Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-03-16

Luke SchOoicrntt, the well-known minstrel,
died Of heart disease in Cincinnati, sunday
| night
Tho French steamer La Bourcogne, at New
| YORK, sunday, brought 6AlU,C0J franco CON
| signed 10 three New York Arms.
| sup eme CNart Justice jackson was Mon
| day assigned 10 duty in the circuit over which
the late Justice Lamar presided.
| John Joyce and John NIaroney. telegraph
linemen, were drowned IN tie sHsquehapua,
near Lock llayen, Pa, Monday, By the up-
setting 81 their cont
Tho l9-nnnths.old child Of Mrs. samuel
| smith. OF North keRiIug, Pa, was bum TO
| ieaih by its clothing taking fire while alone in
! tho house Monday.
During heavy rain at Reading, Pa, Mon.
| day, two houses IN course Of erection collapsed,
ana four workmea were buried Ia the ruins
ana seriously injured.
Harry Kernel, the famous Irish comedian.
died in the bioomingdale Insane Asylum, New
lorR, Monday AFTERNOON, of parcsis, lie was
in the 4bth year Of his age.
The United States Supreme Court Monday
decided that the eight hour law Is constttli-
tional iE connection with tho suit brought by
Two letter carriers to recover pay for extra
work
The body Of the woman who committed sui
eide Ia he Coleman House, New York on sun
day vas Monday identified a that Of Miss
Loonide Cozlens, Is years old, who lived with
her parents IN New York city. No motive for
her crime IL known.
Three burglars entered the house Of Thomas
Bryant, in Cumberland county, Ky. Saturday
ntEht, and tortured BryHut by holding his feet
IN The tre until thoy were burned h il crisp
lie then told them where his money " IL son.
cca'ed. Tho robbors got 1850. The victim
will die
Az explosion Of gas occurred Monday in
thn Nhtsett mine OF tho Rainbow Coal and
Cuke Company, In Perryopols, near ConnAlls-
Vile Pa, and i've miners were fatally burned,
Ihey are Edward Harrington, William Colds
borough, Oliver Bean Uncover. Josiah Rise and
Mine Inspector William duncan.
be Crescent oil Company's pine line which
passes through tina lower end Of Huntingdon
county was clown up with dynamite three
miles west OF SRltlllo, Pa, sunday night. Be-
fore the line walker discovered the break
several thousand barrels OF oil ha 4 escaped
compulsory saturating several acres Of ground.
The oil was tsntad and the flames ilum N ted
the sky for miles around.
An leo gorge i'll Roundoutcreek, below Eddy
Vile, y. l.. gave way Monday afternoon
Two steamers Of tho Cornell Steamboat Com.
pRny nnl about 90 canal boats were swept into
the Hudson. The stDHmers were badly stu We,
aud n number Of tho canal boats wore crushed.
10 is thought the loss 10 tho steam boat com
pany viii be about 100000. ! for yhont was
canght la the Ice and her passengers osca ped
"by jumping on floating ice and making their
way to hrmer ice Above"
4 locomotive Of tho Philadelphia, Reading &
! New england rHlltogd exploited ut ~. Elmo
n. y ]. 10 miles west a. the PCughkeepsig
bridge, Monday mOrning George A. Shut
| irldt, fireman, anu Horace Lam bert. brake
man, wore instantly killed, and the ngInorr
James Flanagan, was fatally injured. Tho
| onslRe, which WAS making It's first trip after
| having besn thoroughly repaired In the shops,
was drawing an eEst-bound extra freight. The
| crown shsot gave way, presumably through
loW water In the boiler,