Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27

n the state of Chiapas, Mexico. The
ever is of virulent type, destroying
sntire families.
A dispatch from Nagales, Arizona, says
he report Of the murder of three Ameri-
cans and eight Mexicans at Barachuca by
Apaches has been confirmed,
David Monteith, II years of age, was
killed by one of four unknown men who
were stealing fruit on his fathers ground,
near Montreal, and whom he had ordered
of.
James Brady was shot and killed on
Monday night in New Albany, Ind, by
Elmer Michaels. They had been warm
friends, and quarreled over trivial
matter.
J. r. WallSup, president of the city
council and acting mayor OF Emporia,
Kansas, died on Saturday from the effects
of poison, said to have been administered
by his wife.
sly, Calvin, secretary of the Beaver
Falls Building and Loan Association in |
Beaver Falls, Pa, has been arrested upon
"a charge of embezzling $4,000 OF the
funds of the association. i
A dispatch from York, Pa, says Mrs.
Eliza Mace, of North Oodorus township,
killed one of her children with potato |
nasher on Monday afternoon. The
woman is thought to be insane.
A letter from Bishop Fobre of Mon
treal, concerning the smallpox, and urg-
ing that vigorous steps be taken TO stamp
out the disease, was read in all the
Catholic churches in the city on Sunday.
j. A. Brown and William Hall, two
colored boys, were Tuesday detected in
the act of placing two large stones, two
cross-ties and some fence rails across the
tracks of the Annapolis Il Elk Ridge rail-
road. They said they wanted to have
some fun. They were lodged in jail ut
Annapolis.
Judge Israel S. Spencer died in SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, in March last. He was sup
| posed to be wealthy aud held in trust
large number of estates, 1t has been
ascertained that there is absolutely
nothing in his estate and at least $4,000
of the estates held in trust by him cam
/ not be accounted for,
In the poor commissioners Office in
Erie, Pa, on Saturday, Mr.. and Mrs. Re
pose, INDECENT persons, who were once
very wealthy, applied for relief to save
their daughter, who was in an emaciated
condition. When their turn came to talk
to the directors, they discovered that their
daughter had died in her chair from
starvation.
A dispatch from Brainard, Mimi, says
sHole-in. the-Day," the noted Chippewa
chief, while en- route to st. Paul on Mon
day night, was taken from a Northern
Pacific train, at way station, dragged
into the woods and so brutally beaten
that he is not expected to recover. He
was ON his way to testify against the
whisky men in the Federal court.
The body of the young woman found
drowned in the river at Louisville, KY,
with towel tied about her head and over
: her mouth has been identified as that OF
Miss Laura II. Nourse, who had been q
missionary and contributor to the reli
gious press. She left note stating that
} she had committed suicide because she
! could no longer fight against unkindnesi
+ and injustice.
! On Friday last 60 Apaches made rait
ON ranches near San Pedro, Mexico, Al
miles south of Tombstone, Arizona, ant
' carried oil number of horses The rail-
was witnessed by squad of Mexican sol
diers, but no interference was attempted
party of armed citizens started from
Tombstone for the Mexican border Il
assist in driving the Indians from Unite'
States soil.
The tenth annual convention of th
: Mutual Life Benefit Association O
. America opened in Boston Tuesday
y Thirty societies in all parts of the countr
: were represented. President L. L. Phelp
= said that life insurance has in littl
!. more than one decade been placed anon
y the leading financial institutions of til
- nation, and in that time there hns bee
y distributed among widows and orphan
= 1922, 1862, los.
il Adjutant- General Drum Monday +,
70 ceiyed dispatch from the officer con
Il manding in New Mexico saying that til
Ii Southern Utes in that territory WEI
starving; that they had no supplies M
were unable to procure any, and thu
unless food was Immediately secured fC
Them they would go on the war pntl
y These are the same Indians that, II fe
l- weeks since, were reported to be withol
food and i'll a starving condition.
N In the United States circuit court
lie San Francisco Monday, Judge Say,
le rendered an opinion in the Chinese babei
Of corpus cases of Sun HUM and 81 Ye
n allowing them TO take an appeal from IL
ne United States district court to IL
Supreme Court of the United States. II
or effect of Judge Savers decision, it is sui,
he will be to give every Chinamnn who wan
ne to get into this country the right TO n
cd peal to the Supreme Court of the Unit,
ed States.
III DIR. ID. II. Gregg, wealthy citizen
II | fN f..a
dead in bed at the st. Charles Hotel
Richmond Tuesday morning. He W
al "a years old and died of apoplexy. A
Y. cording TO the terms of his will Il
lis residue of his estate, amounting to ov
of 100000, will go to the st. JOSEPH
ce Female Orphan Catholic Institution
of Richmond, the interest to be devoted
lie the education of female children of ii
: u Caucasian race, without regard to religit
MS or nationality.
The husband of Henrietta. Xix desert,
her in Boston few months ago. Lear
ing that he had gone TO Richmond, Vi
nj the wife donned male attire and shipp,
he on board vessel al Boston us COO
It'll Upon reaching Richmond she discover
q, that Xix had been arrested and commit,
If to Jail for robbery. Determined to gu
he access to him she stole small amount
II. money. She was arrested and placed
the same cell with her husband. On 81
=. urday the authorities discovered the rll
Wy and the husband and wife were placed
lie, separate cells.
lst A cable dispatch to the New Yo
in Herald, says the American Line steai
lie ship British Princess, from Philadclpll
lgs arrived Mt Queenstown on Monday nigl
3G hours overdue. She reported passl
a large dismasted vessel oil the banks. {
cd the 18th inst. she saw ship on fire. II
ms spars We're gone and. her hull was
he flames. The ship was OF American bull
to The British Princess stood by for thr
re- hours and fired rockets to attract Ii
boats, but saw none. At 5 O'Clock Il
ship burst open. She was timber llde
Three tramps on Saturday applied
the house Of Mr.. Druckenmiller, in Su
ter bury, Pa, for food. They were offer,
All bread and butter, which they refuse
GO without meat. They then attempted
enter the house, but were put out by M
I'm Druckenmiller, who struck one of ther
'as They then left but returned at night N
Mt finding no person in the house threw
ID. piece of greasy waste into the dinii
30. room, setting fire to it. The fire was di
ed covered and extinguished by neighbo
IN. before doing much damage. An alar
mi was raised, and one Of the tramps W
captured and lodged in Jail.
- The signal service corps at St. PM
~ Minnesota, received advices Mond,
~, y, reporting killing frost over the great
~ portion of the Northwest Territory. q
n tending to the northern part of Minnesot