Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-07
DISASTER AND CRIME.
THE TRAIL OF FIRE AND BLOOD.

A Colonel Killod-Huge HailstOnes-StranSe
SuicIdcs-BlOOdy lsrOthers-in-Law.
A retired colonel of the Russian army
has shot and killed on the streets of Sebas-
tapol Captain Castomaroff, a hero of the
Crimean war.
The Niagara oil refining company's
buildings at Buffalo and one thousand
barrels of oil were burned yesterday. The
loss is about s25, 600 and tho insurance
$4,000.
Joseph Collins and his wife we're killed
while driving home near Kingston, On
tario, last Saturday night, by coming in
collision with runaway team.
A terrible storm occurred at Gatschina
on the 4th inst, killing policemen, over
turning tho granite column of the mOnu-
ment of the Emperor Paul and otherwise
doing an immense amount of damage.
Lewis Helmer, aged &c years, quarreled
with some boys in a butcher shop in Gin
cinnati on Sunday night, and one of them,
named Mahoney, threw piece of window
glass at him, which struck him in the head.
Yesterday morning Helmer was found in
the shop lying in pool of blood, and he
died while being taken to the hospital.
The Grove distillery at Peoria, ILL.,,
owned by WOOlner Brothers, was burned
yesterday. The origin of the fire is un-
known. An employee named Henry
Bronneck was killed by falling wall, and
Pat Keeley, the spirit runner, was serious
ly burned. The total loss is estimated 1T
$50, 900 insurance, $50, 600.
Peter Smith, a canal-bOat captain, was
crushed to death at Port Delaware, yes
terday. He was standing between a gon-
dola and coal car, not having observed
that locomotive was attached to the
train. Suddenly the cars were pushed to-
gether and he was caught between the
bumpers. His age was % years and he
leaves wife and child.
At Mount Pleasant, Pa, shooting
affray occurred on Main street last even
ing in front of Morrison's jeWclry store,
in which a man named William, alias
''Shorty,' Collins, was fatally shot in the
bowels by a man named Harry Larue.
The trouble originated by Collins calling
Larue opprobrious names. I.arue is ma
tive of Hagerstown, Nd, and aged about
Sc. Collins is an unmarried man, aged 25,
and was a coal miner by occupation.
News comes from Berlin, Kentucky, a
small town sixteen miles from Augusta, of
the murder of William Sims by his brother
in-law, Mellow. Sims and Mellow were
last seen together on Friday evening, when
Mellow, who was drunk, was accusing
Sims of having stolen his money. On Sun
day Sims body was found in tho woods,
bearing eleven stabs, which caused his
death. Mellow, when sober, found tho
money on his own person. He has con-
fessed the murder and is in Jail at Brook
vile.
A terrific hail and wind storm passed
over Deadwood yesterday, doing great
damage. IIailstOnes of the size of hens
eggs fell for over two hours. One stone
measured twenty-five inches in circumfer-
ence. The whirlwind struck in Deadwood
gulcll, near the confluence of Whitewood
and Deadwocd gulches, completely de-
four houses, killing one woman,
the wife of John Wolcott, of St. Louis,
and seriously injurins Mrs. Thomas and
her two young children. Hundreds Of
trees on the hillside were uprooted and
hurled in some instances q distance of five
hundred feet. Telegraph poles were torn
up for distance of nearly mile. The
whirlwind separated before reaching the
ckly-settlcd part of the town, other
wise the damage would have been very
great.
"A Farmer's Suicide.
Tho dead body of Jared Price, farmer
about seven miles from Reading,
has been found lying in the orchard be-
hind his barn with his throat cut from ear
to ear. He was about so years of ago and
had for some time past been subject to
undue religious excitement, which is
thought to have caused him to commit
suicide. At an early hour he arose from
bed, and in answer as to where he
was going he replied, 81 am only
going out for short time. "
His wife, after he had been absent some
time, discovered that he had taken razor
with him. She gave the alarm and shortly
thereafter he was found dead. Price had
many peculiar ways. He would not vote
at any election nor take any interest in
worldly matters, but kept his mind con-
stantly on religion. He considered it a
miracle that he lived so long. Price first
tried to hang himself, and, failing in this,
resOrted to the razor. He leaves a wife
and three Or fnur childreN