Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-03-26
IN 9HEakAL

$40, 900.
George Wilson AMI George Dickinson
were dlowned while duck shooting near
ksokuk, Iowa, Sunday, by the upset
ting Of their boat BY cake Of ice.
A large number Of counterfeit silver
dollars sIs circulating in Boston. The
counterfeit is lighter In color than the
genuine and hss smoother surface.
The Grand Central Hotel, At Fort
Smith, Arkansas, Has bur, I'D Sunday
morning. Los $4,000 A woman wa.
badly irjnrei BY ] ,nplnG from win low.
According 10 statistical calculations the
wheG. crop Of Virginia is about 80 re-
osnt. less than the product Of las. year.
The decrease is dus to the damage dote
the crop by the extremely cold weather.
W. ]. White and his sfiAuosd, Der he
Reynolds, attempted to CROSS CedA'
ore K, at FAirmount, MiDneeots, on Tues
day night week in W gop, but 0er'
swept down by the current and drowned
The ssoIstAry Of the Navy lAst week
ordered that the UIited States stetmsT
TsllsIoosa be put In repair for the
regular service, Instead OF being us, d, as
heretofore, for government Ilessure
yacht.
Mrs. Kreuser, the insane wife Of q
farmer near Pacific, Missouri, killed one
Of her little children on Thursday even
ing and attempted TO kill the other two.
She said she had been ordered 10 sacrifice
all her children,
The great grGin.groWiug sections Of
California are suffering from drouth. A
sho ger lasting four hours yesterday week
improved prospects In the coast couuties,
but 10 the interior the orops are In
CRITICAL condition.
General Hatch OF Saturday telearAphed
the war department that about 500 Of the
Oklahoma boomers had gathered at COT
feyville, Kansas, on the southern border,
to invade the Indian Territory lie had
sent . force TO intercept them.
A large piece OF dynamite placed utder
the skating rink at Glrardville, Pa by
some unknown scoundrel, exploded on
Saturday night, tearing ont one end Of
the building No person was Injured,
although many were In the rink ct the
time.
The Presbyterian church at Moosle,
near WilkesbArre, caught FIRE Sunday
evening from defective fiup, and WIS
destroyed. The church was built about
four years ago by the Moo lie Powder
Company and presented to the oongrsga-
tion.
The sumAc mill Of W. N Jones & Co ,
and the f,ur mill Of the City Mills Com
pany In Petersburg, Virginia, ware
burntd Sunday morning. The loss on
the sumao mill is estima,el At $40, 600
The loas on the fur mill ia about
$50, 900, the insuIa ce s2O. otO
Mrs. & B. Croker, sIster in Law OF Il q
president Of the Southern PaolH railway,
has informed the Art Association Of Sln
PrsnoisoO tina. she will deed an stt
gallery and her splendid collection OF
paintings (vslued 4 $500. 00o) to the city,
provided the people rAifs q fu o.
SlOO, 600 in four months for the main.
tenaDce Of the gallery.
The Secretary OF the Navy hSs decline
- approve . requisite TO pay for the
storage Of the Puritan in Jobu ROaoh'f
shipvArd from July, 1875 10 Dc. mber,
1882, until he shall have had an oppoI.
tunity to examine the ooptrsc,. T q
amount involved ia ESQ. 201, and vas pro
vided for in the Deficiency Appropriation
bill which passed At the last Congress.
Saturday morning wSs the ooldss,
known In New York In March sinoe 1879,
the temperature at O'Clock being 81
above zero. Friday night Was one Of the
coolest Of the season al Rsston, Pa and
on Saturday evening the Delaware q,
that point, for the first time this yeSr,
was frozen from shore to shore. The
Morris canal aud the Lahigh canal and
river are frozen from EAston to MAuoh
Chunk. At this time last yesr the Lehigh
caral was ready for navigation.
The treasury department last we ID
Issued a warrant fer %, $50 70 in favor oil
Rutherford B Hayes, ex.President, being
the sum appropriated by Congress 10 re.
imburse him for payments msde on
account OF expensee Of the commission
appointed to 60 to LouisiIpR In April,
1877. Warrants were also issued In the
name Of Charles II. Reed for $4,000, and
10 the name Of George SoOville for o., 900,
tor the services rendered as counsel fol
the defense in the case Of the assassin
| Guiteau ..... ....
Frilz Schneider, living IN Allegheny
City, Pa, WAS found by his wife early
Sunday morning, lying OH the kitchen
floor with his skull fractured, his face
horribly bruised and three ribs broken.
There was evidence Of souffls In the
yard, aud bloOd.stained club was found
In an Clubhouse. Schneider said he was
assaulted three blocks from home by q
fellow workman named Rodgers. The
latter was arrested, but strongly protests
that he Ia innocent, and the police doub,
sohneider's story. Schneider Is not ex.
peoted to recover. ..=-.
The vault OF the supreme court clerk
In the burned state house in Trenton
was opened for a few minutes Sunday
and many papers in Gases now before the
court were found to be badly damaged by
water 1t is believed that litigation In the
court will be seriously delayed. The
same thing is feared respecting ohaposry
court cases. Governor Abbot has pre-.
pared 4 special message to be dent TO the
legislature, In which he recon-
mended the tearing down Of the remaindt r
Of the front wing and constructing IN its
place building large enough to give all
needed room.
A suspioious and foul smelling box, left
for transmission TO franklin, Wisconsin,
was reported to the police by the Ameri.
can. Express Company in Chicago on
Saturday. On opening the box the
skelston oil woman, whoss body had re-
gently been dissected was found, also an
~ velops, on which was the Gdiress, ttDr.
W. 9. Schmitz, Rush Medical College,
Chicago, Illinois," and the postmark
bearirg "AsnitOwoc, Wis.," The box
e1ntsiuiug the bopes WAS addressed TO
Simon RemekinR, FrsnkllD, Wisconsin
As there are several PraDklins II wiz
cousin, there may b. acme triaIng trouble
OF finding the man to whom ths box is
addressed. DE-. schmitz Of thu medical
'oi,-ss could not BIZ found
Thomas W Fitch, son.in law Of Gen.
Sheimen and TX rresidsnt VI the HaTTi.
ION wire wuiks Of y l. ute, wss eu.d by
that c7mpsty OF saturday Tor Sl02.2-9
The sGcounts 6; thu campS-Y snd tie late
pyeeidaat tom Js"us,y, 1878 to March
3ls', 1884 A. hitch tiu,s be rrsisned his
positipr, are attached 10 Tie petition fled
In the tios q tts vireniI d TX for the
purpose Of shosing shat duripg us con
recsiIn w,sh the an la drew ont
sos o2l 60, IN Cv-rdTsh cf SlO2 279 IS
over his salary AID the amouut paid in
hy him - the firm In cash Sl05. 742 rs.
Ar. Fitch esid on Saturday evening,
IA txplaeitiau If the puit, thai
the matter was perfectly straight
sna that he owed ibs concern
no'hing The sppsrspt over draft was
caused by itsrssosions by Lin as presi-
sent Of the company, acting under
instructions q the directors There was
some stock Of the concern HAT, aud
kdwIn Harrison, ]. II. Leet Lud Fitch.