Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-01-08
In GENERAL.

The public debt statement for Deosm-
Der, issued Friday, shows an iuora'e
Of s641, 3s4.
Many sheep and cattle persisted In
southwestern Texas during tie recent
cold weather.
Representative Laird OF Nebraska had
bis leg broken Thursday BY being thrown
from his horse in Washington.
Seven men are reported to have been
frozen to death during the recent cold
spell In the Niobrara district OF Nebraska. |
The Moline Buggy Company's works at
Rock Island, Illinois, were closed on Sat.
urday afternoon, the company having
made an Assignment.
Director General Burke Of the New
Orleans exhibition, sAid FRIDAY that
everything At the exhibition w0uld
bs In readiness and In place In 10 dAys
The Home for Free and Accepted
Mstops Of PenpsylvAniR, At the south.
west corner Of B'oad and Ontario streets,
was formally opened ThursdAy afternoon.
The Springfield Republican publishts a
| summary Of reports from the different
tobacco sections OF the Connecticut valley
which indicate good crop we'll cured, but
almost no sales.
Ruth Gill, the little daughter Of John
| Gill, prominent grocer OF Cleveland,
0hi' was shot dead Wednesday weekly q
year-old boy, named Walter Gross bar.
They were allowed to play with a re-
volver.
Charles Miller and Peter Short. who
were arrested while trying to pawn
/
committed to the custody OF an officer
from Lancaster, from which city, 1t was
charged, the robes had been stolen.
DR.. James H. Harris, q physician Of Iu-
dianspolis, who fdied Friday, left
will directing that no funeral be held
over his corpse, ana that his body be
taken directly from his late residence 10
the dissecsing table. His wishes will be
complied with.
At Grafton, West Virginia, on Sstur.
day, Mary Beck VAS arrested on the
charge Of being the psrson who wrecked
the St. Louis express near that place last
Wednesday, with the loss OF two lives
and much destruction Of property. She
admitted her tuilt.
The four boy burglars In the jail at
Lebanon, Pa nearly effected their escape
Wednesday night week They had almost
borrowed their way ont when discovered,
and another half hour would have seei
them free. Thursday morning they were
transferred to the jail at Reading for
bookkeeping.
At New Haven Friday DR.. Carver,
the mai ksmap, "broke quarter Of a ton
OF coal, piece by piece, firing $50 shots IN
{ 80 minutes" 1t was q practice shoot,
preparatory TO his attempt 10 break
GO, 600 glass balls in ak days at the Lin.
coin skating rink in that city next week
The retail coal dealers along Washing.
| ton avenue cannot get the Pennsy lvanis
I Railroad CJmpsny TO haul TO their ards
] coal purchased from the Rsadiug Coal
and Iron Company. There are 300 care
! laden with coal low lying at Belmont
| which should have been taken away
} more than three weeks ago and dis
tributed along the avenue. .z
In the common pleas court ct Puts burg,
: on Saturday, Judge Stone filed an opinion
holding that the Penn Bank was operated
under a privste a1d special charter, and
: not under the Banking act OF l84S OIL
1850. This relieves the direct re Of the
, bank Of Individual liability for sums du,
dspositors. The case will go to this su-
! preme oourt.
DR.. RAlrb Touskv. wall-bno.vn
, physician ct New York, early Surda
morning shot his wits in the head, IN
ficting q scalp wouud, and then sho
himself IN the forehead. As the bulle
= did not touch his brain, his recovery Il
, hoped. He has for some time past showI
/, symptoms OF insanity, disease In which
,, he was considered an expert.
i An express train from ST. Louis, OIL
, Wednesday night, struck an Obstruction
which had been placed on the track neal
( Grafton, West Virginia, by some unknow
! villains. The engine was thrown from
i the rails and oApsizsd, and the postal cal
! thrown into the creek. Collin Hepburn
! the engineer, was killed, and Thomas
, Dorsey, the fireman, 80 badly Injured
, that he died in few hours.
I In the Magma Cbsrta mine at Wake
Vile, Montana, on Saturday, jane
Tippert aud William Bray miners, becam,
dizzy while ascending the shaft, and fall
ipR ont of the Gage, dropped to the bolton
OF the shaft nearly 800 feet below. Johi
Bray, the only otter occupant Of tb,
. cage, arrived at the landing place suffo
Gated, and holding The bar in death
> clutch.
! As Thomas Gould was walking on til,
4 tracks Of the West Shore railroad, neal
l Milton, N. Y, Thursday, rock weigh
a ing several tons iell upon the track ,
' short distance in front Of him. Heial
!. back sbout a mile and notified fagman
0 who succeeded In stopping a pAsFenRs
! train from Albany short distance from
4 the obstruction. The passengers mad,
b up purae for Gould and commended
D him for his presence Of mind.
Q The Canadian millers ar again pstI.
3 tioninR the Dominion government TO rails,
a the duty on American Il our from so cent
: to 81 per barrel. Notwithstanding tn,
/ duty Of so caute per barrel, 300 .OO(
/ barrels Of -four were imported from III,
Q United States last year, over $50 ,OOC
| barrels of which were imported from tn,
o Unit Stat by the maritime provinces
: which are making strong protest
: against the duty being increased.
l In the municipal civil oourt at Boston
4 Friday, q decision was rendered O.
! some interest 10 betting men. Henry
! MerTick, q stakeholder, held funds which
j the defendant had placed In islands OF
the election OF Blaine. The defendant
| ADot eho p9hI puh uoOiiu6u 70 blow t0t
stakeholder to pay. The plaintiff served
a trustee process 10 hold the funds IN
9 payment Of the defend ant ind ebtedness
/ The court discharged the trustee, thus
/ viTtually declaring for the defendant.
MsIor W.. H. Smith, United stAtel
o army psymaster, stationed at Savannah,
o is reported 10 have Absoonded, after draw.
l ing % 500 Of government money from a
. local bank. The office is in charge Of
smyth's clerk smyth, who is q son Of
John Il. Smyth, ex superintendent Of
Q insurance Of New YORK state, was trsns.
3 ferred to Savannah from Montana in Feb
rusry last. Ga his arrival In Savannah
he soon became favorite with the young
men Of the city and, il Ia said, dtifted