The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1877-11-07


happily with her husband and been deserted
by him, frequently spoke Of suicide to the
neighbors, and was prevented from purcbas-
ing poison by them. On Thursday night about
nine o'clock her dwelling was discovered to be
in flames, and when the neighbors burst in
the doors they proceeded to the bedroom,
where shocking sight greeted them. The
mother lay face down In bed with her two
youngest children in the same position by her
side--all dead. The hair, scalp and portions
of the arms were burned off from each, and
the blazing rafters from above were falling
npon them. The body of the Oldest boy, ag-
ed ten years, was found behind the bedroom
door burned to crisp. Appearances indicate
that the woman poisoned herself and the chill
drcn, and that life was extinct before the
flames reached them.
SENATOR BLAINE's HEALTH.--A letter re-
ceived from Senator Blaine reports that his
health is much better than when he left
Washington, although he has not yet fully re-
covered from bis late indisposition. He says
that the reports that his sickness is traceable
In any degree to the severe attack from which
he suffered last Summer are wholly unbound
Ell |; for months his health has been as good
as 1t ever was, and he has felt as strong as he
ever felt In bis life. His late sickness was
purely due to malaria, and to living in damp
newly plastered rooms. Senator Blaine ex-
poets to return to Washington in fortnight.
At the grand /" Reception . Of Gen. Nc
Clellan at Trenton last week, he was convey
ed to Taylor Hall in magnificent coach
drawn by four white horses, with outriders
and all the paraphernalia of royalty. The
State House ring footed the bills, as they we'll
afford to do. As he Is elected Governor, we
shall have a strong and a splendid State gov
eminent but what do the taxpayers, out Of
whose pockets at last the money must come
to keep up all this grandeur, think about it,
BosToN, MASS, Nov. 3.--At $40 o'clock
this morning the granting mill of the Ameri-
can Powder Company at Concord, Mass, mot
Acton,) exploded, demoishing the wooden
building built since the former explosion last
July, killing the only occupant, Charles II.
Perry, aged 80 years, Of Broomfield, Me. His
body was blown 70 feet and nothing remained
on it but a portion Of his rubber boots.
Charles Brooks, who was in another building,
100 yards distant, had his hand shattered by
broken window glass. Several others saved
their lives by jumping into the race-way. The
loss will not exceed $4,000.
SAN FnANcIsco, Cal, Nov. Sd.--By the
trawler schooner Leo, from Alaska, it is as
certained that the killing of some fifteen ma
tives at Cape Prince of Wales, recently re-
ported, was done by the Grew of Honolulu
whaling brig. The natives boarded the brig
and demanded liquor, and being refused, at
tackled the crew, who obtained arms from the
cabin and beat off the assailants.
CINCINNATI, O., Nov. 6th.--A special de-
spatch from Hastings Mich, says George
Eckels, late an inmate of the Kalamazoo In
sane Asylum, and who was discharged under
the superstition that he was cured, shot his
mother on Saturday night as she was arrang-
ing fire Ia CRATE and afterwards shot him
SELF both dying instantly.
About one o'clock on Saturday morning
screams of a woman were heard proceeding
from the canal near Summit street, Newark
and a number of persons hastened to the spot
and saw woman struggling in the water
She was rescued by an officer and gave her
name as Mary Sharp, of Port Delaware, and
said she was in search of her husband.
The Mount Holly Mirror says that Emanu-
81 Perry, Of Bordentown, has been an engi-
neer on the Camden and Amboy Railroad for
thirty-three years, running an average of 49,
600 miles per year.
KEEN, N. H., Nov. 5.--Jas. Burnap's tan
merry, at NARROW, was burned yesterday. Most
of the storehouses were saved. The insur-
ancc was WI 900 the loss exceeds the insur-
ance.
"A Columbus, Georgia, dispatch says: Owen
wright, colored. who assaulted white mar
ried lady month ago near Crawford, Ala.
was on Friday taken from Jail at Scales Sta
ton, Ala. by party of about 100 citizens,
who carried him to the woods and, it is said,
burned him. His victim fully identified him.
An opossum was caught on the beach be-
yond the Excursion House, Cape MAY, last
Sunday, and brought home alive. They are
said to be on the shore fronting Woods cot
tagc all the time. One was killed by dog