Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-11-15
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Princeton beats Howard at football and
the Pennsylvania university beats the
Stevens institute Of Hoboken.
The official returns of Missouri give
Hancock So, ,002 plurality, or 1887 ma
jority.
The last Spanish mail to Havana brought
for the use Of the Island government 81
0O0, 900 in specie.
The official vote of Rhode Island gives
Garfield 1S, 195 Hancock, 10, IT'S; Weaver
1886; Dow, 20.
The sixteen-year-old wife of Henry J.
Glide, of Brooklyn, who had been missing
for month, has returned to her home.
Adam Conrad, who was shot three times
in the head in Chicago by his intended
stepson, Charles Neck, died of his
wounds.
Charles H. Golden, of Long Branch, was
killed by being thrown from wagon. He
was 45 years Of age, and leaves wife and
four children.
Later and fuller returns show the cleo
tion Of N. E. Post (Democrat) as delegate
to Congress from Wyoming territory by
$50 majority.
Two thousand bodies are lying unburied
in tho environs of So Uz BOlak. The
death of the Persian chief
is confirmed.
An Invitation to the craft to visit Detroit
was found on the person of 4 burglar AZ
rested in Chicago. The note, which was
from fellow burglar, stated that that
city ''was all right come on Immediately. j"
Ogden, Utah. is to Delighted by the elec-
trio light. A flagstaff is to be run up
from the court house, from which four
lights Of 9, 600 candle power each are guar
antccd to abundantly illuminate \ space
one mile in diameter.
The planning mill, kitchen cutlery es-
blishment, &C., of H. w. Briggs s. Co., in
New Lisbon, Ohio, were burned on Thurs
day night. Loss $2J, 900. The village O
Winsboro, Texas, was almost destroyed by
fire on Tuesday night. The loss will not
reach $50,
Glenn. Canada, the oldest negro in Vir.
ginia, died on the Sd. inst, near GuilfOrd,
LoudOun county, in that state, at the alleS
ed age of 120 years and 10 months. It is
said that he was for over seventy years ;
member of Mount Zion Baptist church, i'll
GuilfOrd.
A lad named Fred Palmer, son Of tho
| VI GhO NCStClA OhsoA
Office, Elmira N. Y, has lost an eye from
epizooty poisoning. The other eye is en-
dangered. 1t seems the lad washed hi.
face with a handkerchief he had used tt
clean saliva that his horse had coughcd OF
his cOat-sleeves.
A fatal accident occurred at Carbon
Station, on the Union Pacific railrod
caused by the parting of train containing
Mormon emigrants. The brakeman of tht
passenger train had 10 timo to flag tht
freight train following and a collision &c,
suited. Ono passenger and brakeman
were killed, and several passengers wer'
badly wounded.
John J. Jei1ers was fatally shot by Colo
mel J. II. NJ. Montgomery, at Bladensburg
Ohio, on Friday night. Jeffers had jus
been discharged from the penitcntiary, ,afte
having served a term of one year for shoot
ing at Montgomery while the latter wa.
being tried for perjury. Jeffers threatened
to shoot Montgomery, and was probably
only anticipated by the latter.
The wrestling match between w. J
Farrell, of California, and John McMahOn
of Vermont, for the championship belt o
America and 81 200, took place at the Ly
ceum theatre. Pittsburgh, and resulted il
a victory for McNIahon, who succeeded il
throwing Farrell twice out of three times
A large crowd was in attendance, and ont
hour and half were consumed in decidir.
the contest.