Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-28

Disastrous forest fires rage in the east
ern sections Of Prince Edward island.
The corn opof Western Kansas is re-
ported to have been about totally ruined
by the intense heat of the past few days.
George Ehlen, a telegraph lineman, was
overcome by the heat at Harrisburg Mon,
day, and fell from telegraph pole TO the
ground.
Willoughby Bader, aged As years, com,
mittcd suicide Monday at l4imeport, Pa,
by drowning himself in well. He was
almost helpless from dropsy.
A. A. Redway, prominent tobacconist
Of Boston, committed suicide Monday
by cutting his throat His mind was
affected by the grippe and he was to have
been removed TO an asylum yesterday.
a dispatch from Wheeling, W Va,
says that an entire family of nine persons
are reported to have been swept away sun
day night by u cloudburst on Long Run,
il Marshall county, Il few miles south Of
Wheeling,
The Italian government has designated
the royal cruiser 3hllsau TO participate i'll
the Columbian celebration III New York.
III October next. The incident has ueen
made the occasion Of an exchange of
cordial messages between the President
and King Humbcrt
Michael Boylon and his son John, aged
III years, Of Bcnwood, W. Va. on SUNDAY
night insulted Mrs. Samuel Winsburg.
Her husband resented this. and in the
scuille which followed John Boylon shot
and killed WiMsburg and MORALLY
wounded Mrs. Winishurg.
A train on the Florida Central & PENN
sular railroad ran into wushout at
Drifton, Fla, sunday. A colored fireman
was killed and all the trAinmem were more
Yir loss inilIratl rui u. a
nearly 100 miles Of the Florida Central Il
Peninsular track, between Tallahassee and
Baldwin.
A severe wind aud thunder storm passed
over Bucks county Monday afternoon.
The barns Of Blaker & Tate, Ncwtown;
Harvey Ely, Northampton, and Il barn at
WOodbourne were struck by lightning
and burned with their contents Trees
were Frustrated and other damage done at
Langhorne.
Eugene Lane had his right arm blown
of and was fatally injured by the prema-
ture explosion of 4 dynamite cartridge, at
an early hour on Sunday morning, on
saucon creek, near Bethlehem Pa. Lane
and four companions were engaged in the
unlawful occupation Of killing fish by ex-
ploding dynamite.
james Pilens his wife, mother-in-law
and four children, were thrown rs feet
from cliff into the Ohio river at Wheel
ing, West Virginia, by runaway horse
Sunday night. Mrs. Pilcns and her mother
are not expected to recover The others
We're less dangerously injured. The horse
was frightened by train.
The supreme court has overrnled de-
cision of the i4uzerne county court that the
liazletpn saloon keepers must pay $500 for
their license, and $3.50 will be refunded TO
each of them. The city was chartereA
while the license court was in session, r.
il was held that the city government uau
not been organized at that time and that
only the borough fee was due.
There is trouble at Irmo. near Columbia,
South Carolina, resulting from criminal
assault upon Mrs. Addison Il white
woman, by George Kinard, Saturday,
There was talk of lynching," and GROVE.
of excited negroes assembled Monday at
lrmo. In fight between Louis Brown, d
negro, and $. X. Bouknight, the latter shot
and fatally wounded Brown. Further
trouble is expected. Kinard was taken to
Lexington.