Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-12-17
THE NEWS.
TORTURED BY RUFFIANS.
TORNADO IN TUNIs.

Increasing Failures for tho Week.
James Cater, aged about so years, was
instantly killed by the caving in ola trench
in Lock Haven.
William H. Beers, aged so, while walk
ing on the railroad bridge at Elmira, was
struck by the Erie express train and killed.
The Broadway school house in Paw
tucket, r. l., was burned yesterday, tho
fire originating in the furnace. Loss slO,-
600.
A recount Of the vote of last Tuesday, 8
municipal election at Boston was begun
yesterday, and will occupy about four
days,
Lord Dufferin, the British ambassador,
has refused to allow the authorities at
Constantinople to search for explosives on
board British ship anchored there.
Frederick Charles Brand, aged sixty five,
committed suicide by hanging himself in
his residence in New York city. The
cause for the deed was hard drinking.
A shingle mill, near Cedar Springs,
Mich, was destroyed by the explosion of
boiler, and Luke Fitzsimmons, fireman,
was killed.
David Fcrnal and his son-in-Iaw, Frank
Kerby, of Meredith, N. H., are supposed
to have been drowned by breaking
through the ice while fishing on Squam
lake.
George Grieves, OF fremont, Sulano
county. California, killed forty geese at
two shots the other morning, and in the
afternoon he improved his record by kill
ing fifty seven at two shots.
c. NJ. FELTON,, general superintendent of
l,a pan Han6lo vni1roaI hoe kopAorol l,;s
resignation, to take effect at once. Mr..
FELTON, will assume the position of general
superintendent Of the New York & New
England railway.
Afght occurred on "the Eastern shore
in Carolina county, between two farmers
named James L. Payne and John Blanche,
who was tenant of Payne. The difficult
ty arose from the non payment of rent.
The report states that Payne was serious
ly hurt. The men fought with clubs.
Mrs. Elizabeth Haltner, of Philadelphia,
twenty-five years old, who was only three
weeks bride, was found dead in bed at
No. 1902 Poplar street yesterday morning.
Sho had complained of ps at her heart
and disease of that StRan is believed tc
have caused her death.
The hat factory of Cummings, Barry &
Co., at Orange, N. j., caught fire and the
flames spread to coal yard and five
dwellings opposite, all of which were
almost entirely destroyed. Three hundred
men were thrown out of employment.
The total loss is about 500, 900.
The shooting match of DR.. Carver
against Mcssrs. Gordon and Hobson, each
stalking hundred pounds, DR.. Carve,
standing at 30 yards and Messrs. Gordon
and Hobson at "a yards, and both the
latter using only one hand, came off. DR..
Carver killed 64 pigeons out of 100, Mr..
Gordon killed Sc and Mr.. HObson SO.
E. ID. Hopkins, in St. Jahnsbury, Vt.,
who has had three fOrRsev trials and two
convictions in transactions as agent for
the Fire association Of RA3Adelphia, has
been on trial for tho. ay of goods
belongiRg to the FireasleeistioD. The
jury brot in a verdietpf guilty. The
eass;saI case WHY the supreme court on ex'
Joseph Madisnu, aged %, of Spraguc-
vile, MOnrOe osafey, Pa, attempted sui
eide by shooting himself with a gun. Not
succeeding in this he walked mile, with
blood flowing from the wound, and
drowned himself in Brodhead's creek, He
was traced from where he attempted to
shoot himself to the creek by the blood
stains on the earth.