Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-06-30
NEWS sUMmA AIRY.


Respite Refused-pniId n I1led-A Chisel
fu HIS ThroAt-deneral Sheridan still
Improvfng-shot His Baby sister.
The Governor Of Missouri on Thursday
refused respite ofB9 days to Maxwell tho
murderer OF Preller. He in formed Max-
wells lawyers, however that on July he
would hegr an application TO commute
the sentence to imprisonment for life. 1t
Is generally believed in Missouri that
Maxwell VIII be hanged on the day ap-
pointed, judy 13
Mrs. j. j. Grifith and Mrs. Walker, of
Jeppertown, Pennat started on Thursday,
IN buggy bo vis5t relatives in the
country. Each was seeompanyed by
little daughtr. While descending
steep hill the horse ran away. The Grit
fifth child WAS Killed and the two women
fatally injured. The Walker child es-
capped unhurt
Christian Spapkins, young man en-
ployed In carriage factory AT Las caster,
Penna ), met with o astrange'and fatal ac'
cldent yesterday mbrning He attempted
| to jump into wagon, when a chisel In
one of his pockets Aruck the vehicle and
was driv ca into his throat, cutting ter.
| rible gash, from WI hich he cannot recover,
The bulletin issue ed by General sheri-
dams physicians laBt night reported that,
with the exception of "some indigestion
in the earlier part bf the day, his condi-
tion is better than 1T any time during the
week 1t Ia not thought the General
will be moved today, the weather being
still too cold and damp.
A twelve-mon,ha old baby, the daugh-
ter of William Erche Is, of Rockville
Centre, Long Islar d, died yesterday from
aun-shot wound received at the hands
of h ten year. old brother, who pointed
rifle at hsr in fun. he had an old
cartridge In the rifle which his father had
thrown away as worthless.
A man, about 65 years of age, who gave
the name of John King, and said he was
from Sullivan county, New York, was ar
rested in Easton, Penna yesterday after
noon, on the charge of having stolen two
valuable horses from a resident OF Somer-
set county, New jersey. He was trying
to sell the horses ....
Louisa Gambach and Louisa Dernler
aged Is and 10, were drowned on Thurs
day while trying tb ford swollen creek
near Freedom, Illinois Miss Maggie
Campbell, aged ID years, was drown ed
by the upsetting OF boat at bingham,
Massachusetts,, on Thursday afternoon.
Thomas Moorehead, an old citizen Of
Memphis, tennessee, was stabbed and
killed by Thomas Taylor on Thursday
night. The trouble was over the elope
ment of Mooreheah's daughter wit Tay.
lor. Moorehead compelled his daughter
to return home.
. A Republican ratification meeting was
held iu Washington last night. Spseches
were made by Sen Rtor Hawley, Congress
men Johnstone, Buchanan, Houk and
Butterworth, and Others, aRd letter
was read from Senator Sherman.
Joseph Dowdall, q prominent citizen OF
Chester county, HennAylvauia, died on
Thursday night, Oft the age OF 80 years.
He was o member of The State Legisla-
, ture in 1855, and was for many years q
8 director of the National Bank of Chester
I County.
Father F. X. Wenninger, aged S3, died
! yesterday at the Priory, near st. Xavier't
e Church, Cincinnati. He had for more
than so years been member of the So,
: ciety of Jesus, was well known mission
d ary and writer of ecclesiastical works.
! ! Henry wischmier, whose home is ii
: Cleveland, Ohio, attempted to cos nj
q suicide at the summit Hotel, in View
2 York yesterday, by turning on the gas II
! h is room. He WAS rescued In halt con
: scious conditi IN, and will recover.
/ Reuben Essensa, 90 years of age, at
3 tempted yesterday to swim across the riv'
: er at Lee eettleHent, New Brunswick
with little boy, named Willie Beney, OF
1 his back, Both sank In mid stream ant
|. were drowned.
l Wendell Whltcomb, while shooting
r rats in his barn nbar Marby, Tennessee
!. Thursday night, accidentally shot hii
r two young lighters who were locking
Q on. One was killed and the other fatal! J
y wounded.
II Paul Gartner, leinz Respondent from
illi ess, committed suicide by cutting hii
Z throat in Providence, Rhode Island, OF
l. Thursday. He leaves widow and ons
), child.
= The boiler at Hpgge's saw mill, neal
y Vandslia, Illinois, exploded on Thursday
= killisg Samuel King and Daniel Logue.
# Peter Hronek, Bohemian, WIS hanget
n at st Joseph, Missouri yesterday, TO
}. the murder of bis wife, on April II, 1887