The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-07
GENERALITIES.
A Heartless Charge.

circulated that one of the superintendents of No
Cotton Mill had choked and otherwise mall
treated young girl who worked in the mill to
such an extent that she died. We are assured
on the best authority that there is not a word of
truth in the story; that no difficulty has
occurred in the mill; and that none of the en-
pleyees have left it on account of bad treatment
or for any other reason. We are informed also
that the author of the story is to be prosecuted
by the party against whom the charge has been
made.-Ldncdster Intelligencer
Fall Over n Precipice
Yesterday man named Barclay, resident of
Allegheny, who was in attendance at picnic at
Monitor Grove, met with terrible accident
which may result fatally. It appears that he
was walking, or standing, on the bluff over
looking the Pittsburg Fort Wayne, and Chicago
Railway. By some means he missed his footing
and fell over the rock, striking the ground below
with great violence. When picked up he was in
an insensible condition. He had both legs
broken, one arm fractured, and the flesh on his
face and body was badly lacerated by coming in
contact with sharp-pointed rocks. The injured
man was q butcher by occupation, and was in
the employ of Mr.. Ackley. He was brought up
to the city last evening and removed to his resi-
dence. 1t is feared that he will not recover
Pittsburg Chr0nicle, 9Th inst.
Desperate Attempt at Suicide.
An old German woman of 20 years, says the
Cincinnati Times of Tuesday, named Bertha
Daring, made a desperate attempt to commit
suicide in the Ohio river, opposite the Little
Miami depot, at II o'clock to-day. Some of the
men connected with the depot saw her approach
the river, deliberately divest herself of portion
of her clothing, and then take what she evil
dently intended to be the leap of DEATH The
men, however, ran to her rescue and succeeded
in hauling her ashore just in time to save her
life. After being with great difficulty resusci-
lated, she was taken to the residence of her son,
on Sixth street, near the market-house and
placed under the care of physician. 1t seems
that during a recent trip from Louisville, on one
of the mail line steamers, she was robbed of all
her little store of money, and that the loss has
preyed upon her mind that she resolved to end
her troubles by death.
Great Hail.storm In Delaware.
''We have just been informed" says the Mil
ford Mutual Friend of last Saturday, "by gen.
tleman from Sussex, that one of the most sin
gular and violent hail-storms ever witnessed
passed over section of Frankford on Wednes-
day last, commencing about 10 o'clock, and
lasting three hours. The thunder and lightning
were terrific, the rain fell in torrents, and hail
stones as large as hen eggs descended in showers
with terrific force. The citizens were consider
ably excited and alarmed at the ierceness of the
elements and the unusual accomplishments of
the storm, and the contrabands at work in the
swamps were dumbfounded with terror when
the big hail.stones began to rattle about their
ears. The fruit trees and growing crops sus-
tanned great damage from the wind and hail.
just think of it, hail-storm with the thermome-
ter at 100 degrees!"
Six Years. Railroad Accidents.
In the years of 1862 67 1868 persons were
killed upon the railways of the United King
dom, and 4426 lpersons were injured. Among
them were 112 passengers killed and 1897 in
jured without any fault of their own, and 81
passengers killed and 80 injured owing to their
own misconduct or want of caution, or at least
attributed to this cause by the railway compa-
nies. In those six years the railway companies
paid G1, AGO, 56S as compensation for personal
injuries done upon the railroads.
OF the passengers killed in 1862 12 lost their
lives by collisions of trains, by part of the
train getting off the rails Ga child) was killed
by the carriage door on the off side giving way
when she was leaning against it, 12 by alighting
from or attempting to enter train in motion, /
Ga child) by falling out of train in motion
owing to want OF care on the part of his parents,
q by incautiously crossing the line at station,
run over at stations through their own want OF
caution, and was killed by 'incautiously look
ing out of window when near station, his
head coming in contact with bridge only 1319
inches from the window
Runaway Steamboat.
An incident both ludicrous and alarming,
says last evenings Wilmington Commercial
occurred in the Christiana, near Market street
bridge, yesterday. The little harbor tug-boal
Martha was lying at Warner 81 Co.'s wharf
| about 3 o'clock in the afternoon when one o1
| the steamers of the Electric Line, just arrived
from New York, whistled sharply for the tug tc
| clear her berth. On the tug were the engineer
| Captain Downing, her commander, and Franci:
Barry, ESQ.,, one of her owners. The latter
! grasped the helm, and the engineer started the
boat, but the tide running strongly she drifted
against one of the piers of the bridge, careened
over, and threatened to capsize, whereupon the
engineer jumped or fell overheard, supposing
the boat about TO sink. Captain Downing and
Mr.. Barry being within easy reach of the pier
stepped ashore, when the boat to the surprise
] of al, suddenly righted and started ahead, max
| ing bee-line for the wharf of the Eliza Han
cox, across the river, after which she turned
down along the wharf, and making ir between
the sloop and the wharf, was captured, and hel
machinery stopped. The whole affair occupied
less time than it requires to describe it, but fol
a moment while the little tug was cruising
about without crew, she created decided
| CONSERVATION.