Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-06-02
NEWS SUMMARY.
Dsvoured by Bsars-sIurder Over .
"Bad Fsnos"-rne HoAr-Diiion Prize
Elgns-settlemen OF Lanaa.

A few days ago Benjamin 6hiplet. q
farmer OF WHIT hall township, Vir.
ginia, sent his little girl, IL yeatA old,
10 o nsighborlng farmer for milE. Bhe
did not return, aud searching parties
have discovered evideuos OF the pres
enoe OF bears In the locslity wsete the
child was last sesn, The fact that q
n ambe cf sheep were killed and a
portion Of the ohild'a Clothes picktd ny,
leads to the conclusion that she was de-
v5ured.
A battle took place batweeh tho
Jones aud Green factions in Habcook
county, Tennessee, on Thursday, which
reeulted in the death OF Frank Qreeu,
Lewis Moore and A. d. Jonegl Ths
feud heRan In January over dad
fence" aud since then the two fstuilies
and their respective friends have been
under arms, and several battles have
occurred.
The Grand Jury at Wilkesbarre on
Friday night brought In q presontment
seainst the principals. sscoude, referoe
and time.keaper In the Hoar Dillon
prizs fishs on Monday last, and tho
Court orderad that the District Attor-
ney draw up indictments against them.
The principals have fed for paris un-
known.
Ths General Land Comm issioner re-
ports that the total amount of land
actaally returned to the pablo domain,
and opened to entry and setNAment
since March 4sh, 1885, is 80, ,6p0, 720
acres. The total amount re e,ommented ed
by the Land Ohios for Ieyto1 .tion,
which Is still pending, is ID, 4lo,oss
acres.
DIR. John Mohr, aged co years, d WELL
known phy tician, took large dose OF
|strychnine and morphine, with s1ioidal
intent. at his home in Kptztow1, Pa,
on Friday. He was not expected to re-
cover. He left . letter saying thst
"liie ia not worth living"
John n. 5tott, All iron moulier In
Reading, Pa, Qaarreled With bid wife
on Friday morning, because abe wanted
him to 20 TO work. He cut her th;oAt
/ and then cut his own with q butcher
knife. They may recover, although the
wife Is In critical condition.
A wAtsrspout struck Beaufort, North
Carolina, on Friday afternoon, capslzing
several small craft and fishing Bphoon
ers and driving Others ashore. Fences
and trees were blown down and build.
iugs damaged. .-.. ..#.
Forty freight cars on the Reading
Railroad were wrecked near ShaIhokiu
on Friday by the breaking OF a. axle.
Harrison Wolfe, brakeman, was killed,
and James E7erts, conductor, severely
In ured.
Two officers In Brownsville, Texas,
had hght with bandits who wets rob
bling y store, on Wednesday night.
| Santos RODRIGUEZ, the leader pf the
bandits, was killed, and smother fatally
wou nded.
| The steamer Evansville exploded her
boieta few miies balow Winona, Min.
nesota, yesterday, and J. SoAnlkn, g.
3oAnlsp, A, Babbitt, W. ArnstronR,V.
RegEald, b. Collins and George Picker.
ing were badly soalded.
General Henry W. Birge, one bi the
famous commanders OF the Army OF the
Shenandoah during the Rsbbllion,
died yesterday at the Gednay House.
In New York. of paralysis, aged oo
Year,.
Arthur Gran lstaff, q young rough,
who owns forty acres OF land OF Rioh.
land Centre, Wisco lsin, was arrest6d
on Thurs lay night, ard confessed that
he had killed Reuben Drake, his wife
and two grandchildren.
Horors OAtte, accountant Of the De
Lise estate of MoutTeal, Guebdo, hos
disappeared, and with him over S30 600
Of the funds OF tho heirs. Hs I'd sup.
posed to have gone either to New York
or Boston.
Peter Campbell fat ally shot bis son
In law, Michael j. E11y, In louisville,
Kentucky, Thursday night. They quar-
rolled over tha alleged mlstreatne nent of
Mrs. Eady.
A freight train of II cars wss ditohed
Int Rillit 5tation, arizona Terri oIy, on
the Southern Psciho Railroad on
Thursday night. Loss on cars AID con
tents, Sl00. 900.
The debt statement issued yesterday
lshows this reduction Of the public debt
lduring May to bs 81 t.6l8 695. Total
cash in the Treasury, S606. .97l ,0ia.
Bobby" Newcomb, the weli-known
minstrel, diei yeIterday In TAooms,
Washington Terri ury, of oopsuu ption.
James B. Hayss, Chief Justice pf the
lsupreme Court of Idaho, died ON rhuIs,
day In Boise City, aged 48 years.
The total coinage OF the Uaited States
Mats during May amounted In value
to 81, ,420, ,226, including 2, 1850. 00s stand
ard dollaIs.