Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-18
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Irish relief fund yesterday.
A severe frost fell in Arkansas Tuesday
night and nipped the buds on the fruit
trees.
Johannes Deboer was hanged at Pontiac,
ILL.,, yesterday for the murder of Ella Mar
tin.
At Boston yesterday the Irish citizens
refrained from parading, and gave $4,000
to the Irish relief fund.
At New York last night the Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick subscribed $500 for
the relief of the Irish sufferers.
It is understood that the jury in the
Buckholtz trial at Bridgeport, Conn.,, is in
favor of a verdict of murder in the second
degree.
Nearly "a, 900 was collected at the picnic
of the Hibernians at Jones's woods, near
New York, yesterday, for the Parnell
Irish relief fund.
Martin Power. of 200 West Fulton street,
Chicago, in a fit of insane dependency
shot his wife, Bridget, probably fatally.
and then fired two shots into his own head,
causing instant death.
In Cranberry N. j., Thomas Shields and
Patrick Leddy, while drinking in a bar
| TOOlu, QudTFclcu, OHleNlS otaDucu Atuuy
twice in the back. He will probably die.
Shields is still at large.
! Fritz Bwerman, of Mishicot, Wis, re-
turned home intoxicated and threw his
son to the ground, causing his death in a
short time. The father has been arrested.
1t is supposed he is insane.
The young and pretty wife of Eugene
Irving, of Liberty, N. Y, has eloped with
Robert Weismer, of Parksville, Sullivan
county, Pa, and gone West. She ant
Weismer are said to have been on very in
innate terms for some time.
John C. Wickoff, second clerk of thu
steamer Hardcash, on the Mississippi river
shot and fatally wounded Lewis Taylor, :
colored drayman. The difficulty originated
in TaylOr's refusal to sign for cotton whicl
he had put on his dray. Wickoff was ar
rested.
One hundred masked men boldly rod
up to the Winchester, ILL.,, county Jail
battered down the door, disarmed tn
guards and jailor, and with revolvers il
hand compelled them to give up the keys
They then opened the cell of Joseph j
Field and dispatched him with a numbe
of pistol shots.
Mrs. Elizabeth Michelman was foun'
dead yesterday morning in her husband
bar room, OF Park avenue, Baltimore. Sh
had arisen early, as was her custom, to &c
breakfast for the family, and it is suppose
her clothing took fire from the stove. /
coroner's jury rendered verdict of suffo
cation by fire,
Mrs. w. Baldwin, Of Aurora, ILL.,, wa
found dead in bed with her jugular vel
| severed, and beside her lay her unconsciou
husband with several gashes in his throa
arms and abdomen. The wounds are no
serious. Baldwin came from Vermont an
married three weeks ago. The cause q
the bloody deed is unknown.
An elderly gentleman, while in converse
tion in London with friend in an Omni
, bus, suddenly fell on his face quite dead
He had been running for some distance t
catch the omnibus in which he expired
and few moments before his death hi
friend said, 'If you run like that, old man
you'll kill yourself one Of these days" H
had scarcely spoken when the unfortunat
gentleman fell dead.
Henry Phillips entered the room c
Thomas J. Snyder, at Grandview, indiana
on Tuesday night and kicked in the hea
: of bass drum belonging to Snyder, VIII
upon inquiring the cause of the act, wa
shot just above the eye by Phillips with
revolver, and died instantly. Phillips ha
l been drinking all the afternoon, an
swearing that he or Snyder would die be
fore night.
, Miss Roseberry wanted to marry Nj
Deputy, at Seymour, Ind, but her fathe
commanded her to marry Mr.. Bowers
, and appointed day for the wedding. o
I4l hofO hn m
, Mrs. Deputy. She was on hand for til
, other ceremony, however, and it proceede
smoothly as far as the question whethe
anybody objected, when Mr.. Deputy II
e marked that he had an bjection-a tritlin
e one, which he felt some reluctance abou
2 mentioning-the lady was his wife.