Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-14
Notable NEWS NOVELTIES.

Stirring and Striking Events Of tho Morn
Ing News.
A hundred persons were killed and
sixty injured by the earthquake which re-
Gently devastated a number Of villages in
the Pashalic OF Van Armenia.
A statistician thoroughly acquainted
the American women yearly use enough
cosmetics to paint 81, 900 houses.
The youthful Chinese emperor has been
suffering from smallpox for twenty days.
He is in critical condition and the court
physicians have little hope of hrs recovery.
The Empress of the West is expected to
recover. Over ono hundred nurses have
been employed to feed her with their
milk.
Seven thousand wild pigeons from tho
Indian Territory are now in tile coOps at
Jersey City and eight thousand more will
arrive on the 18th instant. The birds are
for the use of the New York State Sports
mems association tournament, which will
be held at Concy Island next week.
Mrs. Long, who lives between the mis-
sion and San Rookie canyons, CAL, while
milking her cows one evening about ten
days ago was startled by scream from
her four-year-old daughter. On Fastening
to the spot she was almost paralyzcd to SEQ
q large California lion, with tho child
in its mouth, making toward an adjoining
thicket. She followed helplessly scream :
ing. when the brute, taking fright at her
cries, dropped tho child and fled to tho
mountains.
A negro cabin Oh Mr.. Ollie JOrtlan's
place. in tho Fourth district, Georgia, in
which six children were sleeping, was
burned down last Sunday night. The
father and mother were away ut . meet
ing. There were three guns in tho cnd OF
the house which caught on fire first, whicl,
discharged their contents, the report Of
which reused Mr.. Jordan from his slnm-
bers, and he ran down to tho house in
time to save tho children, none Of whom
had walked up.
Mrs. Ambrose Bartley was drowned in
Holly creek, near Cohutta Springs, few
days ago. She had gone on the mountain
in search of pink root and ginseng, in COM
pany with little girl, and when return
ing home in the evening she slipped from
i prccipicc and fell to the stream below.
Her little companion was pOwerless to
render her assistance, and the unfortunate
woman quickly drowned. All night the
little girl remained dcsOlate and alone by
the side of the corpse, which was floating
among some driftwood few feet of.
When morning dawned the girl returned
home, distances of five miles, telling, ON
her arrival, tho sad, sad story.
There was largo and dangerous water
spout in the Chesapeake Bay, off Hoopcr's
Island, on Thursday. The schooner
Nomini, Captain, James i. Field, from
Salisbury to Baltimore, light, was in COM
pany with several other vessels, ut anchor
about six miles from tho island, to await
tho passing over Of a threatening squail,
when large watcrspOut suddenly descend
ed with the rapidity Oflightning and catch
ing the NOmini turned her completely
over. The captain and two other men who
were aboard were thrown out into the
water and clambcred up on one Of the other
SchOOncrS.
n Maniac hoy.
A woman named Harrington dicl at the
coal MINES in the the town of Portsmouth,
II. l. Soon after her death her husband
informed the Overseer Of the town that in
the attic of his house was confined his
son, i maniac, who for fifteen years had
been tended by his mother. She was the
only person whom he had seen during all
that time, for the secret of his existence
had been closely guartlad lest he should be
taken from her. After fifteen years of
unfaltering devotion the woman had died,
and her husband had found it impossible
to continue this loving service, though he
had made an effort to do so. The authOri-
ties who removed the maniac to the state
insane asylum, found him in the attic
scantily clad and covered with long
growth of hair.
Massacre Of Italians.
A massacre has occurred near the Egyp
tian halting station OF Bailol of the Italian
expedition which left Assab in April last
to explore the course Of the Oualma river.
The Italian government has sent a telc-
gram to Cairo demanding i strict inquiry
concerning the facts and the punishment
of the murderers. Lieutenant Ginlctti,
leader of tho expedition, is among the
killed The attack was made by the ma
tives at night, twelve days march from
Assab. The object is believed to have
been plunder, though another account
states that it was in retaliation for an act
Of the explorers in scizing Shcikh in con-
sequence of dispute about a camel.
Wild Western Storms.
Saturday nights storm in Minnesota cx-
tended over nearly the entire state, doing
great damage. There were high winds,
heavy rains and much lightning. At Shake
pee trees were blown down, the crops lev
elled and buildings damaged. At North
field two inches of water fell in thirteen
minutes, and the wind, as nearly rs can
be estimated, blow at the rate of Is miles
per hour. A church, a windmill and 4
railway tank house were wrecked and an
empty freight Car was blown 4 distance of
twenty five feet from the track. The storm
at Blue Earth City was unprecedented in
violence. Five inches Of water, according
to the report, fell there in an hour, and
trees were uprOOted and buildings de-
mOlished by the wind. In Laura, two per.
sons were killed and another injured, per-
haps fatally, by tho demolition of build
ings. The storm extended throughout
Central Iowa, and was even moro dcstruc-
tive in places than in Minnesota. Live
stock, poultry, and other small animals
were killed bv enormous hailstones, houses
were wrecked by the wind, and number
of persons were killed in different places
by the wind and lightning.
"A Few Fatalities.
Thomas, a nine year-old son of Robert
COttingllam, city purveyOr, was kicked on
the head by a horse ilr Wilmington. His
skull was SO badly fractured that he died
soon after.
A patent water back burst from the
boiler at the grape sugar works in Buffalo,
yesterday morning, severely scalding three
men.
Messrs. Flanagan and McDcrmot, of
White Mills, were drowned by the upset
oc bDot or Eop,NI.1n DN Sok