Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-12

Mrs. Ellis Carpenter, living near Turk
hammock, Pa, was killed by lightning
Tuesday week.
By cave-in Of a sewer trench in Pitts
burg, Thursday, two men were buried
under II feet Of earth
The national lead trust Thursday de
cared n quarterly dividend Of It per cent
on the preferred stock.
The Delaware Worlds Fair Commits
sioners Thursday voted against the open
ing Of the fair on Sundays.
Admiral Brown of the United States
cruiser San Francisco, at Honolulu, broke
his leg on April 10Th, by falling down
stairs.
Charles Harris, who has written for many
years under the nom de plume of carl
Pretzel,' died Wednesday in Chicago, aged
81 years.
The funeral of Father Stanislaus, who is
said to be the last of the founders of the
Order of Passionists, took place in Pitts
burg Thursday.
The Illinois Conference of the German
Lutheran Missouri Synod has adopted
resolutions demanding the repeal of the
Illinois Compulsory School law
f. q. Iuengling, wealthy brewer of
Pottsville, Pa, was badly injured last
evening week trying to prevent his car
riage horses from running away.
Thomas Hopkins, Rochester, ~ T.,
cartman, killed himself on Wednesday
night after intlicting dangerous wounds
on his Wife He was intoxicated.
Elijah sherman, convicted of murder in
Bryan county. Ga on Wednesday. com
nitted suicide in jail that night by buttipg
his head against the wall and taking
poison.
An attempt made to burn the Methodist
church at Clintonvillc in Venango county
on Tuesday week is thought TO have grown
out of troubles between two rival factions
in the church.
Superintendent William Wells of the
Illinois Stone Company, was shot and
| killed at Lemont Thursday, by Michael
Cain, an employc, with whom he had had
| "A dispute few days before.
A section of the cellar floor of the large
hayemeyer Building, in course of CON
sruction in New York city, fell Thursday,
and Albert Gimmer and August Decola
were Killed. Two other workmen were in
| iured
The boiler of engine No. %, on the
Pennsylvania and Northwestern railroad,
| exploded ut lrvonia. yesterday week,
| killing Engineer Moulton and Fireman
| AXE Three brakemen were seriously hurt
| BY pieces Of flying metal.
| A mysterious explosion Of chemicals oc
| Cured Thursday i'll DIR. Samuel Ridgcway's
laboratory at liydetown, near Iitusvlle.
! Miss Austie Baldwin, an assistant, was
/ burned to death, and DIR. Ridgeway and a
| patient seriously injured.
During n joint debate at Cleburne,
| Texas, between Governor Hogg and Judge
| Clark, a gubernatorial candidate, a portion
| of the grand stand fell, CARRYING down
| hundreds of people. There were Two fatal-
ties and many people were injured.
| An iron rail was found to be tightly
wedged in the track of the Pennsylvania
| railroad at the entrance to Spruce Creek
tunnel, near Huntington, Thursday, Just
in time to avert the wrecking of passen-
ger train. w. II. Cornealy was arrested on
suspicion.
Mr. George w. Childs Thursday visited
the Worlds Fair grounds in Chicago, &c.
| cdmpanied by President Fish, Chiefs
| Handy and Skiff, members of the board of
control and other invited guests. Mr.
| Childs planted n linden tree Oh the wooded
island In the grounds.
Bower Robinson, the colored man who
attempted to assault two ladies' on the
Little River turnpike, Virginia, was taken
from an officer by masked men and hanged
to tree, between Alexandria and Fairfax
county jail. He was cut down, however,
before life was extinct, and taken back to
jail.
q. X. Adams President of Cornell Uni
versitv, at Ithica, N. ", Thursday pre-
scented his resignation to the chairman OF
the trustees, Hon, Henry w. Sage. The
reason given for this action is the grave
and seemingly irreconcilablc differences oi
opinion in regard to matters Of admins
trative Importance.
Information from the northern coast oil
Newfoundland depicts a wretched condi-
ton of affairs there. Owing to the rayages
Of la grippe last year the inhabitants were
unable to gather their usual catch of fish
and during the long winter they have been
ON short allowance OF rations, Several
people have died of starvation.
The illicit still OF William Pritts, said tc
he the largest yet captured from moon
sinners, was found q few days ago OF
Laurel Mountains, near Somerset, Pa. Ii
has a capacity Of 100 gallons Pitts son
in-law, Jacob Soutemeyer, has been ar
rested OIL Il charge us an accessory to tn,
murder of Jonathan Hochstetter.
An electrical storm created CONSERVATION
in Kansas City Thursday. The flashing
was almost constant, and seemed to bt
within hundred feet of the earth. Hack
men fed from the streets terrified. In thu
Mems Office the workers were driven from
the cases and desks to lower stories, Will,
three houses were struck and set on fir,
within 10 minutes.
The murder Of Thomas Hayden, til,
shipping clerk for the Potter Backing
Company OF Newark, New Jersey, and thu
stealing Of $500 from his body, has beer
] cleared up by tho confession of I5-ycars
old Alden Fales, who was at one time EN-
, ployed by the company. The boy said HI
wanted money and lay in wait TO
Hayden, Telling him by blow on tn
head from behind and then chlorolormet
/ him. When he heard that his victim Ina,
died he grew despondent and made n,
attempt at concealment.
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