Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-20
IN GEHERAL.

About 900 clerks were dismissed on
Saturday from the Census Bureau at
Washington.
Gus. Lung, a tailor, was drowned at
Knoxville, Tennessee, on Sunday, while
bathing in the Tennessee river.
A dispatch from San Francisco says
there is no foundation for the reports
that Jay Gould is i'll at Soda Springs,
Idaho.
John Murphy was drowned Sunday
at Wlllsboro Point, Lake Champlain,
where the canoe association Is holding
its annual meet
Michael Mahon, a farmer nine miles
from Slayton, Mimi, was struck by
lightning on Thursday and killed, as
was also one Of his horses.
Mrs. Mary Bold died in the smallpox
hospital at New Orleans, on Friday, of
leprosy. She had been in the hospital
since June last, but must have had the
disease many years.
William Butcher, an inmate of a
home for colored men in New York
city, died on Saturday at the alleged age
of 116 years. His wife died in 1888 at
the age of ITO years.
Lightning struck the house of Wal
lace Williams, in Screven county, Ca,
on Thursday, when son of Mr.. Will
liams was killed, another fatally injured
and third badly hurt.
John Quinlan, aged 81 years, and
Michael Sullivan, aged 90 Of Lawrence,
Massachusetts,, were drowned Sunday
by the capsizing of their boat in welch's
pond, at Methuen, Massachusetts.
An aeronaut named johnson fell from
balloon to the ground, a distance of
1000 feet, at Tacoma, Washington, on
Saturday, and was instantly killed. He
was said to have been intoxicated.
A dispatch from Rochester, N. Y,
says that in consequence of the recent
advance in wheat local miilers have put
up the price of -four about rs cents. 1t
is thought the advance will not be per-
manent.
Gen. John B. Gordon Of Monticello,
H., the commander-in-chief of all the
Confederate camps in the United States,
has endorsed the proposed reunion of
the survivors of the Northern and South.
ern armies.
Sam Sing, a Chinese laundryman, of
Harrison, N. j., was on Saturday pro-
nounced to be leper and was removed
to a hospital. The laundry will be lis
infected, but people who have clothing
there refuse to take it away.
Louis Norm, French Canadian, was
arrested at Olneyville, II. l., on Satur-
day, charged with bigamy, having a
wife and two childen in Lansingburgh,
N. y, and another, his own niece,
whom he married July goth.
Two foremen at the Bessemer foundry
at Bessemer. Ala, named William Doug
lass, white, and Will Douglass, colored,
quarreled on Friday over an incident
growing out of the similarity OF their
names, and the colored man was killed.
The Illinois Humane Society," at Chi
cago, have found case of 2-years old
baby, which had bepi taught BY its
father to smoke tobn. The child Ia
in an advanced state OF nicotine poison
ing, and the parents will be prosecuted.
A dispatch from ST, Paul, MINI, says
that the replies received TO the Alliance
"wheat circular" indicate that the
farmers OF southern Minnesota, South
Dakota and Kansas will hold large
percentage of their crops for time at
least
Annie Hardness Of Terra Haute, Ind,
made balloon ascension at Cincinnati,
o., on Saturday, but while attempting
TO descend with a parachute, the ap-
paratus fniled 10 act and she fell a dis
lance of 500 feet and was instantly
killed.
Fifteen Of the largest packers doing
business at the Chicago stock yards
have, 1t is announced, purchased tract
OF 5000 acres Of land just outside of the
city limits, to which half Of the business
done at the stock yards will be removed
within six months.
An engine on the Georgia Pacific rail-
road, at Admission, Ala, became derailed
Sunday and turned over. Charles
Wymer, the engineer, was caught be-
meath it and killed instantly Fireman
Ridden had his leg broken and Conduc.
tor Loften was also injured.
A dispatch from NeNlpn, y. says
that William p. Ellet Of b. Vile,
Sussex county, was bitten By a rattle
snake few days ago, and, to all APP
pearances, died. He revived, however,
just as a ''post norton" examination
was about 70 made of his body.
Mike Wen Mary Balletine and
Joseph johnson, the latter a man 20
years, were together in caboose Of i
freight train, at Texas City, ILL.,, ON
Friday night, when johnson was
knocked down by n slung shot by
Weitzel, because he resented some un-
seemly remarks by the woman. John.
son retaliated by disenbowelng Weitzel
with knife, upon which the woman
struck johnson in the face with a
Ratchet. Both men have since died.
A few days ago Monroe Evans and
his son John were arrested at Baileyton.
Ala., charged with shooting Pierce
Mooney last May. On Saturday they
were taken before local justice Of the
peace, who declined to try them, but
bound them over without bail. They
were put under guard at a neighbours
house over night. About midnight they
were taken from the house and hung to
tree. The guard say a large crowd
came up, and supposing them to be
Evans friends come TO rescue the pris-
oners, they fled. Mooney has about re-
covered from his wounds Of last May.
and citizens are indignant at lynchinR.