Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-01-08

ncculhc clIN property, ~ WILL " tilic
over to the park commission. The wooden
addition will be removed, leaving the old
Castle in all its bare picturesqneness.
collision occurred on the elevated rail.
road in New York at Eighth avenue and
lh5th street, on Friday. Dewitt kermer y
brakeman, was so badly hurt il is feared
he will lose his legs and one arm.
Duringa conflict over apiece of property
at Newark, Arkansas on Friday, g. y. Per
dura and negro named Cleveland were
killed, and Henry Perdura and W. Il. Mag
ness were probably fatal woundedy.
John Digs was shot and MORALLY
wounded by Edward Toler while visiting
some female friends at Wilkesbarre, on
Thursday night, a revolver being pro-
duced by Toler, and playfully pointed at
Digs.
Near Irwin Penna., on Friday morning,
Mrs. George Balm drowned herself in u
well. Three weeks ago her young daugh-
ter went crazy. This drove her husband
insane, and he died in madhouse on the
30th ult.
The special election held in the Twenty
first Senatorial district of Illinois, Tuesday
week, resulted in the choice of William
Payne, Republican, by about | 800 majority
over w. G.. Wilson, the Farmers Alliance
candidate.
Cashier Morris of the Southern Loan and
Banking Company in Atlanta left that
city short time ago, promising to be back
in few days On Friday it was discov-
cred that he had obtained nearly 81 900 on
forged notes.
At the request of the secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution, Secretary Noble
has requested the Yellowstone Park au-
thorities to capture specimens of buffalo,
deer elk and other park animals for the
National Geological Park in Washington.
Au Fong, aChinaman, has been arrested
in New York for abducting Mary Schawn,
ID years of age. The police found the girl
in the Chinaman's room in a dazed condi-
ton. The girl said that after drinking
cupof tea her mind became blank.
The British bark Topsy Captain Knight,
from Kingston for Grand Cayman, was
wrecked on Cayman Beach on the 18th
ultimo. Her captain, two mates, one sea-
man and the cabin boy were drowned.
Seven others were rescued and arrived at
Mobile Friday.
AT Baton Rouge, La, on Saturday, the
motion for a new trial in the case of Bev-
erly and Mellyone and Alexander Terrill,
convicted of manslaughter and bull doing
negroes was overruled. and they We're each
sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in the
state penitentiary.
A dispatch from Gainesville, Texas, says
that Deputy Marshall Lily had fight with
three whisky peddlers in the Chickasaw
Nation, on Saturday, while trying TO
arrest them. Two Of the peddlers were
killed and the third fatally wounded, Lily
was dangerously hurt.
A telegram from Seattle, Washington,
says that an investigation by careful
man, sent from there to Victoria, shows
more than 20 opium. refineries in full blast,
besides many small Chinese establish
monts which fry out small amounts. The
output Is struggled into the United States,
The Secretary of the Treasury on Friday
appointed A. L. Drummond of New York
to be chief of the secret service division of
the treasury Mr.. Drummond has had
considerable experience in this branch,
having served in it continuously from 1871
to 1898, and was strongly endorsed for the
position.
Frank H. Vaudeville fired three shots
from a pistol at Mrs. Mile Shaw, in Los
Angeles, Cal, on Saturday night. Two of
the bnllsstrllck her corset steels and glanced
of. The other ball missed her entirely.
She then escaped, and when the police ar
rived Vaudeville committed suicide to
avoid arrest.
| United States, representing 1925 miles of
road and about SIS, 500, 900 Of funded debt
and capital stock, were sold under fore
| closure Twenty-six railroads. represent
! ing nearly 5000 miles of road and over
| SlOo,0OO,0N securities, went into the hands
of receivers.
The trustees of the Maryland Agricul-
tural College on Friday ratified the CON
tract made with the trustees of the Della
ware Conference Academy, at Princess
Anne, Md, by which colored youth of
Maryland are TO receive similar instruction
| to that given to white youths at the Agri-
cultural College.
The election of Edward Wheeler the
Alliance candidate in the Twenty-second
Kansas district, makes the legislature
stand as follows: Senate-Republicans So;
| Democrats, |; Alliance /. House--Repub-
| Lean, 20; Alliance, 81; Democrats, s, lnau-
guration Of the governor takes place on
Monday, January 18th,
In Buchanan county, Ia, Mrs. E,dger-
| ton died last November of diphtheria,
leaving eight children destitute. An in
FAINT and five other children successfully
| fell victims to the disease; on Friday the
seventh child died, and on Saturday the
remaining one was at the point Of death.
No other case Of diphtheria is reported in
the community.
The Boston & Maine railroad last week
cut second-cass passenger tickets from
Boston to Chicago to $3.50, The second
class fare direct from New York to Chicago
is SIS. The sccond-class fare from New
| YORK TO boston VIA boat lines is $40.
Hence the sccond-class passenger fare from
New York to Chicago via Boston and via
the Boston 4 Maine, is only Sl4.75 against
$ls by the direct line.
For several months past smallpox has
been epidemic along the Texan and McXi-
can borders, as well as in several towns in
Texas. Yesterday the Mexican govern
| ment sent a corps of physicians to Ciudad
Porfirio Diaz, opposite Eagle Pass, TO vac
cinate the people and isolate the sick
Thirty days ago there were 40 cases in the
place but the number had been reduced
to half that figure. A strict quarantine is
enforced on the American side.
llasSub Etlendi of Damascus, recently
arrived in New York and proposed to make
a novel exhibit at the Chicago Worlds
Fair. His plan is to form a syndicate of
wealthy and influential citizens and repro
duCe at the coming exposition the straight
street of Damascus with its mosque,
praying Mohammedans, cafes, ba2iars
and native Arabs. Hassub Eilendi had a
similar exhibit at the Paris exposition,
which attracted much attention, and his
plan is to greatly eclipse his previous effort
in his new project.
Charles Willis for Is years treasurer of
the Stockbridge, Massachusetts savings
bank, has been found to be defaulter for
about $4,000. The stealing has been car
ried on with regularity for II or Is years,
small amounts being taken at time.
When a depositor paid in $500, for in
stance, 1t was properly entered on his
book but set down S40O, say, on the bank s
record. As Willis was the only man regl-
larly on duty in the bank, he was able to
pay each retiring depositor in full, and es-
capped detection.