Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-05

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William Drummey, milk dealer in
Boston, died Thursday Of hydrophobia
from bite inflicted by his own dog last
Christmas.
The stable Of Kimmel & Werner,
brewers, in Altoona, Pa, was burned
Yesterday week. Max Seigel persisted
in the flames.
Shipley, ltntan & Coolidge, architects
in Boston, have been awarded the prize
for a design for new board of trade
building in Montreal.
Allan West, colored, was shot and
killed by mob at Abbeyille, Georgia,
on Wednesday week. He had feloniously I
assaulted 12-years-old girl.
James r. Myers, George lladley and
Benjamin Reese were arrested IN johns,
town, Pa, Thursday, for having and |
passing counterfeit dollars.
Charles Lovitz, convicted in New
York of murder IN the second degree
for shooting his wife was yesterday week
sentenced to life imprisonment.
The last body was recovered from the
Spring Hill mine, Nova Scotia, Thursday
making in all 1873 victims, including
three who have died from injuries.
The Geyser Oil Company, at Lima,
Ohio, last week sold its refining plant
and oil territory to the Standard Oil
Company. The reported price is $780,
600
Alfred B. Theme, census enumera-
tor in New York, was arrested Thursday
and placed under bail for examination
on charge of failing to faithfully per-
form his duty.
Senator Voorhees,, who has been I'M
well for some time, left Washington
Thursday morning for the Arkansas Hot
Springs. He will remain at the springs
for several weeks.
A dispatch from Denver, Col, says
that la grippe has taken possession OF
Fort Logan. Eighty soldiers are in the
hospital, and four deaths occurred last
week from the disease.
A private dispatch from Washington,
received in Evansville, Ind, says that J
| A. Lemele, eX-state treasurerof Indiana
has been appointed United states treas
urer, vice Huston, resigned.
There was tornado at Jacksonville
and Utica, Indiana, last night week. Many
buildings were partially or entirely de-
stroycd, and miles Of fencing was blown
away. There was NJ loss of life.
An ordinance as cen introduced in
the city council Oh @ lcago fixing street
car fares at three GEMS, and the corpora
ton counsel hold that the council has a
legal right to pass such an ordinance.
The spinning mill of the Burlington
Cotton Mills Company at Winooski,
Vermont, was burned Tuesday week.
John Taylor, Nelson Young and Joseph
Portion, employees, were badly burned
Loss, $l50,000; insurance, $136,OOO.
The Baltimore city council has decided
to investigate charges against the House
Of Refuge for Boys. Former inmates and
officers claim that abuses exist in the
place; that boys are cruelty punished,
and that the refuge is improperly man
aged.
A fire occurred in the four upper
stories of the Lumber Exchange of
Minneapolis, early Thursday morning,
The building is 10 stories high, and was
thought to be fireproof. The water did
not reach above the eighth story, and
the firemen were nearly powerless. The
thermometer was below zero. The loss
is placed at $4,000,
While strikers were passing the wire
works, at Braddock, Pa, Thursday, they
stopped to ask the workers some ques-
tons, and the non-union men, fearing
violence, responded with volley of
pistol Shots John Hobdag and John
Trainer, strikers, fell, dangerously, if
not MORALLY wounded, and were carried
off by their companions.
Secretary Foster was at the treasury
department all day Thursday familiariz-
ing himself with his new duties and
making the acquaintance of the other off
cials of the department. Secretary
Foster appointed Charles M. Hendly as
his private secretary. Mr.. Hendley
acted in similar capacity for Secretary
Window,
Information has been received in
Natchez, Mississippi, that work on the
Henderson Ashley levee has been aban-
doned by the contractors The water is
now going through the gap very
rapidly. The result will be the flooding
of a large portion of the lower part of
Concordia Parish. Some damage will
also be done to planters.
William West, who killed John
J Crouch, his wife and imbecile son, An
drew, was executed at Washington, Pa,
Thursday. He tried to commit suicide
by jabbing himself in the neck with a
small piece of iron, and was taken to the
seaffold strapped to board. When the
trap was sprung the rope broke. The
second attempt was successful.
In the North Dakota house of repre-
sentatives Thursday, the woman suffrage
committee, to which was referred the
bill prohibiting prize fighting, boxing,
&c. made two reports, the majority in
fayorof the measure. The house adopted
the minority report, the argument being
that "the legislature was attempting to
deprive the people of all kinds of lux
uries and amusements.n
James L. Babcock of Ann Arbor,
Michigan, whose uncle in 1888 left him
fortune of 100000 on condition that
he marry within five years, is about to
take wife. The bride-elect is Miss
James, sister of 9. S. James, promi-
nent merchant of Waukesha, Wis. Mr..
Babcock has been the recipient of more
love letters and proposals probably than
any other young man or woman of his
time.
The steamer France arrived in New
York Thursday from Liverpool, after a
rough passage. February 14th, during
a heavy southerly gale, an enormous sea
boarded the ship, flooding the after deck
and Washing overheard second officer
William G. Barnes, a native Of Liver
pool, who was lost. The after rail was
carried away companionway smashed,
hridna dnmaped and other damage re-