The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

e. Celburn, aged 20 years, a trav-
cling salesman, shot and killed his
wife, Lizzie, at their residence, in Bos
ton, on the evening of the 2Sth ult.,
and then went to hotel and shot him
self in the face, inaicting fatal wounds.
Mrs. Colburn was about to become a
mother, No quarrel Is known to have
taken place between them. Anthony
Lare, a Hollander, who has only been
in this country four months, stabbed
aud fatally wounded his young wife,
in Paterson. New Jersey, on the 18th
ult. He was married two months
before sailing. He had no means and
would not work, and the trouble arose
because the wife refused to remain
dependent upon his friends, who were
hard-workins people. Lare was also
badly cut in the struggle with his
wife.
Mrs. Higgins, OF Toronto, one of
the persons injured in the railway dis
aster at St. George, Ontario, on the
9th ult., died on the 2Sth ult. Miss
Andrews. of Belleville, Mississippi;
Miss Mcleod, of lngersoll; and DR..
Lequesne, of Cleveland, Ohio. are all
in critical condition, and their rec0y-
cry Is not expected.
| Henry Angles, fireman., who was
Injured in the railroad disaster near st.
George, Ontario, on the 9th ult, died
at his home in London on the LIST.
The funerals of the victims Of the
disaster at the squib factory at Ply
mouth, Penna., took place OH the eth
ult. There were nine hearses, followed
by an enormous throng, The bodies
were inferred side by side in Shawnee
Cemetery.
George Westphaul killed Jack
Cooper on range in Carbon county,
Wyoming, on the Goth ult. They quar-
relied over the ownership of an unbrand-
ed steer. James AIatheny has been
arrested in Chico, California, on a
requisltlon from Governor Francis, OF
Missouri, on a charge OF attempted
murder. The crime was committed
four years ago in Montgomery county,
Missouri. David Watson stabbed and
fatally wounded Adolph Hughes in
New York on the 2Sth ult. They are
both colored and quarreled about a
woman. Robert Mullen shot and ia
tally wounded his brother-iu law, Rob.
ert Moore, near Springfield, Kentucky,
on the evening of the 2Sth ult. Null
lens wife had left him and had gone tC
Moore's house. Mullen went there tC
force her TO 90 home with him.
David Barley. IL years old, was
bitten by dog in Wooster. Ohio, eight
years ago, and is now said to lie dying
of hydrophobla. During one of hi
paroxysms on the evening of the 27tt
ult.. he bit off two of lis fingers.
Cornelius Annis, aged 25 years
was wounded while leaving the houst
Of Mrs. i. Taylor, near Oman
cock, Virginia, on the evening of tn
9th ult. and lie died on the lst. TIL
wOmau's husband, who had seperate,
from her because of her intimacy witt
Annis, is suspected of the crime
Thomas Hyams, about 20 years of age
was arrested on the LIST, in Baltimore
on the charge Of killing Joshua Evans
an old man, In saloon. Hyams WA
prisoners in Jail at Baltimore on til
charge of murder.
Robert Sigel, the son and conildeI
tiaI clerk of General Franz Sigel, tt
agents of the Pension Office in Ne
York city, was arrested OH the LIST, q
three charges of forgery IN connectiC
with pensions. He was placed und,
$40, GOO bail for examination. I'll
forgeries charged are of the signatur
to two checks intended for blind sc
III der, and one belonging to widoS
n Young SIgel has also confessed that
- has taken money from claimants
about $50 cases for his services.
The 6ve-year-old daughter of NJ
p and Mrs. U. Domick, in Watertow
New York, was killed ON the 26th u
She was playing under the caves of 4
o. house, when an icicle, weighing abo
o. 100 pounds, fell, striking her OH
v head.
"A passenger and freight train
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad C,
lided at Moundsville Narrows, ne
Wheeling, West Virgia, on the eve
ing of the LIST. No person was bad
hurt. The loss to the company "
reach $4,000.
= Shocks of earthquake were felt
intervals during the day and event
> of the I'd at IT. Elena, Ecuador.
n Guayaqull during the evening of t
# ID and morning of the 3D. 10 shoe
n were felt. Clocks were stopped. I
r telephone wires are down and PAL
Z prevails among the public.
Q jacob Germann, of Hannibal, NJ
: was killed at Lagrange, on the !
while thawing out dynamite in 4 pan
y water on a stove. An explosion
9 CURED, Three OF his fellow -workm
; In quarry were also injured, Jan
, Fuller fatally. A carriage containi
Jason Despair, Agnes Craddock a
: Maggie Sinclair was overturned
Barre, Mass, on the 2nd, by the no
l.nnninn AWAY MIsa Sinclair Y