Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-28
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
An explosion Of FIRE damp occurred in
the coal pit at Stetline, France, while the
miners were at work. Eleven bodies have
been recovered up to the present time.
The steamship Rhcin, from Europe,
has brought 81 900. 600 British and French
coin. and the steamship Britannia s727,-
900 British coin.
Conductor John Butcher, Of the C!evc-
land s. Pittsburgh railroad, who was
run over at Superior station, died at the
West Penn hospital.
1t is estimated that the number Of killed
and wounded in the sanguinary struggle
between Chill and Peru, during the past
two years, would almost fill One-horse
street car.
It is rumored that Dervish Pasha, gov
ernor of Albania, has been assasinated.
which seem to confirm the rumors that 4
meeting of the Albanian league had con
demned him to death.
A collision occurred on Sunday morning
between passenger and 4 freight train at
the state line Oh the Mobile & Ohio road,
La. The two engineers and two brakemen
were killed and several others fatally
wounded.
Three colOred miners were caught by
the cavinG in of portion of the Union
coal mine in Chesterfield county. Va. OIL
Friday, while all of the miners but them
were out of the shaft. At last accounts
only one dead body had been recovered.
A collision occurred between two freight
trains OH the North Carolina air line rail-
road. Three passengers Philip A. Whis-
nate, Charles Sellers and negro banned
Ned Stroud were killed. Thomas II.
Cartier and Engineer WisenGcrry were in-
jured.
John BarmOre hack driver, fell from
his carriage while returning from funeral
in Baltimore and die! instantly. The dc
ceased was sixty -four years Of age and left
an invalid wife, two daughters and one
son. 1t is supposed that he fell from his
seat in IN cpilcptic fit.
The total population Of Vermont, accord.
| ing to the schedules returned to the census
Office by the enumerators, is 3D., 2S6. o.:
this number 1GG, SSS are males, ant. 1Gj,
39S females. 291, $40 are native, and 80,
GAG foreign born. 331, 243 are white, and
1,O43 colOred, including Indians and i
half breeds.
During an alteration in Halifax county
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boy, aged seventeen, and a negro boy,
attempted to assault Wimbish with i hoe,
when the latter dealt him 4 blow on the
neck with the axe almost scvcriny the
negro head from his body.
Within the past forty eight hours fOul
tramps have been found in 4 dying condi
tion from being suifocated by the gas OF
lime kilns in the lower part of Richmond
where such characters are in the habit of
spending their nights despite all efforts to
keep them away. Two of these have
died.
A middle aged man named Jacob s;ey
mOur, was killed near Mansfield. by :
shifting engine on the Panhandle rail
road. No one could be fouui who saw
the accident, but the unfortunate man hat
evidently been walking on the track. Hs
was 4 stranger to the Of people Mansfield
and his remains were taken charge of b.;
the local authorities.
Felix Heymann shot and killed himself
in the Grand Central hotel, New York
lie had relatives in Philadelphia, one o
whom. a brother-in-law, is said to hav,
been worth considerable money ut on,
time. Coroner Brady discovered that the
suicide before shooting himself had re
moved a glass eye, which he wore in tn;
left socket and placed it along with sever.
other glass eyes in Il hat Oh the bureau
near where the body lay. The man cvi
IDENTIFY shot himself while standing befor,
the bureau mirror Death must have been
instantaneous.
At Christmas festival held in Socorro
n. NJ, on Christmas evening, scvcra
Mcxicans created disturbance which was
quelled by Mr.. Conkling, Of the SIN
Shortly aitcrward while COnkling and his
wife were leaving ch,;tch, two Mexicans
seized him by the arms, while the third
fired three shots, killing him instantly
The assailants fled to small town in thu
vicinity, where they are guarded by 3,OO(
Mcxicans. 4 large posse of Americans
we'll armed intend to get the murderer:
into custody even il they have to fight fo
them.
In Newburyport, Mass, Il boilerat +
p. DOdge's shoe factory exploded. KILN!
Engineer James Huntington, Of Boston
Daniel Bridges, i stock filter, and job,
II. Bailey, heeler. The Chase heclins
establishment and Smiths heelins EactorN
and boiler house were entirely dcmol
islleti, and the boiler was thrown two
hundred yards into Green street Thou
sands Of panes OF glass were broken Sew
eral men were slightly injured, and th'
fireman is reported missing Had tn
help been ut work the loss of life woul,
have been terrible.