Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-01-22


IN GENERAL.
The Crum Hotel, in Altoona, Pa, was
burned out Sunday, afternoon.
Lawrence Kirk, and an unknown
companion were struck and killed by a
train at Johnstown, Pa, Sunday.
A dispatch from San Diego, Cali.
fornia, says that ex-County Clerk NJ.
D. Hamilton is short in his accounts
$4,400
Patrick Ford, son Of Nebraska state
representative, shot and fatally wounded
"Billy the Kid in a bar-room row at
Omaha on Saturday.
Interested parties in Des Moines, Ia,
say thatan English syndicate has offered
$3,000000 for the Durango Mining Com
pany's plant, in New Mexico.
Col. Baltz, a retired lawyer and planter
of Gainesville, Ga, accidentally shot
and MORALLY wounded himself while
handling revolver on Saturday night.
An explosion occurred in the Crescent
Brewery, in Aurora, Ind, on Saturday.
Two men, named Swift and Pfeister,
were killed and four others were badly
hurt.
George p. Powlinson, head clerk in
the post-office in Mankato, Minnesota,
is missing, and there is shortage of
between $4,000 and $4,000 in his ac-
counts.
Lawrence johnson, leading farmer
Of Fayette county, Georgia, had his arm
wrenched from its socket while working
q cotton gin, on Saturday, and died in a
few minutes.
The British ship Yoxtord, which ar
rived at Baltimore on Saturday evening,
had on board the rescued crew, 81 in
number, of the British steamship Carl
ton, which foundered at sea.
The main portion Of the dye house Of
the Palmer mill, at Three Rivers, Massa-
chusetts, was burned on Saturday morn
ing, and two employees, Elijah Frame
and Joseph Babcock, lost their lives.
A dispatch from Key West says that
the bark Joseph Baker, which sailed
from New Orleans January 4th for Bal
timore, with cargo of molasses and
rice, has been wrecked on North Key.
A dispatch from Baltimore says that
OF the oysters now being caught not one
half are of legal size. They are seed
oysters, the removal of which is exhaus-
ton to the beds. The culling law is to
be enforced.
Mrs. M. Bradley took her two boys
and jumped into deep spring near
Lehigh, Indian Territory, several days
ago. Their bodies were found on Sat
urday. The death of her husband
caused her to become respondent.
The employees of the Cambria Iron
Company, according to dispatch from
Pittsburg, have been notified Of reduc-
tion of 10 per cent in their wages, be-
ginning February LIST. This will affect
1000 men, from workers to miners.
Jesse English, a bishop Of the United
Brethren, and a large land owner and
farmer, has made an assignment at Hope,
Kan. His liabilities are $4,000, his
assets about half as much. The credi-
tors are chiefly church members in Kan
sas and Pennsylvania.
A young woman, who registered at a
hotel in St Louis as Mrs. Hudson, COM
mitted suicide on Saturday night by
taking morphine. A morphine prescrip-
ton, made out for Mrs. Lottie Thurman
and the name Lottie on her jewelry,
give rise to the belief that Thurman was
her real name.
Mrs, Anna G. Strong, 80 years of age,
went to the office of her husband, Ralph
Strong, in Baltimore, on Saturday. and.
in his presence, committed suicide by
shooting herself. 1t is said that she feared
her husband was about to abandon her
on the ground that he had married be-
meath his station.
Elizabeth Pruitt and her two sons
have brought suit against 2S prominent
residents Of Hacket City, Arkansas, for
$4,000 damages. The family had been
taken from their beds, marched to the
railroad depot, placed on a coal train
and sent TO the next station, where
tickets for Paris, Kentucky, were bought
for them.
An unsuccessful attempt was made at
Deadwood, South Dakota, on Saturday,
by railroad grade strikers, to take pos
session OF passenger train on the Ire
mont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley. The
men had quit work on the grade, claim
ing that the company was not keeping
its contract with them as to the amount
to be paid for work and the cost Of
board.
A natural gas explosion partially
wrecked the Hotel Marvin, in Findlay.
Ohio, Sunday afternoon. Two girls
were killed and six other persons were
injured, two probably fatally. The pro-
prietor and three plumbers We're search
ing for the leak, when one of the dining
room girls who was sweeping the floor
stepped upon matclip and in an instant
! the explosion occurred.
In Chattanooga Sunday S. M, Fu-
gette, cashier of the South Chattanooga
Savings Bank, and his father-ln-l law, j.
A. Warder, city attorney of Chattanooga,
had shooting atfray, in which Fugette
was killed and Warder wounded in the
breast and hand. Mrs Fugette, Warder's
only child, was dangerously wounded
in the thigh. 1t is said the shooting was
begun by Warder, who went home
crazy drunk"
AT meeting Of the police commits
sioners in Leavenworth, Kansas, on Sat
urday Police Sergeant Murphy produced
proof that Chief of Police Mcfarland
and Policemen James Robertson and
James Sutton had been receiving tribute
from Joint keepers, who were eyad-
ing the prohibitory law. The men have
been dismissed from the force. Chief of
Police Mcfarland had been noted for his
apparent aggressiyeness in enforcing the