Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-11-06
News MiSCelINney.

SYRACUSE, Oct. 26 In this city this
morning boy of Z years shot and al
most instantly killed his sister, 81 ears
old. The little boys name is Adolpn
! Auer, and that of his sister Amelia.
The shooting occurred at the residence
of Albert Auer, the father at No. 7
Glumbach avenue. At about O'Clock
Adolph and his little sister entered
their older brothers room and opened
Il drawer in the washstand. They be-
gan looking over the things, and found
in the bottom of the drawer a revolver.
1t is supposed they became engaged in
q childish quarrel over the weapon, and
Adolph, not knowing what he was do
ing, pointed the revolver ut Amelia and
pulled the trigger. The ball entered
her stomach, little to the right of the
heart. Mrs. Auer was washing her
breakfast dishes in the kitchen. She
heard the report, which was Immediate
ly followed by n piercing scream flom
Amelia. Mrs Auer haStoned to the
bedroom and when she appeared ut the
door Amelia placed her hands on her
stomach and cried: "Oh, mamma,
mamma Adolph, Adolph-." Scarce
ly had she uttered these words when
she fell 10 the floor, dead. The boys
parents have not Informed the Coroner
or police and are reticent on the sub
ject.-Phlld. Times.
BURR's BODY FoUND.-The body of
Geo. Burr, the man who accompanied
Prof. Wise on his last ascension about
three weeks ago; was found on the
shore of Lake Michigan, on the 25th
inst. There seems 10 be no longer
doubt that the balloon was wrecked OH
the lake and that both men We're
drowned.
KILLED DY PET ELK.-Ten. Ball
had big elk iii his park at Ball City,
Kansas. The beast was tractable, and
nobody supposed him vicious; bat one
day he chased child out Of the en-
closure and gored a dog. Gen. Ball
went to chastlse mm with a club and
was killed, the elk'S horns being thrust
through his body.
CLAIMS observation-disclosures A,
Douglass, Jr., of Illinois, and Robert
N. Douglas, of North Carolina, the
sons of Stephen y. Douglas, have re-
Gently come into possession of about
$500, 900, by the decision in their favor
OF suit iii the Court of Claims for the
recovery OF the proceeds from a guam
tity of cotton belonging to their father !
and confiscated during The war.
MERITED REwARD.-A lady travel.
ing on the New York Central road, the |
other day lost her satchel near Ilion.
1t contained $4,000. A freight train
came along shortly after the passenger
train, and the conductor picked up the
satchel from tie side OF the track and
left it with the agent aU lion. 1t was
restored 70 the lady, who presented the
with $500 for his honesty.
\ SINGULAR ACCIDENT.-Elizab
y. j., Oct. 20. As passenger and
coal train were passing each other on
the Central Railroad of New Jersey,
near Crawford, last night, the fireman
on the latter'S locomotive was breaking
coal. A lump flew from the tender,
struck the locomotive of the passenger
train, bounced through its window and |
struck George w. Winner, the fireman,
in the forehead, crushing through the
skull. He died in two hours. He was
twenty-fOuryears old and had been mar.
ried four months.
WOMEN DESTROYING LIQUo2.-At |
FrederitktOwn, Ohio, o. the 18th ult.,
thirteen women proceeded to two Ii
Quor saloons, beat in the doors and |
windows with hatchetS, broke up all |
the fixtures, and destroyed all the Ii
quors. They also notified the proprie-
tors Of the drug stores to remove their |
liquors, if they wished to escape similar
treatment. The women are to be ar
rested. They are said to have "a strong
money backing"
SUICIDEs.-In New York city $50
persons killed themselves in 1878. In
Paris, the number was an average of
646 suicides for every one million of in.
habitants. London, in the same time,
had the low average of ninety-s:x for
every million.
Less than thirty years ago Tyrone
was town on paper. A log school
house, frame tavern, store and black
smith shop made up the sum total of
buildings, public and private, inclusive
of one or two dwelling houses. Now
there stands upon the fats where at the
date mentioned were we'll titled corn
fields and green pasture lands thriv-
ing borough, with population of some
thing in excess Of three Thousand
souls.
Preparations are making to get out
an immense amount of timber the COM
ing winter from the forests of Cambria,
Clearlieid and Clinton counties. On
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