Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-03
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1t has been decided to postpone the ded
| ication of the Seymour monument in
Hartford, Conn.,, until October.
The steam supply system, after prac.
| tical test, is y complete failure in Milwau-
kee.
Albert johnson, near Wilmington, Del,
has been living since Sunday with bul
let embedded in his brain.
OF twenty-nine COmstOck mines, not one
has paid dividend in the last six months.
On twenty-four assessments were levied.
Virginia farmers in the neighborhood OF
battletields are still able to gather up
| enough old gun barrels to supply their
blacksmiths with horseshoe iron.
Governor Churchill has placed Perry
county, Ark, under martial law on ac-
count of the lawlessness of predatory
bands of desperadoes.
Miss Anna Lewis, of New Britain,
Conn.,, who has been bei-ridden for
months, claims to have been instantly
healed by miracle in answer to prayer.
Baseball Chicago-Buffalo 2 Chicago
II. Providence, H. I-Providencc, 9
Troy, 1. Eleven innings were played.
iladclphia-Wor Z; Athletic, 3.
Detroit-Detroit, 13 Cleveland, II.
In Quincy, ILL.,, Charles Cross and
George Lane, bootblacks, each about fiji
teen years old, quarrclled and fought.
Lane stabbed Cross in tho neck, scvcring
the jugular vein and causing inst ant death.
A drove Of cattle stampeled in the
streets of Baltimore. An aged man of 70 was
knocked down and had his hip dislocated,
all old lady was severely injured, labor
in,r rn,0 yr,S Uorod from, L;c ,ul,l, q, III,
knee and others were more or less injured.
A constable volunteered to watch a
store which was to DO rObbcd, ut New
Sharon, Iowa. He slept at his post, and
the burglars took away his money, pistol
and clothes, leaving him covered with
mOlasSes.
James Israe's linsced oil mill and grain
warehouse, two-story brick building
near the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
depot, in Mount Vernon, Ohio, was burned.
Total loss, $4,000; insurance $4,000, in
seven companies.
The sixth national convention Of tho
Amalgamatcd associations OF iron and
steel workers, began its session in Cleve-
land yesterday. Delegates numbering 100
were present, representing several states
The proceedings arc secret.
James D. Mosier, 36 years of age, of
Trenton, employed as tlagman by the
Pennsylvania railroad company, at Norris
vile, while tagging one train at that place
was struck by another train and danger
ously injured.
The boiler in Smith. Grant & Co.'s coal
and lumber yard. at Pawtuoket, exploded.
Bernard McCudden, the engineer, was
blown distance of 40 feet and instantly
killed. lie was 40 years old and unmar-
ried.
William Rowland, of Bridgeport, Conn.,,
mate of the steamer Vulcan, accidentally
fell overheard on the passage to New
York when the steamer was off Penfield
Reef light house. The boat was at once
stopped and every effort was made to
recover him, but without avail. 1t is
supposed that he was seized with cramp
and sank Immediately.
A young minister, preaching as supply
for the Rev. Mr.. Cameron in the Baptist
tabernacle, at Ottowa, Canada, Sunday
night, hesitated, flushed up, and with the
remark "Excuse me, " fell forward off
the platform, striking heavily on the floor.
He was taken out and after D while re-
vived. The sudden illness was ascribed to
the heat.
The Boston papers are all explaining
that the loaded revolver found recently in
mailbag at the Boston postoffice was
sent by gentleman to his wife, who,
being alone ut her summer home, was
afraid of .ramps. The sender was exceed
ingly anxious to answer her request for a