Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27

lightning Ia st. Charles parish, LOUISIANA,
Friday afternoon.
Francis Murphy of Pittsburg, the tom
perance advocate, addressed an audience
Of 1900 people at chautauquh, N. T.,
Friday.
Hog cholera is said to prevail to an
alarming extent at the stock yards in
Chicago, and many animals are dying
daily.
The boil worm has made its appearance
in the cotton belt of Alabama, and it is
said the cotton crop will be cut off ut
least % per cent
| Five horses in Camillus, N, Y, We're
killed by lightning ON Friday night, by
getting their necks across a wire fence
which was struck 60 rods away.
A violent storm passed over Cincinnati
on Saturday evening. The rain fell in
sheets, flooding Easements in all parts Of
the city and temporarily suspending street
traffic.
John Cheney, aged "a years, died at
South Manchester, Conn, on Thursday
night. He was one OF eight brothers
who founded the silk industry in Man
chester.
A freight train on the Cleveland a.
Pittsburg road was ditched Friday Just
outside Of Cleveland. Six loaded oil cars,
one car of beer and six cars of lumber
and merchandise were burned.
The general superintendent of the life
saving service has directed the superin-
tendents of the several districts on the
Atlantic and gulf coasts to open and man
all their stations on the LIST OF September.
Policeman james North of New York,
was killed early ON Saturday morning by
Samuel B. Goode, oolored, who stabbed
him in the throat with clasp knife. 1t
is said the officer made an unprovoked
assault upon Goode.
The Secretary of State has applied to
| the President of Mexico for the extradi-
ton of Aufdemorte, who is charged with
forgery and embezzling funds from the
New Orleans sub-treasury, and who is
now under arrest at Monterey,
A dispatch from Lock Haven, Pa, saws
a destructive hail storm passed over
Dunnstable, Wayne, Pine Creek and
Woodward townships on Friday after
noon. The tobacco crops in the tack of
the storm were totally destroyed.
Adam Forepaugh's show arrived in
| Peoria, ILL.,, Friday, and was seized by
the sheriff on writ of attachment on
account of Indebtedness to railroad
company contracted last year. The bill
was paid and the property released.
Two freight trains collided on the
Boston, Hoosac Tunnel & Western rail
road, east of Eagle Bridge, Friday
afternoon. Both engines were completely
wrecked and 10 cars were piled on top Of
each other. The train hands jumped and
We're not hurt.
A passenger on the steamer Chattaboo-
| chic, on the st. Johns river, Florida, fell
overheard Wednesday week. A boat
was lowered under command of First
| Officer Magill, and the man saved. In
| getting him on aboard the boat capsized,
| and Magill was thrown into the river and
| drowned.
| A band of masked men went to Dalton,
| Ca, Wednesday night week, and beat the
| inmates of several disreputable houses.
All the disreputahle, houses regardless OF
the color of the occupants, were visited,
and then the party went to the mayors
office and left list of those under mob
| surveillance.
Forged checks, purporting to be signed
by the Rev. Canon Charles Martin Stills.
have been received by the banks in Port
land, Me. They have been cashed nj
different parts in central New York.
Canon Stills has been in Europe for two
months. Episcopal clergymen appear to
have been the victims.
| Maxwell, the alleged murderer of Prel-
Ter, has written II letter, addressed ITO
the Public. in which he says '.Actin1
under the advice of my counsel, have
declined to disclose my defense to any
one. will answer TO any name they may
choose to call me. | have Il perfectly
good defense, and do not fear the result
ut all.
A dispatch from Kansas City, Missouri,
says Congressman Warner states that tho
use of his name by the knights of Labor
committee in connection with proposed
effort to impoach Judges Krekel, Brewer
and Trent of the United States circuit and
district court was unauthorized, and that
he knows of no reason for such inpeach-
ment.
1 The Ne0 EagluaR HomoStead of Spring
field, Mass, has published reports from
over 900 correspondents in the fruit
growing regions Of New England, New
York, New Jersey Delaware and England.
They show that, although this is the
'odd" or non-bearing year for apple
trees, there will be no scarcity of TINT
fruit.
A heavy storm passed over Titusyille,
Pa, Friday afternoon. Lightning
struck the residence of Samuel Chambers,
on the outskirts of the city, instantly kill.
ing Mrs. Chambers and seriously burning
ycar-old child. AT Scranton the wind
blew down trees, small buildings and
fences in the western part of the city.
The rain fell in torrents.
Tuesday morning week the infant child
OF Charles sullivan of Detroit, Mich,
apparently died and Was prepared for
burial. Fifteen hours after the supposed
death, while the family and friends were
gathered about the coffin, the baby began
to cry, frightening nearly every one from
the house. The father took the child
from the coffin, and it has since been in
good health
w. IL. i. Maxwell, the alleged muir
derer of q. A. Preller, appeared before
Acting Judge Fauntheroy in the court of
criminal correction in st. Louis Fri
day. He was not asked to plead. ms
Judge Fauritheroy, who is temporarily
iiilinB Judge Nnonrn's place in this court,
is one of MnNwell's counsel. The case
was set for preliminary hearing on
September I'd.
fire in Texarkana, Arkansas, Fri
day morning, destroyed the Arlington
Hotel, the telephone office, post office, the
Pacific Southern express Offices, and
the Western Union telegraph Office. The
loss is estimated ut $l50,OOO The in.
snrance is not known. Colonel q. Il,
Dixon, proprietor of the Arlington, was
! seriously burned, and Patrick Dorian was
struck by failing veranda and fatally
injured.
A freight train on the New York, Penn.
sylvania IL Ohio railroad was wrecked
near Shenango, Pa, Friday morning.
.lames Berry, Il brtkesmmn, Of McadyillG,
: was killed, aud Hardy Thomas md I.indc
Sherred, hrakemen, badly injured. Seven
teen cars were wrecked and the track was
torn mp for quarter of mile. The acci.
, dent was caused by the train parting and
> then coming together again ON {, grade.
While Mt work at the PENNSYLVANIA
/ steel works at Harrisburg ON Saturday
I evening, Paul Suslieskie nttcmptcd Ia
l drive the pins 10 close the hell which
!, shut the furnace. lie had hardly steppcd
: upon the bell when it sank, and he was
dropped into the molten metal. The hell
t came back into its proper shape. but
e before it could he opened, Suslicskic had
I been almost entirely cremated.
The disclosures ia relation to thenfTairs
, oil the late John Nichols, vice president