Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-05-18
News Summary.

oullA hraTnAr, aged 10 years, wa
shot twice and mortally wounded, q,
Locust Gap, Pa, yesterday morning,
by Peter Knolbauch, a rejected lover.
She was talking to w. Newman, an
accepted suitor. at the time, and Knoi-
bauch fired at Newman also, but
missed him. The murderer was
arrested, and IN attempt WAS made
to lynch him, bat officers lodged him In
Jail.
8. +. Shelton, Clerk of the Courts OF
Sharky county, Mississippi, and WILL
liam X. McLauren, a prominent lawyer
Of that county, " fought duel" on
Saturday morning. using shosguns.
and Shelton was killed. There were
no seconds, and AZ Shelton Is not known
to have discharged his weapon ,he af-
fair ia apparently = murder. The trou-
BILE grew out Of an aid feud.
Rodolpho Rodrignez, 10 years OF age,
a corDet player Of the Mexican Baad at
the New Orleans Exposition, was shot
and mortAlly wounded on Saturday
afternoon, by John q. Golding, an Ex.
position gatekeeper. The shooting
grew out of an affair between Redri.
FRnez and seventeen year-old daughter
|Of Golding.
Chesley Chambers, . young nan
summoned as q witness in the Indian
train robbery case, At Bloomington,
was identified on Saturday by Weber,
one OF the train hands, AS the man who
shot him and Davis. Chambers was
arrested, and subsequently, bailed in
5000. The prosecution against Wright
WAS dismissed.
Buffalo Bill's Wild Weet Show
opened In the Driving Park, at Chicago
yesterday afternoon, TO an audience OF
S, 600 persons. A stampede from the
grand stand was caused during the
performance By some boys shouting
fire." but Buffalo Bill coolly resumed
his shooting and the panic was
(allayed.
Eight persons, consisting of q family
named Turah and two msn named
Linter and Brouthur, we're poisoned by
eating trichinouB pork near Mason,
Michigan, short time ago. Since
then one Of the Turahs has died, and
the rest Of the sick people are not
expected TO secover.
A home for aged Germans, In Balti-
more, was dedicated yesterday after
noon. Addresses were made by Mayor
Latrobe, Rsv. M. Schreib and others.
Several members of the Hebrew in
| stitutions met and made up handsome
purse for the home. The new home
will accommodate seventy.fve persons .
Commodore Jonathan Young, Com.
mander Of the New London Navy Yard
died yesterday In New London, aged 5S
years. His death was caused by remit
tent fever, contracted while in Wash
lington as member Of the Wales Cour1
martial, six weeks ago.
One of the severest storms ever known
in Southern Kansas visited that regioI
last Friday, flooding the Elk AND
Verdigris river an d their tributaries
A number Of cattle md six personl
were drowned in Card creek, nea
Independence.
A game of base ball was played yes
terday at Cleveland, Ohio, and at th'
close M Messrs. Sweeney and Summers, o
the Cleveland club, and Day, OF tn
Omaha, were arrested for bail playinI
on Sunday. A test case Is to be made
Andrew J. Dam, proprietor OF the
UDion Square hotel and the Hote
Dam, and part proprietor Of the Asto
House, in New York, died on Saturda
of heart disease. He was 81 years G
age.
The banking house of John Hall
Co., at Fort Ann, New York, was rot
bed of about $4,000 on Friday nigh
The burglars were frightened ava
before they got at the large safe.
|, Bishop Miles, colored, of the Metht
dist Episcopal church, preached
sermon in the white Methodist churc
at Minden, Louisiana, on Sunday. 18th
discourse was pronounced an exceller
one by ALL"
II Thomas Reilley, aged 81 years, wa
. arrested in New York yesterday on
, charge preferred by the coroner of ha,
ing beaten his wife to death. She wa
! dissipated, and they 0uarreled freQuen
lily.
el Emil Dorner, convicted of havin
1 voted at the last local election in Pitt
8 burg, although an alien, was sentence
, on Saturday to two years imprisoI
i ment in the penitentiary.
Ten of the flour mills at Minneapol
having a total daily capacity of 997
barrels, have shut down, and the pre-
l duction of the mills still running wi
be reduced nearly one'half.
eI Forest fires are doing great damaa
in the country fifty miles west an
: northwest from Milwaukee. Man
j. families have been compelled to hv frol
their homes for safety.
II The six days roller skating match
q New York closed on Saturday nigh
a Snowden, the winner, made ], ,166 milt
and Boyst, who was second, 1,145.
a General and Mrs. Sheridan passe
l. through Los Angeles on Friday @
v their way East. Their injuries are sal
i to be much less than at first reported.
n Joshua Gray, a justice of the peat
|, lof Phillipsburg, New Jersey, was q
IS rested on Saturday evening on IL