Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-07-16
NeNA Summary

Il IL OIL iEOm 1llDCOlu, IluDOIb
says An examination of ex county
Officers accounts has developed the fol
lowing: Joseph Ream, for seventeen
years treasurer of this county. is re-
ported by tho accountant to be S14, 200
owes the county $7l8; r. T. Ayres, ex-
sheriff, Is behind $3.50. Every Off ,ial
the county has had In ten years, except
the present incumbents, has been
found short The shortages are, how
ever, due to petty mistakes aud to mis-
understandings of fees"
A telegram from Jacksonville, Illi-
nois, says that about two years ago the
residence of . Mrt. Mclaughlin was
entered, and Mrs. Mclaughlin and her
sister were shockingly mutilsted with
knife. A man named Hotter was ar.
rested, and while he was confined in
jail at Winchester q party of maske d
men forcibly entered the building and
shot him dead. 1t ia now stated that
the divorced husband of Mrs. Nc
Laughlin, dying few days ago, con-
women. {
1t is stated at the Treasury Depart
ment that the receipts of the Govern.
ment 30 far this month are decid edly
less than the expenditures, and that,
unless an Improvement occurs before
the end OF the month, the public debt
statement to bo issued August 1st will
show little. If any, decrease. The pay.
ments have been unusually heavy, over
I$l0,00O,OOO having been paid out this
week on pensions alone.
A telegram from Ashland, Pa, SAWS
the coal trade IN that district is bright
lening, land nearly every colliery is
working full time, with prospect of
steady employment for the next three
months" Capitalists have been pros
pectinR for coal, land at Centralia have
struck the Mammoth Vein, which is IS
feet in thickness, and is the largest vein
In the anthracite region"
The Troy Times publishes reports
from the hop growing counties Of New
York to the effect that there will be
from third 10 half crop. There is
much excitem ment among farmers and
speculators. Hops advanced from 10
cents July 1st to 30 cents July 18th.
Many farmers are ploughing up their
yards and sowing buckwheat.
A terrible storm Of wind and rain
visited Baltimore last night. 1t burst
at Hollin's g street and moved ten blocks
to Harlem avbnne. Houses were un-
rooted, trees uprooted, windows
smashed and chimneys torn down.
Some of the streets were made impas
sable by the debris.
a telegram was sent on Wednesday
to Congressman Lanham in Washing.
ton, aeking him to secure Government
aid for the people of the drought.
stricken regions of Texas. Hundreds
of families are without the neceesaries
of life.
The Prohibitionists of York County,
Pennsylvania, held a nomination yes
| terday and nominated full ticket, ex.
lcepting District Attorney. Delegates
we're also chosen to the State Conven.
| tion.
The Cabinet yesterday considered the
action of the House on Wednesday in
passing the Morrison Surplus resolu.
tion, and the prospects Of its passage in
the Senate.
| Congressman Beach, of New York,
whose 1llness has been reported, was
reported comfortable yesterday. His
physician ex poets him to recover.
Judge Van Wagner, at st. Louis, has
granted a stay of execution in the case
OF the murderer Maxwell until October
| I'd, pending an appeal to the Supreme
Court.
The twelfth Juror in the Anarchists
trial in Chicago was obtained yester-
day, and the case was opened for the
prosecution by the State Attorney.
The Board of Agriculture Of Illinois
estimates the yield of corn in that State
this year at about 80 per cent. of the
average.
The temperature at Fort Keogb, Mon
tana, on Wednesday, reached 20in the
shade.