Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-05-01
News Summary.

| News Summary.
HOUSE DYNAAgTED-sUIr FOL
DAMA0Eo-WlND hTWR Ms
FARB8-BARGEH SUNK.
! |DROWNEDIN A BATH TUB
! ! Last evening two men were seen 4
deposit something Under double franz
house In Pottsviiie, Penna.. and the,
hastily departed. In few minutes aI
explosion occurred, blowing ont tbe
foundation wall and scattering the fnr
niture about. The house is occupied
BY sixteen Hungarian laborers, thu
wives Of two Of them and several chill
dren. None Of the inmates were go
riously injured. There is NO clue to tbt
perpetrators Of the outrage.
| A violent wind storm passed nea,
Pleasant Hill, Missouri, on Wednesday '
night, unrooflng several houses and
blowing down fences. Thirteen cars of !
missouri Pacific freight train were
6lown from the track four cars were
loaded with hogs, many of which were
killed: The caboose was overturned
and three Of its occupants suffered
severe bruises. Near Harrisopville
high wind derailed several freight
cars, and at Holden one child was Kin.
ed and considerable damage done to
During the trouble between the gam.
bling factions In Hot Springs, ARKANSAS,
last year, M. q. Harris, then editor OF
the Daily Horseshoe, was expelled from
the city by . Citizens committee Of
fourteen. Harris brought suit for $780,
900 damages In the United States
Court. The trial began yesterday, over
one hundred witnesses from various
places being summoned. Harris is
now editor of the Fort Worth (Texas)
Mail.
Captain Davis, Of the steamer Non.
|owantuc, which arrived at Bridge.
port, Connecticut, on Thursday,
reported that during the gale Of
the previous day, q small SCOOP, hail.
Ing from Westport, Connecticut, went
ashore near Oldfeld light, on the Long
Island shore. The crew Of three men
were drowned. The name of the
vessel or men could not be obtained.
The total issue Of postage stamps,
stamped envelopes and postal cards,
during April, aggregated III. .008, $40,
against 264, ,645, 200 during the CORES.
pOnding month in the preceding year,
The number Of stamps issued sho we'd
an increase of $4,000, 600, while the H..
sue Of postal cards fell off 4, 200 900, and
stamped envelopes 5000, 900.
The U. s. Grand Jury ct Topeka,
Kansas, has indicted 68 of the Okla
hona "boomers' separately ,and return
ed general indictment against the re-
mainder Of the Arkansas City colony
for " melting and engaging q rebellion
against the Government in opposition
to the Presidents proclamations."
Thirteen coal barges were sunk In the
Hudson river, near Sing Sing, during
the storm of Wednesday afternoon. The
value Of the boats and their contents Is
about $l5, 900. They lie close together,
in almost twenty feet of water, and can
be raised without much difficulty.
During April the Pension office in
Washington issued 1870 original pension
certificates. During the same month
last year 1874 were issued. The total
nup Der of pension certificates issued
was Sl99, being 1866 in excess of the
number for April, 1884. Doos.s-. W.
cldeu Gnas thu 'iVes Shipped from Egypt
to that port, with q certificate Of the
United States inspector of rags that
they are disinfected by the sulphur pro.
cess, cannot be landed except for fur
ther disinfection.
William B. Warwick, book keeper ol
the Gallego Mills Manufacturing Com.
pany, in Richmond Virginia, was found
dead In his bath tub yesterday morning
1t is supposed he had q congestive chill
and was drowned, as his whole tody
was under water.
A building In Seventh avenue, New
York, occupied by Remkel BROTHERS
chocolate manufacturers,a and otter par
ties, was damaged by fire yesterday
morning to the extent of about $35, 600
1t is suspected that the building wa
fred by thieves.
The Republican State Committee O
Virginia, Senator Malone chairman
was In session In Richmond last night
Nothing could be learned about til
/ matters under discussion, as the meet
t ing was held with closed doors.
At Salt Lake City on Thursday job
9 Aird, In the District Court, pleade
guilty of unlawful cohabitation an
j promised to abandon 1t and sustai
the laws" He was fined $500.
General Irwin Mcdowell is fatally i
lin San Francisco of a disease Of th
), digestive organs. He is delirious mos
|. of the time, and his death may ccct
a at any moment.
n The reserve poliece force In Chicae
was held at the stations on Weduesda
might, because of rumor that ii
Socialists contemplated another parad
IsI Henry Harris, q we'll known resideI
y Iof Long Island, died on Thursday h
70 ter drink ing the contents OF bottle
AZ aconite by mistake for brandy.
nj A heavy white frost occurred In Is
IN Of Wight County. VIRGINIA, on Wedne
,e day night, and damage to Vegetation
70 feared.
m Murphy s. Do Poll's blaming mi
% a. Pittsburg, was burned on Wedn'
day night. Loss, SEC, 900; insurahce,t4
LOCO.
j. G. Hooker, q salesman, was iSul
dead in o hotel in Ashland. PENN
y yesterday morning.
s There was snow three inches deep
Il the Mohawk Valley, New York,
ia Wednesday.
10 There were Ave deaths from I
e, epidemic At Plymouth, PeDna., vest.
n. day morning.
u The damage done by the foods
Montreal and its vicinity Is estimate
at 100000.
N Delaware bhad.
70. Fresh Delaware shad and herring I