Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-09-24

A. II Field, H. B Wright, Heory
Bagg, Herbert and Frederick Shepherd,
were drowned yesterday morning five
miles west of Brockville Ontario, by
the sinking OF asail yacht in mid d-ehannel
A gale was blowing az the time and the
yacht shipped considerable water, and
being heavily ballasted she sunk.
The total visible supply of cotton ior
the world is 76l, 1872 bales, of which 49l,
2S2 bales are American, against ,345,
$40 bales, ami 765, $40 bales respect sely
last year. Receipts of cotton this week
at all interior towns, 5S, ,S37 bales Re
cetpts from the plantations, 104 S94 bales.
About 200 employees of the New York
and New England repair shops, at Hart
ford, Conn, are on strike against work
ing later than o O'Clock on Saturdays,
and viii not enter the shops TO-DAY un
less the matter is settled. Five O'CLOCK
has been their quitting hour for the las
ten years.
There was q large Republican demon
stration in San Francisco on Saturday
night A parade OF about 900 persons
Including uniformed associations from
all rarts of the State and various manu-
featuring industries, marched through
the principal streets.
A despatch from Grand Forks, Da.
kota, says tt at brutal prize fight took
place in barn there on Friday night be-
tween Barrett and George Fulljlmes.
Barrett punished his opponent 30 badly
that he was rendered unconscious, and
died on Saturday night. Barrett was ar
rested.
Three prisoners In the penitentiaTy in
Nashville, Tennessee, sealed forty foot
wall on Saturday night and escaped.
They cut hole in the roof to reach the
wall, and then by the aid Of a rope made
Of twine twisted, reached the ground.
They had accomplices outside.
Meyer Goldstein, 26 years old, clerk
for Morris Greeobaum, an Auctioneer In
New York, was arrested on Saturday on
the charge of having swindled his EN-
ployer out Of $50, 600 by forging check'
He confessed his guilt and surrendered
property worth 5000.
The exports of specie from New York
last week amounted to 1886, IA, of which
Sl03, ,230 was in gold and $43l, ,9l4 in
silver. The imports Of specie during the
week Amounted to Sl4S ,345, of which
S147, POI was in gold and u ,144 silver.
In Chicago on Saturday night, Daniel
| Welsh Nhb buAdeiAiuB y AOHhJ WhO
had insulted his wife. Policeman Thos.
Leddy tried to stop the distui uibance; he
was attacked by Welsh and shot him
dead.
In street quarrel IN Wilkesbarre, Pa.
late on Saturday night, Constable Dennis
Gallagher shot and fatally wounded
Thomas Ryan, Of Syracuse New York
Ryan died last evening in the City Hos
pital.
The ferryboat Jay Gould ran down a
row boat in the North river, New York,
yesterday, droH ming two OF the occu
pants, Matthew Hay, aged l6 years, and
Jules Glangande, aged "a.
Jonathan Robinson, sged rs years was
found murdered in his house near Strath-
roy, Ontario, yesterday morning. He
had not been seen since the 18th Inst.
Edward Crowley, as years old, COM
mitted suicide in New York on Saturday
| by jumping from the rolf Of his resi-
denee. he had been III for some time.
David Reese, about 30 years of age, fell
from q s,aifolding 10 the new CITY Hall
in Richmond, Va on Saturday, and was
killed.
An italian railroad gang shot and
killed their foreman, c. f. Hubbard, at
Hawthorne, Wis, on Saturday.
The Pres dent has signed the Fort!fica.
tion and Army Appropriation bills.