Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-04-03
NEWS SUMMARY.
THE RIVER AT CHATTANOOGA 81
FEET ABOVE LOW WATER MARK.
5000 People Driven from Their Homes
Cattle Swept Away-Man and
- wife 6hos DeAas 80 ssA.1. ..


The river at Chattanooga, Tennessee
reached pefnt 81 feet above low water
mark on Friday evening, and q large
portion OF the city was under water.
The number Of people driven from their
homes Ia estimated at 5000. There was
DO gas and no electric light last night.
A man and child were reported dro wned
In the morning. WashoutB on the rail
from outside communications, except
by telegraph. The tributary streams
above began falling yesterday.
The foods in the Warren, Coosa and
Tallapoosa rivers in Alabama are sub
siding, but railroad communication at
various points remain cut off. Thou.
sands OF horses, mules, cattle and hogs
have been swept away, and great guam
Titles OF corn, cottOnseed and provisions
destroyed. So far as known, eight
human lives have been lost. A de-
spatch from Selma reported nine ne
groes drowned on one plantation. The
city was in darkness.
Eugene Walker and bis wife were
shot dead by Peter Hermine and his son
In San Luis, obiep0 county, California,
on Wednesday evening The tragedy
was caused by dispute between the
parties. The Hermines were arrested, ,
but soon after midnight they were
taken out and lynched by q masked
mob.
A caucus of Republican Senators was
held on Friday to consider the policy to
he pursued In regard to nominations.
No action was taken, but 1t IL said that
more than majority Of the speakers
incidentally expressed them selves in
favor OF open executive sessions.
Tht wits of Nathan Grifnth, of West.
minister, Ontario, cut her husbands
throat on Friday morning while he was
asleep, because she wanted to kill
him and 60 preaching" She was crazy
from religious excitement.
The bark Balkan, at New York from
Lisbon, reports On March 80, twenty
miles southeast from Barnegat, passed
very close TO O large sunken vessel, with
three masts projecting above the water
In ~ fathoms.
Four inches of snow fell on Friday at
Cincinnati, and rains fell along the
upper Ohio. Many cellars were flooded,
and men were busy removing goods
from threatened points. The mills along
the Licking river are closed.
The base ball seaeon at Washington
opened on Friday with a game between
the National Club of that city and the
Metropolitan of Staten Island. Score:
Metropolitan, 8; National, A.
The house of Joseph Hobel, in Reno
Minnesota, was destroyed by an In
|cendiary fire early Friday morning,
aud his two-year' old daughter perish
led.
The factory of the Fsirbank Canning
Company in Lake, q suburb of Chicago,
was damaged by fire Friday TO the ex
tent Of $50, 200. The insurance is $40
600.
Ira L. Cove, aged seventy years, q
respected citizen Of Winchester, Massa
chusetts, committed suicide ON Friday
morning by tying q heavy stone to his
neck and jumping into the river.
| The loss by the food ut Rome
Georgia, is estimated at 81 800, 900
Enormous quantities of produce and
hundreds, IL not thousands, of Cattle
have been lost.
Six cigar factories at Terre Hill, il
Lancaster County, will suspend TO day
lowing to the dullness Of trade. Thil
will throw five hundred men out oi
work.
The schooner Speedwell, from To-
ronto, arrived at Oswego on Friday,
and reports the lake clear of ice. Last
season the first arrival was on May 9th
Jefferson Wilson, colored, convicted
Of the murder OF Jennie Sanford, was
hanged on Friday at Lexington, Mis-
souri,.
The Newhart Hominy Mills, at Terrs
Haute, Indiana, were burned Fri
day. Loss $40, 900, insurance $34, 600
| Eighteen stores in Port Rowan, On
tario, were burnsd Friday. Loss $50,
600.