Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-10-25
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

LATEST NEWS BY NAIL.
Two road agents wero killed by Mexicans
northeast OF Santa Fe 4 few days since.
The Third New York congressional dis
trict Republican convention has nomina
ted S. B. Chittenden for Congress.
The Greenbackers Of the Eleventh New
York congressional district have nolnina.
ted John B Gibbs for Congress.
The storm Of last Wednesday did incal-
culable damage to life and property in
Denmark.
Harry Beckett, formerly favorite COM
edian at Wallack's theatre, died in Eng
land. where he was born.
Elias Simpkins, chief OF police of Pitts
field, Ills. was Slot and killed Saturday
night by Elliott Baker.
Joshua Lippincott, leading citizen Of
Philadelphia, has died while visiting Belle
vrc, Del.
A construction train ran over COW near
New Grand Chain, ILL.,, and was wrecked.
Lewis Washington, colorcd, was killed and
five other persons were injured.
The Porte has made arrangements for
the dispatch Of 10000 men to Adrianople
in view Of the preparations for the union Of
Bulgaria and Roumania.
General de Cussey has instituted proceed
ings against NJ. Rochefort's paper and the
Petit P,risisa. The cabinent council has
decided to continue the enforcement of tho
religious decrees.
The water at Albany was never lower
than now. The steamer Belle ran around
! below the city at noon and the south ferry
boat also went around last evening near
her ship.
The foot ball match between the Har-
ward university team and the Britannia
team, of Montreal, Oh the Boston baseball
grounds, on Saturday, was won by the
Harvard by two goals.
George Loyett, livilr: near Charleston,
! His, Guarrelicd with his wife on Friday
evening about some property belonging to
her. The result was he beat her brains
out with a flat-iron and then cut his own
throat from ear to ear.
The jury in the case of Samuel Haw-
thorne, on trial at Vicksburg for killing
Lemuel McGce on the 2jtb Of September
last, has rendered verdict Of guilty and
he was sentenced to Imprisonment for life.
The jury were all colored.
The net results Of this years fishery for
tAO lShCAl oA NlSstO 1Sahho "NlVASVSN Uto
average. Nearly all the vessels engaged
have returned to St. Picre and some few
have sailed for French ports.
The freight warehouse and elevator of
Lemuel Bogss, Of Elmwood, Pickaway
county, Ohio, caught fire yesterday from
locomotive sparks and was destroyed with
its contents and three freight cars. The
total loss is $4,000; insurance on elevator
$500.
Ernest Gabler's. piano factory, Nos. ego,
egg and 224 West Twenty-second street,
New York, was destroyed by fire yester.
day afternoon. Three hundred pianos,
nearly flushed, and a large quantity of
material were burned. Loss $50, 900: ill.,
surance, $4,000.
Henry Stevens, Il carpenter, Of Wash
ington, aged fifty eight years, was ut work
on 4 scaifold, and was stricken so suddenly
with heart disease that he would have
fallen 10 the ground had he not been
caught by fellow workman. Deceased
was an Englishman and had served over
ten years in the English army.
Il fire broke out yesterday in the brick
Touring mill Of Lawson s Bell, at CALI
polls. Ohio, destroying it. The loss on the
building is S., 600: insurance, 50, 500 loss
on stock, $4,000; insurance, s5OO-all in
the Philadelphia fire and North American,
both of Philadelphia. The fire was the
work of an incendiary.
In Louisiana State Supervisor Cayanac,
acting under the orders. of Governor Wilt,
decided to keep the registration books
open until October 80. The Republicans
claiming that the books should be closed
ten days before the election, have had
Cavanac arrested for illegally registering
voters.
The unconscious body Of Alexander
Woodson, colored, with pistol shot wound
in his head was found in an alley in rear
of RObinson's opera house, Cincinnati,
Saturday night. Two butchers named
Alexander and 4 man named Aiohr. have
been arrested.
Messrs. King l. Wright, coal dealers or
Milk street, Boston. lost s., 500 in cash and |
securities entrusted TO Cornelius CASTILLO, |
q trusted employe. On the 9th instant |
CASTILLO disappeared and the following day !
was arrested in Cambridge on suspicion |
that he was drunk. It appears that the |
man is insane and the whereabouts of the |
money and securities cannot be ascertained. !
Detectives of tho United States secret
service have arrested Benjamin alias Will
liam f. Brockway and Jasper Owens,
charged with being implicated in the1
of more than $500. 900 worth
Of counterfeit L. S. bonds found in posses
sion OF J. 3. Doyle, who was arrested on
the cars at Chicago last Thursday. Brock
way is a noted forcer Of notes and Owens
n plate printer.
Thomas Mccormick and Edward Lyons
entered the Star and Garter, Sixth ave-
nue., \. Y, dive, at an early hour Sunday
morning. and Lyons attempted to shoot
the proprietor, Hamilton Brock, but his
pistol missed fire, The men then left. but
returned in 4 couple OF hours. Again
Lyons fired twice at Brock, missing both
times. Brock then retaliated by drawing
his revolver and firing three times at his
lssailant, two Of the shots taking effect,
aud Lyons will probably die. Brock was
arrested. but released OH bail.
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