Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-09
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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The Arcade building in Utica, New
York, occupied by several stores, was
damaged by fire Friday morning to the
extent of about $50, 900.
Charles Remlee was ON Thursday con.
victed of the murder of his father at
DodgeYille, Wisconsin, and was sentenced
to imprisonment for life.
The ice gorge at Callicoon, on the upper
Delaware broke on Friday night, and the
houses along the river bank at Port Jervis
and Cohecton were flooded.
The freight house and several cars Of
the Rome, Watertown & 0gdensburg rail,
road, at Cape Vincent, N. Y. were burned
on Saturday. Loss $5O,OOO.
By the burning of building in China
town, San Francisco, on Friday night
three Ohinamen lost their lives. The
loss to the property was $50, 900.
The boiler of saw mill, near Scipio
Indiana, burst Wednesday week, killing
Anthony Cleaver, the engineer, and fatally
injuring David Morton and Alfred Hulse
The annual conference of the Mormon
church began on Saturday in Logan
Utah. There were present II number o.
bishops and elders from Idaho and Colo
RADIO.
The schooner Souvenir, at Halifax, re
ports a heavy gale on the voyage to Ber
inuda on February list, during which th'
mate and seaman were washed over
board.
A fire in Mahanoy City, Pa, on Sat
urday morning, destroyed Joseph Enich'i
hardware store and five other stores ant
shops, causing loss of $45,000 msur
ance, $15,0 900.
The contents of the supposed infelna
machine discovered in the court house il
Joliet, Illinois, on Saturday morning, ,aftel
being tested, were pronounced oiled saw
dust and charcoal.
The large clothing store of Weisenfelt
& Co., in West Baltimore street, B,ilti
more, was damaged by fire Friday night b
the extent of about 1875, 900. The loss il
covered by insurance.
It is stated that the Secretary of til,
Treasury has ordered an investigation o
the danger of natural gas and an inquir,
rs to whether laying natural gas main
will endanger government property.
1t is reported from Wnynesburg, Pa.
that it is estimated that about 40 ,U0i
sheep have died in Greene county durini
the last three months from scarcity o
food and the severity of the weather.
During thunder storm at Waco
Texas, on Saturday, lightning struck
shed, under which u number of mel
were standing. One man was killed, AM
four others were dangerously injured.
II is expected that Big Bears band an
Ind xt,t1 sENit, bn Muri
toba rebellion. Big Bear with 800 wal
have 1900 armed men, but no field pieces
An ice gorge in the Allegheny river Il
Parker, Pa, broke Wednesday evenin
week, sweeping away two sections of til
iron bridge. 1t is rumored that severn
persons were on the bridge when it wen
down.
The paint shop and spar shed ut tn
navy yard near Norfolk, W., were burne
early yesterday morning. The new flu
niture of the steamers Atlanta IN
Dolphin, stored in the building, was dc
stroyed.
Timothy Hopkins, 25 years of age, con
mitted suicide in street car, in Bridg,
port Connecticut, on Saturday. He she
himself in the head. There were sever
ladies in the car. Hopkins had been
sufferer from disease.
severe snow storm prevailed through
out 0ntarioI Friday. BY evening keigl
inches of snow had fallen and il was sti
showing. The storm set in ut 4 o'cloc
on Thursday afternoon, and showed Il
signs of abatement Friday,
by the explosion of an oil lamp in
restaurant at Dallas, Texas, on Saturda.
two buildings and part of a lumber yai
were destroyed. Loss, 1875, 900. jam
Lowry, u watchman, asleep in one of Il
buildings, was fatally burned.
Darius w. Lawrence, aged AZ, former
n stock broker, and well known in Wa
street, committed suicide in the Hahn
mann hospital in New York Fridi
afternoon by cutting his throat. He W
under treatment for chronic nlcoholisl
On Wednesday week and Thursday Jol
Richardson, aged 65 years; William
Osgood, aged 20, and Joseph Lerieh
aged 10, of Lynne, New Hampshire, we
arrested for counterfeiting. Soon aft
ltichardson's arrest he attempted to G
his throat.
The board of pardons at Harrisbu
Thursday, decided to recommend
communication of the death sentence
the case of Edwin Botheras of Luzer
county, who was sentenced to be hang
April 9TH, for the murder of Wilt
Nichols at Hazleton.
The powder magazine of the Hazn
Powder Company, near st. Joseph, Nj
was exploded by lightning early Thursd
morning. Eight and half tons
powder went up. The houses in
neighborhood were partially wrecked,
no person was injured.
A telegram from San Francisco 81
that on Thursday night Lillian SMITH
California girl, Ia years old, broke
glass balls with Winchester rifle III !
minutes and 35 seconds. This beats
previous records, DIR. CarNer's hest ne
two minutes, 36 seconds,
Reports from nnny points in Virgin
reeelyed at Lynchburg, show that alb
doned wheat fields, which were lbou
he plowed up for other crops, have &C
ont 80 finely since the warm weather
10 change entirely the crop prospect
ported earlier in the season.
limited States Marshal Hughes, Virgil
who was arrested III Texas on the chf
of embezzlement, arrived III hlelnh
Friday morning, Ill custody Oh
officer. He was taken before the un
States commissioner, waived mn exam
tion and was held iii $5,OOO bail
The propeller Wisconsin. which
Milwaukee Is days ago, and has bee
qreat danger from ice, reached III
Haven on Thursday. She was p
twisted by the ice and her Sarboard
nearly broken in To keep her a
mart of her coal cargo had To be thr
overheard.
The elevated railroad &C New York
co,r;ed during the first six months OF
nrcsent fiscal year 2,562, OCT more pas
lers tbnn the same time last year,
the increase in earnings was $l4l
The total number of passengers ca
from the opening to the LIST inst''
526 ,07S, ,S04.
AZ Charlottesville, Va, Thursday,
Cooper, colored, aged II years, conf
the murder of her 9-year-old co
Melvin Barrett, whose body was +
nm n farm near Scottsville, III tebrl
She said Melvin ate her egg, and
killed him by striking him on the
with shovel.
While BRYAN Lynch and James Ra
we're cribbing well at Mt. Carmel
Thursday morning, they jumped Oh
frame work in a. jesting manner t
their work. The cribbing gave way
they fell into the well. Lynch died
after being taken out Rattgan es
with slight injuries .na o.
The ice above the dam in the ~
hanna moved Thursday. A gorge ?
high and several hundred IN
farmed on the dam, but the ice was