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

George Burton was shot and killed at
Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday, by George
Myers, whose 13-years-old sister Burton
had attempted to assault.
Margaret Gilen, go years of age, was
burned to death in New York Sunday
night, while taking smoke, by sparks
falling on her dress from the pipe.
J. b. Tolbert, plantation superin-
tendent, was attacked by gang of
| drunken negroes in Memphis, Saturday
night, and fatally slashed with razors.
Leroy Bell, aged 6 years, died of
hydrophobia in Chicago Saturday night,
after IL hours of agony. Nothing be-
yond cauterization was used to prevent
hydrophohia.
At Palmer, Ind, the Chicago & Erie
railroad track is sinking in quagmire.
A bridge eight feet high has disappeared
and several thousand carloads of dirt
have failed to make any impression on
the pit.
During last week 31S carloads, con
tanning 3,S1S tons Of green fruit, were
| shipped east from California over the
Central Pacific road. So far this season
| 6,600,0O0 pounds more of fruit has been
shipped than last year.
Peter McCauley, a farmer living near
| Smithville, Mo-, got drunk Saturday
evening and was arrested for breach Of
the peace. His son William, hearing of
his fathers disgrace, bought revolver,
shot and killed McCaulcy and then
killed himself.
F. w. Curry, member of the Demo-
cratic state committee OF Iowa, Satur.
day night, shot and killed William +.
Ellis, tough. Ellis had repeatedly
threatened to kill Curry, and made a
motion to draw a revolver upon him
when Curry fired.
The Western Campaign Fund inau.
guratcd by the New York World has
been started by the following subscrip-
tions: Joseph Pulitzer, of the New
York World, $4,000; G. H. Taylor, of
the Boston GloJe, $1,000, and William
NJ. Singerly, Of the Philadelphia Record,
$1,000.
Knold, the Pittsburg Anarchist, was
released on bail on Saturday. Alexander
Bergman, who shot and stabbed Chair
man Frick, on Saturday sent for a
lawyer and asked him to conduct his
case. Bergman has heretofore de-
clared his intention of conducting his
own defence.
James Mcdonald, tramp, attempted
to outrage a young woman at Hudley,
Mass, Saturday. He was captured ana
would have been hanged but for the
interference of John McGrath, who
tried to brain him with a Ratchet, This
the mob would not permit, and the re-
suit was the landing of the man in Jail.
While Howard Pulver was walking
home in friendly converse with a stranger
at Crete, Ill.,, Saturday night, the stranger
suddenly attacked Pulver with IAN old
saucer" slashing him fatally. The man
then walked back along the railroad
track and committed suicide by throw
ing himself in front of train. 1t is
supposed he was insane.
The last of the men buried by the
collapsing building at Ogden, New
Jersey, were taken from the ruins late
Friday night. In all, II men were
taken out, two of whom, James NIcCon-
nell and an unknown Italian, were
dead. Of the injured three-F. NJ
Pierce, Ezra Search, and German
named Hemer-were not expected to
recover.
A ST. Louis dispatch says that the
southern suburbs of that city have been
successfully worked by burglars, "three
men having in the past four nights en-.
/ tered over 80 houses, securing money
and jewelry valued yariously from
/ $4,000 to 100000. The residents Of
that section are terrorized, many families
keeping some member on guard all
night"
While drunk Saturday nightat Home
| stead, Pa, Samuel Rogers, one of the
locked.out workmen, tried to pass the
sentry line. He was challenged, but, dis
regarding the notification, tried to pass
on. The sentry, who belongs to the Fiji
| teenth Regiment, showed his bayonet
into the leg of the man. The wound is
| painful, but not dangerous Rogers was
arrested and taken to camp.
A special train, containing Knights
Templar party, ON their way from Den
| yer, met with an accident on the CHI
cago N Northwestern railroad, at Gin
ton, Iowa, on Saturday. An accident
to one Of the trucks caused the rails to
spread, and the rear sleeper fell down
an emhankment. OF IA persons who
were injured only one was seriously
hurt-Reuben Biesel of HaZleton, Pa.
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