Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-04
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The First Baptist church, at Cambridge
port, Mass, was completely destroyed by
fire last evening. Loss, s95, 600; insured
for $4,000.
Miriam & Morgan's parafiine wax re-
fining works, at Cleveland, Ohio, were
damaged by fire yesterday to the amount
of 10000. D..
Eight tenement houses were burned at
East Boston, yesterday, involving a loss
OF sSO,OoO and burning twenty-six fami-
lies out of their homes.
The Tennessee Legislature yesterday
took recess Of ten days. Before adj
journing it appointed committee to sit
during the recess to investigate the charges
Of bribery and corruption against members
in the elections Of comptroller and treas
urer.
A large number Of soldiers at Fort Con-
chO, Texas, comrades of Watkins. who
was murdered by man named Mccarthy.
went in search of the murderer the other
night to lynch him, but were unable to
find him before beng ordered back to the
fort.
The rejection by Italy and Germany of
whole cargoes of diseased bacon has gluttet!
the French market, and the evil effects OF
eating it are manifested in the barracks
and in private families. The prefect of
police has consequently issued precautions
against its use
a fly wheel in the Russian mills at
Niles, Ohio, flew in pieces, killing two
men, injuring several others and consid-
erably damaging the mill. The accident
was caused by a belt to the governor Slip
ping off and causing too great velocity
Of the wheel. which was eighteen feet in
diameter.
A delegation headed by cx-Cnited States
Senator John F. Lewis have gone to Men,
tor, Ohio. to urge the appointment of S.
NJ. 1ost, of Staunton Valley, Va, to the
place of postmaster general in President
Garfield's cabinet. Strenuous and per-
sistent efforts are making to secure the ap-
pointment.
The sale Of Shark river, which is an
nounccd to take place at the surveyor
generals Office at Perth Amboy on Sat,.r-
day, is causing much excitement. The
sale is called by the board of propr;etors of
East New Jersey. Shark river is an arm
let OF the sea and is navigablc, and under
the laws the common property of the peo-
pie. 1t is famous for its oysters and is Il
great auxiliary to IL c watering resorts in
the neighborhood.
Joseph Brennan, contractor on the
Iehuantepec 1nterOcean railroad, has been
dangerously wounded. His assassin had
prepared an ambuscade and shot Brennan
while passing on horseback. The affair
has caused sensation because great hos.
tility is manifested towards the Tellauntc-
pee railroad enterprise by certain parties.
1t is feared that the engineers sent to the
isthmus by Captain Eads will also meet
with opposition.
Three men attempted to outrage Miss
Georgia Hamblcst, a young and highly
accomplished woman, of Augusta, Ark.
Her screams brought assistance before the
Drutes could accomplish their purpose.
They attempted to escape, but were CAP
turcd and after fight with the populaca.
who had gathered, crying "Iang them ~
" Kill them - the officers succeeded iu
lodging them in Jail. At o'clock al night
4 mob of masked men broke into the
prison, bucked and gagged the ,jailor and
guards and secured the prisoners. Tic
mob then crossed the river and hanged
the captivcs Oh trees on the opposite hak.
They completed their ghastly work hy
throwing tho dead bodies into the river