Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-09-30

ON about the middle Of next month.
James Bank was killed and James Barr
.tslly injured b, the fall of scahoid on
ThioS they were painting church cor
ice at Lewistown, Pa, on sa'uroas
,orniDg.
The house of William J. Room, at Bear
,reek. Ark, was struck by lightning last
Iaturday, aud boy and q girl, aged re-
peotively IA and l6 years, were killed.
Nat johnson, 9 nephew Of ex- Governor
Johnson. Monday shot and killed Ben
Grady Of Jacksonville, KY. Tho kllling
rev ont OF the late Rooertson' sioht
,omery Congressional race. Il
The Jail ct Gennessee, N. X, was found
,mpsy tuesday morning, all It's inmates
having escaped through hole cut in tine
wall on Monday night. Among. the es,
,aped are an alleged murderer and sevefai
burglars.
Conductor Harrison and Engineer
Brewer Of the excursion train which mel
with disaster a. Silver Cheek, New YORK
have been indicted for manslaughter by
the grand Jury at Mayaville, and held IN
81, 900 each.
IL is reported that q shock Of earth.
quake was plainly felt in Washington
borough, on the husquahanna river IN
Lancaster county, Pa, at q minutes past
2 O'Clock on Monday evening. Many OF
the people ran out Of their houses.
Frederick Fegley, aged 23 years, while
walking with his brother in the woods
near Reading, Pa, Sunday, drew
revolver and shot himself dead. He had
been married about two months, and his
wife had lately refused to live with him.
In Detroit Tuesday Boda Carroll, q
Western Union hneman. was killed by
shock from an electric light wire which
had crossed wire he was working with.
At the same time horse stepped on the
wire and was knocked down by the shock,
but not killed.
George Bancroft's cottage, ut Newport,
was entered by burglars on Monday
night, but only few articles were taken.
A man seen providing about the cottage
OF Robert GOelet at the same time was
driven OF by pistol shot from the pri-
vate watohman.
William q. Gould, defaulting cashier Of
the First National Bank at Portland, Me-. ,
was arrested on Saturday by the United
States marshal and committed by United
States Commissioner Ford to the county
iail in default OF $50, 900 bonds, to await
the action Of the grand jury.
While Benjamin Gardiner, his wife and
daughter in-law, were returning from
church in wagon,at Poquonnock, Conn.
Sunday morning, they were struck by
railroad train at q crossing. Mrs. Gar
| diner and her daughter In law were killed
and Gardiner seriously injured.
Two men, named Miller and Gibbs ant
their wives, living on the same farm nea
Mexico, Mo-, were taken violently il
with symptoms Of poisoning on Saturda,
morning. An 1l-year-old colored CIR
employed by Mrs. Miller, who was pun
ished few days ago, Is suspected.
Lieutenant William II. Schuetze, U.
1 N, who was sent to the Iona Delta u
distribute the presents made by the gov
eminent TO the natives who rendtre,
assistance TO the Jeapnette survivors, re
turned to Washington on Sunday, an
has reported to the state department.
The trial Of James ]. Titns, night JAM
tor Of the Centenary Collegiate Institute
at Haokettstown, N. j., for the murder @
Matilda Smith. a servant girl employed l
the institue, will begin to-day. The ey
dence against Titus il wholly ciroumstan
tial. The girl had been felonioualy al
saulted before she was killed.
Rowland johnson, one Of the origins
sbolitionists, died on Saturday night {
his residence in the Orange Mountains
He was born In Germantown, Pa, Ma
Gath, 1915, and for many years was on
Of the importing firm Of II. Il ]. l.. JOIN
son Of New York and Philadelphia. II
leaves q widow, one son and daughte
| George W. Washington, ono OF the bel
known of the colored Republican leader
in Alabama, died Monday In Mon
gomery. He was ono of the 3O6 VII
voted for Grant at Chicago, and he Ia
one Of the Grant medals. John Fate
Cooke, the author, died yesterday at b
residence In Clark county, Virginia.
An empty coal train on the Readin
railroad was wrecked at Stony Oreel
Berks county, on Saturday morning.
bumper block became detached, and fsl
ing on the rails, caused about 20 cars
I DO smashed TO spiinters. Tho wreck WI
, unfortunate, because the company ne
! every car TO take the great demand 4
coal to tidewater.
At Cambridge, Mass, on Saturd
morning, John 0'Neill, for an assar
= ! with knife on his wife Mary, and
; mother-in-law, Margaret Oavanagh,
the 10th ult., was bound over in S5 ,0C
9 1t is alleged that 0'Neill came from Ii
i land for the express purpose Of kill
both women. When arrested he express
q regret at having failed in his purpose.
Since the 18th instant ]. Ooyle, a cat
dealer of Marshall, Missouri, has lost
\ cattle from Texas fever. The natl
!. cattle contracted the disease from o he
L OF Texas calves which were shipped hol
4 from Kansas City early In the SUNNI
and placed on Mr.. Ooyls's ranch. I
disease has spread to other herdR. q
several deaths have occurred amo
them.
A telegram from Columbus, oh
:" says: IAN analysis of the water left
. their cells showed that three penitentis
prisoners who were taken suddenly 81
. saturday night were poisoned. One
them, John Francis, In still very 81,
y The others were not badly affected.
y are Important Witnesses In the pendi
70 investigation Of abuses al the prison"
The signal officer at Charleston, Sot
a Carolina, having applied 10 the Weatl
"a Bureau, at Washington, for ipdioatic
4 covering theperiod Of Virgins predict
u storm and earthquake, Sunday receiv
:. the following dispatch from Gen. Haze
II ihefe are at present no indications
!, any severe atmospheric disturbance
y tween now and the 3Oth. Timely not
y VIII be given you should any char
y appear"
" The New York, Susquehanna Il West.
railroad bridge OF Dundee Lake. n
70 raterson, n. j., gave way ON Friday nj,
% while freight train was passing over
l. One span of the bridge fell into the riy
Y carrying with it six cars loaded with n
~ chandise The engine and oaboosa ala ,
go down, remaining one ON either end
the bridge. One brakeman went do
with the oars, but he retained hold ON
car and escaped.
az The authorities Of Laredo. Texas w
OF notified at O'Clock on Saturday morn
ar that five armed men had entered ina :,
MS dence Of Mexican during a dance
he forcibly carried away the vito Of ina +,
~ pretor. The desperadoes were folloy
.. down the river, and two Of them "
90 captured. From them ii was learned
g. the gang was part of FL Coyotes bn
Oh under the leadership of Maroial Benaii
who succeeded in eluding pursuit.
no MIR. Touhay, our vice consul at Tn,
TX reports that the grain growers in /
% district are reduced to desperate col
ne ton by taxes, high rents and, above
TX by competition from the United sta
IT, The agrarian question in Italy, he 4,
is growing to be great national probI
g. and as for the last five or six years
'e' cuitlyauon OF the soil has been oonduc
Always without profit, and just now
~ dead loss, the mutt"rings and disconi
NO IN the rural districts are growing alarm