Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-11-05
THE NEWS oFTHE MORNING
SCHOOLS CLOSED ON ACCOUNT OF
DIPBTHERIA.
The public debt statement for October
ia expected to show decrease of about

Iub puDllC ueDb bbdttlnbnt IoI oClpDer
ia expected to show decrease of about
$13,500,000.
The public schools at Rockport, Ind,
are to be closed ON account of the pre-
yalence of diphtheria.
A father, mother and child were
drowned Thursday in the st. Lawrence
river, near Montreal, by the capsizing of
o boat.
Arthur Doggett and Henry Burnett
were Sunday 'tplaying Jesse James with
revolyersp at Minto, OAK, and Burnett
was accidentally shot dead.
Brown Hill, tax collector for Oxford
township, near Belvidere, N. j., has re-
signed because he is short IN his ae-
counts. His bondsmen will pay up.
The mail stage robbed near Abilene,
Texas, Wednesday week, by two masked
men, is the same stage that was robbed
few weeks ago by 19-years-old boy.
The chiefs of the Northern Minnesota
Indians have held pow-wow, and agreed
to go on the White Earth reservation, and
allow their lands to be thrown open to
settlement.
Charles Andrews and Matthew Ken
nedy, convicts, implicated in murders,
escaped from the Kingston, Ontario, peni-
tentiary Thursday morning. They are
regarded as desperate characters.
While cunning near Adamstown, Lam
caster county, Pa, Thursday morning,
James Haller, young man, was ncciden-
tally shot dead by Clayton Bucher, a
companion. When found Bucher was
lying by the side of his dead friend, in
faint.
stage coach was robbed by highway
night week. The driver was compelled TO
hand over the express packages and the
mails were carried off. Two passengers
who were in the coach were not molested.
Joseph Bowman, middle-aged man,
who lost both legs last year Mt railroad
crossing, but recovered sufficiently to
move around on stumps, committed sui
eide at Harrisburg Thursday by throwing
himself from window of the bridge
across the Susquehanna.
Navigation ceased Sunday morning
in Section of the Champlain Canal, at
Whitehall, N. Y. The ice was fully an
inch thick, and an ice breaker had TO be
run distance of five miles to release inn
prisoned boats. This is unprecedented
for the beginning of November.
While school children were playing ball
at Hazleton, Pa, last week Frank Reison-
weaver, aged years, had his skull frac-
tured by being struck ON the head with
bat, which slipped from the hands Of Ella
Roth, aged IA, who was playing with the
other scholars The little fellow died
short time afterwards.
The solicitor of the treasury has given
an opinion that seamen on fishing vessela
are legally entitled TO treatment in marine
hospitals, and Surgeon-General Hamilton
will in a few days issue an order to med
ical officers of the marine hospital service
TO admit seamen of that class in accord
ance with the solicitors opinion.
The total number of immigrants who
arrived at the principal ports of the
27.S0l, against IS, 1886 during September,
1884. The total number of immigrants
who arrived during the nine months
which ended ON September Goth, last, was
268, ,83G, against 336, ,449 during the corre-
spending period of last year.
At Waco, Texas, Tuesday night week,
Jerry Reagan, a crippled old negro,
having discovered that his young and
good looking wife was unfaithful, hobbled
over to bed where Pink Davis, young
colored man, was asleep, and knocked
out his brains with an axe. After the
tragedy Reagan coolly lit his pipe and
awaited the coming of the officers.
A telegram from Boston says the cast
ing of the 64-ton gun at the South Boston
iron works, was failure. The men,
upon stripping the mold from the gun,
found that, owing to the unequal cooling
q. caused by the core having given way on
one side during the process of casting, it
cracked open, destroying the gun, which
will have to be recast. The core arbor
will either be repaired or q new one will
be made.
General John Newton, Chief of Engi-
neers, in his annual report, expresses q
hope that the commencement of an elab-
crate system of coast defense may no lon
ger be delayed for lack of appropriations.
The limited amount of funds available
during the past year has been mainly mp
piled to placing in serviceable condition
the platforms of heavy guns and mortars
bearing upon the channels of entrance to
the various harbors.
There is much distress on the coast oi
Labrador in consequence of the failure ot
the fisheries. At Esquimaux Point, out
of $50 families only 20 have supplies fol
the winter. Thirty more hope to ge
sufficient advances from merchants, whC
usually supply them, to enable them t.
pull through the season. The remaining
100 have nothing whatever, and supplie
must be sent to them or they must b'
taken off the coast
While q car of coal was being hoisted a
the Mosier shaft of the Butter Collier,
Company near Pittsburg, Pa, on Tues
day week, the whole superstructure owe
the shaft, including the headhouHe AM
the framework to which the hoisting ma
chinery was attached, fell in, much of
falling to the bottom of the pit ant
blockading the shaft. As result of tn
accident about 200 miners will be throw
out of employment for at least month
At East Saginaw, Mich, Wednesda
evening week, fire broke out on
tug near the Genessee avenue bridge
While a number of people were Oh Ii
bridge looking at the fire, piece of I'll
sidewalk of the structure, about do fe,
long, gave way, preeipitating 90 peop
into the river, which is over Is feet deel
and has a strong current. Most of the
were saved many being badly bruised, ,b'
il is thought several have persisted, us
or 13 are missing.
Investigation by the grand jury
Bnzeman, Montana, has disclosed lnut
dishonesty among the lately-ret;red OF
oials of Gallatin county. An expert a
cenntant has discovered shortage
81, 700 in the sheriif's accounts. III
treasurer is behind $4,000 for license
$6. 500 for delinquent taxes, and m Q
animation of the county commissioner
accounts show there are 1886, 200 worth
uncertified bills, which, in many ]
stances are not even itemized. The
yestigntion is to be continued.
Fielder Baker, clerk in the mon
division of the city post office in Was
ington, was arrested Thursday on
charge of embezzling $40 from the fun
of that office. He confessed his guilt, N
said he had fallen into the hands OF
money shark who was charging him
per cent month for funds which he b
been obliged to borrow. The mon
lender had been at the office several tin
pressing him for his pay, and fearing u
he would lose his position and driven
desperation, he had stolen the money
pay his debts.
Henry Kellen, confined in the Misso
penitentiary for horse stealing, reeen
confessed that he was one of the men v
attempted to rob u train on the Atehis
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad at Cooled
Kansas, on September 23d. 1883, dur
which the conductor and engineer W
killed. At the request of the governor
Kansas, the governor of Missouri
pardoned Kellen, so he may be tried
punished for the greater crime.
pardon was issued Wednesday wrek, 1
Kellen was taken to Kansas in charge
an officer from that state.
In the United States court at Pittsb