Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-13

one in the long list Of manufactures Of
the city The firm under the Cobb inven-
| tions and patents has commenced the pro.
duction of insulated wire for electric light,
telegraph and telephone purposes. II. b.
Cobb is president of the company, J.
Newlin Gawthrop vice-president and G.
f. Thomas secretary and treasurer.
GENERAL NEWS OF THE MORNING.
Governor Hill has granted Daniel
Lyons. murderer, under sentence at New
York, respite until Tuesday, August
81
Thomas NJ. Brasher, aged seventy one,
the commander of the frigate cambridge
during the late war, died suddenly ut his
home in Brooklyn yesterday.
Joseph Prevish and John Sarader, two
Italians, were drowned on Saturday
night while bathing in Deal Lake at AS
bury Park Their bodies were recovered
yesterday morning,
The survivors of the Chatsworth dis
aster on the Toledo, Peoria and Western
road, in which eighty three persons lost
their lives, have formed AN association,
which viii hold meetings annually.
The finding Of a nude body on Friday
in the pasture of the Langmore farm,
near Natick, Mass, has caused consider
able commotion because of the fact that
the head was detached and badly decom-
posed.
David Arnold of Alton, Iowa, while on
drunken spree on Friday, attacked
Abraham BOllinger, a locksmith, because
Of the prominent part the latter has
taken in enforcing the prohibition liquor
law. Bollinger drew revolver and shot
Arnold dead
The reservoir belonging to the Menas
brewery at Valparaiso, Chilli burst at
half-p past eight o'clock Saturday morning.
The principal streets of the city were
flooded and traffic was suspended. 1t is
supposed that upwards of 200 persons
were drowned
Frederick Haag. the runaway postal
clerk, who is charged with embezzling
10, 900 marks fIom the German govern
ment, was on Saturday held by the
United States Court at Boston to await
extradition papers from Washington,
when he will be sent home for trial
The Democratic managers were never
surer of carrying the state than they are
to-day A conservative congressman
apolis, where he has carefully observed
the situation, says that the state is sure
for Cleveland by 5000 to 10, 600 plurality
Zachariah Field, aged 55, Of Santa
Cruz, California, yesterday shot his
young wife aged 20, and then blew off
the top of his head with shot from a
Winchester rifle. 1t is said that his
wife's relatives have been endeavoring to
/ Ind b,.. 80. .
probably the cause of the tragedy.
The steamboat Bay Ridge, plying be-
tween New York and Sea Cliff, was
destroyed by fire at two o'clock Saturday
morning while lying at Glenwood dock
/ Frank Laughlin, the bartender, was
burned to death in his berth The dock,
freight house water tank, etc. were also
destroyed. The loss is estimated at
| $4,000. Laughlin was a married man.
The police are looking for J. Karolyi
and II. Polatsek, two Russian Jews, who
set up in the iewelry business in New
York ON June I and disappeared with
their stock ON July 10, The men are sup
posed to have taken 81 500 worth of
goods with them. They cannot be
brought back. as the goods were not OBJ
tanned on false pretences, but only on
consignment
Norman @ Fake, native Of Richfeld
Springs n Y. employed as a chemist at
the Department of Agriculture, was
| drowned in the Potomac river on Satur
day afternoon The young man who is a
nephew Of Commissioner Coleman. was
bathing in the river with several fellow
members of the Analostan Boat Club
when he slipped over his depth and was
drowned before assistance could be rem
dered
Carelessness on the part of an engineer
caused a collision between two 80"
freight trains AZ Chicago yesterday and
entailed a total loss Of $40, 600 a mum
Der of oil cars were struck by the loco
motive Of the train going in an opposite
direction and upset The oil. of which
there was 10000 gallons was soon afire.
Ii destroyed four Union tank line cars
and ruined the locomotive, which was
the cause Of the trouble.
Joseph Hayward. treasurer of the
KuehnOld Manufacturing Company of
Newark n. j.. was robbed of $500 in the
State Bank Of that city ON Saturday He
had Just drawn 81 100, and turned to 20
out, when he missed the package con
tanning the above amount from his out
side coat pocket. 1T IS supposed that a
strange man with smooth face, who got
$40 bill changed just before the rob
berry, is the thief The police were
+ notified, but no arrests were made.
The big log raft that started from jog
gins, ~ s.. on August I reached New
York on Saturday and is now safely tied
E up in the Erie Basin The monster tow
j of wood passed Hell Gate in charge OF
S seven tugs The leading one had two
= great hawsers attached to it, while there
S were three tugs on each side. Hundreds
of people lined the shore as this raft
/ passed through the gate As it swung
into the riler there was great screech
! ing from the various steam craft and
. shouts from the hundreds Of people VIII,
3 lined the New York shore. The raft i:
equal to about forty five schooner loads Of
lumber.
+ The best -four in the city is called L