Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-31
IN GENERAL.

York with u brain trouble" and al
his engagements have been cancelled.
1t is estimated that there are now 1 ,00C
cases of the grip in Montreal. About two
per cent of the police force are laid W
with the disease.
Five men are reported to have per
ished in the mountains near Carson
New, within the past few days by rea
son of the cold and snow. The body Of
one of the five who were missing has
been found.
Navigation on the Chesapeake was
| greatly impeded on Saturday on account
of the dense fog which prevailed, but o
brisk wind cleared off the fog in the
evening and the threatened "oystei
famine" was avertcd.
Dennis Murphy, one Of the victims Of
the New York Central wreck at Hast.
ings, died on Saturday night at Yonkers
| No trace has yet been found of Herrick
the brakeman, whose negligence is said
to have caused the accident.
| Josephine Jones, who was being
treated in a doctors office at ALBANY
Ca, on Friday, for an injury to her
hand caused by an explosion of fire
works, was given corbolic acid in mis-.
take for whisky. She died in a few
minutes.
Citizens of st. Paul have secured sub.
scriptlons to the amount of $250,00C
| toward the fund for the Democratic
national convention, in case il is held in
that city. of this amount 100000 is
for the remodelling and enlarging Of
the auditorium.
|
William II. Goodrich, for 25 years
business manager of the Hartford
Coardnt, has sold his entire interest in
the paper and its building to his associ
ates, Senator llawley, Charles Dudley
Warner and Charles Hopkins Clark ,ant
has retired from the concern.
The Santa Fe vestibuled limited train
which left Chicago at o'clock Satur
day evening, was derailed at Bear Greek
Mo-, carly Sunday morning, and five
| cars went down steep embankment
No one was killed, but number of per
sons were seriously injured.
Arrangements have been made by the
Wabash Railroad Company to entel
| Pittsburg over the tracks of the Pitts
burg d Western road. The connection.
will be made at Defiance, o., and line
| w iOliS Will bC pullL tD lllttI lllt
Pittsburg Il Western at that point.
Robert Moore, aged "a years, son of {
wealthy contractor of Cincinnati, wen
into hardware store in that city OF
Saturday morning, bought a revolver
and had it loaded. He then said: 81
want TO see how il works." and placing
II to his temple fired. He died almost
instantly.
An Erie railway transfer float, loaded
with ~ cars carrying 100 head Of cattle
while being towed up the East river, al
New York Sunday, struck on Black
Rock. A hole was stove in the fla
causing it to sink, and AS head of cattle
were drowned. The loss is estimated a
$4,000
Tho Colored Voters League of ALE
gheny county, Pa, has issued a mani
festo calling upon their brethren to TAX,
some action 10 Overthrow the poll
ticians who have steadily used the col
ored citizens of this country as mere
political tools to forward their selfsl
schemes.
A dispatch from Meridian, Miss, say.
that on Thursday night William Wright
and a Miss Phillips were married, and
that while the attendant festivities were
in progress man named johnson, ;
rival sutton, came to the window ant
shot and killed Wright. The murderer
escaped.
One Of the engines on the Sixtl
avenue elevated railway jumped the
track at Park Place, Sunday, and ;
train crashed into the rear Of one of tn,
blocked trains. The rear car Of til,
latter was derailed, and but for the
guard rails would have fallen over into
the street. No one was injured.
w. II. Pearsall, wife and family liy
ing near Goldsboro, N. c., were burned
to death in their dwelling on Tuesday
last The bodies were discovered OF
Saturday. Weightman Thompson, {
former rejected sutton Of the murdered
mans wife, has been arrested ON suspi.
cion of having committed the crime.
The mangled body of Judge Georg,
w. McLain, Of the circuit court of st
Joseph, Missouri, was found on Satur
day in an open court in the centre oi
the court house. 1t is supposed he fel
from walk 60 feet above, on Thurs
day, while on his way TO his cour
room. He had been missing since thai
day.
A dispatch from Pittsburg says tina
negotiations are In progress For the pur
chase Of the Hostetter Coke Company't
plant by the Frick Coke Company. The
price to be paid is said TO be s 800, 00(
in bonds Of the latter concern ''If the
deal is closed IL will give the Frlck Com
pany almost monopoly of the Con
hellsville Coke trade"
The main building of the Eastern
Michigan Insane Asylum, at Pontiac
was burned on Saturday No lives were
lost, SO far as known, but scores of thu
poor lunatics, who were forced to stant
in the bitterly cold blizzard for hour
before they could be housed, have suf
fered severely. Many, it is believed, es
capped TO the woods during the excite
ment. Searching parties have gone ii
guest Of them. The loss is placed a
100000.
It was stated in New Haven on Sat
urday that "the supreme court is di
vided in the Morris VS.. Bulkely gu,
warranto suit; that Judges Seymour
Fem and Carpenter are of the opinion
that the law and equity Of the case i
in favor of Judge Morris, while Chic
Justice Andrews and Judge Torrenc
are OF the opinion that the court has n,
jurisdiction" Judge Seymour is sal,
70 be writing the majority opinion an,
Chief Justice Andrews the minnritv