Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-09
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

In Frederick. Md. Felix Munshour was
convicted OF murder in the first degree
for the murder OF his cousin. James L..
WetZel.
A fire at La Grange, Missouri, yesterday
destroyed the best business houses in the
city, one OF them belonging to ext on
greSSman Grover. The entire loss will
amount to $4,000.
The parallel rod of the engine to pay
masters train broke, between Manchester.
n. H., and Lawrence, yesterday, punching
a hole through the boiler and badly scald-
ing Chas. +. Jones, engineer, and Charles
Webster, fireman, both of Concord.
The conservation of Thomas Alfred Star
key, Protestant Episcopal bishop elect of
the diocese of Northern New Jersey. took
place at Grace church. Newark yesterday,
with impressive ceremonies, in which Il
large number of bishops and clergy partici-
pated.
Consul EridScIand reports that the re-
ccipts of American corn at llavre dccreas-
ed during the last year because of the use
of false certificates of inspection. Many
cargoes that arrived We're fit only for fuel
The increase in the importation of Amcri-
can bacon AMI lard has been large.
The United States counsel at Valparaiso
reports that the Edith Davis, an American
bark. owned in Portland, Maine. was
burned at sea on October 2:;. The crew of
fifteen men are how enjoying the hospital
ity of Alfred Derote, the lessee OF the
island of Juan Fernandez.
The Indian government have decided to
allow the rules respecting newspaper cor
respondents with troops in active service,
to remain III allegiance, leaving to the dis
cretion of commanders the question of i'm
posing restrictions upon them if necessary.
No correspondent will. however, be per-
mitted to the front without license.
There was a fire panic at DeadwOod, Da-
kOta. yesterday, the city narrowly cScap-
ing destruction. The timber surrounding
the city caught fire for miles around and it
was only by superhuman efforts that the
city itself was saved. Several cabins were
burned as it was, and other damage was
done.
A fire occurred at the boar ling hou> G
No. 254 West 21st street, New York, yes
ter'lay. All the bOarlers except two
escaped without injury. Mrs. F. 4. Null
len jumped from Il window on the fourth
floor, landing on the balcony, where she
was found by the tiremcn and removed to
a place of safety, slightly injured. Mrs.
Lowe was found in one of the rooms insen-
sible. The loss was small.
The glycerine buildin. belonging to the
Latin & Rand powder company's works at
Oak Ridge, n. j., blew up yesterday
morning Two men. Fowler and MOrrell,
tiremcn, were blown through the roof,
which was also blown Off and one side of
the building demolished Both injured
men are still alive. though Fowler is
thought to be dying and Morreil will prob
ably not survive his injuries.
The charge of criminal libel brought
against Richard Smith, of the Cincinnati
gazette, was dismissed in the police court
by the prosecuting attorney, on the ground
that a criminal charge cannot lie against
a corporation, Smith being charged as a
of the Cincinnati Gozehe
company. DR.. w. S. Jones, the writer of
the article in question, has been arrested
on charge of criminal libel.
Superintendent Campbell, of the Brook
lyn police, on Wednesday came into pos
session of seven signed and eight unsigned
bonds of the New York Central railroad,
which proved to be cOunterfeits. The
bonds were of the denomination OF 1000
each, and were discovered buried in the
earth in the woods near Fort Hamilton by
John Schwartz, a farmer, who dug them
up in a bottle December 23d, while 1T
work.