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

Frost in the vicinity of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, on Sunday night, did great
damage to the tobacco and cranberry
crops.
Rehecca Rubenstein arrived at the
barge office at New York Monday from
Odessa, bringing with her her family of
"a children.
A store house at the Latin Powder
Works, about mile from Pittston, Pa,
was struck by lightning on Sunday
night and 200 kegs of powder exploded.
No person was injured.
AS result of stabbing ARRAY at
negro camp-meeting at Huntsdale, Cum
berland county, Pa, on Saturday night,
William Croman was probably fatally
injured by Edward Straitiff.
The Secretary of the Interior Mon
day directed that the third payment of
$4,000 be made to each state agri-
cultural college which has complied
with the terms of the act of August
Both, 1890.
Jim Hall, a puglist, and Charles E.
Davies, his manager, had fight in
bar-room at Mt. Clemens, Mich, on
Sunday night, when Hall struck Davies
with bottle. Davies retaliated by cut
ting Hall in the face with knife.
A freight wreck, caused by the
parting of a train, occurred on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, near
Martinsburg, Nd, Monday, delaying
traffic six hours. A tramp who was
stealing a ride is said to have been
killed.
Felix Wasniski, aged 90 years, tried
to separate two fighting base ball players
at Mt. Carmel, Pa, Monday afternoon,
and was struck on the head with bat
| by Otto Shultz, one of the combatants.
Wasniski was reported dying at last
| accounts.
The schooner Ellen and Mary went
ashore in dense fog before daylight on
| Sunday, two miles east of English Bay,
the northwestern point of the Island of
| Anticosti. The vessel came off at high
tide, however, and her passengers were
safely landed
The tenth annual encampment of the
Sons of Veterans and the meeting of the
grand commandery of the order began
at Minneapolis, Mimi, Monday. About
5000 members are in attendance. The
report of the COMMUNICATIVE chief states
that the total membership is 100000.
An attempt was made on Sunday to
wreck Il passenger train on the Illinois
Central railroad, on bridge seven miles
north of Holly Springs, Miss. The engi-
neer saw the obstruction on the track in
time to stop his train. Two colored
men, who were arrested, confessed to
the attempt to wreck the train.
A bloody ARRAY took place on Sun
day at the Mountain Hill Baptist Church
in the heart Of the Blue Ridge, 20 miles
from Greenville, S. c., between two
rival families. Joshua Howard shot
and MORALLY wounded Luther Durham
and Durham killed Massena Howard.
Richard Howard was also shot.
Policeman Guy @. March of Haver-
hill, Mass, who, with his family, has
been taking vacation at Salisbury
Beach, went out to sea with his wife in
small boat Sunday, and up to Mon
day morning they had not been heard
from. A heavy fog prevailed, and it is
feared that they have been lost.
While Peter Techkala, his wife and
three children were driving on Sunday
evening, four miles from Pendleton,
Oregon, their horse became unmanage-
able and backed over bluff 25 feet
high. Mrs. Techkala and one daughter
were instantly killed, and the two other
children seriously injured. Techkala
and the horse escaped with few bruises.
Engineers of the Southern Pacific
railway, who have been investigating
the Salton Lake, report that the lake
covers a surface of about 1866 square
miles, but that the water is receding,
the inflow being balanced by evapora-
ton. While the water is likely to be
gone before next years floods appear
the lake is likely to be formed every
year.
Two freight trains on the Northern
Pacific railway collided near Palmer,
Washington, on Sunday. Engineer
David Young and Fireman Frank
Cooper of the west-bound train, were
killed, and both trains were badly
wrecked. The accident is said to have
been caused by the conductor of the
east-bound train failing to hand his en-
gineer duplicate of his orders.
The Cunard steamer Servia, at New
York Sunday night from Liverpool, re-
ported that on the 21st instant, at 7.30
| p. M, she spoke the steamship Sueyia
Captain Bauer, in disabled condition.
The Suevia left Hamburg August 9th
and Havre August 18th for New York
and when seen by the Servia had LOST
three blades of her propeller. She was
then in latitude 1884 and longitude
56.46.
Many bodily Ills result from habitual
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