The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-01-08

CHIMES And CASUALTIES.

Mrs. Elizabeth Rainey, a poor woman,
was found frozen to death in her room, in
Jersey City, Friday morning. Eliza II.
Jones was found frozen 10 death at her home,
in Prince George County, Virginia, ON
Thursday night, Both ult.
The Arlington House and Patterson s row,
in McKeesport, Pa, were burned Friday
morning. Loss $4,000
The Windsor Hotel and Dullmore House,
at Atlantic City, New Jersey were destroyed
by fire Friday morning.
The cotton aud woollen mill Of Haigh,
Grndrod 4 Bottomley, at Bridgewater, near
Chester, Penn'a. was destroyed by ere Fri
day morning. Loss, $25,sOO
The summer residence of James R. Keene,
at Newport, Rhode Island, was destroyed
Friday morning, by FIRE originating from
delective'furnaee. The house and furniture
were valued at 100000. All the silver
ware, many of the paintings aud much Of
the furniture was saved, but Mrs. Keene
and the family lost all their clothing.
A eolored man, named Wright, seriously
wounded a deputy sheriff named Bateman, !,
who was trying TO arrest him, and was then
shot dead by another deputy, in Sumpter
county, South Carolina, on the 3Oth ult.
DR.. George Smile, dentist and deacon Of
the First Presbyterian Church Of Plaiufeld,
New Jersey, was found frozen TO death in
Washington Park, North Plsinfield, Thurs-
day morning. 1t is supposed he was seized
with apoplexy and fell in the snow on We'd
nesday night, 29th ult.
The bodies Of Stephen Joy and Jocob
Sehoonmaker, who Derished in a burning
building at Rondout, New York, were found
in the ruins Monday. + 'Li ta - A'N
R. B. Reynolds, a sailor on the U. s.
steamer Powhattan, was found dead in bed
in hotel in New York, Monday morning,
he having blown out the gas before retiring.
A stage capsizeJ and was thrown down an
embankment aud wrecked, near New Ham
burg, New York, Monday. The driver and
three passengers were severely injured.
Jobn A. Springer was frozen 10 death
while driving home in Chesterfield county,
Virginia, on Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Chadwick, a widow, while
sleighing with her brother at Parkerdale,
New Jersey, Monday, was killed by their
team being run into by heavy sleigh
driven by u drunken nah named Herring.
An old woman named Roach was burned
TO death by her clothes catching FIRE from
pipe while carousing with two other old
people at Atmoretown, Vermont, last Sat-
urday.
Ten persons perished by FIRE in tene-
ment house at the corner Of James and
Madison streets, in New York, Tuesday
morning. The victimH were Mrs Ellen
Sheridan, a widow, aged 4S years Kate
Sheridan aged IL Maggie Sheridan aged S;
Martin Sheridan, aged 8 John Walsh aged
lS Thomas Cassidy, aged ! Chas Cassidy,
aged s; a girl named Eagan, aged 2, and
Mrs. Mary Cassidy and her infant Several
persons were injured, some seriously. The
fire was caused by the upsetting Of gasO-
line apparatus used by some plumbers who
were thawing out frozen water pipes II
started at the bottom Of the stairs, which
furnished the only means Of exit for the
tenants, and in q few minutes swept up tbs
stairway 10 the roof.
o. w. Eisenhart, telegraph operator ant
ticket agent st Excelsior Station, on tbl
Mahanoy and Saamokin branch Of P. a. r
| r. r., shot and killed Patrick o Brien in ihi
depot Saturday evening. o'Brien and Eisen
hart had difficulty recently, and on Satur
day evening o'Brien entered the depot, an,
started an alteration with the agent Eisen
bart requested the Intruder 70 leave th
building. O'Brien thea struck Elsanhafl