Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14
IN GENERAL.

corn and other grain.
1t is said there was heavy frost in
southwestern Virgin la, on Sunday night,
ice forming in many places.
Ten per cent OF the coke ovens con-
trolled by the Connellsville syndicate were
closed Monday owing 10 the depression
of trade.
While Henry Stevens and his wife were
absent from home near Jefferson CITY,
Missouri, last Saturday, the house was
burned and two of their children persisted
in it.
The statue Of Garfield, for the Hall of
Statues in the national capital, Inns arrived
in Washington. from Rome. IL will not
be unveiled until nfter the meeting of
Congress.
The house of Samuel Black, Mt Dun
Evansville, near Ashland, Pa, WAS de-
stroyed by fire Tuesday morning. Two
children, aged respectively 5 and years,
were burned.
The steamship Helvotia, 11Gl tons bur-
then, WIS crushed by ice and sunk off
Scatterie, Cape Breton, Inst Saturday.
No lives were lost, oil on board being res
cued by the Arcadian.
There was heavy frost in the interior
of New York state Tuesday morning,
and ice formed in many places. White
frosts were experienced in the Cnrulinns
and northern Alabama on Monday night.
The Old Virginia mil and iron works,
ut Lynchburg, which were closed on the
18th ult. on account of an overstock, have
received an unexpected run of orders, and
the mil mills were started Monday ut
| their full capacity.
Meagre details have been received at
| Savannah, Ga, of the killing of five
| negroes in dispute over game of cards
ut Papoto Mills, about 40 miles south of
that city. Two men have been arrested
and officers are searching for others.
The United States training ships Ports
mouth, Saratoga and jamestown smiled
from Newport, II. l., Monday morning
i on their summer cruise. They will 60
together to Fayal, Gibraltar, Lisbon and
Cadiz, and be away about four months.
special dispatch from Edinburg,
Texas, says the excessive rains which have
prevailed for u week caused tho Rio
Grnnde river TO overflow Monday, sub
merging thousands of acres of land
planted with corn. The crop will prove
an entire loss.
A telegram from st. Louis says ar
rangements have just been completed by
parties there and ut Belleville, ILL.,, with
capitalists at Pittsburg, for the erection
of 100000 mill for the manufacture of
Bessemer steel, in connection with the
nail mill at Belleyille.
A house in Charlotte, North Carolina,
occupied by Lizzie Blunt and Minnie Bell,
women of ill repute was shattered by
dynamite at O'Clock on Sunday morn
ing. The women escaped injury. Two
young men have been arrested on sus-
picion. Jealousy is supposed to have
prompted the deed.
While the British iron ship Earl of
J Dalhousie was being towed across San
: | Francisco bay Tuesday afternoon she
! was cupsized in deep water by heavy
' squall. She had neither cargo nor bal
, last on board. Her officers and crew were
4 | saved. The vessel is owned in Scotland
and cost 100000.
: William s. Roberts, president of the
= defunct Bank of Augusta, Ga, for whom
a a requisition has been made by the
l governor of New York, cut his throat in
/ Augusta Tuesday morning, but is ex-
n pected to recover. The grand jury, now
!. in session, has indicted Roberts for
j perjury and embezzlement.
. The total value of exports of domestic
/ breadstuffs during the month Of April was
!, $14 1918, 251, against $l2, 1851, 17S during
April, 1884. The total value of sucll
exports during the ten months which
Y ended on the both of April was 1885,.
II log, 1913, against $l33, 093,318 during the
y corresponding period of last year.
~ Isaac Banks, who, with woman named
l A MI nj
locked up in the county workhouse in
Pittsburg, awaiting trial ON the charge Of
= causing the death of Lena Steubenraucl
y by malpractice, committed suicide Mon
day. He snatched razor from II coloreG
n barber who was shaving him and cut hi
. throat.
N The three Italians arrested in Chicago
IF for the murder of the peddler, Caruso
re practically confessed their crime Tues
le day afternoon. They say that Jurndo
lie who was arrested in New York, witnessed
N the murder and aided in shipping Tia,
10 body in the trunk to Pittsburg. Th,
If crime was committed to obtain lew hun
rs dred dollars.
10 AT Muscatine, Iowa, on Sunday night
N nine rocks were thrown simultaneously u
the house of b. w. Lord and five of then
crashed through windows One of tn,
stones struck bed within three inches O
IN the head of Lords child. Lord had beer
10 employed as custodian of rs barrels o
d. whisky seized by the Temperance ALI
xt ance. A week ago he was assaulted will
O. apparently nIurderous intent.
N Late Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Hiram
~ Pfautz, AZ years of age, who lived nea
o. Litiz, Pa, took her five children TO mil
re pond, threw them into the stream, AM
then jumped in herself and was drowned
together with two of her youngest chill
dren aged and years respectively. Tn
se three other children, the eldest 10 year
We old, were rescued and resuscitated wit
IN the greatest difficulty. The act wa
"a caused by religious excitement.
i, In Baltimore, until within few months
70 competition between two gas companie
n gave consumers gas ut the rate of 3
n per 900 feet. A compromise was final
" effected between the rival companies, b.
rs which consumers were obliged to pay al
he advance of go per cent, if paid within
Of limited time, and 40 per cent if after tina
Nv time. Monday suit for $4,000 wa
,Is entered against the Consolidated compan
Ia by w. w. Gibbs for services rendered il
Of eifecting the compromise between tn
H. companies, by which the consumers ar
cr made to pay the higher price.
81 Judge Stewart, in his charge to til
grand jury of the criminal court at Balti
more, Monday morning, said in regar,
"a to gambling; "The vice seems to be on
az inherent in our nature, and it will prob
"a ably continue untilthe people are educate,
al up to the point that raflies at fairs vii
be considered an evil to be frowned upol
and chances in holiday presents as
thing to be avoided. The grosser form
of this vice are liable to punishment, an,
or when the business of gaming is carrie,
ON IN violation of law the duty to societ
IN requires that the offence should not b
IA lightly passed over, but should be prose
- cuted."
valuable tract of timber land in Full
bo ton county, Pennsylvania, caught fire o.
" Monday from burning brush, and vii
IN liam Hess, farmer, fought the flame
10 until he fell senseless to the ground. Tw
be of his daughters, Annie and Lizzie, be
coming alarmed at his absence, went on
in search of him and found him lyin
ne within few feet of the line of approach
re ing flames. They picked him up an
a hurried to place of safety, but thei
~, q. clothes having become ignited they wer
ne so badly burned that their recovery i
W doubtful. Hess is also not expected t.
re recover.
1t, There were 3,145,975 gallons of ne
at trOleum sliDped from philadalnh;a' Ice