Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-03-25

barn on the farm of Edward Bennett, at
| Melville, Long Island, was burned on We'd
nesday week, with 10 horses and 20 Jersey
cattle.
John ]. Mcmahon was Thursday, In the
United States circuit court at New York.
sentenced to five years in Auburn prison
| forsteallng $40 600 belongingt to the Leather
Manufacturers National Bank, OF which he
was the trusted messenger, in August, 1884.
A telegram from Atlanta says that, Thurs
day morning, while Pat Hickey, a mer-
/ chant, was examining an old pistol he
snapped itat his friend, WillPInion ;the ball
went through Pinion's heart, killing him
instantly. Hickey fell across the dead body
and cried bitterly.
| The widow OF General Graut has sent to
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Virginia Corbin OF
Jersey City, N. j., a check for $3.50 out
OF the money received from the publisher
OF the generals book, In restitution of a
| sum lost In the Grant Il Ward failure by
Mrs. Corbin through Colonel Fred Grants
/ action.
gas lighted buoy, showing white light
| and painted red, with the word "Oregon"
in black letters on 1t, has been placed to
mark the sunken wreck Of the steamer
Oregon. The buoy is in 20l fathoms of
| water, 800 feet due south Of the wreck about
l8 miles E. s. of the Fire Island whistling
buoy. Bearings magnetic.
In Roanoke county, Virginia, Wednesday
week man named Griffey, Just returned
from Texas, was refused recognition by his
wife. Learning that John and Pickett
Metz, brothers. aged respectively about II
| and is years, had been visiting his wife dur
ing his absence, Griifey went to their home
and shot both Of them dead.
A young woman, with an infant in her
arms, jumped into the river at Cincinnati
Thursday, from the Covington ferry-boat,
I "A q rad ba ehs yE.
rescued by two men In skin, but not until
the babe had sunk. The woman gave her
name as Mrs. Middenford, but refused tc
state her reason for attempting suicide.
Whilo show was being exhibited In
Spaulding, W. Va, few days ago, J. M.
Pickelsheimer. an eX-minister who had
been deposed for drunkenness, became
abusive towards the Snowman and was
ordered OF the ground He returned in a
short time with a double-barreled shotgun
and fired twice into the crowd, killing
Preston Bennett and boy named Hamilton
and severely wounding two other others
He was captured after long chase and
lodged In jail Logan courthouse.
Two burglars broke into railway station
at Mount Carmel, Connecticut, Thursda,
morning. They were heard by Agent Dean
who fired two shots at them before they
were aware Of his presence and wounded
one Of them. They then fed, leaving be
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set OF burglars tools. Yesterday afternoon
two boys named Warner and Burns wert
, arrested for the attempted burglary. Tht
, team found by Agent Dean was identified
by Warmers father as his property. Younl
Warner had a bullet wound In one hand
and there Is another ball in his back.
A telegram from Oshkosh, Wis.,, reports
remarkable atmospheric phenomenon Their
at 8 O'Clock Friday afternoon. The da,
had been light, though slightly cloudy
: when suddenly darkness began settlinl
down and In five minutes 1t was as dark a
] midnight. General CONSERVATION prevailed
people on the streets rushed to and fro
! teams dashed along and women and chill
dren beat precipitate retreats into cellars
All business ceased until the lights could b
lighted. Not a breath of air was stirring
!, The darkness lasted from eight 10 tel
. minutes, when 1t passed OF seemingly iron
1 west to east.
!. The Pancoast- -Vandorn case has beel
I settled by the commissioners In lunaey an
the sheriff's jury at New York declaring he
to have been a lunatic for 20 years past, on
+ year after her birth. Her father Is
}, millionaire, and she clandestinely marriel
n Vandorn, a young athlete who was engage
a to rub him for rheumatic troubles. Sh
|. possesses in her own right S6,500, but
Is deaf, dumb and imbecile, and unable I
8 control 1t. The findings, however, stat
o that she is Vandorn's wife, and the nex
d proceeding will be civil suit to annul tn
, marriage on account Of her mental In
70 capacity to legally enter into such n cor
tract.