Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-05-19
LATEST NEWS BY NAIL.


Paul Sweet, i section boss, was killed
by falling from a railroad Car at Reagan,
Texas.
Three fishing boats capsizcd ut the
mouth of the Columbia river. Oregon, and
the crews were drowned.
Walter Reeves, deck hand on the pro-
peller Raritan, was killed by being wedlged
between the propeller and the dock ut
Milestone, New Jersey.
John Hayes shot and killed his wife,
Nancy, who kept a house of evil repute,
at Harmer, Ohio. The murderer escaped.
Gilmour's steam saw mill. at Trenton.
was partly destroyed by fire. The insur-
ance is 81, 600, which, it is supposed, will
cover the loss.
A furious fight took place at Mount
Gilcad, O., between Samuel James, a
farmer, and his sons, in which the old man
/ stabbed his eldest son James with y pitch
fork, it is feared fatally.
| Walter Reeves, Of GrigSstOwn, N. J., u
deck hand on the propeller Rantau, of the
Merchants transportation company, be-
came wcdged between the propeller and
the dock at MillstOwn, and was crushed to
death.
Robert A. Bakers banking house, at
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, made an assign
ment yesterday. Its liabilities are stated
at 500, 900 Of city deposits, and it's assets,
mostly i'll real estate, arc estimated at
s15O,OO0.
The navy department has received i re.
port Of the officers of the United States
ship Galcna upon the earthquake which
recently occurred ut ChiOs. 1t places til.
total loss Of life at 5000 and the loss o
property at s15, 100000.
Baseball At Dctroit-DctrOit,
Troy, Z. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 6; Buffalo
innings). Clevcland-Clevcland, 2; BOs
ton, 3. ChicaSO-ChicagO, 10 WOrccs
ter, 3. .... ,.,
The greater portion Of the Baltimor,
& Ohio freight bridge over Whcelin.
creek, adjoining the passenger depot, il
Wheeling, West Virginia, gave way yes
tcrday under heavy freight train, ant
part Of the train fell into tho creek. Th'
engineer, named Kelly, was seriously i
not fatally injured.
A fire ut GOshon,, Indiana, destroyed tn
+ pump company and chair company
buildings and tho threshing machine
. works, causing loss estimated ut $50, 600
A building in Milford, Massachusetts,, Oc
cupicd by Elbridgc NIann's boot factor,
: and G. A. Summers crimping brake an
, bOOt-trcc factory, was burned. Loss
, s35, 900. Tho boot factory employed 10
hands.
Yesterday morning tho new PrDtcstal
! Episcopal church in Danvillc, Va, wa
consccrated. Bishop Whipple of the diO
cese of Virg ginia, Ofliciated, assisted b.
Bishop Peterkin Of West Virginia.
very large cOncOursc of people were pres
ent and the ceremonies were exceedingly
l impressive. The church e,litice is one of til
t most elegant in the South.
The army worm has made its appearance
, around OswegO, N. Y, destroying al
, grain have been destroyed and hundred
4 of acres Of pasture lands have been strippc
, Of every green thing. Reports from al
= parts OF st. Lawrence county Indicate th;,
v the rayagcs Of the worms extend over tn
: whole of northern New York. SeriOu
consequences arc feared and many Of tn,
l farmers arc greatly astated.
Edwin F. johnson, Organist at the Grac
+ NJ. Z. church and son of Rev. G.. w
. Johnson, of Georgetown, Delaware, nj
n tempted suicide by shooting himself j
the abdomen in Wilmington, Del. Ii
came from Boston about four months age
0 having shortly before that lost his wife
= Grief at her death seems to have gradual
r unsettled his mind and he has actc
, queerly Oh several occasions recently. lii
: condition is critical. He gave us a rcasO
for the act that he wanted to go to hi
). wife.