Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-13
IN GENERAL.

Natural gas in paying quantities mas
been found at Kouts, Indiana.
By the will of A. G. Hubbard of Mid
dletown, Conn, a bequest of the income
Of $4,000 is made to Christ's Church,
South Farms.
Another rich find of silver is reported
from Pomeroy Mountain, near Caribou,
Col. The vein is said to be three inches
thick and of pure silver.
A small house near Vinita, Indian
Territory, was struck by lightning on
Saturday. Fox Bernard was killed and
five other men were badly injured.
The New Haven, Connecticut, granite
cutters have struck in support of the
striking East Haven quarrymen, and
have decided to boycott three out Of five
of the quarries. s,,.
A copious shower at Cherbourg, Mich,
on Saturday, broke the long drought,
but the rain was not sufficient to pene-
trate far into the ground. The forest fires
are still smouldering.
David Esh and his wife Rebecca were
killed at a crossing on the Pennsylvania
railroad near Lancaster, Pa, on Sat-
urday. They were on their way TO
market and their wagon was struck by
train.
An explosion of gas in York Col
liery, near Pottsyille, on Saturday,
and James Tiddibock, Charles Sewers,
Scott Brubaker and David Davis
seriously.
Mrs. Henrietta Wiley and Mrs. Mary
E. Corliss of New York city were
poisoned Saturday by drinking whisky
from bottle which had contained car
bolic acid. Mrs. Wiley is not expected
TO recover.
A dispatch from jackson, Miss, says
that Mrs. Mary E. Holmes of Rockford,
H., proposes to invest from $4,000 to
100000 in colored female literary
and industrial school, to be located in
the former state.
The extreme drought along the Rio
Grande is reported to be causing great
suffering among the Mexican popula-
ton. Scarcely any crops have been
raised for the past IS months and stock
has died by thousands.
A statement prepared at the pension
office shows that during the month of
July last there were issued %, 107 pen
sions, aggregating in first payments
$3,576, 855.23, of which the average to
each pensioner was $12726.
A dispatch from Lawrence, S. D., re-
ports "the hottest weather ever exper-
fenced there" the temperature on Sat-
urday being 110o in the shade. Late
wheat has suffered terribly and some
fields will will not be cut, while the
corn is dying for want of rain.
A storm at Washburn, Wis, on
Saturday afternoon wrecked a circus
tent During the panic which followed
two boys were crushed to death, and
number of others were badly hurt. The
post-ofiice building collapsed and two
women were injured. A number of
other buildings were damaged.
The coal in the bunkers of the steamer
Cachemire, at New York on Friday
from Marseilles, took fire when the yes
sci was but one day out, and for 10 days
the crew were engaged in a desperate
struggle to save the ship, in which they
succeeded. The 100 steerage passengers
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reached port.
John w. Abbott and Edward Benson,
who had been handled roughly by al
legged White Caps, near Houghville,
Indiana, on Saturday brought suit for
damages against Is prominent citizens
OF that place, charging them with par
ticlpating in the outrages. The two
men were, it is said, taken from the
custody of amarshal, beaten and hanged
to lamp post.
There was trouble in Windsor,
Canada, on Saturday night because a
number of citizens decorated their
places in honor of the Grand Army of
the Republic. The minister of militia
was telegraphed to, and by his orders,
and the aid of the Essex county Fusi-
Tiers, the Objectionable flags were re-
moved. The G. A. r. men who were
billeted in Windsor have gone over to
Detroit.
The Southern Pacific steamer Ell Do
RADIO, from New York, August LIST, for
New Orleans, reported, on Saturday,
ashore on great Bahama Banks, 10 miles
south of Great Isaac Shoals. The ves-
sci and cargo, it was stated, will become
a total wreck unless assistance is given
her. The collector at Key West asked
permission to send the United States
cutter McLane to the aid of the Ell Do
RADIO, and the Washington authorities
sent orders to the McLane to render
every possible assistance. Chief Officer
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