Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-30
IN GENERAL.

Six children and young man of 20
yeas were drowned by the upsetting of
boat at Seven Islands, in the Lower
St. Lawrence, on Friday afternoon.
John T. Stevens, 80 years of age, one
of the best known Geographic operators
in the country, died suddenly at his
home in Woonsocket, r. l., Sunday,
of heart failure.
Mrs. Julia McGranees was fatally
burned on the railroad track at Belvi-
dere, N. j., on Friday night, by her
clothes catching fire from Goals dropped
by the engine.
Raymond T. Zimmerman, 8 years old,
of Camden, was strangled on Saturday
by shoe button, swallowed, it Is sup
posed, while the child was being pun
ished by his mother.
A member Of Secretary Baine's family
said Sunday that the recent reports
that Mr.. Blaine is seriously ill, and likely
to retire permanently from public life,
are entirely without foundation.
Herbert Ripley, 10 years old, of Cam
den, while riding on an ice wagon on
Saturday was struck by piece of fall
ing ice and received injuries from which
he died Sunday in Cooper Hospital.
John Brown, negro, shot and NOR
| tally wounded John Gardner, in Jack
son, Tenn, on Saturday night. Early
on Sunday morning he was taken from
Jail by mob and hanged to a tree in
the courtyard.
Frederick H. Buchner died in Balti-
more Sunday from gunshot wound.
| G. Cormela, an Italian fruit vender, is
under arrest charged with firing the
shot, and his wife Is also held as an
accessory to the killing.
| Henry Nelson, living in Corona, L. l.,
killed his wife on Saturday and then
committed suicide, Scraps of paper
were found, upon which Nelson had
written the information that he had
killed his wife in self-defence.
Rawson Labar, 10 years of age, was
drawn through the rollers of COM
pressing machine at the Ivanhoe paper
mill, in Paterson, New Jersey, on Sat-
urday and crushed to death. Labar
was new employe at the mill.
John Granger, colored, was found
hanging to tree at Franklin, Ken
lucky, on Saturday morning, he having
been lynched the night before. A few
days ago he had ga difficulty" with a
white man, and made threats against
others.
The tea ship Guy G. Goss arrived at
Tacoma, Washington, Friday night,
with 30,2S8 packages of tea, valued at
| $450,000. The Goss is the first tea ship
to enter the Tacoma custom house, pre-
vious tea ships having entered at Port
Townsend.
A special train of five cars, constructed
entirely of steel, is on exhibition at the
Chicago and Northern Pacific station in
Chicago. 1t is claimed that the cars
neither cost nor weigh more than the
old style, while being practically indie
structable by fire or in wreck.
Cattlemen in Tennessee are indignant
and complain bitterly that, notwith-
standing Secretary Rusk announces
that there is no quarantine against Ten
nessee cattle, still cattle from that Sec
ton are rigidly excluded from the north
ern markets except for immediate
slaughter.
The bark Helen W. Amy arrived at
San Francisco on Saturday from Samoa
with cargo of wreckage from the U.
S. S. Trenton and Vandalia, which
were lost in the harbor of Apia two
years ago. A written decision of the
board of general appraisers obliges the
consignees to pay duty on the wreckage
In South Portsmouth, Kentucky, last
Friday Captain John Killen, an old
steamboat man, over 10 years of age
was struck down and beaten by his
negro servant, whom he reproved for
negligence. Killen was dying at last
accounts, and the negro had been re.
moved to Greenupsburg to escape being
lynched.
A number of leading Democrats in
Missouri have been interviewed relative
to the expedience of a fusion of the
Democracy Of the state with the Peoples
party. The result shows remarkable
unanimity of sentiment against such Q
step and in favor of and independent
Democratic campaign.
David Fallone, an Italian laborer
was arrested in Chicago last week. He
confessed that he had purchased three
steamship tickets and he sent them &c
friends in Italy. The foreigners came
to this country, but were detained al
New York and will be sent back. He
was acting for the foreman of a gang
of railroad laborers in Iowa.
Mary Bauer, servant in the house OF
Charles W. Vogel, in Ann Arbor, Mich
gan, was lighting a gasoline stove or
Friday night, when the gasoline rar
over and caught fire. Mrs. Vogel ant
the girl were horribly burned, and thu
former died a few hours later Mary
Bauer died at 2 o'clock Saturday morn
ing. Mr.. Vogel, who ran to the assist
ance of the women, was badly burned
about the hands.
The five dollar trip from Cincinnati
to Niagara Falls, with stop over a
Detroit in time for the G. A. r. parade
is causing general Generalization o.
railroad rates. The Chicago & Alton
with the Ohio & Mississippi, will OF
July 31st issue SIT round trip rate
from Kansas City to Cincinnati. TIL,
Vandalia and Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton will meet that rate, and the Bis
Four will, of necessity, follow.
A special telegram from Beaver, Pa.
to the Pittsburg Dispatch says tina
: Senator Quay has been interviewed
there in regard to the statement by
Magistrate South of Philadelphia, tina
he intended to resign his seat in til,
Senate. The senator said swell
somebody has been taking on me again.
He then went on to say there was M
truth in the story of his resignation, anC
and that his health was good, and HI
had no intention whatever of resigning
A dispatch from Canton, Ohio, say
that rainmaker B. Melbourne wa
exultant Sunday over the success o
his experiments. He set Sunday TO
his eighth experiment, and it was we
| and unqualified success. He now claim
. | To hia credit sayan sIccassns az anaina