Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-16

chain and several hundred dollars. Three
of the men were captured in the rooms OF
the Turf Club.
Sunday being the anniversary of the
battle of Boyne, large number Of
Oranpemen attended divine service In
Toronto, Ontario. A few persons col
lected In the street OF the close of the
service TO watch them leave the church,
but everything passed OF quietly, as the
Oraugemen could not be distinguished
from the other worshippers, there being
no procession and no regalia worn.
In Pittsburg, last Friday noon, while
the cashier of the Fourth National Bank
was at lunch, young man entered the
bank and told the clerk in charge that "A
gentleman wished TO see him at the door.
The clerk was ont for moment speak
ing to man in q buggy, and when he re-
turned $4,000 in cash was missing and
the stranger had disappeared. The fact
of the robbery leaked out Sunday.
There is no trace of the thieves.
While the centre of the roof of new
gasometer was being hoisted into position
in Albany, Tuesday, the gaf gave way,
precipitating five men from the platform.
Three fell to the bottom of the shaft, II
distance of 105 feet, and were instantly
killed. They were Joseph Pernell of
Philadelphia, boss rigger for II. ID. Wood
& Co., who have a contract for the iron
work, and Michael Roach and William
McCarty of Albany. The other two men
were saved by catching hold OF ropes.
In the circuit court at Baltimore, on
Saturday, Judge Phelps decided the case
Of the District Grand Lodge of B'nai
Birth against Jedijah Lodge. The suit
was to recover lodge funds and an en-
dowment fund in the custody of the sub
ordinate body after the charter of the
latter had been declared forfeited by the
District Grand Lodge. The court de-
cided that the District Grand Lodge had
no right to the funds, and stated that
equity never lends its aid towards the
enforcement of forfeitures and penalties.
A heavy wind and rain storm passed
over Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, Sun
| day afternoon. The small steam
yacht Minnie Cook, with eight persons on
board was capsi2ed and every one
| drowned. The names of the unfortunate
party are as follows Ex-Mayor A. G,
Rand and wife, Mary Rand and two Sous,
Harvey and Frank J. II. Coykendall and
| wife, Kate Coykendall and George
| Mcdonald, engineer, all of Minneapolis.
Two bodies have already been recovered
II is feared that other boats have been
lost.
| A telegram from Piitsburg says the
| Allegheny valley was visited Monday by
one of the most disastrous storms even
known there. For an hour the rain fel
AsN,..
and the lightning was incessant III,
loss in property of all kinds between
Pittsburg and Ttusville is very large. Al
Freeport a inches of rain fell in an hour
At Harmarsville the telegraph office wal
struck by lightning and boy killed.
The remains of Mrs. G. L. Stone, Jr.
who was buried last week at Martinsville
Va, were exhunled, owing to suspicion
Of foul play, and the coroner began al
investigation. On Saturday the jur,
found that Mrs. Stone came TO her dealt
from cruel and brutal treatment at tn
hands of her husband and his father, G.
l.. Stone, Sr. Both men have been com
mitted to await the action of the gran,
jury. The evidence showed that tn
woman was tortured to death by shame
full and unnatural treatment.
A fire in Albany, N. ". early Sunda,
morning, destroyed A. W. Burch'
stables, james A. Gray's piano factor
and several frame buildings BY the fai
of wall of the factory several firenei
were buried, one of whom, DAME
! Wheeler, was taken out dead. John
| Luby was so badly injured when extri
Gated that he died in i'm hour. Tw
others, Frederick w. Allen and Rufus II
Townsend, We're in critical condition II
last accounts. Twenty eight horse
, persisted in the stable. The loss o.
property is estimated at $4,000.
A fire in Belfast, Maine, S,ind,
[ morning, destroyed the Belfast Liver
a Company's stables Howe's block, occr
a pied by several business firms: the Amer
can House, the leading hotel in Belfast
g the carriage house of the livery eompun,
and wooden carriage shop. Twent
!, horses persisted in the stable, and tw
Z men-Wesley Twombly and John Case
who were in the second story of thu
y building, lost their lives. A companion
named McCabe, escaped from the buildin
with hands and face badly burned. The
had returned to the stable after beii
y ON spree, and the fire is attributed [
. their drunken carelessness The chi,
+ engineer of the fire department was ais
u badly burned in the face while tightir
i the fire. The losses are estimated
about S50,00
. Mrs. Sage, wife of Henry W. Sage
II Ithaca, N. y, founder of Sage Colleg
! Cornell University, was violently throw
u from her carriage at G.30 o'clock, Sntu
y day evening, striking ON her head KILN
II her almost instantly. The accident WI
. caused by the lines breaking, the hors
suddenly turning and running away. Nj
IL Sage and his wife, Miss Julia Irhlhorn
It New York City, and Miss Kate Linn,
q sister of the deceased lady, were returnii
II from Statewide Springs, where Mrs Sal
k had taken basket of flowers to ii
Il invalid wife of one of the college profe
II sors, and We're about four miles east
1t Ithaca when the accident occurred. NJ
Sage leaped from the carriage to gra,
IL the horses by the head but failed. Miss
e uhlhorn and Linn jumped to the gronI
e ut the same time without serious iniur
4 leaving Mrs. Sage alone in the carriag
l. The frightened horses ran IL few rods in
e ditch, throwing Mrs. Sage ont ON u
Y hard roadbed, The deceased lady was {,
i. some time president of the BrooklN
d Maternity, charitable institution /,
training nurses. The Rev Henry Wai
=, Beecher, her old pastor, will preach IA
= funeral sermon.