Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-18

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Joseph ]. Solomon, one of the pro
| prietors of the bingham House, died
Thursday, aged IS years.
Emil Ericsson, 81 years old, attempted
suicide last Friday by cutting his throat
at the Falls of Schuylkill.
Four deaths from the heat were reported
| Thursday. At the different hospitals Al
cases Of heat prostration were reported.
Augustus Maguisson, an employee of the
| Bell Telephone Company, was probably
fatally injured Friday by falling from d
pole.
Claiming Bingham, bookkccper in the
! Controllers office, a Democrat, has been
asked 10 resign, and will be succeeded by
james Burns, Jr.
John j. Mchl, ~ years old, clothing
cutter, who was respondent from drink
committed suicide Friday by Jumping
into the Delaware river At Otis street.
Bartholomew Meagher, ~ years old,
was struck on the head and dangeroiisiv
| injured Friday, with an iron pipe, by
Nicholas luls, 10 years old, who was ar
| rested.
The Childrcn's Country Week Asso.
citation Thursday sent ont 30 children
and women for week in the country.
It also gave two picnics for mothers and
their children.
John Robinson, blacksmith, 81 years
| old, who had been on a spree, was found
| dead in II blacksmith shop Friday, with
| his throat cut. The police think lie COM
mittGd silicide.
The employees of Wclde Il Thomas
brewery, NJ juniper and FitHwater streets,
went on strike ON Wednesday, owing 10
the refusal OF the firm 10 sign an agree
mcnt offered by the Brewers Union.
roland Van Zant, 80 years old, Il COM
mission merchant, was found dead IN bed
Friday. The body was deCUmposed, and
it is supposed that death occurred several
days ago from the effects pi the heat.
The funeral of Chief Engineer Cantlin
of the trcdepartment took place Thursday.
| II was attended BY many city officials
representatives Of the fire department and
organizations of which the deceased was a
member,
The curoner's jury found Thursday that
the death uf Margaret lloloran, II year;
Old was due to injuries received from gns,
broken by herself, Three persons arrested
on suspicion Of being implicated u the
womau's death were discharged.
The board Of Health decided FRIDAY
not TO permit the landing OF - bales Of
rags shipped from Rheims, France, to
Attcrberrv Brothers on the steamer Penn
sylvania, until the rules of the board in
reference to distinction are complied
with.
Five Chinese passengers, who reached
Philadelphia Thursday on the Mexican
line Steamer Mandarin, Were not permitted
To land, aud will be detained, pending the
decision Of the collector of customs. They
were taken on board at Havana, where. il
is said they were engaged III mercantile
pursuits,
William Dell % years old, was com
mitted Thursday to await a requisituu
from the New Jersey authorities un the
charge of bgamy, and held to answer III
this city the charge of taking II minor
child for the purpuse of marriage. bell,
who has a wife and four children, WAS
married in Camden on Tuesday to Mary
Minnick, 10 years old.
William H. l.elur has sued the rinker-
ton National Detective Agency to recover
$4,000 damages. Lrlar alleges he WAS
employed by the Pinkertons ITO act rs a
watchlnan for certain buildings in New
York state" but was falsely and deCyi.
fully taken To l'ittsburg, and took part
in tie fight at Homestead, where he was
permanently injured,
Fire broke out Thursday in the rnttOu
and WOODEN waste factory If John Mulhcr.
ring Trenton avenue and Rush street. and
DESTROYED 1t. causing G,N0n damage. which
is covered hyinsuranCc. The haupsal reti
To the cotton spinning establishment uI
James II. Wright 4 son, adjoining, and
which there is $1,000 insurance.