Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-26

was interrupted in various dfreot3ons BY
floods, but the grass and growing crops
were greatly bene6tsd.
On Slate creek, in Washington territory,
q few days ago, tree fell Oh the cabin Of
Andrew Erckin, and cross-cu saw hang
ing on beam in the cabin fell on Erckin,
cutting him in two.
A sea lion was caught in the lower lock
Of the canal at New Brunswick, N. j., by
Richard Welsh, the harbOr master. 1t
was shot In capture but not killed. The
lion was eight feet long aud IL supposed to
be one Of eight that escaped from COney
island Oh Friday night.
While moving on farm IN Saratoga
county, N. ". on Friday. William Frazer
stumbled over u vino aud fell upon the
blade Of his scythe with such forcs that
ono Of his legs WAS noarly novcied at the
knce. The log was subsequently amPu-
tated above tho knee, hut i,s dia,l an Sat
urtlay morning.
At Chicago. on Saturday. the track was
in tho best ponnihia shapc. and all con
ditinns were favorable tor u taht time, Of
| which Matihe 4. took advantage to score
3:l31 in tho trot with T,ihket. She won
the race in three straight heats, ~ follows
:l9, s::ia. 2:i3t.
A negr" named Clarence Sharper is IN
der arrest charged with tho killing Of
George Hays. Of East Setauket. Suffolk
courty, N. Y. Hays WAS shot in the heal
and died almost instantly. Tho shooting.
took place in the woods. Sharper declared
that tho killing was purely accidental that
while in pursuit Of game ho mistook Hays
head for II woodchuck and fired before h,
discovered his mistake.
| Andrew Lester. aged nineteen years, was
drowned in South river, N. D., yesterday
Lester hired boat for tho purpose Of crab
bing, in company with i companion n:tniet
Catlin In the middle Of the stream Leste
stripped and tlivcI. lIls head stuck fas
in the mud, and, although extricated tel
minutes afterwards he was found dead
The unfortunate young man lived III Al
bany, N. Y.
Charles w. Wallace, s"', Of Rev. DR.. A
Wallace of the Ocean Grove Record. VIII
was arrested while boarding tho steame
Plymouth Rock on Sunday, the nth inst.
for stealing the gold watch and chain Q
the housckeeper, Mrs. Lloyd, at the Al
cade hotel (the property being found in hi
possession) pleaded guilty of the charg
before Judge Walling, who sentenced hr
to the Trenton state prison for one year a
l hard labor.
, The friends of Judge Mayo, the banker
, of Olney, ILL.,, who disappeared myster
ously at Relay depot over year ago, hav
been tele.,raphed to come to East 81
D Louis, Ill.,. with view Of identifying
t body found by workmen who were exec
: waiting for railroad. It was much d.
y composed and in long pine box. It is
clear case of murder, the right arm bein
- broken, the throat cut and the hea
wounded.
The great race of carrier pigeons frol
!, Columbus, Ohio, to Hudson, New Jerse!
. under the auspices Of the Hudson count
. Antwerp club. was finished yesterda!
The first bird to arrive was William We
c rinder, jr.'s blue cock Columbus, whic
! reached his coop at s a. m, yesterday. II
|, started from Columbus, distance of abO,
4 40 miles air line, at fifteen minutes pa
5 o'clock on the morning of the previo,
s day. He made the quickest time on re-
It ord,