Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-01-18
LATEST NEWS BY NAIL.

The Democratic legislative caucus at AL
bany last night nominated Senator Kernar
to be his own successor.
Clarence Hardy, aged % years, brake
man on the Northern Central railroad
while coupling cars at the Calvert street
depot at Baltimore yesterday, was caught
between the bumpers and killed.
In the contested case of Bisbee VS.. Hull
OF Florida, the subcommittee of the
House committee on elections, is reported
to be unanimous in favor of unseatinn
Hull. the Democratic incumbent.
A dispatch from Berlin says: The sum
of $4,000 marks has already been sub.
scribed towards tho founding Of an anti.
Jewish newspaper, majority of the Ber.
lin journals being decidedly against the
anti Semitic movement.
Charles Starr, the young man who rob-
bed his employer, E. Manson, 12 Maiden
Lane, New York, of $500, about weel.
ago, was arrested in Denver, Col, on Sun.
day night. Starr is of good family and
was thoroughly trusted by Manson.
1t was reported in New York last night
that arrangements for counsel in the
Whitaker court-martial have been finally
made, and that the defense will be con-
Quoted by James a. Whitney, of New
York city, and Ex-Governor D. II. Cham
berlain, of Maine.
Mr.. Farris Dalton fell dead at the fu-
neral Of his eldest daughter in Rush Creek,
Ind, on the 9Th inst, when the coffin lid
was turned back that the mourners might
take their last look, and three of his sur
viving daughters, who were present, al
most instantly fell in swOons and were re-
stored to consciousness with difficulty.
A serious explosion of naphtha occurred
about II o'clock yesterday morning in a
building attached to the Wheeler s Will
son manufacturing cOmpany's shops at
bridgeport, Conn.,, by which Samuel
Meyer, the engineer, and H. +. Fowler,
John Devaney and Patrick DOolan were
badly burned.
The committee Oh elections of the Ten
nessee House agreed, yesterday, without
dissent, to seat Representative McKenna,
Republican, whose seat had been contest
ed. The Republican majority of the CON-
mittee decided to report in favor of unseat-
ing Steward, Democrat, and the Demo
cratic minority will present a separate re-
port.
The committee of the New Jersey Leg
islature appointed to investigate the con-
tested Assembly seat in Burlington coun-
ty, met at Bordentown yesterday. The
ballot boxes were produced, but the hold
er of the keys would not consent to their
being opened, and an adjournment subject
to the call of the chairman was decided
upon.
While the people were at church at La
peer, seventy miles from Detroit, on SUM-
day evening, Mrs. Barnard went to the
house of Rev. E. Curtis, the Baptist min
ister, and attacked his wife, a lady about
65 years old. She threw her down, poured
gasoline oil over her clothing and then set
fire to her. The old lady lived but few
hours. Mrs. Barnard is supposed to be in
sare.
The Middletown, Unionville s. Water
Gap railroad company, whose line of thir-
zen miles is used by the Midland railroad
If New Jersey as the means of reaching |
has notified the latter COM
oany to vacate this road on January 26,
Inc cause Of the disagreement being as to |
erns of rental. The Midland company
hreaten to build an independent line from
Jnionvi'le to Middletown, as the bulk of
heir milk trade lies between these station.