Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-09
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Five criminals. three of them colored,
were publicly whipped at New Castle, Del,
| on Saturday.
George Smith. boy, broke through the
ice while skating at CrotOn Landing, n.
Y, Oh Saturday, and was drowned.
In Georgetown, Del, NJ. Mifflin, for forty
years past conspicuous cOlOred character.
fell into Il ditch while drunk and was
drowned.
John Kerr, quiet, inotfensive man, was
shot dead without apparent provocation,
/ by Kirk Hage, in a saloon at Palestine,
! Texas before daybreak ON Saturday morn-
/ ing. Hage is in Jail.
James W. Clayton, for four years clerk
Of the House of Representatives and for
two years past holding similar position
in the United States Senate, died at his res
itlcrce in Baltimore after painful illness
of several weeks.
The annual banquet of the Baltimore
press association took place on Saturday
night. Among those present were Scna-
tor-elect German, Judge Bond, Congress
III an Kimmell, Mayor Latrobe and Collec-
tor Thomas.
The rope walk and adjoining buildings of
Morgan & Sons, of Morgantown, N. j.,
were destroyed by fire OH Friday night.
The loss on stock and buildings is estic
mated at $4,000. There is only part in
surance ON the buildings.
The Republican convention of the dis
trict of Columbia adjourned on Saturday
after two days session. John F. Cook
| and Sayles J. Bowen were chosen delegates
to Chicago. They were not instructed,
but the former is understood to be for
Grant, and the latter for Blaine.
John G. f. Brown, who lived near In
| dianapolis, was murdered, between his
home and that city, on Friday night last.
He had recently served out years sen
tence in the renitcntiary for larceny. His
wife and 4 man who had lived with her
during her husbands absence have been
arrested.
John DidiOn, farmer, after delivering
load OF hogs at a market in Lancaster,
N. Y, on Saturday, jumped from his
sleigh, and in doing SO struck his head
against an iron railing on which meat is
hung. One of the hooks pierced his eye
and penetrated to the brain, causing a
wound which it was expected would prove
fatal.
A man, giving the name of Rathburn,
and representing himself as an agent of
the MesSrs. HannerbOhm, diamond Dealers
of New York, complained to the police of
Boston, on Saturday night, that he had
been drugged with opiates on the common
and robbed of So, 600 worth of .jewelry and
S1S4 in money. The police don't believe
his story.
Tramps cause d considerable trouble near
Gardiner, Me-. last week. Some of them,
working in one of the ice houses, instigated
strike, and the strikers attacked the
workers and carried off their picks. One
of the ringleaders was arrested Nine
tramps, outside the city limits, broke the
windows of school house, entered dwell
ings ard insulted women. Three of them
were arrested.
On Friday night three burglars entered
the Knoxville, ILL.,, bank, seized and bound
the president. f. c. Rankle, who sleeps in
the building, and after gagging, beating
and burning his feet in shocking manner
to compel him to give up the combination,
departed taking So, 200 which had not been
locked up. There was a time lock on the
safe, and Runkle was unable to give the
combination. Great excitement prevails.
There is no clue to the robbers.
The up freight train on the Kentucky
Central railroad ran over Mrs. O'Flaherty,
about three-quarters of a mile this side of
Falmouth. She was cut in two above the