Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-06-18
IN GENERAL.


Frankfort creek, Philadelphia.
Michael Burns, 10 years old, was
drowned on Sunday while bathing at
Greenwich Point Philadelphia.
While bathing in the Delaware river on
Saturday, at Reed street wharf, Philip
Ryan, 8 years old was drowned,
Benjamin Jacobs, 10 years old, was run
over by street car in Camden on Satur-
day, and died on the way to the hospital.
The Senate OF Michigan has passed
bill requiring all railroads to construct
cattle guards at all roads, lanes and farm
crossings.
Robert Clarke, young mulatto, under
arrest in Bristol, Tenn, for assaulting Mrs.
John Warren, was on Saturday hanged
by a mob.
Eta Cohen, years old, died Sunday
of injuries received on Saturday, when
she was run over by a cable car, in Phila-
delphia.
Patrick McManus, "a years old, moulder
of Newark, n. j., was run over and killed
on the Pennsylvania railroad on Saturday
at Thorndale.
A young man who registered at the West
End Hotel, in Asbury Park, y. j., on Sat
urday night was found dead on Sunday
morning from snffocation by gas
The attorney general Of Kansas is Of
opinion that the law passed at the last SEES.
sion of the legislature, creating board of
public works, is unconstitutional.
The body of the man found on Tuesday
on the lower deck of the Girard avenue
bridge was identified on Saturday as that
of Otto Focht, 3s years old. drug clerk.
Charles Henderson, colored laborer in
Canton, o., was almost instantly killed on
Saturday night by blow from the fist OF
Joseph Wise, saloon keeper, during
fight.
Appraisers of the assigned estate Of John
Bardsley filed on Saturday their supple
mental report, The total value of the real
5O0.97.
The body Of Elizabeth McGlade 40 years
old, whose residence is unknown, was
found floating in the Delaware river on
Sunday. She is supposed to have com
mitted suicide.
Mimi, on Saturday, natural gas was struck
at depth of 20 feet. The gas was acct
dentally ignited and a flame shot up into
the air 40 feet.
A dispatch from Thompson, Ariz., says
that the noted desperate Geronimo was
shot and killed near Benson on Saturday
Two of his companions were captured, one
being shot in the thigh.
Since the flood in the Red river last week
thousands of carcasses of dead cattle and
other animals and large quantities of
household furniture have been found
strewn along the river bottoms, near Bel
cher, 40 miles west of Gainesville, Texas
Within the past few days 10 cattle af-
fected with hydrophobia have been killed
near Dunlaps, Iowa. Twenty dogs have
also been killed. A little child of James
Fanez has developed symptoms of hydro
phobia. She drank milk from one Of the
cows affected
1t is reported that masters of coasting
vessels with Canadian register are sur
prised over an order by the United States
government that hereafter Canadian YES
sells will be recognized only when flying
the flag of Great Britain, thus debarring
the Canadian ensign.
Judgments amounting to 1890 were
entered on Saturday against Sevll Scho-
field, Son IL Co., the Manayunk manufac-
turers. The firm is said to be embarrassed
The liabilities are believed to be from
$s0o,00O to 100000, with assets more
than sufficient to cover the Indebtedness.
BY formal order issued from the war
department the field of union of the ma
tional flag i'll use in the army will on and
after July 4th next, consist of "A stars, in
SIX rows, the upper and lower rows to have
eight stars and the second, third, fourth
and fifth rows seven stars each, in blue
field.
An American named Thompson, who is
in the Chinese customs service at Wham-
pom, is now in Chicago. and reports that
during February last the grip swept over
the Chinese empire and hundreds OF thou |
sands of people died of the disease. During |
one week, in Canton, fully 10000 persons |
were buried.
The steamer Fulda, which arrived at |
New York on Saturday, from Bremen, re-
ports that on the 10th, in latitude 42,84,
Longitude 4S.l3, she passed a large iceberg |
about 100 feet high, and the same day at . |
p M, in latitude AZ 20, longitude 40. 23 she
passed another large iceberg about the
same height.
The fathers in Chicago have practically
won their strike. on Saturday evening
they received message from two Of the
largest employers in the city, reading;
: We will give you your demands. Send us
60 men" This will give work to all those
still unemployed, and settles the strike in
favor of the men,
The reduction in the clerical force of the
census office consequent upon the early
of the work in many of the
divisions of the office are now being
made. During the past week there have
been upwards Of 800 discharges of male
and female clerks out of the l,600 who are
10 be discharged within the next two
moths.
A fire occurred in a tenement house in
New York early Sunday morning The
occupants Of the fifth or top floor were
Philip Grady, aged So years, his wife
aged 40 years, and his son
Philip, aged II years. They persisted in
he flames Some of the other tenants
lad narrow escapes. The cause of the fire
$ unknown.
William ]. Lamke, aged three years,
f1lFnr ~ a ctr -, L !
'oken, \: j., on Saturday night and had
lis left leg cut off. Shortly afterward
ames Fox, aged 81 attempted to board
ut at the point where little Lamke was
nm over. He missed his footing, and,
olling under the car, had his left arm and
eg badly manged by the wheels.
A letter received at the Chinese con-
ulate i'll san Francisco says that the
,hinese. All tluong Tia, having been ac-
uitted OF the charge of numbering Poker
ON, a Piute Indian, at Bridgeport Cal
ias dragged from the court room and
lrned over to the Indians, by whom he
fas cut into pieces. The Chinese consul
ill bring the matter to the attention of
he authorities in Washington.
Members of the Bible class of Post
Wanamaker in Bethany
lInday-schoul on Sunday adopted resolli-
ons expressing abiding confidence in
nd love for Mr.. Wanamaker for his tri-
mphant delivery from Islander and cor
lpt insinuations-the device of his enc
on his connection with
he Keystone Bank and involving his
anding as Christian
Martin, Fuller & Company,s large abat-
'ir and refrigerator buildings. at the
stock yards, We're destroyed
! fire early sunday. causing loss eati-
atcd at 1878, 900 nearly all of which is
'vered by insurance. About 800 head Of
'essed beef were consumed and 500, 900
orth of hides were partly destroyed.
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