Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-09-04
IN GENERAL.

were ailou NJ durango, Ool0rado, on
Saturday, by the premature explosion Of
blast.
William Crawford killed Mrs. Lena
Matthias in Decatur, Illinois, Wednesday
week, and, when about to be arrested, cut
his own throat, causing fatal wound.
A train on the Lake Shore road struck
o beer wagon at Cleveland, Ohio, SatuR-
day evening. Rinehardt SCHNEIDER, Pat.
rick Dooley and Michael DAILY were
killed.
John Porter, his sister Kate and aunt,
Mrs. Parmanlie, were thrown from
carriage in Attica, New York, on We'd
nesday week. All were injured, Porter
fatally.
The .. s. flagship Charleston left Sc
attic, Washington, on Saturday for Port
| TownHend, where her crew will engage
In drill and target practice till further
orders are received.
The engine of a construction train left
the track at Shawnee, Ohio, on Saturday,
aud turned over. Engineer Hill and
Fireman John Soanlan were killed and
brakeman was injured.
Thomas Dew, aged 80, a Iineman of the
Brush Company, was killed in Cincinnati
on Saturday morning by accidentally
catching live electric light wire. His
right hand was nearly burned off.
small yacht, owned by j. P. Hall,
was cspsizsd In lips sich bay, Mass, on
Saturday Afternoon. Haywood Hall, aged
~ ears, nsphew OF the owner, and w.
T. seymour, aged Il, were drowned.
The harvest in Manitoba and the
Canadian northwest now bsing gathered,
is one Of the largest ever known there.
There Will, it is estimated, bs sixteen
million dollars worth Of wheat alone for
export.
John F. Brnden shot and killed his
WIG IN Johnatown, Peuna., Thursday
morning. lie recently had her arrested
on o cAarge of criminal intimacy with
policeman named Boucher, and the case
was set for trial next week.
A carboy of carbolic acid in the hold
OF the steamer City o: Chester, at New
York, exploded on Saturday night. Neil
Kennedy was so badly burned by the
huid that he died IN a short time. Andrew
Doyle and Joseph Mcclure we're also
burned, but not fatally.
The latest thing in trusts Is reported
from Chicago, where broker named
Russell has Incorporated the National
Tonsorial Parlor Company" with CAPT.
tai OF $50, 600. Barber shops are to be
established in the principal cities, and
tickets OF membership issued good for
service for year.
Thursday was "Republican Day" az
the Gshneers' National Exhibition at Will
liams Grove, Pa. The crowd was esti-
mated at 10000. In the afternoon Sem
aeor Delamater delivered an address. He
was followed by Governor Beaver and
Mortimer Whitehead of New Jersey.
Mrs. Susan L. Barr, wife OF Dr.. d. M.
Barr, proprietor of this Hygeia Hotel, in
Ocean Grove, died on Sunday from lock-
Jaw. Two weeks ago she was badly
burned, her dress catching fire from an
overturned lamp in the laundry of her
husbands hotel. She was 81 years old.
A cartridge in a hole drilled In a rock .
ledgo VI NarragansStt Pier, Il. l., was ex-
ploded on Saturday by some Italian
lAborers, with disastrous effect. One Of
tna men WAS so badly Injured that hs
died in two hours, another had both ewes
blown out, and three others wers severely
injured.
While preparations were being made
for balloon ascension by Professor Ten
Brock at Lincoln, Neb., Sunday after.
noon, the gas exploded and the aiYship
was consumed. Tho aeronaut's assistant.
Y. +. Knapp, who was in the balloon.
was terribly burned, but is expected to !;
recover.
While the steam tugs f. II. Ohurohman
Anu W. W. Graham were towing tha
German tank steamer Standard to Point
Bre9zs Thursday TIE tug .$rahan was
'tiuoE by the propeller of the Standard
and sank. Her crew had a RarEow e.
cape, but were saved by the mate of the
Norwegian ship Holden.
Tho sixteen shot tower companies of
.ae Uait6G SsRtes are reported to have
iorms6 netionAl trust. The title of the
lew company is the Amosioan Shot as
'ociatlon. The capital Is SO, COZ, 900. All
ne plants will be bought outright for
tOcs 10 ths new association. The presi-
ians is JohO Farrell, Pittsburg.
While walking In the eastern part Of z
Altooua, Penna., early Oh San lsy morn
ng, Samuel Frances, prominent brick
aver, was assaulted by three tootpads
nd robbed Of lasgs sum Ot money. In
he struggle his tongue wa' torn from Its
DOT and he WAS unable to speak when
ound. His recovery is doubtful.
Six incendlary fires were started in dit-
erent localities in Brooklyn, N. Y, up
aturdRy night. Two of the fires weru
tarisd In the cellars OF crowded tenement
nuses. Mary Moore, John Schmidt, Ann
rReilly and baby ak months old were
ably burned. number OF persona
ere rescued by the tremen. Two men
ere arrested on suspicion OF setting the
re.
Otto LeRuth, the boy murderer of
leveland, and john, alias 'Brickyn
NTH OF Cincinnati, were hanged ia the
annex, at Columbia, o., last
ight. Leauth, who was IL years Of age
lied the S-years-old daughter Of Jao1b
thompson, 10 May last. Smith killed
RS. Bridget Byron, an aged widow, in
incinuati.
Marsh Turner and Stephen wannick
night desperate battle near Middle
trough, KY, Wednesday night week,
hey fought for quarter Of an hour,
nfner using revolver aud Wannick q
'wie knife. The latter was killed and
urner was fatally wounded. 1t is said
at lOO men witnessed the battle, but all
ere powerless to interfere.
Another brewery deal is reported in
licsSo. The "London Investment
'mpany" of London, Eng, has pur-
ssad the breweries Of the Rudolph
mud Brewing Company and Bar
olomae 1t Light and Ernst Bros,
known as the United States Brewing
'mpany, and the X. G. Schmidt Brew.
8 Company, Weiss Brewing Company
d BarthoiOmae u Roesying Brewery.
ie total capacity is about 25O, 900 has.
%. The purchase will DO stocked and
ated on this aud the English market,
d in the same manner as the late EnG-
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