Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-01-29

While q number Of people were leay
Ing q school house near Williamsburg
Ohio, on Saturday night, a mischievou
boy pulled the bell rope, aud by som
means the bell was thrown from TIT
frame work in the cupola, and fell II
front OF the houee and on to the crowd be
low, killing William Wacker and seri-
ously injuring g. w. Mount and Spar
| Kidd,
The boiler In Harvey's silk mill, III
Scranton, Pa, exploded yesterday III orn
ing, killing the engineer, Nicholas Chislel
aud iDjuripg workman named Ander-
son. ALI the water In the boiler had
been exhausted and the engineer turned
on full stream. Two hundred and fifty
employees ar0 thrown out of work.
While playing, in Chicago, ON Sunday
afternoon, William Marks, Is years OF
age, got his fathers revolver and as he
supposed, removed all tho cartridges. He
then put the muzzle TO the head of Charlie
owen, years of age, and pulled the trig.
ger. The boy fell TO the floor dead with
a bullet in his brain.
A boiler exploded in the sawmill of R =.
Il. Perkins, at Poplar BluG, Missouri, on
Saturday night, killing Judge j. X. Stra-
AhphhAtV0hh NhlOuS5tck anu JONI
and fatally injuring Robert Malcolm, Rich
ard Il. Perkins and Richard Robins. Six
others received slight injuries. Lack of
water caused the explosion.
William Flynn was arrested in Shenan-
doah, Pa, yesterday. He Is said to be
notorious burglar. On his person were
found number of articles of jeweiry
stolen from persons in Shenandoah and
Lost Greek. He is also wanted in Halle
ION, Mahanoy City, GirardYille, Ashland
and shamokin.
Captain J. 8. Mcdonald, q prominent
Republican politician in Charleston,
West Virginia, was arrested on Monday
on capias, charged with purchasing the
vote OF Richard Hardwlck, at the last
election, for two dollars and all the
whisky he could drink. A number OF
other arrests are expected.
Ira f. Tabor, wealthy farmer, near
Plattsburg, New York, was killed on
Monday by neighbor named Joseph
Chaplain, with whom he quarreled over
The pNsoning of two COWS. Chaplain
struck Tabor on the head with stake
from his eleigh. He says he acted in self
defense.
In Pottsville, Pa, on Monday, Sheriff
Comrey read the desth warrant of Pietru
Baranouski, the murderer of Agnes
katch and Mrs. Putlavitch, at "Bushy
Tract" in May last. The warrant fixes
March 26 as the day of execution.
Henry 8. Ives and George II. Stayner
tho Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
RAILROAD financiers, were Monday even
ing transferred from the Sinclair House
to Ludlow Street Jail, having failed to
secure the $3.50 ,000 bail demanded.
Parks Pledges, living at Holly Springs,
Mo, committed suicide on Friday last.
lie was engaged to marry two young
women, and had arranged for the mar
risge ceremony To take place in each case
on the same day.
Smallpox has broken out In the County
Poor House, near Syracuse, N. Y. Seven
we'll defined cases and half dozen others
sick are suspected. About 100 persons
have been exposed in the mems depart.
ment.
Ellis j. Ellis, policeman in Scranton,
Pa, was snot on Sunday night during a
struggle with tramps and died Monday,
Inc surrounding country is being
searched for the trRmps, who have fled 10
mountains.
| ~ ~ -Noiluup was bnOt and Killed In
Dayton, Tennessee, on Sunday, hy Police
man NJ. Ii. Dongherty. Northup ordered
the policeman out Of room and struck
him several times with cane.
Three hundred and eighty-fl cases of
typhoid fever are reported at Lake View,
bno~lb u Chicago. HuOtO il-s1 L..S
IL deaths from the disease since Janu.
airy LIST.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown OF Danyille. Va,
while In Greensboro, N. O., on Saturday
| night, was robbed and had her skull frau.
tured by an unknown colosed villain.
Burglars entered the post Office in Rah-
way, New Jersey, cary yesterd9, morn
ing, and secured STAMPS, registered lie tiers
and cash to the amour. Of 81 900.
About eight inches of snow fell In
Buffalo, New York, during Sunday night
and Yesterday, making excellent sleigh
Ing.
The heaviest snow storm of the season
prevailed throughout Canada on Sunday
1t was still showing yesterday morning.
Snow fell at Pensacola, Florida. yester.
day, flor the second time in quarter OF
a century,
Eight cases Of smallpox have been re-
ported in Galveston, Texas.
There was slight fall OF snow a
Biloxi, Mississippi, yesterday.