The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25
The News

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The amount involved is nearly $4,000
The decrease of imports at New
York, last year, in the single article of
dry goods, of Sl9,099,s ,s62, and of $685.
INA, ,449 in 1876 MS compared with 1872,
shows most encouraging Progress in
the directioh of national indcpen dence
and self support.
| Utica, N. Y. January z0.-4d old
man named Wooliver was buried Alive
in a well forty feet deep, While clean
ing it, near Mohawk, Herkimer
county, this morning. He has not
been rescued up to a late hour.
Jamestown, N. V. January 2l AT
Clark's foundry yesterday afternoon
Girard B. Hamilton, while threaten
ing Clarence Hale with knife, was
struck by the latter with bar of iron.
Hamilton's skull was fractured, and
he died this morning.
ST. Louis, january, 19.-The Ger
man Protestant Orphan Asylum, ten
miles from this city, burned last night
All the children were safely taken
from the building excepting Eugene
Long, six years old, who perished in
the flames. Loss not ascertained; in
surance $4,000.
Albany, Jan. 16.-An unpreceden-
ted state of affairs, owing to the tre-
mendous snow storms of the past two
weeks, exists all along the railroads
west Of here as far as Buffalo. Be
tween that point and this there are
5000 loaded freight cars snow-bound,
waiting to get to tidewater. If all
these were coupled together on one
track they would extend over length
of A miles.
Philadelphia, Janu;rJ 20.-This
morning police officer in the
northern part of the city arrested a
colored man who had in his possession
leg of pork, which he had evidently
stolen. The colofed man endeavored
to escape from the officer, who fired
his revolver at him three times, the
last shot killing him instantly. The
name of the negro has not been ascer-
tanned.
New York; january 2O-Albert
Vogel, Benefits valet, sailed for
Europe on Thursday by the steamer
Lessing. Sixteen travelling trunks
and five wine eases marked -. G.. B."
were shipped upon the same steamer.
Vogel it is believed acted as escort of a
yelled lady who arrived shortly before
the vessel left the docks, and who is
believed to be Bennett's sister, Miss
Jeanette Bennett.
Memphis, January 19.-Mrs. Con-
nors, a huckster, was assassinated
about O'Clock tonight while trund
ling a wheelbarroW of vegetables from
the Poplar street market to her resi-
dence in Washington street. The as
sassin crept up behind her and cut her
throat, severing the jugular vein,
cansing death in twenty minutes. The
murderer escaped, The old lady could
not tell who cut her, and no clue has
been obtained by which the assassin
can be identified
Cleveland, Ohio, JANUARY 2O.-This
morning the dead body of Charles
Collins, chief engineer of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern rail
way, was found at his residence: II
was apparent that he had been dead
twenty-four hours. In one hand was
: grasped Il revolver while another
, pistol and a razor were lying bssia5
him on the bed. He undoubtedly
committed suicide by shooting, and it
! is believed that anxiety on account Oi
, the terrible disaster at Athtabula af
fected his reason. The family of Mr.
Collins was absent at the time of his
4 suicide.
Ashtabula, January 10. Funeral
services of the unidentified dead took
) place to-day, and nineteen bodies were
lowered in the grave at Chestnut
Grove cemetery. Services were helo
: at the Methodist Episcopal Church al
) p. NJ, and an Episcopal service al
> st. Peters at p. M. The clergy O
Ashtabula, assisted by two Episcopal
ministers from Cleveland, held join
services with the Masonic order at the
grave. Three bodies still remain ir
> the vault in hopes that friends may
:, yet be able to identify them by pieces
, of clothing clinging to them.
n Cincinnati, Jan. 19.-Dr. r. G.. Nc
e Lean, the cousin and younger con
If panion in arms of Gen. Winfiel,
O Scott, is dying near Circleville, Ohio
a from strange accident: He was il
l. lustrating the use Of the syringe 70
D the hypodermic injection of morphine
l. so that young lady could administe
y it when necessary to her mother. III
1t had the syringe filed with water, an
lie made slight puncture with it in hi
,e own arm. The instrument had in
is something which poisoned him, an
Is the old man, after passing safel
Iy through two wars-for he served i
in the civil as well as the Mexican war
c. thus meets paiIfful death. II
st strongly resembled in person h
re cousin, Gen. Scott.
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