
the gas pipes, 5caused the gas to go out.
Presently the edifica was hall ftueo
with gas, and several ladies' tainted DO
fore they could reach the open air. Tha
services were brought to a Sudden con-
clusion, and the gas was turned oH -
soon as the congregation could vacate
the premises.
1t is reported that Captain 81. w.
Howgate passed through Lordsburg,
New Mexico, on Sunday night, On
route to the Malone Mining Camp, in
| the Burro Mountains" A correspond
ent of the San Francisco Alta says "ha
IL sure 1t is Howgate. as he served seven
Yeas under him IN the Signal Service
and is perfectly familiar with his ap-
pearance.
| Joseph Stump, aged 55 years, was
killed on Monday while operating .
portable saw mill on d farm in Tulpor
hocken township, Berks County, Pa
The balance wheel of the engine burst
into pieces, and an iron fragment
weight ing three pounds was hurled into
his left side, causing instant death.
The schooner AriJ Pardee, from
Roundout for Philadelphia, with CO
ment, went ashore at Wash Woods,
North Carolina, on Sunday midnight.
Her crew were saved, but she has
broken in two, and will be a total
wreck.
| The bodies of Charles Smith and
Henry Davis, alleged burglars, who
were lynched in North Carolina last
week, have been recovered from the
iNease river. They were bound in
chains, handcuffed, and one was riddled
with bullets.
Thomas Merrill, q well known cattle
man, and his wife were on Sunday
found murdered at their rancho, on the
Rio Grande, forty miles southwt ct OF
Sierra Blanca, Texas. Two Mexicans
who were in Merrilps employ have dis
appeared.
The Kemble Iron Company at Harris
burg, which failed several months ago,
with liabilities of over 81, 100000, was
re chartered on Monday under q new
organization. The prime pal shsc
: holders are from New York.
The extensive saddlery hardw.
/ works of Eibel, Gillian Il Co., at Can
ton, Olio, were burned early on Mon
] day morning. The loss is estimated ut
| $500, 900; the insurances aggregate
|, 100000.
George Clark, notorious burglar,
7 committed suicide in the office OF the
Chief of Police in Rochester, New York,
yesterday afternoon, just after his arrest
on the charge of safe breaking at Brock
port, on Saturday night
Ezekiel Young, freight agent of the
Providence and Springfield Railroad,
. locked himself in the engine house au
l Pascoag, Rhode Island, on sunday,
and blew out his brains wi5h revolt
yer.
a A passenger train on the Virginia
Midland Railroad was run into Dy q
, freight train at Beaton Station, on
. Saturday night. Two train hands were
! severely injured.
The examination of William j. Gal
2 llagher, charged with completely in the
{ Eighteenth Ward election fra uds in
Q Chicago, has been postponed until
t Wednesday.
t Ex-Chief Justice Aynewl has been
Q appointed master to take the testimony
? in all the cases against the Directors o
Q the defunct Penn Bank, of Pittsburg.
The Galena National Bank of Galena
Illinois, has been authorized by thu
9 lComptroller of the Currency to begir
u business with capital of 100000