Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-04-23

Seven families in San Gabriel, Texas, are
down with smallpox. Mrs. Moore and her
baby died of the disease on April 10th, and
no one could be found 10 bury them. Mr..
Moore is now sick. Nurses have been sent
for.
The Edgar Thomson steel works of Car
negie g. Co.. at Pittsburg, which have been
closed for 10 weeks, resumed on Monday,
giving employment to about 1000 men.
The resumption, it is said, will be only for
a short time
A young couple, who had registered at
the Grand Union Hotel, in New York as
'P. Bertrand and Wife" were found dead
in their room Monday night. They had
committed suicide by inhaling gas through
rubber tubes.
The Federal grand jury in Chicago, Mon
day, returned a true bill against George
j.. Gibson, former secretary Of the whisky
trust, on the charge of attempting to bride
a government officer to blow up Shufeldts
dlstillery. A capias was issued for his
arrest.
The great scarcity of grain during the
winter throughout Kansas and Dakota
caused stockmen to dispose of their cattle
at any price. Now the stockmen in these
districts are arranging to have number
Of cattle shipped from Texas and Cal
ifornia at great expense.
When the official canyassing board in
Chicago met Monday to declare the re-
suit of the late mayoralty election, Mayor
Cregier, D., through his attorney, with
drew all objections to the canvass as
completed last week, and asked that
Hampstead Washburn, r., be declared
Mayor-elect.
In New York, Monday, Surrogate Ran
son denied an application made in behalf
of Eveline L. Mann to resettle the decree
admitting the will of Robert Ray Hamilton
In nf ho ca1 n al
was to grant her an allowance for counsel,
as she had been brought into court by the
citation issued by the heirs of decedent.
In Maysville Kentucky, on Monday,
| Alexander johnson shot and fatally
wounded his wife. After the shot was
fired, Della Carlisle, his wife's sister, seized
the smoking pistol, and, putting il to
| Johnson's head, marched him down to the
mayors office, where she turned him over
| to the proper officers.
| A dispatch from Lebanon, Indiana, says
| that the train men on the Indiana Midland
| railroad, who went out on strike on Satur-
| day on account Of non-payment of wages
| overdue, have induced every man on the
| road to join them, and not q train is rum
| ming except one to carry the mail. No pas
| sengers or freight OF any kind are allowed
| TO be carried.
In Hoboken, New Jersey, shortly before
o'clock on Monday morning, Angelo
Gaboth, IS years old, of New York, MUIR
dered his mother-in-law and dangerously
4 stabbed his father-in-law, and was then
I killed by Conoquilo Chinchella, son of
| the murdered woman. A fight followed,
in which Gaboth's wife was stabbed and
also her brother.
A detective of the Pittsburg e Lake Erie
road has arrested five Of gang of railroad
| thieves, who are said to have made away
| with 100000 worth of plumber within the
| last four years. Three of the leaders are
in Jail at Pittshurg the other two at Nc
| Keesport. Informations have been made
against 81 others. One of those arrested
has made full confession.
The seven men--Riley, Barnett, John
son, Andy. Hawkins and the two Browns
who were to have been executed in the
| Creek Nation on Monday--escaped from
custody last Friday evening. Three of
| them-Hawkins, johnson and one of the
Browns-were recaptured, but have been
pardoned by the chief. The others are
still at large. The escape was connived at.
Sim johnson, colored, who committed
an assault upon Eva Bailey, respectable
| white girl, was sentenced to be hanged
| Monday in Charleston, West Virginia
After Judge Snyder had pronounced sem
| tence johnson made an attempt to kill the
| judge. Officers rushed in, and after des-
perate struggle succeeded in dragging the
ously injured.
Surgeon-general Hamilton of the Marine
Hospital service Monday received the fol-
lowing telegram from DR.. Pargis, from
Pensacola, Fla: ship Curlew, AZ days
from Rio, arrived here on 18th, had Is
cases of yellow fever on the passage, three
resulting fatally, the last case and death
occurring March 18th. Ordered the ship
to Chandleur quarantine station, and She
has left this harbor."
The Reliance colliery at Mt Carmel, Pa,
after a long suspension, resumed work
Monday, giving employment to 800
hands. Mid Valley largely increased its
force of workmen, and it is announced
that general resumption of work will
take place this week at the collieries which
have been awaiting the action of the
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company in the
interstate commerce decision.
A despatch from Castle Green, Indiana,
says that on Sunday evening a loud, roar
ing noise was heard, and heavy, black
clouds were observed passing rapidly over
the city. Upon close observation it was
found that the clouds were composed of
millions of bugs, about one inch in size.
They passed from west to east, and the
noise Of their combined wings made as
much sound as an express train at full
speed. Several were captured, and are
said to be of the June bug" variety.
The department of justice is in receipt of
letter from District Attorney Grant at
New Orleans who was requested by it to
ascertain the nationality of the Italians
who were killed there last month, the cir
cumstances under which they came to this
country, &c. The district attorney says he
has encountered much more difficulty in
getting at some of the particulars in the
case than he had anticipated, which has
resulted in delaying his report. These
nartinulars refer TO the nationality If the |
men. He has made request to the de |
partment for certain information in con-
nection with the matter.