Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-09
IN GENERAL.


Henry Wilkins sailor, was fatally in
lnred in New York, on Saturday night. by
the explosion of bomb.
John Lewis fell into vat at the stock
yards beef cannery in East st. Louis on
saturday and was fatally scalded.
One fireman was killed and five others
injured by the falling Of ladder at a fire
In san Francisco on Saturday night.
Louis Mettens, As years of age, was
fatally injured by the explosion Of small
cannon in Woodside, L. l., on Saturday.
Thomas Andrews, lea,ling farmer Of
Darlington county, South Carolina, hanged
himself on Saturday in a fit of insanity
Hannibal Hamlin, ex-Ficc-president of
the Uaited States, died in Bangor, Maine,
on Saturday evening. He was So years of
age.
While salute was being fred on the
revenue cutter Andrew johnson at Chi
cago, on Saturday, gun burst, njuring
one of the crew.
During. the firing of salute in Plain
field: n. j., on Saturday. the gan exploded
and Howard Wilson and Patrick MeCourt
were badly cut.
J. d. Shaw, editor of the Bishopville
Eagle, was stabbed to death by Dallas
Kelley, at picnic near Camden, South
Carolina, on Saturday.
DR.. John Baptiste of Chicago. who
claims 10 be y spirtualist. has been COM
mitted by. police justice in New York for
examination as to his sanity.
Robert Brown, ,colored, feloniously as
saulted Mrs. 0berry at Race Pond,
Georgia.. last Friday. He was captured
and confessed, and it was expected that he
would be lynched.
A ferryman, named Mickey, and two
unknown men were drowned while cross
ing the Monongahela river at Braddock,
Pa, on Saturday The party were return
ing from picnic.
DR.. John Levergood, past grand master
of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows of Penn
sylvania and past chief patriarch of the
grand encampment, died in Lancaster Sun
day night, aged GO years.
Friday nights hail storm was very de-
structive to the tobacco and fruit crops in
portions of Lancaster county, Pa. The
hail was several inches deep at several
places on Saturday morning.
In Chicago on Saturday morning a
freight train struck street car at cross
ing and knocked it several feet from the
track. Five persons were injured, one of
whom died few hours later. Another
was not expected to recover.
Mr.. Mont, the CHILEAN congressional
envoy in Washington, Thursday received
lister of foreign affairs at lquique, stating
that the congressional army has occupied
Huasco and tharthe army of Balmaceda
has fled.
At a balloon ascension, near Denver,
Colorado, Sunday, children were given
ride on the buck of an elephant. The
animal, becoming frightened at the bal
loon, threw off the children and ono of
them was crushed to death under the ele-
plants feet.
During a terrible thunder storm, on
Friday night, lightning struck St. 1nigoe's
Villa, in st, Mary's county, Maryland,
and three scholastics, of Woodstock Col
lege, were killed, several others being in
inred. The killed were John B. Lamb, of
Boston, and William j. Holden and James
Walter, of New York.
Near Utica Iowa, on Wednesday week
Albert Parnitake entered the room of
young woman named Warner and made
improper proposals. She refused, and he
The girls brother, James, then drove the
rutiian from the house, whereupon he got
rifle and shot Warner dead Lynching
parties are hunting for Parnitake.
The secretary of state at Springfield. ILL.,,
Thursday issued license to the North
Chicago Elevated Railway Company, cap
ital stock S10,000,00O, to construct and
operate elevated railways in Chicago to
various suburbs. The incorporators are
mere figure heads, and represent syndi-
cate of New York, Boston and Phiiadel-
phia capitalists.
The President Thursday appointed W.
Z. Simonds of Connecticut, Commissioner
of Patents, vice Charles T.. Mitchell re-
signed; A. Loudon Snowden of Pennsyl-
vania, Minister to Greece, Roumania and
Servia; r. Pacheco of California, Minister
30, .aIa
Walker United States Marshal for the
Eastern district of New York.
There was tornado at Gray, in Audi
bon county, Iowa. last evening week.
Many houses were demolished and people
injured. One man is reported killed at
IIalbur. There was heavy storm of hail
doing much damage to crops of all kinds.
A heavy hail storm, with bail-stones as
large as hens eggs. also prevailed through
out the county. The storm lasted twenty
minutes.
Governor Bulkeley of Connecticut, has
dismissed Brigadier general Graham of
the militia 'for the benefit of the SERVICE"
phrase seldom used and implying dis
grace. He removed Graham year ago,
and the senate reinstated him. Colonel
Thomas L. Watson, whom Buckley then
appointed brigadier-general and whom the
senate removed, is now again appointed in
Graham's place.
In Baltimore Sunday morning Police
man Carney shot and Killed Charles Ring
gold, negro. The officer attempted to
arrest Ringgold, when he was attacked by
Ringgold and several colored women who
dragged him into the yard of house,
where they took his club away, cut his
face and head with cuspidor and other
wise maltreated him. Ringgold attacked
him with knife, when he fired the fatal
shot.
Charles ]. Jones was making balloon
ascension in New Lisbon, Ohio, on Satur-
day, when William Hennessy an assistant,
was caught in the ropes and carried 100
feet into the air. Both men then fell,
Hennessy being killed and Jones fatally
injured. AT Eleta, Mile. Zoetta Bentley
attempted to, make an ascent while q
dragged through several trees and fell
when 20 feet from the ground. She was
killed.
Two men went to the Merchants
National Bank, in Fort Worth, Tex, on
Thursday, and, calling the Cashier, A. b.
Smith, into a private office, showed him
what purported to be the report of detec-
tive who had Swallowed" him the day be-
fore. They offered to destroy the report IL
paid for it. Cashier Smith. realizing that
an attempt was made to blackmail him.
drew revolver and held the men until an
officer came and arrested them. They were
strangers in Fort Worth
A keg of beer was sent to Johns, min
ing town in Alabama, on Saturday cven-
ing, and white and colored miners quar-
relied over its ownership. A fight followed,
in which one negro was killed and several
men wounded. Near Johns is another
camp called Sumpter. where white miners
are employed. At Johns they are all
negroes. After the fight the negroes at
Johns rallied and report says 50 of them
have marched on to Sumpter to clean ont
the camp. Yesterday morning the trouble