Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-28
IN GENERAL.

by william Mayes, in Golden, ILL.,, on
Saturday night. The trouble was about
girl with whom both men were in love.
The smallpox prevails at Shenandoah,
Town, and the mayor and president Of the
health board both have the disease. Nine
teen houses have been placed in quaran-
tine.
It is believed that the Secretary of the
Treasury, in view Of the alleged preva-
lence Of yellow fever in northern Mexico,
will reappoint the sanitary inspectors on
the Arizona border line.
Michael Murtagh, middle-ag man.
was walking along the street, Philadel-
sausage. He suddenly choked, fell to the
ground and died before doctor arrived.
phia, at noon Monday eating piece of
A new and destructive weeyil has AZ
peared ON the strawberry farms of Staten
Island, New York. II was first noticed
last year. The entomologist of the agri-
cultural department will investigate its
habits
John l.. Schooh, assistant naval con-
structor, committed suicide ON Sunday,
ut Greenwich, England. He was about
"a years of age, and one of the most
promising young men that ever left An
napolis.
It is said TINT change is contem-
plated-though not at present-in the
design of the national bank notes of the
present series and also in the designs of
the United States notes and silver GER
tiicates.
The Niagara Falls Park Commission
met on Saturday at the Falls village, and
decided to formally open the public park
on the 18th of July. By that time the
necessary payments will have been made
and the commission put in possession.
The Anderson block at Merrill, Wis.,,
was damaged by fire on Saturday TO the
extent of about $4,000. The principal
loser is Sigismund Heinmann, general
store-keeper, whose loss is stated at
| $4,000. The total insurance is placed at
| $50, 900.
A fire in lansing, Iowa, ON Saturday,
destroyed 40 buildings, among them the
Lansing bank building, the post office, the
Mirror and journal Offices, hotel and
several stores. The loss is estimated at
nearly 100000; the insurance about
| $780,
Philip Stevens, while going home near
Shubuta, Miss, Inst Saturday night, was
assassinated by Benjamin Brazier and
John Parker. The trouble grew out of
slight given Stevens by Brazier's sister.
About 200 persons are securing the woods
for the assassins.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
awarded gold medal to John r. f.
Hagan of Philadelphia, for heroic services
in saving the lives of - boys who fell
into the Schuylkill river in February last;
also silver medal to Harry Rutler of At
lnntic City, for heroic conduct in saving
the life of ID. l.. jackson at that place last
summer.
Mary McMullen, charged with the
murder of her infant in April last, was
acquitted in Philadelphia Monday in the
court OF oyer and terIniner. Judge
Mitchell told the jury that it was the
cleArcst case of murder he had ever
heard tried in that court, and that il was
just such veidiets that shook the public
filth in jury trials.
| Albert Ford, 25 years of age, and mar
ried, committed assault upon IL respect
able Young school teacher ilnd robbed her
Of her watch, near Lee Centre, Oneida
county. New York, on the 18th instant.
He WIS arraigned ON the goth instant and
pleaded guilty. On Saturday he was SEN
fenced to the Auburn penitentiary for 80
| years 20 years for the assault and 10 for
the highway robbery.
The ceremonies of Memorial Day were
begun Sunday in Brooklyn, N. Y. The
Lincoln statue, in Prospect Park, was
decorated by several Grand Army posts,
Mayor Low delivering an address. The
tomb of the prison-ship martyrs and the
soldiers graves in Calvary cemetery were
also decorated, the ltev. Father McCabe
making IN address in the cemetery.
The body of William Kelly, cloth
peddler, who disappeared from Pittsburg
several months ago, was on Saturday
found floating in the Ohio river, near the
Pennsylvania State line. There was
wound in the head, which had apparently
, been made by II blunt instrument. About
, | Sl00, which he had at the time of his dis
! appearance, was not found on the body,
, and it is supposed he WINS robbed and
| murdered.
Much feeling was excited in Pottsville,
1 Pa, Monday, by II disagreement b,
tween Post %, of the Grand Army of the
Republic, and the Rev. Father Longinus,
. of the German Catholic Church. Cath
Ollie member of the post having died,
i, the Rev. Father LOnginus refused to per-
s init the post 10 enter the church or GENE.
e terry upon the occasion of the funeral un.
c less they removed the grand army badge.
{ This they refused to do.
I Col John Mason Brown of Louisville,
d Monday presented TO General Grant the
+ engrossed resolutions and speeches ut O
y meeting of Federal und Confederate
n veterans held on the anniversary of the
: generals birthday. They are engrossed
!. on alternate pages of blue and gray
: according to the colors of the speakers
n and make n beautiful volume General
y Grant was much affected by the demon.
J. stration.
y John A. King, one of the lay incorpo-
= rators of the Cathedral of Incarnation al
:, Garden City, Long Island, stated Fri
" day that Mrs. Stewart had signed IN
agreement to pay the sum of $15,0 900 IN.
T. nually for the support of the institutions
y recently transferred by her to the cor 30.
y ration and had executed a penal bond in
the sum OF $3OO,OOO TO secure its pay
ment in perpetuity. The agreement and
bond will be placed by Mrs. Stewart on
the Cathedral altar ut the same time she
:, presents the deed of the Cathedral prop
y erty.
|. An. Associated Press dispatch from 81
is Johns, Newfoundland, says: Dispatches
}, from various parts of Conception Bay
= state that Orange persecution of Romai
Z Catholics continues lnrelentingly. Az
9 Broad Cove u respectable citizen named
Ii John Council, was constrained TO sacrifice
,, NIL his property ut one-seventh its value
u and flee for his life. The st. Johns pntos
g at the Roman Catholic Cathedral, nj
i tiarbor Grace, and the gates of the con.
vent We're removed on Wednesday wecl,
o and flung over the embankment into the
4 | sen.
= desperate fight occurred ON Saturday
;. between }. p. Burlington and August Xii.
= liam, farmers, Mt Newark, West Virgnir.
The fight WINS only ended, notwiihstnnd-
! ing the fact TINT four men intcrfrrp,l.
when Killian had been stabbed seven
times, and was terribly beaten ON the
head and face. Burlington had -four ribs
broken, his skull fractured and n ,loz, N
: minor cuts and bruises on his person.
i Both men are dying. The trouble was
II caused by COW belonging to Burlington
0 breaking down Killians garden fence.
+ Burlington attacked Killian first with IA
sharp knife and the latter defended him
c self with stones and club.
O
They ARE not Sorry.
There Is one thing nobody ever regrets Tint
Y, me uhy they frst adopted Parker Tonic az
their regular family medicine Tia ranp,. l.. 90
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