The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-12-04
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Five members ofan Italian family named
Palnghi are seriously sick in Chicago from
trlchinous ham sausage. The father and
mother are not expected to recover.
Mary and Annie Arts, aged respectively
and years, broke through the ice, ,on Nor
ris Canal, at Jersey City, Sunday afternoon.
John Barton, aged II years, succeeded in
getting both girls out of the water, but the
younger died in his arms before he reached
the shore.
Miss Jeffreys, aged II years, was attacked
by large dog and severely bitten, at Long
Branch, on Thursday last. Her condition
is now pronounced critical.
A baggage car on the Texas Pacific Rail
road was burned near Sulphur, Texas, on
Friday night, with ninety three pieces of
baggage and fifty sacks of mail. The loss is
estimated at nearly 100000.
Colonel M. d. Brown, a member of the
Kentucky Legislature, was shot dead at
Pembroke, Ky.,on Friday, by Cass wilkins,
clerk in livery stable,with whom he quar-
relied abou the care of a horse.
Taylor Gordon, a clerk in the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad freight office in Rich
mond, Va, committed suicide on saturday,
by shooting himself in the head. His health
was hissd--s s.aray evvv, n young JneoIogIcaI
student in the Union PARK Seminary at Chi
cage, was held on Saturday in 81 900 bail to
answer the charge Of stealing various arti-
cles from fellow students
An express train on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad was thrown from the track
by broken rail, at Browman's Station 30
miles west of Cumberland, on Fridaynight
The engine and all the cars went down an
embankment. The fireman was killed, the
engineer badly scalded, and the passengers
severely shaken.
Carrie Haines, aged 20 years, being dis
appointed in love, committed suicide by
throwing herself in front OF a railroad tram
at FairmOunt, Illinois, on Saturday.
George B. Robinson, Lieutenant Cover
nor elect, Of Colorado, was shot and fatally
wounded, by guard, at a mine ut Robin
sons camp, twenty miles from Leadville, ,on
Saturday night. Robinson and the mana
ger of the mine, went 70 the place after dark
and not replying TO an inquiry of the guard
the latter fired. lie says be fred into a
rock overhead, but the fact that there had
been trouble at the mine, and that Robn n
son was wounded in four places, makes II
doubtful if the shooting was accidental.
Early on Sunday morning a passenger
train on the Georgia Central Railroad di-
vided near Macon, and the steam brake:
stopped the rear part on decending grade
A heavy freight train followed, partly tele.
scoping the sleeper ard killing the engineer
Several passengers were injured, but none
fatally. A few minutes afterwards second
freight train came along, and second COLI
sion occurred, wrecking a number of ears
An engineer named Crosby was killed anC
two passengers were injured.
Lucius Hotchkiss, retired merchant anC
banker, died suddenly in New Haven, Con
necleut, Monday morning. His wife be
ing told that he was dying, fell dead in th,
bed beside him. She was Y years Of age.
Charles A. Hill,a lawyer of St. Louis,w
has been several months in Jail ON variou
charges Of counterleiting, was taken belor
the U. S. Court in that city MONDAY, ant
pleaded guilty of having counterfeit coin il
his possession. He was sentenced to on
years imprisonment.