Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-15


the horses. The horses attached to the
other coaches took fright and ran in all
directions. They were finally gathered to-
gether and the funeral proceeded.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
The japanese Mikado is to have a new
palace 1T YcddO. 1t is to DO built entire
ly of wood and will cost s5,6OO,OOO.
William Vaughan, i mason, was
drowned while bathing at Pawtucket,
Rhode Island.
Arkansas and Kentucky observed yes
terday with thanksgiving services for the
president convalescence.
A 100000 saw mill has bceu burned at
Lindsay, Ont, and $4,000 print works
store house in East Greenwich, L. !.
Baseball At New York-Quicksteps
7, Metropolitans g.; AT DetrOit-Detroits
2, Bostons 3; At Albany-Albany 3,
Providence 6.
An astronomical congress will be held at
Strasburg in September. The leading
astronomers Of Europe aud America arc to
represented.
Maud s. will trot again in Pittsburgh
and in Chicago against hor own time. $50
horses stabbed ut Saratoga promise great
turf meeting there.
Cadet Engineer John Leeds Worthins-
ton, U. $. n, and Jared Parkhurst, {,
leading merchant, died in Baltimore yes
terday.
A severe tornado swept over Fairfield,
Minn. on Wednesday, destroying several
building, killing two persons and severely
injuring many others.
A circular saw burst at Rochester,
N. Y, and one fragment piercing the heart
of John Barry, aged Is, killed him in-
stantly.
John Bradbury, of Warren, Rhode
Gus from drink, and, being overcome by
heat, died Oh the highway.
An express train was thrown from the
track by u bull near Conway, Massachu-
setts, and the engine was badly wrecked.
No person was injured.
William Wood, a boy, died in Rochester,
New York, from tho Objects Of q toy pistol
wound received Oh the 4th inst. His is the
sixth death from toy pistols in that city.
Through carclessness in the use of coal
oil yesterday two women were severely
burned in Williamsburg, one in Brooklyn
and one in New York. The Williams
burg woman will not recover.
Don G. Macleod, said to be we'll con-
nected in Chicago, was shot dead at Silver
District by German named Billick. The
latter surrendered himself to the sheriff,
claiming to have acted in self-defence.
Following tho example set by Germany
The Swiss canton, of Schauffhausen has
published a law prhibiting all boys under
fifteen years of ago from using tobacco,
either in the streets or at homo.
A dwelling in Railway, New Jersey,
was damaged by lightning, and Orville
Campbell, ono of the inmates, had Il pieco
Of his ear taken Oft is said by the
electric fluid.
The anniversary Of the taking of the
3astilc was celebrated at Montreal yester-
day by picnic on one of the islands in
the st. Lawrence. About 3, 1000 persons
participated. Tbs day was also celebrated
in New Orleans by the French residents.
The body of All unknown man has been
found in the Niagara river below the falls.
1t had been in the water but a short
time, was feet inches in height, and
had dark hair, tho head being slightly
bald.
There were 35 deaths from sunstrOke in
Cincinnati on Wednesday. Yesterday
eight cases of sunstrOke were reported up
to noon, but the weather was cooler, the
temperature being only 81 in the shade.
1t was '' the coolest day within a week.
Charles B. Unlack, aged 12 years, and
Andrew Singer, aged Is, died yesterday in
Baltimore from lOckjaw, tho result Of
wounds inflicted by toy pistols OH the
Fourth of July. This makes thirteen vic
tins of such toys, so far. Three other
cases arc reported as likely to prove fatal.
William COulsOn, an emplOye Of the
Harlan & llOllingsworth company, Will
mingtOI, was drowned in the dry dock at
the shipyard of that firm. No one was
able to render him any assistance, although
many workmen were standing by at tho
time.
Henry King. a life convict, and Michael
Hamilton, a five year man ut the Clinton
N. Y, prison, got into an argument re-
garding the political situation, and King
picked up an axe and struck Hamilton
twice OH the head infll!cting wounds from
which he died at midnight.
Adviccs from China indicate tho recall
of the Chinese educational mission, estab-
lished in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1872.
About 100 Chinese boys are now studying
in this country, half Of them being in COL
leges or technical schools. The probable
early termination Of the mission causes
much regret in Hartford.