Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27

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found in wharf sink at Baltimore, on
Friday, where he must have been for
several months.
Three cottages, store and stable,
at Ocean Spray, near Winthrop, Mass,
were destroyed by fire Friday. Two
men, who were asleep in the loft of the
stable, were burned to death, as were
also 10 horses.
There is said TO be a scheme on foot
by which the militia of all the states
will be put under national pay and
supervision. II was started by officers
of the regular army at the encampment
Of the Missouri militia.
L. Greenlease has been arrested at
Slater, Mo-, for passing counterfeit $50
note. Greenlease had always borne
good reputation and is said to have
travelled about the country teaching peo-
pie how to detect counterfeits.
There was a sharp frost at Denison
and Vail, in Iowa, on saturday morn
ing. A fall of so degrees in tempera-
ture occurred at Watertown, South
Dakota, on Friday night, and the. frost
line was touched No injury was done
TO cora.
Typographical Union, No. 6 of New
York, at a special meeting on Sunday,
attended by over 800 members, resolved
that no member of the Union shall
hereafter work under non Union fore
man in any newspaper office within the
| jurisdiction of the Union.
| Charlie Williams, negro helper, be-
came entangled in the ropes of balloon
at Carolina Beach, 10 miles from VIII
mington, N. c., Friday, and, loosening
the fastenings was carried 5000 feet into
the air. Before the balloon fell he sue
ceeded in freeing himself and escaped
| unhurt.
A dispatch from Arkansas City, Kan,
says that Thursday was the hottest for
years, the thermometer standing at 100
In the shade. G. Howard was fatally
sunstruck and several others were over
come by the heat. In the Cherokee Strip
large numbers of cattle are dying from
sunstroke.
Henry Parr, lad, attending a pump
ing engine of the Louisville and Nash
vile railroad, near Clanton, Ala, was
found murdered at noon Friday. His
throat had been cut from ear to ear by
means of an axe, which was found by
his side. 1t is presumed the crime was
committed by tramps
A San Diego, CAL, dispatch says in
formation has reached there that Two
large streams of water are flowing into
the Salton Sea from the Gulf Of Cali
fornia via the new river This makes
two sources of supply for the inland
sea and gives strength to the belief that
the desert lake will be permanent.
The sealing schooner Matte Flyer
warned out Of the Behring Sea, reached
San Francisco on Thursday night She
reports that the United States steamer
Marion was obliged to fire upon thu
cod fishing schooner Arago TO force
her 10 heave to, As the Arago was no
a sealing vessel she was allowed to pro,
coed.
The treasury department has learned
that there is nothing in their contracts
which will prevent the crew of III,
Cranberry Isle Life Saving station from
taking part in the mock shipwreck exhi
htion at Bar Harbor, Maine, provideC
they do so in their private capacity ant
their services are not required at TIT
station.
At Blandon Springs, Alabama, OF
: Thursday a number of men came to til
: rescue of Robert Sims, who had bee
arrested for illicit distilling. In tn
Z fight which ensued Sims escaped, bu
I DIR. A. Il. Pugh, one of the United State
! niarshal's posse, and son of Sims wer
!. killed and brother of Sims was fatal
! wounded.
: A fire in n building on Broadwa,
/ New York, Sunday morning destroye
! the property of +. G. Horaman, importc
of toys, and Ferris Bros, corsets manr
: facturers, causing loss of $4,000. Al
il sistant Foreman james IL. Shutc Of III
r fire department was overcome by iii
4 smoke and died before he could be r,
II moved TO a hospital,
G Mrs. Bamhowser, wife Of one Of ii
-e prominent residents Of Ilclveta, "
Va, during fit Of temporary nsanit
drowned her l3-monihs-old babe in
spring. Failing in an effort 10 kill HI
3-year-old son in the same way, 81
/ Drained him with a hatchet and then a
tempted suicide by stabbing herself wit
a butcher knife. Her wounds are II,
u necessarily fatal.
y The Kansas state board of rairoa
a. commissioners have notified the Unio
~ Pacific Railroad Company that the Ell
- tire line of the Kansas City railroa
:, must be rebuilt without delay with ne
" steel track, and that if the order is n,
- !, complied with steps will be taken to r.
yoke the company's charter This actiC
n 4. grew out of an accident some weeks as
= which was attributed to poor tracks.
u The people of Lyon county, KY, hay
i, refused to pay the Elizabeth & Paduca
Z railroad tax, alleging that il was carrie
4" by illegal voting. The local office
ie charged by the court with the collectic
ei of the tax resigned, and on Saturday Il
United States marshals, charged Wi
legal papers to be served against eve
individual in the county, were refuse
er food and shelter.
or 1t is reported from Baltimore that Il
ed Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company h
re completed negotiations for the purcha
at of 65 acres Of land in Cumberland
y the erection of its mills, shops and freig
yards Within few weeks ground W
a be broken, and when the improvement
es are finished the Baltimore & Ohio W
l." move its shops from Keyser, Piemo
a and Martinshurg to Cumberland.
at A dispatch from DR.. w. II. l}urk, vi
,rs accompanied the Peary polar expec
ton, announces the arrival Of the X
re at st. Johns, Newfoundland, on her
Z" turn voyage. Lieutenant Pcary, who
ny leg had been broken, was left with
in wife and five companions in wint
! d quarters at McCormick's Bay, Murcl
Nv sons Sound. All on board the X
In were well, and the scientists broug
home with them large collections of /
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