Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-10-21
News Summary.
TRAIN COLLIslON-BURsTINs OF
a BOlLE8-TU0 DIsABLEO-
AYOUrAFUL ROBBER.
THE GRANT MONUMENT.

Two passenger trains on the Phila.
delphiA and Eric Railroad collided last
evening about two miles south of Will
Transport Penna. Arthur M. Midd To-.
kAuf, express messenger, and Eugene
Thorn fireman, were killed aud two
train hands were severely Injured. A
passenger WAS slightly injured. The
collision WAS caused by the failure Of
the engineer Of the eAst-bouud train to
observe the red danger light displayed
In the signal tower. He WAS perhaps
confused by q binding rain storm
which prevailed at the time.
A telegram from Memphis says that
I" mill ions Of squirrels are emigrating
from the Mississippi side over to the
Arkansas shore ct point commencing z
about hve miles below Memphis and
extending down for twenty miles. They
are swimming the Mississippi river and
evidently making for more elevated
grounds in Arkansas. Thousands are
being killed by farmers, who, by reason
Of their great numbers, use sticks In.
stead of guns A similar emigration OF
squirrels occurred In 1872"
At Youngstown, o., on Monday night
Mrs. Muldoon reported to the police
that she had been robbed of a large sum
Of money, and that her fourteen year
old son had disappeared. Search WAS
made, and the boy WAS found sleeping
in p shed near the railroad depot with
his pockets" weighed down with gold
and silver COIN" Two thousand dol.
lars in bills were also found upon him.
The IN pney was restored to the mother
and the young thief was locked up.
Near Osawthe, Kansas, on Saturday
night, farmer named Landar, wi til his
wife, two children and Mrs. Steck
started for home In farm wagon after
making mum ber of purchases, among
which was ten pounds Of powder. A
short distance from town Lander, in
lighting pipe, dropped q spark on the
powder, which ignited, throwing every
one out OF the wagon, killing Mrs. Ian
der and fatally injuring the others.
Harrison Hyatt, = farmer, was robbed
OF 81, 900 by confidence men, in Eimira,
New York. q few days ago. Orson
Fitch came near losing $1,000 in the
same city to bunco steerers on Monday.
In view Of the large number of gam.
blers, confidence men and other swind
lers In Elmira, the Police Commission
ers have issued extra orders, to take
effect yesterday, for the cleaning out OF
all gam bling places,
The Grant Monument Committee of
Kansas met At Fort Leavenwo on
Monday. Governors MArmaduke and
Martin, General Blair and other promi-
nent men were present. 1t was decided
to have grand military display In
May, 1886, for ten days. Thirteen men
were appointed by the chairman as in
corporators of the Monument Associa-
tion There was 81 900 reported In the
treasury.
Tho tugboat Admiral Porter WAS disa
bled near Port Huron, Michigan, on
Sunday afternoon by the breaking OF
some of her machinery and the liberia
tion pr quantities of hot water and
steam from her boiler. William XIII
bley, cook, was scalded to death and
the assistant engineer was badly injur-
cd.
The Colored Odd Fellows of Wash.
ington yesterday celebrated the 39th
Anniversary of the Grand United Order
Of Odd Fellows (colored), of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. There was a pro
cessiOn Of the local and visiting lodges
| through the principal streets and q ban
quet In the evening, The procession
was reviewed by the President.
A series Of petty robberies in Cecil
couny, Maryland, eliminated on Mon
day night in raid on the village Of
Rising Sun, about ten miles from Por
Deposit. Three stores and hotel wert
robbst of the contents Of their money
drawers and quantities of valuable
goods.
Ex Deputy County Clerk Charlie,
Tracy, was arrested in Deadwood, Da
kota, yesterday, for the alleged embez
zlemen ent OF county warrants to tn,
smou pc of 81, 400. 1t is believed
that the sum EN- mbezzled is much large
thanhas been discovered.
Andrew Murphy was buried by ,
cave. in at q small mine on Sharp
Mountain, In the suburbs of Pottsville
yesterday afternoon. A rescuing part,
set to work at once, but had not reached
him up to midnight, though his voio,
could be heard.
Beverly Eames, . well-known citizar
of Lynchburg, Virginia, committed
suicide yesterday morning by throwing
himself under u railroad train. H
was drunk ut the time, and supposed
TO be suffering from delirium tremens
ArGhdeacon Farrar has consented t,
presen ut to the Webster Historical
Society, of Boston, the origina
manuscript of his euloRy on Genera
Grant, delivered In Westminster Alb
bey.
The registration of voters in Brook
llyn, New York, sho ws . total OF 100,
l244, against 124, ,613 last year and 106,
1854 In 1883. Most Of the increase, com
pared with 1883, has been In the Repub
lican wards.
A herd OF cows at Greenfield, Massa
Iohusets, has been found to be afflicted
with the anthrax, a disease simila
Ito tho Texas fever. The animals will
be isolated and the premises disintect
ed.
The boiler OF saw mill near Ridge
vile, South Carolina, burst on Tuesda,
morning, killing two men and bo
and dangerously scalded thres otherl
Il One man IL missing.
| Two hundred coopers struck at Pee
ria, Illinois, on Monday, against
per cent. reduction in wages. The dil
tlll6rB are rely lux Ou luulhuh manu- uAsS
turers for their barrels.
i TIL ere is decided break in the strik'
in the Fourth Pool, four mines havinI
resur med on the operators terms. 1t Is
lannou ced that two more mines will
resume today.
Tbe Seamen's Union Of Chicago, a
a meeting last night, decided on an &C
vance of the wages of seamen from
90 sd so per day for the rest Of the sea
son, to begin at once.
Work is being resumed, after 81
r., :1,ooa,a In tho Wi ndOW OlAs