Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-05-15
IN GENERAL.

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The cable between Key Wss, 49,,
Havana Is broken, and mess aVss ha,. ana
those points are passed by stssmsr p,Meen arss
other day. e' every
Governor Robertson Of Mass,otr..,
Iuesday signed a bill "to preyent Ms,
insurance companies diacrlmina,;n'te 'e
against oolored people. NA"ns
Governor Cleveland I'ue.dsv s,,no,
bill authorizing the laying Of salt susa ws,.A
pipes In the dry goods distric, ~ "S'er S
ork city as precaution against fra 0"
The case Of the United States ao.,n.,
the Louisiana Lottery Company. Al Iuss Wam
orleans, was dismissed Monday nnon eN
demurrer filed by the lottery cor,papy
The Elevated Shore rou,e rsilwsv aa
meeting Hast and West LonisyilIc pn tvu'
BY the river front, was opensd IT, ny,
1t was built by c. p. HuntiuV,on "sy'
coat of 81 900, coo. w" at
The roofing Of the main sxbi,n,.
building at New Orleans is proy,a.oi"i,
rapidly. duAtemAla intends to mskns
larger display at New oflesps .hs" ~,
did At Boston. AA sue
Mrs. Bdrehi, who was shot by her brs
pand In New York on Monday nigh, =,
satd 10 have chance of I,ooyerv H.
WAS shot somewhat in the mayn., 'ue ~
which President Garfield was. III
One hundred and fifty pounds Of r,,,o
gllycefine exploded Monday in a msaO O
Zine near Port Colborne, Ontario. H..
shock was felt for miles around. bnt mo mo
person was injured, the men ba,;no
quilted work about an hour before.
A telegram from the City,f Msx,,.
says the Mexican congress- will orsu, -,
President Gonzales authority IN na,, ~
= loan OF a20, ,000, 900, 60 that IL. oa,'so' nav M
cSive "a ,OoO,OOO immediately af.er lie
18th Instant, when the banks ara IN
combine. W
Ia New York, Tuesday night. Isaac ID.
Edrehi, 80 years OF age, who had been toy
some time living separate from his wifi.
Frances, aged 40, called upon her and
asked her to 60 back and live with him
She refused, when he drew reyolvar
and shot her In the back, iIfictinv a
fatal wound. He then shot and kilIsd
his 8 year old boy, who was in the room.
and then ran into the street. After pn,pg
a short distance he placed the uist6l
against his right temple aud shot himsslt
dead.
Hardy Grady, colorsd, assaulted A
prominent white lkdy in Etfnsh.m
county, few miles from Savannah, Cia..
but WAS foiled, captured and lodged in
jail at Springfield, the county seat.
Monday night large force Of citizsns al
tackled the jail, overpowered the guards,
and, battering down the bars OF the cell,
secured the prisoner, who made futile
attempt at resistance. Tying rops
around his neck the crowd conducted
Grady to convenient tree and strung
him up. Grady died game. A plaosrd
pinned to his coat warned other negroes
to take warning from his fate and the
corpse WAS let swaying by the roadside.
The Toronto Evsnins Globe asserts tina.
there WAS good foundation for the pre-.
cautions which have been taken agains.
dyIamiters in Canada within . few
months. It says: SIN January last
vote of ", 500 from the emergency fund
WAS made to carry on the work of wreck.
| age In Canada. Three men undertook to
exrend this sum In the destruction Of
public buildings In this country. 0ue Of
them is now dying Of consumption In
Troy, and the others are probably still
somewhere in Canada. For some time
past the tunnel under the new Wellsnd
canal has been guarded, and none but
those whose occupation requires it are
allowed to enter It,"
The pilot Of the steamer City OF Ys1oo
arrived at Vicksburg Tuesday morning,
and reported that on Saturday last a
"cut-off" was made through Coles creek,
two miles above Waterproof, La, "thus
shortening the river from nins miles
around to a quarter Of mile straight
through and making the river straight
several miles," This, it ia said, "lesves
Cypress Grove, Gum Ridge, Rosedale and
Coles Creek Point upon a lake" The
City Of Y,zoo attempted to 20 through
the cut.oi, bat the eddies prevented.
The pilot Is certain, however, that "ou
the down trip the steamer can easily
make the passage" and he also thinks
that"befure the water goes down the cut
of will bs the main channel"
The comptroller OF the currency yes.
terday received letter from Mr.. Serbia,
the examiner in charge OF the Marine
National Bank of New York, saying that
the bark is insolvent, and shOnld ba
placed In the hsnds Of receiver A
receiver will be appointed by the comp
troller as soon as the report of the ex'
aminer is received. Mr.. Serbs expresses
the opinion that the depositors will re-
csive from rs to so per cent Of their
deposits, "and that in osse the estates of
Mr.. Fish aud Grant aud Ward sre profit
ably managed the deposi'ors may be pad
in full" This statement is, naturally,
regarded at the cOmptroller's Olive 'as
clear Indication that the capital surplus
and earnings Of the bank are gone"
The Chiosgo Edrmsrs' ReoisD publ shes
crop reports from 100 different points in
Ohio, Iodisna, Michigan, lllinoiS, Wis
cousin, Minnesota, Dakota, Iowa, Nsb'sska
and Missouri. Th4 winter wheat reporls
from many points in liliLoi ONO,
indiana aud Michigan are dismal and
indicate short crop. The reports from
Kansas are almost uniformly oil very
| promising character. With the exception
Of Kansas the indications LoH are thA
the remainder Of the winter pheat pel9
will be more or lass spotted. Ihere 10
nothing In the general situahcn 10 lhui'
cate any larger rsceipts ct Old corn Oh
this crop, as whatever Kansas a.u
Nebraska may have in reserve Will %
needed very largely for their own wants.
N3If Tx, Va wss excited Monday oy
The issuing Of warrants charging Junge
D. J. Goodwin aud Colouel W. SWsDk
with be,pg about ta fight duel. Coiolei
| 5waDk was at orcs arrested aud gave
bonds for a heariog. Judge d'd"i9
being i'll In bed, a guard vas plaveu
| around the house ard he will BE- arrested
| as soon as he is able to be cut BON
| gentlemen are prominent lawyers ana
| were recently engaged to defe1d 3 eflm-
Inal on trial in the local court II Na'
while committing about the mode Of fIo'
oedure that they disagreed. finaiS
Judge God win made use OF offensive lsu
| guage, when Colonel Swank Challenged
him. The meeting WAS to have taken
plsos on Thursday, pistols being 'H0
weapons chosen.
Thomas C. Bradshaw, 56 years of ase,
was shot and mortally wounded ny ne
son Walter, at their home in Csmpfi9so, MsI
Mass, early Tuesday morning. ine
son is % years of age. 1t is said tns'
the father had for some time lived aPa's
from the family and contributed potniSs
to their support. Reoently he went ,iUa psUa
to live with them. Yesterday mOfnips
the son awakened his father from sIeep,
saying that his mother wanted sUinO
money. The father pushed his soI
towards the door the son DIRE" pls'G'
and the father again advancing, Sua
den movement Of the sons haIuEaII 1,,oI
alleged by the latter-caused the p,TsU, THa