Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-02
STATE ITEMS.

Jacob Haber, while sinking 4 shaft ut
Tuscarora, was buried alive. His body
was recovered.
Mrs. Kries, aged GO, of Emlenton, We
mango county, was taken with hem0r-
rha@e while washing dishes and died in
stantly.
| The park commission decided to give the
permanent exhibition company six months
| the main building.
Allegheny county elected eighteen dele
| gates and pledged them to Grant: North
ampton elected four delegates, uninstruct-
! ed, but resolutions favOring Blaine we're
passed.
The product of the Besscmer department
of the Pennsylvania steel works for the
month of January was 9,774 tons steel in
gots. The rail mill for the same time
| turned 1923 tons finished rails.
Ina saloon fracas in Erie William Welsh,
of the revenue cutter Perry, stabbed John
Leonard Just under the heart. Welsh was
arrested and committed without bail to
await the result Of Leonard's injuries,
which are considered fatal.
In Reading son of Henry Loeb was
stabbed in the back by a son of Henry a.
Hoff and is thought to be mortally
wounded. The boys, who are between
the ages of twelve and fifteen years, were
bandying epithets with each other ut the
time.
In Chester yesterday morning Henry
Grant, George Adds and VIM. Rh0ads, all
of whom reside in the vicinity OF kowlton
was struck by a locomotive attached to tht
Washington express at the herien street
crossing. Grant was so badly injured that
he died two hours afterwards. Adds re:
ceived fatal wounds about the head ant
Rhoads was severely hurt.
The bicycle race which came Off in New
York on Saturday night between repre-
sentatives of Philadelphia and New 1orl
and in which there were four entries was
won by w. S. Clark, of New York. II
the match between teams of Philadelphi;
and New York the prize was carried off by
} G.. F. Coke, of Philadelphia. A onc-mile
race between boys of Philadelphia ano
New York was won by S. Leffet, of New
York. Timc minutes and AZ seconds.
It is whispered around in West Cheste
that w. II. Robinson. otherwise known a.
"Gopher Bill" the man convicted severa
days ago of being one of the robbers OF TIN
: Bailey brothers safe, at Taggart's Corner
v near Kennett Square, in November last
has made overtures to "squeal," or, il
> other words, to betray the names of tin
other men engaged in the enterprise il
+ exchange for his own freedom. Negotia
It tions have also been broached, it is said
for the return of the few securities the dis
appointed rascals carried away from TIN
J. safe on the night when they anticipated
n haul of about $500, 900, and only secure
$4,000, abandoning roll of sl5O,OOO il
:. railway bonds, etc.
In Little Germany, Perry county, MI
l. Hoover, formerly of Cumberland county
is had been out hunting, had seen game an
II snapped his gun, but the weapon faile
to 90 off. This defect on the part of til
10 gun was repeated and spoiled the hunt
and he returned home with the charge sti
in the gun. In making an examination Q
+ the piece he did not take the precaution
it draw the load His wife was near by q
It the time he was fxingthe gun. While $
;s engaged the load was accidentally di
" charged and his wife dropped to the fiOt
y lifeless, the contents of the weapon havill
r passed into her body, killing her Instant.