Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-03-13
IN q N EhAL.

Olln Ihufston or flymoutn, fh, h8eu
55 years, was found frozen to death on
the roadside near wiikesbarre Sunday
morning.
J. ]. Truman. late postmaster at Genoa,
Neb., ba5 been arrsgsei, charged with
fnodJ to the amouEt OF
so, 900. IrEin was appointed in April
last
There hos been some suffering ct Nash
vile, owing to tho hoods, a number of
families having haen forced to sock
higher ground, but the applications for
assistance have been few.
The body OF W. O. Walter, the railway
signal inventor OF Eiehmond, Virginia,
was found floating in the canal sunday.
Walter drowned himself on Saturday.
His mind was sffauted.
Representative Brooks Of Philadelphia
said Thursday he believed 8 bill would be
Introduced at the next session " the
Pennsylvania legislature to amend the |
Wholesale license law.
The United States gunboRt Concord |
was successfully launched at Chester,
Pa, o. Saturday afternoon, at R2ach's |
ahip yard. Miss Minnie COATES, daughter
OF the mayor, christened the vessel.
Howard B. Sterling Of Detroit, was AZ
rested in New York on Saturday, on his
return from Europe, on the oharSs OF
having, two years ago, forged his uncle's
name TO $l0,C0H worth of mortgages.
jacob Strauss, saloon keeper OF
Brooklyn, committed suicide on Sunday
morning by shoo citing himself in this head.
He had been married only three weeks
md his widow sGys she rapRot explain
tha cause OF his dea.n.
The post-ofiea at Greeny;lle. Texas, was
robbed of several thousand dollars on
Friday night. Tho thieves succeeded in
breaking open the mail boxes OF The Fifth
National Bank and other firms aud car
ried of their contants.
The committee appointed to investi-
gate the deficiency in the state treasury
Of Mississippi have found the cash
$4,000 short. 1t is thought an examine
ton OF the books aud papers will increase
the shortage to about $3c,00n.
George Harper, said to bo notorious
criminal, is at y hospital in New York
suffering from stab wound in the abdo-
men, which may prove fatal. He refuses
to give any information as to the manner
in which he received the injury.
4 Robert G. Blaine, brother of Secretary
Blaine, who has for some years held the
ofli1e OF curator of the Department OF
Agriculture, has ben appointed by sec.
rotary Ruak superintendent OF Quaran-
tine stations under the Bureau OF Al NAL
Industry.
general organization, composed OF
the managers of the rious car service
associations in the United sStateH, has
been formed. This 4S hours' time for
unloading 10 to be reckoned from the
hour OF arrival, and not from tie hour Of
delivery Of notice to tue receiver.
Reuben Eisenhsrt. foreman at the
Cameron mine, Shsmokin, Pa, which
has been on fire for several days, was
overcome by black damp while in the
mine Thurgdey. He was taken out alive,
but died soon after. But very little
progress has been made toward extin'
gushing the fce.
Tho schooner Blanche has arrived q,
Gloucester, Mass, from the Grand Banks
bringing Edward Fogartv end William
Wilson, OF the schooner Nellie G. Thur2.
ton, who were picked up in dory aftei
Eve days of terrible hardship and expo
sure. They went adriit while attending
travis during fog.
IWO bCOCtS EbtuEubu ~ hEASneh5 OlIy
Kansas, on Saturday, from two weeks
hunt in the Cherokee strip. They repor
claims staked of with logs Gil over tn;
, southern part of the strip. They saw
i quite number OF settlers, but not enough
! 10 occupy all the claims staKed CT 1t il
} believed that others were hiding in thu
brush.
George W. Gregory and John r. Ewing
have baen arrested in San Francisco OF
: The charge Of Eoobing Wells, Fargo 4
90. Gregory was formerly messsnge
: in the employ of the company, but re
signed, having obtained key which
would unlock the treasure boxes of thu
company, and another key which woul
give him access to the express cars.
Tho following is the verdict of til
! coroner'a Jury in Alferd, Mains, in tn
Sawtaile murder case: That said Hitar
+. Sawtelle came to his death Februar
! 9Th, between and O'Clock in the after
noon, by pistol shot through the hea
: by the hand of Isaac gawtelie, betwee
the depot in Rochester Village an
: Adams Corner, on the road to Ear
: Rochester.
a At Lebanon, Ohio, on Saturday,
a Graham, ex-auditor of Warren oourty
n WINS sentenced on his pea of guilty
a the Indictment Tor embezziing count
!, funds to the amount OF $63 ,2l1. To /
4 other indictments for receiving Day
y ment on false vouchers he pleaded ne
: guilty. He was sentenced to Is year
a imprisonment and payment of o dne c
q $l26,422
Q 81 the meeting of the Methodist Mir
b isteEs' Association in Chicago Moada,
t, resolution was adopted requesting Our
Il ereas to instruct the proposed Oommi
b sion on the Worlds Fair TO prevent a
10 labor on the Sabbath in the esec ion &
" the Worlds Fair building ut Chicago
N They also asked that the sale of liquS
II on the grounds or in the enclosures
forbidden.
A bill was introduced in the Senate {
Maryland Monday to prevent life insu
" anca companies from discriminating b
at tYeen clients. In considering the hiP
Icenpe liquor bill for Baltimore Monds
night, what Yves considered an importGl
temperance victory was obtained by Il
" adoption, by vote Of II to 4 of Q
d amendment prohibiting groceryml
" who sells liquor by the package from s..
10 ting cut license also 20 sell by the glas
z The Presbytery of Philadelphia Mort
8, Monday dissolved the pastoral reletioi
5. existing between tho lev. William
10 Patton and the DoylestoWn Church, al
40 granted MIR. Patton letter of dismissit
re to the Prssbytery of Chester. Tho lstt
y presbytery arranged for the installlti;
it of MIR. Patton as pastor of the WayI
~ Church on the evening OF April Sd, al
u. of this Rev. James b. Umherger as past
ID Of the Honeyhrook Church on the 90
Q instant.