Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-08-05
THIRD EDITION.
News Summary.

During July "a, 7i6 Immigrants landed
a. Castle Garden, New York, against IS,
Gvs In Ju'y, 1888. Every month this wear
has been marked by a gradual decrease In
European immigration. Among the
reasons advanced are difficulty In finding
employment here, Inducements offered
Dy various South American governments
and encouragement TO remain at home
gwen by foreign nonarchles whose sur.
pius population las been worked of 10
past years.
One hundred leading citizens of st.
Louis met there on Saturday under a call
by Governor Francis and Mayor Noonan
TO consider the expedieBoy OF holding q
Worid's lair In st. Louis In commemoi a.
tiox OF tn, discovery Of America by Co.
lumbus. II was unanimously agree d
that the citizels OF 81. Louis ,hould put
forth every exertion aud make every effort
possible TO secure the holding Of the great
exposition In this city iu 1872"
Two freight trains on the Virginia Mid
land railroad collided near Brumley's
station, early Sunday morning, and wers
simost entirely wrecked. A fireman
named Fox was killed and an engineer
named Davis fatally injured. Another
train hand was severely hurt. The con-
ductor of one Of the Trains, who is eai,l to
have disobeyed orders, has disappeared
An explosion occurred Ia the express
car oil train on the Grand Trunk rail.
way, at St. Lambeit's, near Montreal, on
FridEy night, and an exprcssag MT named
kogeis WAS killed and the car wrecked.
The car contaiued Il quantity OF fireworks
ior the Halifax CaruiVal, but the Cause
OF the explosion is not known definitely,
Ex-Presideut Cleveland ished Tor black
bass for over four hours Mt No Mans
Land, Mass, On Saturday morning, and
caught nothing but thorough wetting
from dIctcbing rain. lie and ex-S rc-
Rotary Fairchild, Daniel Lamont aud
james woodward arrived at Newport, X.
lion Saturday night, aud were the guests
oiC z. Baldwin.
Cincinnati had quiet Sunday yester.
dsy, owing to the closing OF the saloonp,
The only places open for sales were the
restaurants, bakeries, Ice cream saloons
and drug stores. One saloon wac found
open in the suburbs, its proprietor, when
arrested, claiming that he was outside
the jurisdiction OF the Police Court
A dispatch from Carthage, H., de-
scribes M epidemic oil dysentefy which
las broken OUT in that vicinity, and
which has created great CONSERVATION;
$50 Cases and Is deaths were REPORTED up
to Saturday, The disease is as re-
ported at Hamilton, Canton and kuhoka,
Mo.
BY tie explosion Of blast at the FAY
lard Coal Works, near Charleston, W.
Va, on F'iday, Edgar Metheny and ). v.
Metheny, htoihera, were killed and Thos.
Dod anu William Mctheny dangerously
wounded. Several other miners were
slightly hurt.
Ex-Governor HartranH, Of the Chero
Zee Commission, lett rshltQuah on Sat-
urday evening Tor home. He is reported
III and not likely to return to Tahlequah
for at least Two weeks.
Judge Cummin, member of the
Johnstown Relief Commission, II lyiug
dangerous i'll ut Crrsson Springs, suffer.
Ing iIom Brigbt's disease. His recovery
is said 10 be Impossible
DR.. N. 5. 7. Harris, young army sur
Eeon, OF Washington, accidentally shot
himssll a. Orkney Springs. Va, On FRI
day, sustaining severe wound OF the
right breast
Charles Ii. Taylor, an eInployc Of the
Washil gton Market Company, in Wash.
ington, was killed by islhng down the
elevator thait OF the market on Saturday
night.
A boiler at Gumport Il Huey's coal
worss, near Nc keesport, Teuua., ex-
Ploded ON Saturday, killing tie engit Ger.
Louis EFb. The others were DANGER.
cusiy injured.
Henry Relght, farmer, near Fort
Wayne, Ind, was killed Oh Saturday by
falling under reaper sickle, Ills body
was literally cut to pieces by the knives.
An unknown man, about 80 years old
was found drowned On Saturday in tic
Delaware.