Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-28

George Ditch fconiously assaulted An
ME Gerber, a school teacher, near Hilton,
H., on Monday.
In Denver, Colorado, on Monday, Or. IT.
Thatcher Graves was admitted to bail in
the sun Of $4,000.
Near Tuscaloosa Ala. on Sunday, James
Morrison, an escaped convict, killed two
officers while resisting arrest. lie was
wounded slightly, but escaped.
james A, Hitler, proprietor of the Noun
tain Pride Hotel in HillsbOro, New Mexico,
shot and killed Or. G. l.. Mason Monday.
llilcr said Mason was too intimate with
Mrs. Hitler.
Two men entered an American express
Office, in Carroll, Iowa, on sunday night,
bound and gagged an cmploye named
Matthews robbed the money box of $1,000
and escaped.
The limited express train on the Penn
sylvania railroad dashed into a carriage
At latr0be, Pa. about $ p. m, on Monday.
Miss Mollie McNally, aged II and Richard
FpN were killed. while Miss Bertha
McCreery was badly injured.
The steamer Niassilia arrived at New
York Monday from Naples. Among her
Storage passengers were u immigrants,
all Of whom were deharrcd from landing.
Sixteen wcrc without money while the
One hundred German coal miners Sc
ceded from the strikers at the Cabel col
I1erlcs, IN Washington, Indiana, Monday
and returned to work. A fight took place
between the Irish and German factions, in
which German named StOll was danger
onSly injured.
The bodies of Reyes Gonzales, aged %
years, and Severa Sesncro, aged about u
were found Monday afternoon III room
at the Model Lodging House, in San Fran.
cisco. The woman's body bore many
knife wounds and stilctto was found
sticking III Gonzales heart,
Reports from majority of the counties
in illinois make good showing for all
grains, while few report a drought
which, if not soon broken by rain, will
cause considerable damage to the crop In
several counties complaints about insects
lnjurng the grain are heard.
Mrs. Christen Peterson, a Danish woman
and four children, aged from to 10 years
were found hanging in the cellar of their
house, near Harlan, Ia, Monday. II is
thought the bodies had been there since
Wednesday last, The husband was sent
to an insane asylum about Il week ago
The body of an unknown man from
Philadelphia was found on the tracks of
the Western Maryland railr0ad near
Pikesyille, on last Friday morning. cut 10
pieces, 1t is now thought that he was
murdered and the body placed on the
tracks. Baltimore officers are making an
investigation.
The steamer Hudson, from New Orleans
for New York, with B passengers and a
cargo of general merchandise, went ashore
on Sunday morning at liudy's island The
crew renamed on the vessel but the pus-
sengers were landed by the ifrsaving
crew. There was Il heavy fog when The
vessel went ashore. She Is not believed to
be in dangerous position.
Counsel for O'Mallcy in the Jury bribing
case in New Orleans Monday gave notice
that he would apply for Il change of Venue
on the ground that defendant cannot have
fair and impartial trial in the parish of
New Orleans where the Indictment is pend
ing, The attorney for McCrstal, another
of the jury brlbers, gave notice that when
the case came up for trial he would make
a similar motion.
Eugene Jackson, colored, Of Morristown
New Jersey, has been arrested, charged
with attempting to wreck trains on the
Belvidere division of the Pennsylvania
railroad. lie placed distractions on the
track at Hutchinson's Bridge. He con
fessed having placed the ties on the track
and says he did il to get even with a con-
dnctor who put him oil the train. Jackson
gives his age as 10 years.
The Newfoundland legislature passed
local coercion bill on Saturday night,
with closed doors, amid great public iniig.
nation. Morine was the only Opposition
ist who voted in favor Of coercion. The
governors proclamation asking observance
Of the holiday i'll honor Of the queens
birthday was disregarded. An attempt
was made to burn down the royal standard
Flagstaff on the Government House,
A dispatch from Salt Lake City, Utah,
says that the controlling interest in the
Salt Lake HeuM has passed into GENTLE
hands. The Herdd las been the leading
exponent of the Mormon Church and this
sale practically breaks The back of the
Church of Latter Day Saints as a factor in
Utah politics. The Heydld will be made a
strong Democratic paper, advocating the
admission of Utah into the union.
Colonel Harrison Adreon died at his resi-
dence in Baltimore Monday. He was in
II of the hottest battles OF the war, was
appointed pension agent for Maryland by
General Grant, elected TO several promf-
nent positions in the Grand Army of the
Republic, and was appointed postmaster
of Baltimore by President Garfield. He
was lawyer by profession, and devoted
himself TO legal practice after retiring from
public service.
The carpenters strike in Newark, ". j..
was declared off Monday by the district
council of journeymen carpenters. The
men struck for a working day of eight
hours, and about 500 carpenters went oit.
The bosses refused to make any compro.
misc, and within the last 10 days many of
the men returned to work, thus virtually
breaking the strike. The journeymen an
nounce that they have only postponed
their fight for the present. The bosses re-
fuse to take any Of their old employees
back.