Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-01-07
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Jones S. Hinckley, inventor of the
knitting machine which bears his name,
died last week at Norwalk, Ohio, aged
IA years.
The President had nearly 1,500 Wis
itors Dec. Both including representatives
of the various scientific societies in ses-
sion in Washington.
Two men, named Fisher and Atkin-
son, have been arrested in Harrison
county, Iowa, to answer the charge of
counterfeiting silver dollars.
The Indiana Midland railway is COM
pletely tied up, from Anderson TO Brazil,
Indiana, on account of strike of the
engineers for their November pay.
The New York Central Railroad
Company has decided to put in opera
ton the block system. A certain sum
will be set aside from this years earn
ings for that purpose.
William Walters, aged so years, and
Albert Walters, aged GA, were blown to
pieces while thawing out dynamite at
quarry near Milwaukee yesterday morn.
ing week. Another man was severely
injured
In Pennington, N. j., Dec. Both, John
i. Banghart, was found guilty Of being
the ringleader in the tarring and feather
ing of Julia Beam. 1t is thought the
Others under indictment will now plead
guilty.
By wreck on the Pittsburg, Fort
| Wayne g. Chicago road, at Salem, Ohio,
Dec. Both, Engineer Martin Grimes and
Fireman James Craven were fatally in
| jured, and James Head, brakeman,
had an arm crushed.
Mrs. Norman Thomas was shot and
fatally wounded by her husband, in
Stamford, Conn, Dec. Both. The hus-
band then fired two bullets into his own
head. Mrs. Thomas had begun pro-
ceedings for divorce.
Bernard Mahan, glassblower, died in
a dentists chair in Pttsburg yesterday
week, while under the influence Of
an an@sthetic. 1t is thought death re-
suited from heart disease. Physicians
say the dentist is blameless.
A Baltimore dispatch says that con-
tract for the 40 new locomotives for the
Baltimore &c Ohio railroad has been
awarded to the Baldwin locomotive
works of Philadelphia. The cost will
be in round figures about $360,000.
A constable and deputy at Bunkie,
La, were fired upon and wounded
Tuesday while trying TO arrest negro.
The next day the sheriff and a posse
tried to arrest the man, when q battle
ensued In the course of which one white
man was wounded and two negroes
killed.
The ferry-boat Orange ran down and
| CunIf n tnn.h nut cnnnnaaH IN la ha
Nathan, in tho North river, opposite
Iloboken, Dec. Both. OF the four men
on the tug only one is known to have
been picked up. The tugs boiler is said
to have exploded at the moment of the
collision.
Jeremiah Little, the notorious ex-out-
law, was killed while rolling logs, some
of them falling upon him, near jackson
Kentucky, on Monday. He was leader
in the Little-Strong feud in Breathiti
county, few years ago, and had re.
ceived 2G bullets in his body. Within O
year or so he had reformed and led 0
quiet life.
Captain w. G. Cooper, Pinkerton
detective engaged on the New Smyrna,
Florida, murder case, Dec. both arrested
Irving Jenkins for the murder of the
family in the Packwood house. Jen.
kins is the negro who first gave the
alarm upon the discovery of the crime
Twice before he has been arrested and
discharged.
The Sheboygan Falls branch bank Of
the German Bank, Of Sheboygan, Wis
was entered by burglars on Tuesday
week, and the vault doors blown oper
! with dynamite. 1t Is supposed that the
thieves were alarmed while ut work anc
fled, us the attempt to open the safe wai
t abandoned when the contents were al
most within their grasp.
The Colonial Danes of Baltimore
City and State of Maryland were legally
incorporated at Baltimore Dec. both
+, The purposes of the society are "fol
creating and maintaining socia
, society to'preserve the family history O.
persons who were useful TO thei
country in colonial times, and to excit,
q emulation and patriotism in futur,
Q generations"