Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-01
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\ fire in llakOdadi, Japan, on the !th OF
December, destroyed $500 houses, COM
priSing about one-tifth of the town.
The famine in Ireland is on the increase.
The st. Patrick society of Chicago has
given $500 to relieve the sufferers.
In Toronto, John Battle, a native OF the
county of Donegal, Ireland, died at St.
Bridget's home yesterday. He was 112
years old.
The total losses by fires in Baltimore
during 1879 were $l9G.jS4 twenty-five
persons were burned by coal oil. six IA
tally.
y special from Chicago says 'Jobn
E. Ryan, five years old, shot and probably
fatally wounded his little sister, May. last
| evening. The boy has been arrested.'
James iloughton, aged 16 years. was
killed by train while crossing the rail-
road track in Il wagon, near ChaumOnt, n.
y. yesterday. Both his horses were also
killed.
A colorcd roustabout named John Cash
stabbed and dangerously wounded Edward
COnnell, the white watchman of the
steamboat Red Cloud 1T PittsburS on
Tuesday.
The story that Joe Coburll mad been par
doncd by Gov. Robinson has no founda-
ton. Joseph must stay in. Chastine
Cox, who murdered Mrs. Hull in New
York, gets no new trial.
E. Wallace Blackman. at one time editor
of the Scranton Pa.) Register. and recent
ly editor of the indianapolis Sentinel died
in New Haven, Conn.,, yesterday, aged
fOrty-Onc.
The Louisiana canvassing board yeStcr-
day completed the official count of the
vote for the new constitution. 1t was
adopted by a majority of 50, 14S, and the
debt ordinance by 10, 4S7 majority.
Z. II. Learned, ex-casllier of the Uncas
national bank, of Norwich, Conn.,, was
arrested yesterday, and held in $4,000
bail, ON the charge of embczzling $50, 600
of the banks funds. The arrest was not
pressed by the directors of the bank, but
was made under orders from Washington.
At Masslon, Ohio, yesterday, Judge
Meyer overruled the motion for u new
trial for Gustave Ohr and George Mann,
convicted of the murder of John Wat
mough, in August last, and sentenced
them to be hanged on the 7th of May next,
The cu!prits are boys of seventeen years
The town of IIakodali, in Yezo, was
ptl NSNtlvtJCi ~ hlC Ou tlIC llIoi.
About 1900 houses were burned. An
unually severe shock of earthquake occur
red at Toxic November goth. Warlike
preparations for Il move in Central Asia
continue without intermission.
Mr. Richard Smith, of the Gazette, Gin
cinnati, has been arrested on a warrant
sworn out by Chief of Police Wappenstein,
on Il charge of criminal libel. The matter
wi binE vic fn tho fEn rIph
lication in the Gazette of interviews charg-
ing Officer Wappenstein with completely
with a number of gamblers.
The excitement over the newly discov-
cred silver mine III Garrett county, Nd,
between Schaidts mills and Oakland con-
tinues. 1t is said that specimens of the
ore have been sent to Philadelphia assay
office and reported to yield value of
about 81 l3 to the ton. \ number Of per-
sons resident in the neighborlOod of the
silver deposit have dubbed together to de
fray the expenses Of the exploration and
examination of the mine by experts.
Three coaches, including the sleeping
car of an express train, on the Iowa and
MINES ,ta division of the Chicago Mil
war;.ce and st. Paul railroad, were thrown
from the track near St. Paul, yesterday
morning, by the breaking ola rail- The
sleeping car broke its couplings and rolled
down an cmbankment sixty feet high. to the
river, and was smashed to pieces. It's fall
was somewhat broken by another railroad
track half way down. Six passengers
were in the car, all of whom were picked
up inscnsiDle and seriously injured. One
OF them, lady, may not recover.
The New Opera.
Gilbert and Sullivan's new comic opera.
1.-The Pirates of Penzance. was produced
for the first time last night at the Fifth
Avenue theatre, New York, before an au-
dience that filled the house to overilOwing,
and the papers report an immense success.
The SIMS critique describes it as riva!ing
8 ''Pinafore in the elements calculated to
give it popular favor, Mr.. Gilbert's share
being even brighter than in the former
opera. 1t is fuller of points and happy
witticisms. AS for Mr.. Sullivan, he has
evidently spared no pains to prevent him.