Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-04-23
IN GENERAL.

The governor of Maryland has fixet
June 18th for the execution of William
Blaney, who killed his grandmother and
aunt in Baltimore last May.
United States Marshal Barring has made
25 arrests in Northumberland and Lacka-
wanna counties, Pa, this week. for illegal
liquor selling The violators are chiefly
| Huns and Poles.
Major Benjamin +. Talbot, aged 81 years,
committed suicide in Boston Thursday, in
fit of dependency caused by the grip.
He had been for about two years resident
of Philadelphia.
Three hundred members Of the Lathers'
Union, in Chicago, are on strike for an
advance in wages of from SO to IS cents
per day. Some Of the bosses have con
coded the demand
Father Atkinson, who bishop Bowman
says was the oldest Methodist preacher in
the United States died at his home at
Benton IIarbor, Michigan, Wednesday
week. lie was over 90 years old.
Shad have reached the upper Delaware,
and several successful haus were made at
Roseherrys fishery, just below Belvidere,
New Jersey, last week, with good results.
Some Of the shad weighed six pounds.
The steamship Garrick, which arrived
at New York April 18th from Santos, had
two cases Of yellow fever on board A
number of the crew had recovered during
the voyage. The vessel was quarantined.
The spotted fever which appeared at
Mesquite, Texas, a week ago is spreading,
and there have been four more deaths
from the disease since Monday week. Five
deaths are also reported near Hawley and
four at Capeyille.
Rufus Easton, colored. was shot and
killed in Peoria, Ill, Thursday, by John
Deitwig. Easton had threatened the life of
Deitwig many times and at the time of
meeting this morning had butchers
cleaver under his coat.
a telegram from Quebec says A fire
ball as large as tlour barrel fell at Lewis
about midnight. The meteor flew RAPIDLY
through the air, leaving fiery streak on
lis passage. No trace of the phenomenon
could be found on the ground.
An explosion of gas and fire damp oc-
Cured Thursday at the Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company's colliery, No. 10,
near Tamaqua, Pa. Two men, William
Bacilis and James Haggerty, were killed
and six others were dangerously injured.
The Rev. James Mcmahon, rector of st.
Andrews Church in New York, has given
to the Catholic University at Washington
real estate valued at about &510000 in New
York and New Jersey. There are mort.
cages on the property which reduce the
net value of the gift to about 100000
About loo Italians who had struck work
on the Pennsylvania company lines at
Lawrence Junction, Pa, raided a lot of
| Americans yesterday week, who took their
places. The Americans fled and their fore
man was seized and thrown into the
Mahoning river, barely escaping with his
| life.
In Long Island City, N. Y, Thursday,
the jury in the S25600 suit, brought by
| Henry Bars, a carpenter of Wuodhaven,
against the Rev. Aloysius Stettens, pastor
of st. losephs Roman Catholic Church in
| the village, for alleged alienation Of his
| wife's affections, awarded the plaintiff
$1,000 damages
The executive committee Of the lady
managers of the Worlds Fair have re-
moved Phoebe Gouzins from the office of
secretary. The struggle appears to have
been the outgrowth Of the aggressive OPP
| position by Miss Couzins to the centraliza-
| ton of authority in the hands Of the exec
utive committee.
Vincent j. Emmick, the new MAYOR of
Toledo Ohio, assumed the duties of his
Office on Wednesday, and at once attended
a meeting of the police board and made a
vigorous speech against gamblers and Sun,
day saloons. After the meeting the police
started out and by midnight had over 10C
| gamblers under arrest
The steamer Oregon, which arrived al
Portland, Me-, from Liverpool on Tuesday
week had only passengers, having landed
nearly 500 immigrants 1T Halifax, most oil
them coming into the United States by
rail. They dsemharked at Halifax tc
avoid the new immigration law, which
makes necessary an examination on land
ing and a capita tax of 50 cents.
While eight men were ascending thu
slope Of the Locust Gap colliery at Ash
land, Pa, yesterday week, the car be
came detached when 800 feet mp, anc
dashed TO the bottom. Those seriousl,
injured are Frederick Stahl, Thomas Far
Peter Duppy and Michael Boniskie. Johr
and Felix Kroskie, two brothers, were 81
badly injured that they are lying at tn,
Miners Hospital at the point of death.