Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-11

A caucus of the Republican members
of the Iowa house has decided to ''stand
by prohibition"
Acknowledgements William McClelland
died at the City Hospital in Harrisburg,
Pa, Sunday afternoon.
The steamer Venezuela, which was
stranded on Brigantine shoals, was
floated early Sunday morning and
proceeded to New York.
1t is reported from Louisville, KY,
that the distilleries not in the whisky
trust will meet the reduction in price
made by the latter corporation.
David Orner. 15 years of age, was on
Friday held in 81, 900 bail, at Gettysburg,
Pa, for setting fire to a school-house. 1t
was his fourth attempt at incendiarism.
Joseph Fox, of Jersey City, was
fatally crushed Thursday by the ferry
boat Maryland. He was intoxicated
and slipped between the boat and the
slip.
Britton Williams, IA years old, of
Bradyyille, Tenn, was stabbed and
killed on Wednesday by playmate,
Willie Bryan, aged 10 years. Bryan
escaped.
The steamship Polynesian from Liver
pool for Baltimore, via Halifax, went
ashore at Cape Henry or Saturday She
was foated Sunday afternoon, and at
once proceeded.
Eighteen hundred eases of the grip
are reported at Ann Arbor, Mich, 5000
in the vicinity of Cold Water and from
1900 to 5000 cases each at Bloomington
and Shelbyville, Ind.
Forty.eight contract laborers were re-
turned to Europe from New York on
Saturday, making 1874 for the week.
Most of them were bound for the Penn
| sylvania coal mines.
The Rockland county, New York,
delegates to the state convention. The
Democrats of Schenectady county also
chose Hill delegates on Saturday.
Suit for 100000 damages for the
burning Of the court house has been
brought at Dallas, Texas, against the
contractors for the heating system,
which is claimed to have been defective.
! John Pendleton, colored desperate,
was taken from the Jail at Hopkinsyille,
KY, on Friday night, by mob, who
took him to some adjoining woods, beat
him nearly to death and ordered him to
leave the county.
| A Pittsburg dispatch says that during
the past week % Adams express messen-
gers employed ON the Cleveland &
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, Pan Handle
railroads, were dismissed--the men be-
lieve because they joined the union Of
expressmen.
Judge Knowles of the United States
district court at Helena, Montana, has
made ruling that beer is not a spiritu-
Gus liquor, the case being one in which
a man was indicted for selling bottle
of beer to Crow Indian. The defendant
was discharged.
Postmaster General Wanamaker has
issued an order giving money order
facilities to all post-oflices where the
compensation of the postmaster reaches
5000 per annum. Under this arrange
ment there will be in Pennsylvania
about 900 additional money order offices
| Charles Travis Of Carroll county,
Tenn, kicked his wife from the door of
his house several days ago. On Friday
| night she returned and while Travis
was asleep she killed him with razor,
cutting him in the face and throat many
times. She was arrested just as she was
about TO commit suicide.
While cargo of $50 bales of cotton
were being transferred from lighter to
the steamship Lepanto for shipment to
Antwerp, at Hoboken, on Saturday, n
number of matches were found among
the bales in the lighter The agents Of
the steamship company refused to re-
ceive the cotton and an ivestigation was
ordered.
1t is reported from Ottumwa, Ia, that
it was discovered there ON Saturday that
the jury in the case of Edward Fitzsim-
mons, charged with burglary, had ar
rived at a verdict Of guilty by casting
lots. The judge, hearing of this, ques-
toned the jury, and, receiving an affirm
alive answer, Immediately set aside the
verdict and ordered new trial. The
jury had placed slips of paper marked
guilty" and six marked "insane" in q
hat. They were drawn by a juror
whose back was turned.
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