Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-15
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The famine in Armenia and the kurdes-
tan extends over an area of one hundred
thousand square miles.
There is considerable ice in the Hudson
below Castleton, and the boats were not
running yesterday.
O'Leary beat Weston in the San Fran
cisco walking match, scoring 514 miles
Weston made 1857.
Two brothers named Cobb killed 4 man
named Decker, in a quarrel about stolen
horse, in Rockcastle county, KY, on Fri
day. The CObbs were arrested.
The old business relations of the Allan
tic and Pacific and the Western Union tel
egraph companies have been fnlly restored
on the Union Pacific and St. Joseph and
Western railroads.
The body of an old man named Tenant
was found on the plains near Hat Creek,
$50 miles north of Cheyenne, Wy, T., on
Saturday. He perished in the recent snow
storm.
Solomon Roberts was shot dead by his
cousin, James Roberts. in Macon, Ga, on
Saturday afternoon. There was no quar-
rel between the young men, but there had
been feud in the family.
VIM. Golden, barber, was shot dead by
William Cousland, porter, at hotel i'll
Chilicothe, Ohio, yesterday. Golden was
threatening Cousland with razor when
shot.
A disease known as the "black measles"
is alarmingly prevalent in the country
around Petersburg, Va, and has caused
many sudden deaths during the last few
days.
The residence of Mr.. Richard Johnson,
farmer near Dennison, Crawford county,
Iowa, was burned, and his two daughters
perished in the flames. Mr.. and Mrs.
johnson and seven of their children had
narrow escape.
George H. Hammond, better known as
George II. Hillman, an actor, committed
suicide in Boston on Saturday night. He
was the father of the "Little Hillsman,"
and played for long time with Yankee
Locke.
The wife of Gideon Carson was found
murdered last evening in an old school
house. in which she and her drunken hus-
band lived in abject poverty, near Waynes
| vile, Ohio. Carson lay in a drunken stupor
near his wife's body, which had part of the
face cut away. He was sent to Jail.
John McDermott, a convict in Sing Sing
penitentiary, known as "Praying john"
because of his apparent piety since his in
generation, committed suicide on Satur-
day, by placing his head and shoulder in
the mess room furnace. He was A years
ofage.
Three dangerous prlsoners-One OF them
charged with murder, another with stab
bing and the third with attempting to poi
son-escaped from the Jail at Frankfort,
KY, on Friday night. They pried a stone
in the ceiling of their cell out of position
and passed through the opening and down
the outside wall.
On Friday night, at Hope sixteen miles
south of Shellbyville, Ind, the store of E.
Weintland & Son was entered by burglars
and then set on fire. 1t was burned to the
ground, and fire communicating to the
adjoining buildings the block was de-
stroyed. The loss was $50, 900; fully in
sured.
It is reported from Howell county, Mo-,
that two young girls were strangled to
death by their uncle few nights since,
during the absence of their father. A
stranger who was lodging in the house,
hearing a noise, discovered the murderer
and shot him, and afterwards learned who
he was. The object of the double murder
was to obtain some money which the father
of the girls had divided among them.
The Atlantic and Great Western rail-
way company will to-day be formerly
metamorphosed into the "New York.
Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad company"
Rev. Mr.. Bates, who purchased the road
for the English bondholders, is in Cleve-
land, and says the incorporators will meet
there to-day, and sign the certificate to be
filed with the secretary of state. No in
corporation will necessary in New York,
but an auxiliary company will be incorpo-
rated in Philadelphia.
Last Sunday morning ten or thirteen
men were in Roseville (Cal. saloon talk
ing about brave men. The question arose
as to who was the bravest man in town,
when J.. Berry, painter, stepped forward
and took that honor to himself. J. Blair,
to test his bravery, asked him to step out
in the street about forty feet and let him
shoot at his hat, it being on his head at
the time. No quicker said than done
Berry stepped out forty feet, and Blair,
with an old Colts revolver, fired, making
a hole through his hat about one inch
from his head. The crowd had no more
to say about bravery. They changed the
subject.
In Louisville bold attempt was made
to assassinate Mayor Baxter, fortunately
without success. The would-be murderer
is Samuel Redd, formerly foreman of a
gang of street scrapers, and whom Mayor
Baxter discharged day or two ago for
drunkenness. At a meeting TO-DAY. Rodd.