The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-08-04
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH IN
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AS may be expected the national ami
ycrsary was celebrated at New York
with great eclat. al brilliant military re,
view by the governor, regattas, balloon
ascensions, steamboat excursions. and
pyrotechnic displays being the order 81
thedays The rejoicings, however, were
seasoned by tile following accidents and
casualties according to the Herald oi
the 9th: .s . ...s. II. 5.1 VI 331
About three o'clock a boy named An.
gustus Elker, aged fourteen years, shot
himself through the left hand, Taken 10
the hospital, 4. b. Il: .= .. @s
"A woman, named Catherine 0,Brien,
was beaten by some rnW(lies unknown, at
the corncrof Twenty iii street and First
avenue She was takento Bellevue Hos,
pitali her. Injuries are thought not tobese-
rious, /. .:.s s..... 55.5
A man namel John Duulapt aged
thirty, residing at tile corner Of Twenty
Esixthstreet md Tenth avenue, as aeei.
fentalfy shot IN the leg by some BOYS;
with a small cannon. He was taken to
Bellevue Hospital 1.-The accident occurred
about halt.past three o'clock pm. i. IF :.
p About halfpast Eve o'clock d boy
named Albert Mckee, reSiiling 1t No.
500 West Thirty fifth street, Was: acct.
.dentally shot III tlte forehead :bS. allother
hoy, with u pistol, a qliatftfty5a Watlr4lials.
.enteling his head.. lie was conveyed 10
tie hospital. :. .: :: IF. ..... q:
About tla3f-past Twelve O'CLOCK, n hog,
tftinr unknown, slot one ,Jah,i Brady
wilh.n-PiStof loaded with shot, in front Of
the Washington hotel broadway. File
wounded nlt u was carried 10 the New
j aftl Hospital. s Z. .. a.: S=.
s About tn o'clock iii tile evening, Il
llltsn la(aea Sieilnrl E.tIfs was injured ii
the head by the disc afge Of firearms; bis
itljtirips were tfiflitlr, and he was con
yeyed falas horpc t1y his friends.
samuel Iboinps au ltad =tg 9. fingers. shot
off in the I.il5FteeHth Ward. corner soi
Brooine aud Attorney streets; taken 10
the hospital *=. .... ss5.:.
a boysnalnea ~ illi&m c. Schultz was
badly burned by some iireeraclers and
powder taking fire in his pockets: He
was taken to his residence, at tho Moss
Hotel. T. : " = =: :.- I. 4, ....-.
|: a boy named Thomas Lane had his
hand buddy Injured by the discharge Of q
pistol, at No 254 Mott street. He was
sent 10 the hospital. ": ..= s...: >:
About one o'clock. III the afternoon o
boy named Ed Baker, residing at: lS2
Elizabeth street, had Ibis hand badly in,
jured by the explosion of a pistol. Taken
to the City Hospital. n.
A boy named John Carnes, residing al
100 Hester street, had one of his fingers
blown off by the explosion of pistol
during the afternoon. Taken to the hos
pital. ....., / :. - r.. r.. -,
A boy, named Thomas Mehan, residing
at No. 1873 Mulberry street, had his hand
badly injured by the accidental explosion
of a pistol. Taken to the hospital.
A woman, named Margaret Hughes,
was badly injured during the morning, by
q gang Of ruifians, named William Hines
Sparks and David Haines, who broke her
jaw aud Otherwise badly injured her
body. 1t seems that the above party
attacked her husband, and she, in her 1T
tempt to rescHe him, was turned upon by
the party. They were all arrestedby the
Nineteenth Ward police, and locked up
to answer l.. -, =. + n r..
+ About halfpast eight o'clock in the
evening a party of rufiaDs entered the
porter house of Mr. Gillespie, corner Of
Fourteenth street and Tenth avenue, and,
after drinking, refused to pay FOR lit.
They were ordered out by Gillespie, aud
left, but soon returned with gang about
twice the number. and began to throw
stones at the window and also hrRsted
open the doors. Gillespie repeatedly or
tlered them away, but they seemed deter
minetl to keepsou III theirriotOus conduct,
when he took downa fowling piece and
fred at them. One Of the party, a young
man named Edward Mex eeref, was shot
in the side; the others Immediately fled,
aud the wounded man was taken te. his
residence, No. 10 West Thirteenth street.
His recovery Is said to he doubtful Gil
lespie Immediately surrendered himself to
the police r r.
Aboat eleven O'Clock am, a boy named
q, II. Weaver was accidentally Injured in
the hand by the discharge Of a pistol at
No. 1913 West Twentieth street lie was
taken to Bellevue IIaspitai .ys.,. 49,.