Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-03-27
IN GENERAL.

o. II. Whitaker & Co., wholesale and
retail hardware dealers of Toledo, Ohio,
made an assignment on Saturday.
Con. Robert G. :icienck, ex-congrass-
man, soldier and diplomat, died Ont5un-
day in Washington, in the Slst year Of
his ago.
A passenger train on the UnIou Pacific
railroad was ditched near Brookville,
Kansas, on Saturday night, By spreading
rails. Four persons are reported killed
and several injured,
During quarrel in Lexington, Ken,
| tucky, early sunday morning, William
HAiiey attempted TO shoot Michael Miller,
| but his aim was bad, and he shot and
| Killed Wade Brain, one OF his istimaie
| friends.
Bishop Foster delivered his annual ad-
1 dress ut Saturdays session Of the Central
| PennsyiyGuia Methodist Episcopal Con-
ference in Carlisle. Tao anniversary Of
| the Sunday. school Union and Tract So
ciety was held in the afternoon.
A dispatch from Paw Paw, Mich, says
that Albert A. Fo,dyck, couaty surveyor,
was ehot dead Gu Friday night in the
same room Of tho same house il Almena
where De. FoEdyck, his b. Their, was re-
Gently shot. Taete is no clue to tbs muir
! derer.
A rsin ard wind etorm on Saturday
struck tho nav H0use of R.iu8a building
at Glen MILLS, Delaware county, Pa. The
slate roof the asseilbisge building was
blown off ard the cable END deniolished.
A large shed near the place was blown
down.
A cyclone struck Eigsmoor, 8. O., on
Saturday afternoon. Fourteen houses
wore destroyed and the root OF tho
| Georgia, Carolina d Northern depot was
blown hslf mile eway. James Miller,
ooloredi was killed, aud several persons
were injured.
Tho grand jury in San Diego county,
California, has fond indictments against
| nine Of the prominent county officials.
! Among thess was John Il. Attkan, indigo
Of the superior court, on one chsrgs o;
felony and y. Il. Horne, foreman az tho
last grand jury, on two charges OF per-
jury.
| A dispatch from Ensenada. Lower
4 California, saws that the Coonpal Indians
are on the war path on the other side OF
1 the peninsula. The reports arc ccnhict-
| itg, but it ia believed they ara numbering
| the Mexican satslers and iighting among
4 themselves. Gov. Topeto has sent large
detachment o. troops over tho mountains
&c The scene OF the disturbance.
A severe thunder storm passed over
the mining pueblo Of Huachaoa, in Peru,
recently, and lightning ssrucl, the mAga-
zine, exploding 200 cases OF dynamite
and giant powder. The entirs works
were wrecked, while Eve psrAous were
killed and aoout 40 more or leHz seriously
| in rpa5 Etaau Sn,nna5i al,
in several places, but wore soon ex-
tinRuihhed.
A telegram from Trenton, N. j., says
thnt John a. O'Naill, Master Workman of
thu National Operative Pc tors Associa-
ton, which has membership OF s, 900 in
Trsnton, East Liverpool, Ohio, Wheeling,
W. Va, Baltimore and other pottery
centres, has rendered his resignation,
owing to dissatisfaction expressed with
his work. The national executive board
will meet this week 90 take action. II ia
said the resignation will be refused, and
MIR, O'Eeill urged to hold on until the
biennial convention next fall.
James s. Eyde and William Turnbull,
rival ticket speculatoss, qualreled il
front OF the Fourteenth Stree. Theatre,
in New York, on Saturday night, and
hyde shot Turnbull in the abdomen, in
flicting wound which proved fatal in
less than an hour. There was m old
feul between the men, and this attack
appears to have been made by Turnbull
Hyde acting in ss,f-defence. The latter
was yesterday committed to await the
action Of the coroner. AS q proof that he
WAS on the defensive he exhibited two
discclored eyes, confusion owes his
right temple, cut Gu the chin, and o
missing front tooth.
A man named Barr was bio yn to atoms
and y mother and her babe were instantly
killed on Saturday by an explosion OF
nytrc-glycerine, near Stone, small sta
tion south of Decatur, Illinois. Bars
horses were also killed and his wagon
torn into splinters. The explosion dug
up circle OF ground about 60 yardl in
diameter, tore the windows from the
house in which the woman was sitting
with her child, and wrought general
havoc. No traces OF either tne man or
horses are to be found excepting small
pieces Of flash hanging upon the trees re-
mote from the spot where the explosion
occurred. The explosion was heard milas
away.
A passenger and freight train collided
on tAe western New York IL Ptnnsyi-
vania railroad, near Portsge, N. ", on
Saturday night. Each train was gong At
g rapid rate and the crash came with ter
rible foroa. Fifteen cars and beth en-
gines were converted into mass Of
debris. The killed are Philip Riley,
Rochester; George Raiston, Portage;
engine wiper OF Eunda, name unknown.
This injured were Frank Ewart, fireman
OF passenger train two unknown Lady
passengers, Conductor Godfrey OF passGu-
ger 5raiu; Engineer w. A. Warner Of the
4 passenger train; John stout, engineer of
freight Evart will die. The cause Of
the accident, it is stated, was the giving
of II wrong order to tha freight conductor
by the operator at Bossburg.