Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-27
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The German government has expelled
from tho country some Mormon missiOn-
aries who were making prosclytcs for their
society.
Tho body of John Alexander Snyder was
found hanging :" u trce ut Muncic, Ind,
Oh Saturday morning. lie was rcspccta-
bic farmer aged twenty. six.
A man named Scrugss and boy Of ten
years, named Joscpl, Watson, were drown.
od near Denver, Col, by the upsctting OF
u boat.
John &. Blair lIosc, of Martinsburg, was
nominated for representative in Congress-
yesterday by the Democrats Of the Second
district Of West Virginia, defeating u. r.
Martin, the present incubcnt.
The examination Of Hiram q. Riggs,
| charged with killing Erskinc Wood, at
Stcvcnsvillc, on the nth Instant, was
finished yesterday. ut Albany, and lic was
committed on charge Of murder III tho
first degree.
| Tho scrtancc of Nelson Mitchell, cOlOrcd, ,
who was to have been hanged in Amherst
county. Va, on Friday next. for the muir
der Of John G. Gillespie, has been com
mutc,l by Governor Holiday to imprison-
n,cnt for life.
A fire yesterday destroyed tho extensive
planning mill of Clark, Morse L. Co., III
Warren. involving Il loss Of $50, 900. Over
400, 900 fcct Of valuable lumber was
burned, besides tw" small dwelling
houses.
Il. W. Sigm'rney, prominent anu
wealthy citizen Of Nevada City, Cal, was
INxl lsssN
Smith, OK sheriff Of the county. The cause
of the murder was the foreclosure Of /:
mortgage by SigourIicy. which 'lcpOsct
Smith Of all his property.
The Virginia Democrats had y mas'
mcctin. ut Staunton yesterday in support
of the regular Democratic electoral ticket
Senators Wade Hampton, Of South Caro-
lima, and Vance, Of North Carolina, wcr'
among the speakers.
DR.. N. +. Williams, Of MeclIanicsburg
Miss, was assassinated on Saturday even
. ing while riding home. His horse cam'
home ridcrlcss and search being made th'
doctors body was found. A man was AZ
rested on suspicion and has since confessed
his guilt: He says he was paid to kill tin
doctor.
"Gus ~ Pcnland and John Westermal
were arrested in Dayton, Ohio, yesteria.
for the murder of Valentine Scllact, an in
mate of the Soldiers home, who was fOun'
shot through the head just outside th
city last May. The accused were arrested
before, but discharged their rcarrcst i
on additional evidence.
; The competition between the Chicago
St. Louis and New Orleans railroad ant
: the Louisville and Nashville railroad In
resulted in 4 reduction of about 80 pc
, cent. in passenger fares. The first name
road sells tickets from New Orleans t
Louisville or Cincinnati and return fn
, $3.50, and to Indianapolis, Nashville Q
Chattanooga and return for $50. TIL
| Louisville and Nashville road sells ticket
to Niagara Falls and return for $222.5O.
: A pleasure boat containing six ladies an
two male companions accidentally capsizc
this afternoon in Shark River cave, nca
Ocean Beach. The men struck out for til
shore which they reached in safety, leavin
the ladies clinging to the boat. The acc
dent was witnessed from the west shore b
Elias ThockmortOn, of Freehold, and Wn
n J. Crittcndcn, of Brooklyn, who with
:. boatman named John Flood, fastened t
: the assistance of the women. They wei
: nearly exhausted when rescued.