Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-03

In compliance WIFI tue btusIii OhucR
sending army officers back TO their regi-
nents after having served over three years
in detached duty, Lieutenant Colonies
James f. Gregory of the engineer corps,
ind George W. Davis of the Fourteenth
we're Tuesday relieved from
luty on General Sheridan's staff and
ordered TO their posts.
The executive committee in charge of
he relief measures at Plymouth Pa,
met on Monday night TO finish their |
business. 1t was unanimously decided to |
stop the issue of relief, only few per-
sons being sick and those on the verge Of |
The total amount received
by the committee was $22 900, OF which |
81 900 remains ON hand.
A natural gus explosion occurred in the
oven room Of s. $, Marion T. Co.'S steam
bakery, in Pittsburg, yesterday morning.
Five persons were burned, Samuel Stat
ford. engineer, and j. II. Higgins, fore
man, it ia thought, fatally. 1t is thought
some person turned on the gas after II
had been shut of by the engineer, and II
in the ovens and exploded
when 1t came i'll contact with light.
A letter received in New York from
dated August 22d, says; Soap
tain Robinson and the entire crew of the
American brig q. s. Packard, which
grounded recently off the entrance of the
Port of Sagua, have been arrested ON the
charge of having attempted to burn the
vessel. IL was discovered that Il large
quantity of petroleum had been poured
over the brig.
A dispatch from Charlotte, N. O., says
A camp meeting being held by Northern
Methodists (colored) Mt Piney Hill Ruthor-
ford county, was attacked by nm armed
body of Zion Methodists and fired into.
The Northern Methodists fled in disorder,
seven of them being wounded. The in
ynders then collected the effects of the
routed party, piled them up and made
bonfire of them.
The steamer Niagara, which arrivednt
Havana Friday from New York, was
caught in the gale of the 25th inst. Her
deck cargo was somewhat damaged. The
Niagara rescued the captain and six
sailors of the German bark Carolina
Susanna, which was dismantled in the
storm. The pilot and five sailors of the
bark left the vessel before the Niagara
was sighted, and their fate is unknown.
The commission of medical experts up
pointed by the mayor to investigate the
sources of Boston's water supply Inns made
u report, in which is cited n number of pol
buttons of the streams which supply the
Mystic river and other sources from which
water is taken. The mayor has called on
the water board in vigorous terms to use
the most summary methods TO suppress
the causes of pollution at once.
james Murray and Joseph Martin
tramps, quarreled Mt hotel at Corning,
N. V, on Saturday. Murray drew re-
volver and wounded Martin in the head
He then ran down the street. pursued by
n crowd. Several times he turned and
fired at his pursuers, and dangerously
wounded II brakeman named Harrington.
He was finally captured, with difficulty
saved from being lyncled and WINS lodged
in Jail.
Three children were fatally poisoned ut
Fassil, Gillian county, Oregon, Wednes-
day week. They got hold Of can of con-
centrated lye and drank some OF the con-
tents, which caused death before medical
assistance could be procured. Shortly
afterwnrd the Rev. James Young, who
children. Ly mistake. nm ovrrdose ot
medicine containing lnndupun and bnth
died within an hour. NJ
p.i.i' nv a,'''iiHiiii ~. lawrence from
terdny week, after losing overheard allthl
:, "tiNH anu nii tlec"rBo pttWeeIl
decks, part being swept away and part
, ~ wv " llh,itcii tlle VESSEL second
ni'tS ''olie"rer' VI H'i'iilora', was washed
oNeIuo'ru anu drowned. me vessel hat
VI ieet ~ "ntor III nef holu anu her hres
WeIy ot' Ior WE'VE hours' Inc loss hnall'
'niiy ~ very heaNS'
a INV recently passed ny the Legislature
vi new iinlilpSnlre having the ehect Ia
coinpei M nre insurance companies t.
withur'w their agencies IRON the state,
i'!''heS New hampshire property OF MI
Kinds virtually uninsnrable. The leading
companies Oh New York and Hartford
hues0Uhy hotlneu Their agents Iii New
hampshire TO cease doing business and
consider thelr commissions suspended
| Wlile the new laws are in operation.
An act OF Congress, approved February
zotil, $3.50, nppropriates TlOO,O 600 for the
enlargement OF the custom house at Rich
mohd, va. The Sundry Civil bill, APP
| proved, March 3lst, approprintcs $5O,O0t
Tor the same purpose. The supervising
architect OF the treasury department il
undecided whether he shall prepare
designs for building under the large
| appropriation or the smaller one, and tn,
matter has been referred for decision t.
the legal officers OF the department.
Albert Lackle,an Old citizen of johnson
| v, Texas. on 'lnpgnnV week shot nnf
Killed Mr.. ana Mrs. Stokes, John Nlchol
son, Mrs. Henry l.ackie, wife of his step
son, anu Miss Lackle, MS daughter. III
'heh attempted 10 XIII MS VIE, but hi
cartridges were exhausted, and she es
ehPeu' Lackle theh cut ms own tlroa
anu mounted MS morse. Alter riding {
le" yIrus ne met ihomas brunswick
wholh ne latllly stabbed. He WINS thel
arrested, and at last accounts he wal
alive.
ny !'G'a pouy OF Edgar Names, with
phlleo ,r noe III the back OF the head, wa
Iouiiu huesaay morning Ill grove neai
N Tenn A man named Lee
settlers anu woman named Lizzie ilick
man! WIN whom Names was seen abou
uayllght' We're arrested for the crime
MaileS hau Just returned from collect
ing tour Tor hrln by whom he was em
ployed, and he was to have beon marriec
IN TWO weeks, but his first act in getting
nome on Monday night was to seek evi
company lie was murdered for the
money IN his possession.
Governor Ireland of Texas, has re,
ceiHed letter from Secretary Bayard in
relation to the complaint Of Mexicnns
stealing cattle in Dimmitt county. Accom-.
panying the letter is dispatch from the
united States minister ut the City OF
Mexico, giving the reply of the Mexican