Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-02-16
NEWS OF OUR NeIeHBoRs.

Happenings of Interest in Several states
Briefly Chronicled.
John Shulmer, rag sorter in Langs paper
mill at Philadelphia, discovered among the
rags bottle containing white pills, which he
supposed to be candy. He ate a number, and
gave some to a companion, who chewed III
three Of the pills, and fearing they were
poison spit them out and told Shulnel- to dc
the same. Shulmer had already swallowed
some, and he Immediately fell TO the floor.
and III few minutes he was dead.
The firm Of J. b, Williams, James Win.
iams John Williams and Thomas Patterson.
of Pittsburg, known as the Grand Lake Coal
company, one Of the largest companies en-.
gagged in the coal business on the Ohio river,
failed for over S250,OO0 The failure was
caused principally by the loss of 140 barges OF
coal in a storm near New Orleans.
At the conference between Col. Fellows. OF
New York, and District Attorney Hamilton,
of Saratoga, held at Albany, the third trial
of ex-Alderman McQuade was set for the
May term of Oyer and Terminer at Ballston.
The trial will be moved May 81 or June 8.
Being denied admittance to a shanty occu.
pied by three Italians at Pittston, Pa, John
Gray poured coal oil on the shanty, and at.
tempted TO set it on fire, when he was shot
through the heart by one Of the inmates.
Widow Van Coutz, young and pretty, Of
Franklin, n j., is in cell charged with
murder. A male child was born to her, and
she plunged it into a pail Of water until il
was dead.
Fireman Crockett was killed and his body
thrown 500 feet away, and Engineer Nc.
Gowan was fatally injured by being pinned
under the wreck caused by the explosion Of
a North Penn freight engine at Centre Val
ley, Pa.
Four lady passengers and the driver Of a
Chester, Pa, street car were injured by the
car being struck and wrecked by Baltimore
and Ohio locomotive
DR.. J. B. Taylor, physician for the Middle.
sex Mass county Jail, died of apoplex,
while attending patient. He was g. year
old, native of Hinsdale, n. H., and hao
practiced in Cambridge forty years.
The Keeney house and the Bronson at Pike.
n. Y, were burned. A domestic named
Jennie Mach and her little niece. Pearl. per-
ished in the flames. Loss, $1,000; insurance
5000.
There was a very large attendance at the
twenty second annual reunion of the q. A. r
department of Connecticut, at Winsted
Governor Bulkiey and staff arrived in the
evening. Department Commander Horne
gave review of the work of the year, which
was very satisfactory. The adjutant generals
report showed total membership Of 6,72l, q
gain of 239 during the year.
A mass meeting Of colored citizens of west.
ern Massachusetts, was held in City hall.
Springfield, to protest against the suppression
of the negro vote in the south. Resolutions
were adopted protesting against the social
and political oppression of the negro race in
the south. Letters of regret We're read from
President-elect Harrison, Vice President-elect
Morton, Senators Hoar and Blair and John
Boyle OReilly. Among the speakers were
Hon John E. Langston, of Virginia; Hon.
George w Williams, OF Worcester; Mayor
Bradford and Others.
The Harvard freshmen eight cared crew
has accepted the :hsIlengo Of the Columbia
freshmen cree 70 tace at New london some
time in JgnA