Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-07
LATEST NEWS By MAI.

Hanlan and Boyd are practicing at Prov
dence, r. l., for their boat race.
The Seminole Indians think they have
found a veritable witch-an old woman and
her dog. She has been lawfully tried,
found guilty of witchcraft and will be
hanged to- morrow.
The cattle plague at Larnica, Cyprus,
has re-appeared, and two thousand animals
have died out of total of one hundred
thousand on the island.
The census law regulating postage hav-
ing been abused of late, it has been decided
by the postofice department to enforce the
penalty of $500 fine against persons using
the census endorsement to cover private
matter.
VIM. ZOllinger, q German tin roofer, of
New York, when he got s12, 900 in crisp
bank notes for some of his property, had
his head turned, took to drink, was found
in the gutter with his money, and when
put into the station house hanged himself
with a silk handkerchief.
At the Democratic primaries held in all
the Louisville wards Saturday, the Wat
terson ticket was everywhere elected by
overwhelming ma jOrities. Reports from
tho counties throughout the state show
universal instructions for Tilden.
James +. Martha was set upon by gang
of rouShs in Brooklyn Oh Saturday night
and fatally beaten. His skull was crushed
in and he was otherwise injured. He had
| dispute with some of the parties over a
game of cards. Several arrests have been
made.
The body Of man about 30 years old
was found floating in the lower New York
bay. The face aud head were much bruis
ed. Papers in the pockets of the clothing
led to the belief that the name of the dead
! man is Robert McAllister. The body i:
unclaimed at the morgue, dressed in darl
coat and light pantaloons.
A Georgia train was going along at tin;
rate of thirty miles an hour last Friday
and the engineer saw a ycarling calf on the
track. In a minute the animal was strucl
and was supposed to have been killed. Or
arriving at the next station the calf was
found perched on the cow-catcher alive
and well.
In Madison, Ind, Ransom Smith sho
and killed Jacob Hammersmith. Th'
parties are neighbors. Mr.. Smith ordered
Mrs. Hammerslnith off his premises, where
she had gone in pursuit of chicken
Angry words followed, and when Mr.. Ham
mersmith came home he took it up an(
stoned Smiths house. Smith then fired
sending ball through Hammersmith'
breast. Smith was arrested.
In Brownsville, Tenn, on Thursda.
night. at 10 o'clock, Frank King killed hi
wife, in a fit of jealousy, by knocking he
down with an axe and dragging her out
side the door into the yard and beading he
over the head with heavy club. Kins
and his wife have not been on good terms
for several weeks. On the night of the
murder he told a negro neighbor that h
was going to kill his wife, and in abou
fifteen minutes he came back to the sam'
house and said he had killed her and tOl(
someone to 60 up to the house. He thel
ran off to the woods, where he hid himsel
until II o'clock, when he was arrested.
The family of Mr.. William G. Prescott
Of Pepperell, Mass, were suddenly takel
ill on Friday last and physician was sum
moned, who found that the symptoms o
their sickness resembled poisoning. Som
celery was found with arsenic sprinklet
ever it. the family had partaken of thi
at dinner. Other food was found with ar
senic in sufficient quantity to cause death
A woman had been employed in the Pres
colt family, and because she was spoke1
to harshly she resolved to destroy tn
whole family. Her plans failed, however
owing to the effective medical aid.