Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-10-20
IN GENERAL.

Philip Young, Colored,. who murdered
Walker Glass, Inst saturday, was lynched
near Palmyra, Va. Tuesday week.
Preparations for the removal of the troops
from Homestead We're begun last week,
The sheriff has now 80 deputies on duty.
A motor car Oh the Schuylkill electric
railway at poItsvile Wednesday ran over
and killed Frank Rindfesh aged ~ years
In revolt among the inmates of the
Huntingdon ReformatOry Tuesday night
week Guard d. W. Boyer was seriously in
jured.
Two sections Of Reading freight train
which had broken III two, came together at
Locust Summit yesterday week with 4
crash that wrecked 10 cars loaded with
merchandise.
county, Pa, died, Saturday, after drinking
cupiously OF beer drawn from keg, which
was afterwards found to contain the dead
body of copperhead snake.
Louis Marx, aged 81. of the firm of
Marx Brothers of McKeesport, Pa, shot
himself dead in a store in Iittsburg yes
tertlay week. His firms clothing store
was recently closed BY the sheriff
Clifton Calverty. of Toronto, Ontario,
walked across the Niagara Gorge on d wire
cable Wednesday in 6 minutes seconds.
The cable was at point midway between
the suspension and cautilever bridges,
Thomas Fox, Michael Lynch and vii.
liam Bowers were terribly burned by an
accidental escape of molten metal from Il
converter in the Bethlehem Iron Works ON
Tuesday week. II is feared Bowers will
not recover.
a verdict of $4,000 damages was ron
drrei against u .lHmber Of physicians Of
Baltimore Wednesday in favor of Nj, j..
Buck, who was expelled from the Mary
land Homeopathic Suclety upon charges
made by the defendants i'll the present
suit
The triennial Congregational Council
met in Minneapolis, Mimi. Wednesday.
The number OF churclcs is reported to be
1000, with u membership of 525,0l0 II
was decided that Presbyterian ministers
can no longer oiliciatG rs pastors of Con-
grcgational churches.
e. u. lIuslin entered the law office of W.
NJ, Eisenhower at kcrnersville, n. g..
Wednesday, and after ahusing the lawyer
for appearing against him III an embe2ltn-
mont suit, shot Eisenhower in the neck.
llaslin walked out of the Office and then
shot himself dead. BotGnhower has Il
chance for life.
c. w. Webber, travelling salesman for
q Philadelphia firm, was found dead in his
room at II hutel i'll Cincinnati, Wednes-
dHN. lie lldu committed suicide, EaYlnS
used poison for the purpose. A non
winning pool ticket procured at the
l.ntonia races was the only clue To indicate
Il cause for the act.
The residence of John Fox, n nnn-union
workman in the Homestead Steel Works,
was set on fire Yesterday morning week
and the family narrowly escaped being
1nlocated Fox claims that lie saw a
number of men standing III the street, near
his house, all during the evening, and he
believes they started the fire.
\ dispatch from Nashville Tenn, says
News was received here to-day of the kill
ing Of four men in Jackson county last
saturday, At Granville, q. Il. and II. +.
Maddox killed Fill I.anson in self-defenrc.
I.anson attacked the Maddox boys with Il
knife and they shot him At 6alnsooru,
during the progress Of negro dcmpustra-
ton, three men had a general fight and all
Of them were killed.
The drought in Schuylkill and Bcrks
counties, Pa, is unusually severe. The
Schuylktll river is SO low several mile!
below Heading that boats have at times
become grounded at that point, where tho
river ana canal are one. The river has not
been as low MS now for 90 years Ut that
point, and some miles above Reading il
contains hardly more water than small
creek. Wells are driving up and wheat
sown last month is dying.
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoris