Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-10
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Davidson, Andrews & Co.'S Touring
mills at South Point, o., were burned
loss $40, 900.
While engaged in filling a gasoline stove
in Austin, Texas, Mrs. Sneed was fatally
burned by the ignition of the oil.
D. Holt, of the Massachusetts, supreme
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the head. No cause is assigned
for the act.
Mrs. c. II. Hoskell, of Harvard, Mass,
was found dead in her bed room. The
lamp was broken add the body lay on the
carpet badly burned. 1t is supposed that
she died Of heart disease.
"A fire in the stables on the race track at
Lexington, KY, burned two fine two-year-
old racers and occasioned the death of a
three-year-Old filly, who broke her back
by running against a fence in fright. All
the horses were the property of James
Murphy.
At Anderson. Ind, James d. Powers
killed VIM. r. Hougham, at Perkins
vile. Powers, with q crowd of rOughs,
was trying to break up an ice cream party.
HOugham, as one of the party, tried to
stop him, when lie received fatal blow
across the forehead. Powers is in Jail.
At moonlight picnic of colored people
at Stony Point, Bourbon county, Ky, Dan
Harper, a mountainecr, was pnt off the
grounds by VIM. Hatchcroft, u white man,
whose services had been engaged to pre-
serve order. Harper returned with shot
gun and killed Hatchcroft.
The boiler of a steam thrashing machine
on the farm of Henry Young, near COL
umbia, ILL.,, on the St. Louis and Cairo
narrow gauge railroad, exploded, killing
five persons and seriously injuring five
others. The names of only three of the
killed are reported, viz !: Fitzgerald White,
Nathan Brown and Alfred Arnold. The
two latter are colored men.
The dead body Of woman was found in
barn near PIainfeld, N. J. 1t was
identified as that of Annie Decker, a laun
dress, who resided in Plainfield for many
years. She had been demented recently.
She disappeared last Wednesday from the
place where she was living. Upon her
person were 1922. A post mOrtem exam
ination showed that she died from nat
ural causes, accelerated by exposure dur
ing several days of wandering.
The house of DR.. VIM. H. Bowen, q
III CClGutsLCs ASs AsS
was burned lately with nearly all its con-
tents. The family were aroused in time
to save their lives. After the house had
been burned down fire broke out in the
barn. The flames were extinguished,
when it was found that the fire was caused
by an incendiary machine operated by
clockwork. Doubtless similar apparatus
was used to burn tho house.
Three prisoners escaped from the Lin
coin, Neb., penitentiary. They were as
sisting at the burning of brick kiln and
scaled the wall. James Kennedy and
Samuel Goddard were in for horse steal
| ing, and had three years to serve; and
the other, George Davis, was serving 4
sentence of two years and a half for grand
larceny. Warden NObes offers reward
of fifty dollars each for their cap
ture. Scouting parties are out in every
direction.
Mrs. II. G. Robinson, resident of Mon
roe, a small town about ten miles west OF
Bridgeport, Conn.,, whilo visiting a neigh
Dor. attempted to head off pair of bulls
which had escaped from a neighboring
field. One of them turned on her, forced
ing manner. She succeeded in making
her escape from tho infuriated animal,
climbed over fence and fell insensible.
She died from tho injuries. She leaves a
husband and two children.
| An alteration occurred between Nathan
Prettyman and Charles w. Curry, at the
house of the former, No. 1125 Pine
street, St. Louis, growing out of atten.
tions paid by Curry to Prettyman's daugh-
ter against tho wishes of her parents.
They came to blows, and Prcttyman was
knocked down and beaten and stamped
upon in brutal manner He died at 3
o'clock this morning. Curry was arrested,
and is now in Jail ON the charge of murder.
Both of the men arc said to have been i'll
! tOxicated at the time.