Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-01-10
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
A 1oWERFUL PENNSYLVANLA Pc
IROy POOL PROJECTED.
Episcopal Foreign Missions-Dorsey
Loses IA Case-A Discouraged nor
mon Bisbop-A Baltimore Poitce-
man Drowned.

.as IA s,ase-A Discouraged NOR
mon Bisbop-A Baltimore Poitce-
man Drowned.
Tba dwelling of J. v. Carver, near
Dnks Centre, Pa, was burned Fri
dav. and Mr.. Garver's four children, aged
rom to years, perishsd in the flames.
Charles W. Fisher, aged 48 years,
nolieeman in Baltimore, wandered from
| lila beat Sunday morning, soon after l
o,cloek. and walked into the river and
| WAS drowned.
giant powder cartridge used by
vorkmen making an excavation in Nor.
risauis. New York, exploded Friday,
| killing Patrick MaguiIe and severely In.
| turing Michael Leahy.
The new building of the Central Pres
byterian Church at Broadway and Fifty
seventh street, New York, was dedicated
Sunday. The address was delivered
by the Rev. DR.. 8. Irenaeus Prime.
II Ia reported from Altoona that the 20
year lease of the Pullman palace car
company to the Pennsylvania railroad
company being about to expire soon, the
latter is making arrangements TO con-
S,ruot osrs for its own use.
The chief naval constructor has ap.
proved the recommendation of the COM
mandant of the League Island navy yard
for the retention there of force sufficient
to finish the repairs to the O5sippee.
When they are done the yard ia to be
closed.
Pierce s. Marx has began suit In the
court OF common pleas of New York
,, tfo,,
to recover $50, 900 damages for the loss of
an eye, which was caused by a cinder
from one Of the engines Of the company
defendant.
The Mexican government has declared
forfeited the concession made TO General
Grant for submarine cable between
Mexico, Central America and the United
States, no work having been done under
the terms of the concession within the
prescribed time.
The Trenton Times says that the Read
Ing railroad company has notified all its
employee holding public positions to re-
sign their offices or leave the CON mpany's
employ. Among the employees affected
by this order are two members Of the in
coming New Jersey Legislature.
A westbound express tram on the
Wabash road on Tuesday week struck a
wagon, near Napoleon, Ohio, containing
five men. Frank Long and William
Rohers were instantly killed and George
0rps WAS seriously injured. A freight
train on side track concealed the
approaching express.
=. L. Harry of Nottaway county,
Virginia, has been arrested on the charge
.f IL 10 tl,,ta I. Il,
woman in Baltimore when he had three
wives living. He is SIS years Of age aud
has lived in several states. He was
lodged in Jail to await a requisition from
the governor of Maryland.
Louis Griffin, prominent farmer OF
Salem, Ohio, had quarrel with his II
yOaIs-old son Tuesday week and followed
the boy into piece of wood. Soon after
ward a shot was heard, and young Griffin
came from the wood and said his father
had killed himself. The body WAS found,
and his son has disappeared.
Unusually cold weather prevails
throughout Manitoba, Minnesota and
Dakota.At Port Arthur, Manitobs, Thurs
morning, the temperature WAS Ass
below zero; at Brainerd, Minnesota, il
was 300 below, and at Minneapolis 100 tc
$50 below. Freezing temperature pre-
vailed as far south as Florida.
The town of Altsta, on the port OF tina
name, in Mexico, was destroyed by
hurricane ON November 4th. Not hOus,
was left standing and the shipping
suffered severely. There was also
violent gale at Mszatlan, and tn
steamer Democratic was driven ashor,
and three OF her men were drowned.
Agent Lewelyn took delegation o
New Mexico Msoalero Iudisns to tn
interior department in Washington, Fri
day, TO endeavor to recover possession
Of tract of land (about 1000 acres
alleged to have been withdrawn from tn
Miscalero reservation by an erroneou
survey.
4 meeting III the interest ss0f tn,
4 foreign missions OF the Protestant Epis
i Copsl church was held Sunday evening Il
i New York, Bishop Coke presiding.
was reported that there were SO mis-
aionary stations in charge of the Epis
oopal church, and $50 persons engage
in the work. The sam of $l67,S35 wa
asked for mission support.
At the annual meeting of the Mormo
priesthood in Salt Lake City ,on Saturda
morning, Bishop Sharpe, who was present
said that "while in Washington recentl
he had seen enough to convince him tha
no power but that OF the Almighty ooul
save the Mormon people," The churc
paper at Salt Lake City says that Apostle
Thatcher and Richards are Oh the way
Washington to attend TO Utah affairs.
The four hundredth anniversary
ulrieh Zwingli, the Swiss retormer, WI
celebrated Sunday in the Academy
Music at Baltimore. There was a larg
attendance. Addresses were delivered i
English by the Rev. j II A. Bombsrge
Oh Ursina College, Pa, and in German /
the Rey. Dr.. j. Kuling Of Philsdelphi
Aud others. The music WAS furnished
the Baltimore Liederkranz.
The O'Clock afternoon train over Il
Annapolis & Elk Ridge railroad, Thursds
Just after turning curve in the road IRA
into four COWS, which threw the locom
i've and two cars from the track. NJ
Nicholas Deale, the superintendent
construction on the road, was throw
under the locomotive and badly burn,
and scalded. Milton Coulburn, Il
engineer, and couple OF other tra
hands were also injured. ALI the pa
sengers escaped uphurt.
CAPTAIN r. H. Pratt, superintendent
The Indian training school at Csrlisl
"a, Thursday sent 27 Indian girls to Il
Lincoln Institute st Philadelphia. TIL
makes 90 Indian girls who have be,
sent to that institution from vario
points. There are still 404 pupils renal
ing at the training school, which numb
wiil be increased before long by the adj
Won OF about 40 Apache children who
W oibbons has gone to bring from I
frontier. The school is In hourshii
STATE, and the pupils healthy and rapid
acquiring knowledge.
Friday night strange wedding to
place In Denver, COL, the bride being
white girl IA years old and the brio
groom coal black negro. The oeremo
was performed by white Method
preacher named Hodges. Some yea
ago the girls mother, then widow, ca
Denver with her daughter fir
oanada. few months later abe married
negro named Harris, by whom she
'hfee children. 1t is reported that
sti was forced into the marriage by
mother, and the neighborhood is grea
excited.
governor Crittenden OF Missouri,
weeks since, promised his little daugh
hsHe when she was on her deathbed II
ne would pardon Charles Stevens, al
omsha Charlie, serving life sentei
In the nanitantio,u m,,a,aa, yaal, L.,