Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-26
GENERAL NEWS.

tOtai membership VI ONCI s"4tI
thousand.
MAUcH CHUNK. Pa, Aug. 10
William l.. Lee, son Of Samuel c..
Lee Of Baltimore, formerly of Marys-
vile, Ohio, was killed here to-day by
the breaking Of a connecting rod Of
the engine on passenger train.
MARIETTA. Aug. 11.-An inquest
was held to day on the body ola wo-
man found below this city. The YER
die. was death by the hands of parties
unknown. Body was that of a girl
between Is and Il years Of age. The
body of an unknown nan was found
in the river here ye nothing
found by which to identify him.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 13.-It is said
to night that futile Il Bradley, doing
business under the name Of the New
York Tea Company, and who failed
Wednesday with liabilities OF $50,
900, were passengers on steamer
Yesterday from New York tc Europe,
The committee Of creditors who in
vestigated the affairs of the firm,
charge that they have been carrying
on tor some time, 4 wei planned sys-
tenn Of swindling.
On Saturday the residence Of Reu-
ben Rice in GllIia county. ONO, II
miles below Gallipolis was entered by
six men with their faces painted
black, and a young man who resisted
them knocked insen>ible and the
house riHed Of $3.50 in gold and silver.
They overlooked 81, 900 in greenbacks
in a chest. They were tracked to
the Ohio river where they stole TWO
skiHs and escaped down the river.
An Indiana paper SAYS that the
saddest report received IL connection
with the recent storms and trcshetS
was the drowning OF seven persons
4 Mr.. Easter and the family of Dan
iel Fritz, consisting of himself, wife
and four children, who lived ten
miles south Of Bowling Green, and
was seen in the top story Of their
house Tuesday, going down with the
stream when mt It's fullest Roadway.
1t was impossible to reach them.
Attic preliminary tria' Of sam.
brennan and Frank Mott, on last Sat-
urlay at the Police Court, hey were
bound over to appear in the Boyd
Circuit Court for trial, upon the
charge Of "co1fcdcrating and band
iny themselves together to intimidate
and disturb Ben. Pickett. This case
will be uiel under the Ku Klux Law,
and will be the fist ever brought UNI
der that law in this section OF Ken
tucky-and we hope the last.-Bod
Damocr@.
\ conference of the officials of the
Baltimore d Ohio and tie Pennsyl-
vauia Railroads. which was private,
was held in Baltimore on the llth
inst, to readju>t the freight rates Of
these roads to the West. 1t Is
understood that slight advance was
agreed u.o1, based on the advance
recently adopted by the New York
Central ana Erie roads. which is to 90
into effect on the 18Th. The advance
from Philad eIphia and Baltimore Is
Graded on % cents per 100 pounds
on class freight from New York
to Chicago.
Knoxville. Tenn, Aug. 10
The steamer, Hugh Martin, exploded
her boiler ut Washington Landing,
Tennessee river, Saturday, complete
w wrecking the boat. Capt. Fritz,
one passenger, one engineer from the
Cincinnati Southern railroad, name
unknown. and boy and man stand
ing on the bank were killed. Benson
the pilot, and Hooi the mate, were
badly hurt. Several deck hand, and
deck passengers hart, names ua-
known.
SAyDu-KY, O., Aug. 13.-A terri
bic accident occurred Yesterday on
street When the work
men we're engaged in blasting for lay
ing a water works pipe, Rice Harper,
one OF the oldest and most respected
of cur cti~ns, was struck by rock
hurried by the blast and knocked
down. He had an arm, coIIarbone and
leg broken, and va. otherwise terribly
injured. Mr. Harper is a prominent
man of this CITY and the accident is
dep'orcd by the entire community.
lie is scveuty-two years oiL Death
l. expected o, tie result u Ais iIiu-
ria,.
Deraorr. Mrru, Aa-. 1G.-A co..
I;-~ioa occurred oa Oh, Flint Il Peru
Marquette railroad near Flint, early
this morning, between a passenger
train auda special engine. Both eli
a;aes wrre t.'J,lyvrccScI. ! brakes
n9u namci John Neoai--y Wis crush
ed to atoms Joseph IIurI cJuduc-
tor Of the special engine, Was badly
mauglel and died this a.;erao.n.--