Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-05-07
News Summary.
CRASH OF A TRAIN ELEVATOR
VARDALISM OF FINDIAN8-
SHORT NOT GUILTY.
QUIET ON THE ISTHMUS.

One end of the New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad grain elevator
A. at the foot of West Sixty second
street. New Y ork, was forced out yes
terday afternoon, and fell with 3 loud
crash, The bricks demolished the
roof Of the engine house, which
adjoined the elevator, and the $500
bushels of corn that poured ont buried
the engine and tore out the south end
and sides Of the build ing. Fortunately.
no lives were lost. The cause of the
disaster is supposed to have been the
decaying of some Of the tipbers Of
which the bins were built. The damage
will not exceed $1O, 900.
A telegram from NorristOwn says
that William FL. Tvrnbnll, the attend
ant at the Insane hospital, now in jail
for causing the death of Theodore +.
Caster, q patient, has made q confession.
He says Caster on Monday night dared
Alexander Steele, another attendant, to
fight. and Steele knocked him down and
Jumped on him. At Steele's request,
lTurnbull concealed his knowledge OF
the crime. Steele is also In Jail.
a telegram from Pierre, OAK ota, ,says
settlers on the Winnebago reservation
"are highly incensed at the appearance
of Indians who have cut the few re-
naming trees along the Missouri
river" The Sheriff Of Hughes County
has gone TO see Indian Agent Gassman,
at Fort Thompson, under whose advice
the Indians are said to be acting, and
Induce him to recall the Indians.
In the Dominion House of C,m
mons yesterday, Sir John Macdonald
said that " go far as tribal Indians
were concerned, his Franchise bill only
4 Id &lA tn,
IOntario and Provinces exclusive OF
British Columbia, Manitoba, and the
North west Territories"
Returns from the Thirty-fourth Illi-
nois District, where an election for
Representative to the State Legislature
was held yeste eIday, were meagre up to
a late hour last night, but indicated the
election of Seeper, the Democratic can
ldidate, by a small majority.
4 Admiral Jouett telegraphed on We'd
nesday to the Navy Department that
every thing is quiet on the Isthmus. He
says the Colon will sail from Aspinwall
for New York today and take back
one half the marines sent to the 18TH
! mus some weeks since.
The trial of Richard Short, in New
York, foe murderous assault upon
Captain Paelan, resulted, last evening,
! In verdict of "not guilty The Judge
said he was astonisbtd d at the verdict
and he discharged t.. Jury from al
further sarv.ca.
9 Nine bodieB Of perscrs Ki..ed by the
falling O.. the building IN Atlantic ave.
Y nue., Brooklyn on Tuesday morning
were recovered yesterday. All were
horribly burned. Thus far twelve
bodies have been found.
0 The old.U, s. war ship Niagara, which
, had been anchored at the Boston Navy
L Yard since the war, was sold at auction
yesterday and bought by junk dealer
> for $l2. 800. She cost $780, 900 to build
in 1854.
. By the premature explosion of a
blast In the Cornwall ore hills, near
Lebanon, Penna., yesterday Afternoon, /,
five laborers were badly injured, two
of them, it is thought, fatally.
The mandate to enforce the decisit n
of the Supreme Court of the United
States in the Virginia bond cases was
mailed to Richmoud last night.
The commencement exercises of the
Princeton theological Seminary closed
on Tuesday. OF las students on the
roll, 36 graduated.
Judge Brooks, of Pi-tsburg, Texas,
committed suicide on Tuesday to save
h mself from the penitentiary on q
charge of bribery.
The " largest vein of gas ever struck
in Ohio" was reached yesterday morn
ing at Shelby, at depth of 480 feet.
The Park House at Lacon, Illinois,
was burned on Tuesday night. Loss
$4,000. Incendiarism is suspected.
There will be Democratic majo ity
in the forthcoming Constitutional Con.
yention of Florida.
f.Half block of buildings in James,
town, Dakota, was burned yesterday
morning. LOSS $685. 900.
Morgan's 8 coal breaker ut Pittston.
; Peuna., was burned yesterday. Loss
. 500 OO0