Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-06-19
NEWS SUMMARY.
A MAIL CARRIER DROWNED
IN VIRGINIA.
A Schooner Seized at Halifax, Nova SEQ
tia-A Thief Brought to PhiIadeI-
phia from Montreal-A Lady
Shot and Killed, Etc.

in Cows creek, two miles from Glou.
cester Court House, Virginia, yesterday,
a horse attached TO a mail wagon was
iound, and near by was the drowned
body of T. g. Shawn, the mail carrier be.
tween Gloucester and Matthews. OF the
four mail bags known to have been in the
wagon one was missing. Shawn was In
the habit OF watering his horses at Cows
creek, and the accident is presumably
due to the water being deeper than usual
yesterday.
The schooner Warrior, which arrived
AZ Halifax, Nova Scot a, on Sunday from
'ston, has been seized by the Customs
authorities for having on board one bar
rel OF oil which was not on her manifest.
The penalty of "a 0 can, 1t Ii stated, be
imposed for the offence, and, in lieu OF
this, the vessel dan te confscated to
gether with the oil. -!.1
/ ''Davld May, who is charged with rob
blng the safe Of his employers, Amos
Do. terer & Son, on Friday, OF S2,981,
which was intended for the payment OF
the workmen's wages, was brought from
Montreal to Philadelphia, yesterday, by
Central station detective. OF the stolen
money 81 $50 was returned.
John Williams was shot and killed at
Emery Church, near Sardis, Mississippi.
on Sunday, by Mrs. Hattie Campbell.
The proyocation for the killing was a
statement made by Williams that he had
been criminally intimate with Mrs. Camp
bell, upon which statement bill for d.
vorce is now pending.
Mrs. John Naples and her two BOYS.
aged and years, were drowned In a
small creek In Chester township, In
diana, on Sunday night. Mrs. Naples
att mpted to ford the creek, which had
been swollen by heavy rains. The wagon
was overturned. Mr.. Naples and one
child were saved.
Rev. John Carroll, ore of the oldest
Catholic priests In the United States, is
reported dying In the Mercy Hospital at
Chicago. HIS age Is about SO years. He
is descendant of Charles Carroll, of
Carroliton, one of the sIgners OF the Dec
lsration of Independence.
The .. S. Training Ship Constellation
was aground yesterday one mile north
west OF Cape Henry, with the naval ca
diets on board. A northeast storm pre-.
vailed, with thick atmosphere. Assist
ance was sent to the vessel from the life
saving station.
The house OF Richard Wilson, in Man
otick, Ontario, was burned on Monday
night, and Mrs. Wilson and two CT their
tlve children were badly burned to death.
Wilson himself was badly burned in saw
Ing the rescued children.
The jury In the case OF w. z. Howard,
in New York, last evening found him
guilty of grand larceny, in having OBJ
tanned SG5OO from the Electric Sugar
Company by false pretences. Sentence
was deferred.
Elizabeth and Caroline Leavitt, sged
l6 and years, were found murdered in
their home, il. Gresham, Seward county
Nebraska, on Monday night. Their pa
rents were absent from home at the time
A rowboat eollided with sailboat on
the East River, New York, on Monday
night, and two boys, Benjamin Fcster
and Robert Smiley, were crowned.
Antonio Rilca killed his wife during a
quarrel, in New York, yesterday morn
ing. Jealousy was the cause.