Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-27
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Baseball At Troy-Troy, S Chicago 1!
The loss by the fire at ColIingw ood,
Ont, on Sunday night. amounts to 5000,
600 insurance ST., 900.
d. w. Ford, on trial at Texarkana, Ark,
for the murder Of DR.. w. W. Caldwell, in
November last. has been sentenced to be
hanged.
A. s. Mills, who murdered James Sim
gletOn near Lincoln, N. Y, five years ago,
committed suicide yesterday in the Auburn
Jail.
At the firing Of a cannon at Tarrytown
N. Y. yesterday, man named Newman
was instantly killed and another named
Sutton mortally wounded.
A. B. McNealIy was fatally stabbed in .
gambling room at Marshall, Tex, on Fri
day night by W. l.. Phillips iu 4 dispute
over fifty cents. The murder was entirely
uhprovOkcd.
Yesterday WAS observed. in accordance
with President Arthur's proclamation, in
nearly every city. town and village in the
country, while solemn aud largely-at.
tended services We're held in many foreign
cities.
Thomas Saunders drew a large knife
across the stomach of Mrs. Susan Bromley
with whom he boarded in Brooklyn, and
then cut his own throat. Mrs. Bromley
died instantly and Saunders will probably
die.
The International Federal convention of
Freethinkers is in progress ut London, Mr..
Bradlaugh presiding. Mr.. Bennett, of
America, boasted in speech on Sunday
night that there were millions of free
thinkers in the United States.
The steamer Norman, from Philadel-
phia, struck the schooner Porto Rico off
Vineyard Haven on Sunday night, and
sank her in five minutes. The c,ptain
and crew and captains wife took to the
boats and rowed to shore in safety
Wallace Ross has deposited 500 and
sent articles of agreement to Toronto for
a race for 81, 900 side with lIanlan. The
latter's original offer was to row for from
So, 900 to $1,000 side, and it is not de-
termined yet whether he will row for the
sum named by Ross.
A fanatical individual who called him.
self Edward Mcdonald created some ex-
citement in front of Daly's theatre, New
York, last night by threatening to set fire
to that building because the management
had not seen fit to close the doors in dc.
ference to the day of mourning. Hc was
arrested.
General Carr sends dispatches from
Camp Thomas stating that on his arrival
at the scene Of the recent fight in the Ci-
bicu country he found the graves of those
killed by the Indians opened and the
bodies horribly mutilated. He reburied
the bodies and gave them q military salute,
The hostiles have left the Cibicu and
started for San Carlos.
The assassin Guiteau, was officially in
formed yesterday, by the district attorney
that the grand jury will meet next Mon
day, and that his indictment will probably
Immediately follow. lie was notified to
select such counsel as he desired, the dis
trict attorney offering to telegraph for the
services Of such counsel, if residing 1T q
distance. Guitelu said he had no doubt
as to the indictment and selected his
brother-in Law, Mr.. George Scoville, Of
Chicago.
The Legislature of Rhode Island con-
vened yesterday in obedience to the
proclamation ofGovernor Littlefield. The
session was called for the purpose of filling
the vacancy in the United States Senate
occasiOned by the death of Gen. Ambrose
E. Burnside. In accordance with the con-
stitution it adjourned for one week, when
the balloting wilt be in order. The first
vote will be taken at noon on Tuesday: |
October T. Resolutions were adopted
upon the deaths of Senator Burnside and !
President Garfield.