Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-07-15
NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
RAID ON A gAMBEIEG SALOON Ar
LONG BRdROH.
Funeral Of Paul Hamilton Hnyne--
Negro Lynched la 'rcxas- Killed
by n strcet-car "A DeInuIIinR
sheriff AbAc0nds.

Funeral OF Paul Hamilton Hmyne-
A Negro Lynched la Tcxas-KiIIod
by n atrcet-car "A UeInuIlinp
sheriff AbAconds. ..=,
Robert Ryan, aged As years, was
knocked down and killed by u street car
insBaltimore on Saturday night.
The "black leg" has lately appeared
among heyoung cattle in Dewitt county,
Illinois, and every animal attacked by It
has died.
Martin 0'Hare murdered his wife in
Portland, Maine, early on Saturday morn
ing, and left her nude body on the floor.
He WINS arrested.
At Racine, Wisconsin, on Saturday,
John Jamber and +. l.. Palica, alleged
bomb throwers, were held for trial in
$4,000 bail each.
A violent storm of wind, rain and hail
with thunder and lightning, passed over
Scranton, Pa, last night week. Several
houses were unroofed.
William Irving, about 45 years Of age,
committed suicide at Bridgeport, Conn,
on Saturday evening, by throwing him
self in front Of train.
The Lindell mills of the Colorado Mill
ing and Elevator Company, at Fort Col
Inns, Colorado, were burned on Saturday.
Loss $6O,OO0, insurance 1876, 900.
The President Thursday commissioned
Hugh s. Thompson to be assistant secre.
tary OF the treasury. II is expected that
MIR. Thompson will assume his oflicial
duties ON the 18th inst.
George W. Chatterdon, Il prominent
farmer, was shot dead by his wife near
Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Friday night.
Proceedings for divorce had been
recently begun.
The hop crop in the hop region of
Central New York, IL is estimated, will
this fall not exceed one-fourth of the
average yield. Lice, English flies and
heavy dow are destroying the plants.
At Morgan, Texas, on Saturday night,
Sidney Davis, colored, charged with
having feloniously assaulted woman,
was taken from police court by mob
and lynched. He had confessed his guilt.
Flock q Ohapman's planning mill and
lumber yard and L. O. Conrad's carriage
works and stables, in Marysyille, Ohio.
where burned on Saturday. Loss
$27, 900, insurance $500.
About 80 conyicts working in brick.
yard near Pine Bluff, Ark, made break
for liberty on Saturday and were fired on
by the guard. Three of the ringleaders
were killed and a fourth mortally
wounded None escaped.
In Shirley township, Huntingdon
county, Pa, on Tuesday afternoon, q
seven -year-old son of Adam Baird started
FIRE In the barn while playing with
matches, The barn and dwelling were
destroyed and the boy WIS burned 10
death in the barn.
&rhe wife of Asa Turpen, farmer of
Gibson county, Indiana, Thursday morn
ing killed her infant and her seven-year-
old daughter, and then comtuitted sui
eide. Before doing the decd she sent
away two children Of her husband by
former wife.
Il. w. Morrow, sheriff and tax collector
for Howard and adjacent counties, in
Texas, has disappeared, leaving behind a
wife and deficiency in his accounts of
about S5,O 900. His bondsmen are good for
the amount. Morrow was under y 900
bonds for killing Eugene Coats near Stat
ton Station.
A Saturday evening telegram from
Providence, X. L., says a'rhe effects Of
the prohibitory law are being felt in the
hotels of this city. The second best hotel
in town will close tonight, and another,
erected at q cost of over quarter of n
million, is losing money, and will prob
ably close"
Mrs. 0berly, wife of farmer of Nor
folk county, Va, Tuesday week attempted
to kindle fire with Kerosene when the
oil can exploded and the burning hnid
was scattered over herself and two chill
dren, and instantly the clothing of all
three was in q blaze. The mother and
one child died on Tuesday night week.
Six boilers at No. colliery of the Del
aware n Hudson Company, at Plymouth,
Pa, exploded Thursday. The boilerhouse
was blown to atoms and many buildings
in the neighborhood were damaged. Ed
ward Scott, the fireman, was fatally
scalded and Michael Gilligan, the engineer,
was seriously injured.
Near New London, Missouri, last Thurs
day evening, A. W. Farmer and his son
William engaged in drunken row with |
pistols and fired about 20 shots al each |
other. The fnther was shot six times, the |
son three times, and the latter is believed |
to be mortally wounded. The fathers |
wounds are dangerous.
At Hampstead, L. l., Andrew Jackson |
Russell, wealthy farmer, has begun suit |
against Edgar Seaman, Il neighbor, for |
S5, 600 damages for injuries received by |
his 13-year-old daughter Annie, feloni- |
ously assaulted by Seaman nearly two
months ago. Seaman is 81 years of age,
married and the father Of several children.
A fire at .Tonawanda, New York, on
Friday night, destroyed Strobel's confec-
tionery, Vedder's harness shop, Dietrich's
saloon and restaurant, the Atlantic and
Pacific Tea Companys store Sophia Ket-
tleman's saloon, Risin's paint and paper
store, and Hardleben's saloon and barber
shop. Total loss about $2l 200, insur-
ance $4,000. The fire was started by
an explosion Of fireworks in StrobePs con-
fectionery.
In the criminal court ut st. Louis, yester-
day week, Judge Van Wagner ogerruled
the motion made recently by Alaxwells
attorneys for new trial. As soon as the
prisoner shall have been sentenced an ap-
peal will be taken to the supreme court
If this shall prove unsuccessful the case
will be- taken TO the United States
Supreme Court on the ground that the
hbttlo INV Niich hiAONH Ahp bAenDpNsAoN
more chall, nges of jurors than the de-
fence ia unconstitutional.
The secretary of the interior has de-
cided that where nm entry of the public
land has been reported fraudulent by
special agent Of the department., and
hearing hnE been ordered by the commits
sioner of the general land office, and
at such hearing the special agent docs not
adduce sufficient proof to make prima
faeie showing against the entry man, II is
not incumbent upon the latter to intro
duce proof in support of lis entry, and
the local officers may properly dismiss the
case.
The captain of the British steamer
4 Kenilworth, which arrived Mt Baltimore
Thursday from Port Antonio, Jamaica,
reports that on June 9th the island was
awept by tornado, which created havoc
with the property Of the natives and
caused a loss estimated al $5O0,0 900. The
low lands were inundated andgreat fields
of banana trees were devastated. Cable
connections were destroyed, and many
vessels were torn from their mooriugs. AS
far as could be learned no lives were lost.
Captain Dougherty of the schooner
John II. Kennedy, which arrived Thurs
day at Portland, Me-, reports that no put
into the little town of Boom, on st.
Georges Bay, without intending TO go
ashore. but was notified TO present him.
self at the custom house, and was there
informed that he must pay, as light
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