Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-10-04
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DeCastro & bonners' sugar refinery on
South Ninth street, In Williamsburg,
New York, wah closed yes erdsy, and II
is sAid their North Second street eslab-
lishment will be closed on Saturday. IL
is understood the suspension is o.dered
BY the Sugar Trust Over 200 men are
thrown ont Of work by yestsrdAy's
closing. Should the other place be
closed, about 700 will be added to the
idle list.
The Georgia State election took place
yesterday. Al light vote was polled and
the Democratic State ticket had no op
position. In many counties independent
candidates for the Legislature ran, but
indications point to the election Of almost
all the regulars. 10 tue Atlanta sena
torlal District, Sam email, the Prohibi.
bitionist, Was defeated by F. b. Rice,
Democrat, Af Ter hot contest.
George Bar croft, the historian reached
his 6Sth birthday yesterday. he Is st Ill
at his cottage at Newport, Rhode Island
aud is looking wonderfully well for q
man Of hls years. He had many callers
ABd received q number Of congratulatory
kilograms.
The stage t,om Florence, ar EonA, to
Casa Grandd, was stopped at Dry Lake
on Tuesday BY sWo MeKicans, who took
the Wells-Fargo treasure boz and regis
tered mall pouch. No passengers were
aboard the stage, The robbers escaped.
Nelson Colbert, colored, shot and
killed Philip Wensel, Watchman at the
stables OF tie Columbia Street Car Line
In Washington, d. c., last night. Col
bert demanded pay for working as {
hostler, and WenEsl told him TO apply u
the superintendent.
A freight train and an express train OF
the LehiRh Valley Railroad collfded nea
Packerton, yesterday, and beth engine
and three freight cars were smashed
Thomas Fdree, fireman of the passenge
train. was fatally injured.
The employees of the Wlnton Coal Com
pany, near Scranton, PennA struck o
Tuesday &C because the company wan e
the men I'd send out 3100 pounds OF cos
for ton. The men agreed to give 200
pounds" About 200 men and boys al
4 affected by the strike.
! In New York; yesterday, William MAJ
I teFson, collector for the Edison Electri
4 Light Company, pleaded guilty OF ha'
. ing embeEzled $I7O4 cole cled by him r.
9 the company. He was sentenced TO fou
! years imprisonment.
I A passenger train on the New Yor
5 Central Railroad left the track at Byio
D Station, ew York. The cars were great
. ly damaged. No person was killed, bT
!. one man was badly injured.
Pitcher, the Providence defaulter, wi
! : taken to the penItentisry at Montret
: yesterday. All the money seized hi
!, been handed over to the bank.
Jerome Buckingham, conductor on
4 Baltimore aud Ohio train, fell OF ye
' terday Al Hoods Mills, Maryland, ar
q received injuries which caused his deaf
n Villa M Hollaran, OF New York, sr
p John Il, LArkins, OF Newark, were kill
d BY 3 trlin near Monmouth Junetio
Is New Jersey, on Tuesday night.
y The bakers in Washington hsvs rails
" the PRICE of bread from flye 70 six cents
le loaf, in consequence Of the advance
70 the price of wheat,
10 The large carriage factory of Fitzg
n n bona b Crisp, at Trenton, N. j., "
~ burned early this morning.