Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-03-19


Captain Fay Wilder Of Cincinnati. Was
drowned near City Point, Florida iaat
week BY the upsetting Of q boat.
The weather. throughout Canada was
very oold tuesday, the temperature
ranging from 20 to $50 below sero.
A fire in Anderson, South Carolina. ON
Monday night. destroyed four stores and
two saloons, causing loss Of e22, 600.
The store Of MoCraoken q Bro,bar
Rrocsrs and liquor dealers Of Frederick.
burg, Virginia, was burned Tuesday.
Loss, e20, 900.
The will Of willard Dodge, prob.,ad
Monday at Kalamazoo, Michigan, leaves
s40, 900 TO the Michigan Female Seminar
Seminary at that place.
The board Of hsAith Of New York CI,v
Tuesday directed that Q house 10 house
inspection be made forthwith, in view Of
Il probable advent Of the oholera this
summer.
A counterfeit eco gold piece Of The date
Of 1880 was found In Boston Tuesday.
1t is made almost entirely Of lead from a
cast Of the genuine ooin and 10 battery
eildsd
Sellwt od's block At Ishpennine, Miohi.
gan, was burned early Tuesday morn
ing. II contained the city council rooms.
the DAD Fellows and Masonic Halls. and
several htores. Loss, 5000.
The Chicago Farmers Rsviao publishes
crop reports from 1900 correspondents At
different points In the west and north
west, showing that the Indications are
not favorable for an average crop Of win.
ter wheat.
Bishop F1lloNs Of the Reformed
Episcopal Church, preaching In Chicago
on sunday evening on the "6isna Of the
Times" expressed the opinion that the
second coming Of Christ was near.
W. II. L. Reitz, 81 years old, for q
number OF years q prominent grocer In
Baltimore, hanged himself In the cellar
o his residence Tuesday. Depression
In bueiness Is supposed to have affected
his mind.
1t 10 reported from the principal wheat
growing counti's Of Virginia that the
crop, which was comparatively ANAL,
has TO large extent been frozen out Of
The ground and Is greatly damaged.
Mrs. Mary Ann Borer was Monday
morning burned to death In her house, At
Shelby, Ohio. Her clothing caught fire
from stove, and her husband, being
sick in bed, was unable TO help her.
J. ID. Chiokerine, clerk Of the circuit
court Of lie Flore county, Misslaaippi,
while ont hunting, on the 12th instant,
was caught In hail storm and so badly
injured that he died before reaching
home.
A boiler at the colliery OF Lawrence &
Brown, at Nshauoy Plane, Pa, exploded
Monday afternoon. Amos Grinder, the
fireman, was go badly injured that he
died soon afterwards. Another man
named Crawford aud boy named Smith
were severely injured. The collIsry will
be idle for several weeks.
Early on Sunday morning about 80
masked men went 10 the house where
Thomas Jones aud Mrs. Taylor lived.
near Spring RRnohs, Clay county, Neb..
took them to bridge near by and hanged
them therefrom. They we're supposed to
have been Implicated in the recent rob.
berries In that vicinity and in the murder
Of Edwin Roberts . month ago. Five
other persons have been warned to leave
the country.
Charles Corwin, . Salvation Army
worker, was arrested Monday morning
In Wilkesbarrs on suspicion Of having
attempted to enter q Reading railroad
pay car. A key waa found upon him
which unlocked the car. The police think
he Ia thief and using the cloak Of reli.
gion to cover crime. He is suspected Of
completely In recent ROBBERY at Ashley,
and letters found upon him show that he
served term In New York prison.
7. b. Coward, deputy United States
marshal, arrived at the town OF Highland,
North Carolina, on Thursday night, with
i've prisoners charged with Illicit disliil-
log. A mob Of mounted men went To the
hotel where the party was stopping and
attempted to rescue the prisoners, but
were repulsed by Coward and o.her depu-
ties. One Of the attacking party was
killed, one was wounded and three were
captured and lodged in jail.
Official crop returns from the different
parishes OF Louisiana show the following
average crop prospects for February, as
compared with the corresponding month
Of last year: Cotton, l0l; corn, lO3; rye.
1856; sugar cane, 85; sorghum, 90; field
peas, 80; Irish potatoes, 99; sweet pots-
toes, 100; hay, 104; oats, 81. Seed cane
was reported good. Stubble wac Thought
TO be good. Oats were damAged, neosssi.
tstiug q replanting. The weather gen
orally was cold and wet. Planters In
parishes subject to overflow were gem
orally encouraged at the prospects Of low
water, and were preparing to pitch good
crops. Cattle generally were Door.
Planting In RAst Baton Rouge Is progress.
ing satisfactorily. Fall crops Of corn
have been planted in all parts Of the
parish. Seed ard aiubble corn prom iss
to DO we'll. Land lie being rapidly pre-.
pared for cotton.
In the superior civil court at Boston
Monday, In suit of Miss Marie OF
New York against the proprietor Of the
Hotel Vsndoms, the Jury rendered A yer
dict for defendant. The action WA 10 re-
cover $4,000, the value Of diamonds aud
jewelry stolen from the plaintiff while 4
sueat AT the defendsut's hotel in Nav.
1883 II appeared in the evidence a. The
lroperiy wac locked In o bursAu drawer
In the plaintiffs room, and was stolen
during her absence, the door OF the room
being unlocked as there was no key. The
rules at the hotel. which were posted IN
the plat lifts room, REQUIRED Al aues,s
on leaving their rooms should leaye The
Keys with the clerk at the office and IN Al
the landlord would not be resro asibla for
articles lost or stolen unless given in
charge Of the clerk. Judge Kuow,ton In
charging the jury said II It was fouud
mat the negligence Of the plaintiff con.
thbuted to the loss she oouid not in anv
svert recover. The Jury found that the
piA!nNf's negligence contributed to the
loss.
An UxOrIoide Hanged.
| PHILADRIPHIA Marab III rA, W