Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-09
IN GENERAL.

A fire at Maryville, Tenn, Monday
morning, destroyed seven stores and two
dwellings, causing n loss of $4,000.
The sash and door factory of o. O.
Stromberg, ut Fond du Lac, Wis, was
Blu mel M nday morning. Loss, 1856 600;
insurance, $4,000.
A sale of imported Jersey cattle of
superior class took place Tuesday in
Baltimore. The highest price paid for
one animal was 8405.
About 10000 feet of logs, mostly
hemlock, passed down the Susquehanna
river at Williamsport, Monday, together
with considerable quantity of ice.
Florence Nader was showing his new
pistol to John Adler, in East Ninth street,
New York, on Sunday evening, when the
weapon accidentally went off, killing Alder.
while school house WINS being demol-
ished ut Mnuch Chunk Tuesday afternoon
the walls fell, burying man and II boy
in the debris. The boy WINS killed and
the man severely injured.
The grand jury at Richmond, Va,
Monday found mn indictment against
Thomas j. Cluyerins for the murder of
Fannie Lillian Madison, whose body was
found in the city reservoir ON the morn
ing of March 18th.
Twelve persons charged with murder,
"a with larceny, 8 with highway robbery,
with burglary, with assault with in
tent to kill, and with receiving stolen
goods, were Monday arraigned before
the courts in New York City.
The New York Duly Commercial But
letia estimates the losses by fire in the
United States and Canada during March
at $1,000, 900, which is one-third larger
tl.saUs Altn
| for which statistics hive been gathered.
While Willie McGinn was loading n
pistol TO kill II mad dog at his mothers
house, in Charlotte, N. O., Monday
morning, the weapon was discharged and
the bullet entered the brain of Bette
Caldwell, aged Is years, killing her on the
spot
During quarrel among railroad
luborers Mt Gunpowder, near Baltimore, ON
Sunday night, Daniel and John Brosnan
were stabbed. Daniel has since died and
John is in II critical condition. Thomas
Guilliamo has been arrested for the
stabbing.
Pleuro pneumonia has again appeared
among the cattle in Missouri md some of
the other Western states, and ii is an
nounced that the new commissioner of
agriculture will, rs one of his first duties,
give his attention to that disease and to
the best methods Of suppressing it.
| A telegram from Stanton, W., says
the bright sunshine of the past week has
wrought n marvellous change in the wheat
prospect. Fields that were to have been
turned over for corn are now green. Good
judges estimate the yield at 25 per cent
more thnn was thought possible fort
night ago.
The American man of-war Shenandoah
and the British war ship Heroine arrived
ut Panama Monday. The commander
of the French ship Refine Blanche posi-
lively refused to land his men unless all
, the consuls would join in requesting him
to do so. All is quiet in Colon. The
! Galena's officers are reported all we'll
II. ii. Mcdonald, president of the
Pacific Bank of San Francisco, is said to
be creditor Of the suspended Exchange
National Bank Of Norfolk, Virginia, for
, nearly $2OO,000. A son of DIR. Mcdonald
; says that even should the amount prove n
total loss his father could stand il without
CONF la'ning.
,, One of the gangways of the Cuyler
collicry, ON Raven Run, near Shenan-
! doah, Pa, caved i'll Monday afternoon,
entombing ten miners who were nj work
| ihnihN' ih'i' IN io hopt VI Ethcuinb tnc
men, MS they were in the lower lift,
several hundred feet below the surface,
! and the entire colliery has become a
wreck.
A large quantity of driftwood, mostly
D pieces of broken bridges and portions Of
+. burns and outhouses, tioated down the
Delaware river past Trenton, Monday
morning. The wharf of the steamer
y Edwin Forrest was destroyed by the
: freshet ON Sunday night, and the steamer
/ was unable to begin her trips for the sea,
@ son Monday.
n The postmaster Mt Rome, N Y, wai
suspended Monday by order of the Presi
v dent and James B. Corcoran was ap
pointed in his stead. II appears That the
O deposcd postmaster neglected to make
weekly reports of the business in the
i money order branch of his office and tina
I there liz II deficiency in his money orde
!, aud postal accounts.
y Warrants were issued in Lancaster, Pa.
. Tuesday, for the arrest of John Brocl
4 and his two daughters. Brock Inns beer
o steward Of the county almshouse for tn,
Il past Is years, and il is charged that he
II has been systematically robbing tn,
:; county i'll collision with his daughters
,, who acted M matrons The accused
II entered Dali Tor n hearing.
In Newport, KY, Tuesday morning.
I, man named Mcmillan boarded stree
y chr in which John l.. Cummins, clerk il
o the First National Bunk of Cincinnati
u WINS passenger, and saying, ~ have yo,
n now" fired three balls into his body
- cnusing instant death. Mcmillan i'm
i, mediately gave himself up. 1t is said h,
acted in revenge for the betrayal of hi,
|
Senior lie Pernlta, minister to the United
States from Costa Rica, Monday received
q adyices from Nicaragua md Salvador con
a trmatory of previous reports of the rlrntl
~ of President Bnrrios of Guatemala. II,
d has information also, from privnt,
" sources, that n telegram was received
y Mondayb by gentleman in New York, VIII,
, wis friend of President 3arrus, inform
d ing him of the death of the latter, ant
a. requesting him to transmit the iuformn
:, ton TO Barrios' son, who is cudet nj
West Point.
y General Middleton on Monday morning
>, began his march from Fort Gu Appel,
d against the Saskatchewan rebels. lie In,
NJ about $50 men. A special dispatch from
n winnipeg says II courier sent from Battle
II ford three days ago Inns telegraphed ia,
J. Hudson Bay Company TINT there are 2Ot
:, men and 100 women and children be
y, Sleged in the barracks. Under cover OF
II the cannon, the police sailed into the
q town AMI secured enough provisions 10
y last thu besiegcd three months. Huff the
y Indians who were besieging Battleford
= nave started for Montana, hoping to in
. uice the American Indians to Join them.
n All OF the Battleford district Indians are
= now eongregating in the Sounding Lake
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