Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-09-29
THIRD EDITION.
News summary.

News summary. Id
A freight train on the Pittsburg ar d
Lake Erie Railroad ran of the track A.
Carbon's Station, Ohio, early on Tnts
day morning, ditchipg the eng CINE az
twenty cars. Engineer Wesley Stewsr'
had bis right leg SMASHED, and was
hurt internally. Brakeman Murray
was badly bruised, but the fireman es-
capped wi q few scratches. The wreck
was caused by . dragging Chain CATCH
ing in the switch. The road 10 CON-
pleteiy blocked.
It is undere TODD In Washington tina
Secretary Manning will soon resume
his place ct the head Of the Treasury |
to his office, II is certain that Mr. Man
ming will not undertake to work as hard |
a. in the past. He win be relieved b. |
his assistants, as far "A possible. OF tn, |
merely routine work, and be will fud
that the demands upon his strength will
not be so great ss formerly.
Troops have been ord cred out from
Fort Shaw, Montana, TO In sercept Grow
Indians from the south. 1t Is said thai
the Crows surprised Piezan camp and
STAN peded two OF three hunt red horses.
About the same time Q raid Was made
on the Assinaboines from the direction
OF Fort Peck in which two sqnaws were
killed. The Crows and Pie2ans are
hereditary enemies.
wsrren Potter, colored, IA years old
who was arrested on the charge Of at
tempting to wreck . train on the Provt
dence Railroad, near Clarendon Station,
has confessed that ne was one OF party
OF four boys who placed the obstruction
on the track He said they intended to
rob the passengers AL then 60 West
He refuses TO give the names OF his
compan ions.
The two rear cars OF the Rock ford
and Rock Falls train on the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad, wer
thrown from the track yesterday by 8
broken rail, and turned upside down at
the foot OF q ten-foot embankment
One woman was killed. There were
about thirty passengers, nearly all OF
whom were more or less hurt.
A lamp exploded in the house o.
Mrs. Flanagan, in Pittsburg, on Mon
day evening, fatally burning hel
eight year old daughter and her eiah
teen-months-old infant. Mrs. Elena
gan was badly burned in the face AND
neck, and Hugh Mcclure, q neighbor
who went to the rescue, had his hand
anu arme Dauly DNFntu.
The losses from Saturdays storm Il
Michigan are new esJina ted at zoo, OOt
Railroads are washed Out, barns an
bridges demolished and nui!dings dam
aged At Carey, lightning struck
tree, which fell on mouse occupied b
James Rarrows, killing his child an
iDjuripg his wife.
A great storm has RACED during tn
week past in Sout esstefn Texas. Fror
the 21st to the 23i Instant tweniysi
inches OF rain fell at 8ro~nsville. III
wind reached b ve Gcisy o. nearly IL
milel sh loui. More han 200 house
in Brownsville were blown down and
large number were damaged.
In Detroit yesterday Boda Carroll,
Western Union linemau, was kille
by tbock from an e.ectric light viii
which had crossed wire he was worh
ing with. A. the same Time hor
stepped on the wire and was knocke
doAn by the shock, bus not killed.
George Bancroft'a cottage, at Ne,
port, was entered by burglars on MOI
day night, but only few articles we
taken. A man seen pro Wing about Il
cottage OF r bert Goelet at the san
rme was driven eff by pistol 81
f:om the private Waterman.
The grand jury at Portland, Main
yesterday returned an irdictme
against Cashier william E. GOT
charging that, on December IA, 1884,
embt zzled U Dited States notes valu
at $14 274 and made false entries in
books 10 cover up said fraud.
Thrte II tie children playing near
fallen tree near Ardalusia, Alaban
on Sunday afternoon, were bitten b,
rattlesnake hich had its den unS
the roots Of the tree. When found t
of the children were dead and the th
died during the night.
The Jail at Gennessee, New York, v
found empty yesterc ay morning, all
inmates having escaped through b
cut in the wall on Monday mia
Among the esSaped are An alleged m
deIer and several burglars.
A telegrs NJ fr, 10 New Orleans So,
local aeroDaut there will have bali
ascension &c day, land offers places
his balloon to those who fear any cal
quake for ten dollars head"
The trisl of Titus for the mu-de
Matilda Smith opened yesterday at
videIe, New Jersey. The Court o.
ruled o motion to quash the indictm
and the selection ola jury was beg
The subscriptions received by
New York Chamber of Commerce
the Charleston sufferers now amour
$82,s31.