Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-11
--LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

The first rail of the Washington g.
Point Lookout railroad was laid yester-
day.
Nixon's brick block at Lake, n. H., was
burned yesterday. Loss, $4,000; insur-
ancc. 81, 600.
Thomas Carey, aged IL years, was fatal
ly injured, while attempting to steal a ride
on a switch engine, in Jersey City.
1t is reported from Fortune Bay, New
foundland, that an American fishing
schooner, name unknown, has been lost
there with all on board.
George E. Gooch, prominent commits
sion merchant of Chicago, failed on ac-
count of the advance in the price of pro-
visions.
William Kuhlman and w. F. Hickman
were convicted in Baltimore of selling
O!eomargarine for butter. They are sub
ject to fine of 500 each.
At Maxey, Arizona, Dick Lloyd, a noto-
riOus cowboy, shot E. Mann, justice of the
peace, and was himself shot dead by one
O'Neill.
| Frederick Williamson's house, in Gen.
TIC MOriches, L. l., caught fire from ker-
osene lamp. In trying to extinguisL the
| flames Mrs. Williamson WAS burned be-
yond recognition.
In the rifle match between DR.. Carver
and Mr.. Scott, at the aquarium at West
minister, each contestant has broken 900
balls at the second days shooting, includ.
ing those broken on Wednesday.
In Cynthiana, KY, Sallie Carr severed
the carotid artery Of Irene Fowler by a
slash with pocket-knife. Both women
were cOlOred and the tragedy was the up
shot of a days quarrel, superinduced by
whisky.
Jehial Aumich, brakeman on the Erie
railway, was shot by tramps, who had
boarded the train and refused to leave it.
They threw him from the train after shoot
ing him, and he was found near Sterling
station, with a bullet wound in his head
He died.
At the meeting of the National Associa-
tion of General Passenger and Ticket
Agents, in New York, the following Off
GERS we're elected President. William 3.
Shattuck, Of the New York, Pennsylvania
& Ohio railroad; Vice President, E. P.
Wilson, of the Cincinnati Southern rail-
road and Secretary, A. J. Smith, of the
c., G. 4 l. railroad.
At Eldorado, New, Hank Parish shot a
man named Clark during a game or cards
in Greenwood's saloon, and then killed
Greenwood. The coroner, ON attempting
to arrest Parish. was compelled by him at
the mnzzle of 4 pistol to take from Green
woods pocket and return to Parish the
money which Greenwood had Won from
him. Parish deiies arrest and remains at
large.
In Terre Haute, Ind, Mrs. Moliic Nuckle-
berry, widow, thirty years Of age.
shot at George Arbucklc on the street, but
missed, the shot hitting a lady and in
tl;cting a slight wound. Mr.. Arbuckle is
4 prominent merchant and is sxty-five
years old. Mrs. Nuckleberry was for
merly clerk in his store, and alleges that
he promised to marry her and has neg
lected to do so.
Kansas City has had big fire, by which
was destroyed that part of a fine new block
of buildings occupied by Woodward, Fax
| on & Co., wholesale druggists Kelly,
Wills & Co., wholesale hardware; and
| Ogleby & Co., wholesale groccrs. A series
of explosions, numbering not less than IS,
took place, caused by cans Of gunpowtier
in the establishment of Osleby & Co., and
| by barrels of coal Oil in the drug house of
| Woodward, Faxon & Co. These explo-
sions were loud enough to be heard sew
eral miles away. The total loss is $780,
| 600 insurance, $3.50, 600.
In Rosita. Col, fire in MiIler's grocery
store spreading thence destroyed the entire
| business portion of the city, including the
| postoflice and it's contents. together with
several stocks of merchandise. The fire
was evidently of inccndiary origin, an out
house, the ice house and the floor of the
grocery llavirg been saturated with coal
oil. The outhouse was first discovered to
be on fire, and Immediately afterwards the
flames broke out in the interior of the
store and an explosion soon occurred,
scattering firebrands in every direction.
The water supply from the wells was soon
exhausted, and the flames were allowed to
take their course. The loss is estimated
at s130, 1000.