The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Rastorn and Middle Staten.

A SOCIETY has been formed at Boston for
the purpose of colouizing Palestine with in
dustrious Christians.
FLAMES were discovered about 4:30 p. NJ.
in Abbey's Park theatre, on Broadway, New
York, and spreading with great rapidity the
building was in short time totally de.
stroyed. Mrs. Langtry, the English pro-
fessional beauty and actress, was to appear
the same evening for the first time in this
country, and from her hotel a short distance
away watched the destruction of the build
ing in which she had expected in few hours
TO make her debut before an American
audience. Mrs bangtry had intended to
make her first appearance in Tom Taylors
comedy, "The Unequal Match" and the
members of the company had attended the
last rehearsal about two hours previous to the
discovery of the fire, leaving the stage set
for the first act in the playa rarlor scene
described as the most magnificent piece of
stage-setting ever seen in America Over a
dozen employees who were in the theatre
when the fire broke out were compelled to
beat IA hasty retreat and two or three ofihem
were injured, one-Hlrry CLARK, stage car
pShlSt- Will DIObdfiH Iouul results, Ile
total loss is put at S19l, ,OOO several buildings
adjoining the theatre suffering severely. The
loss OF Henry E. Abbey, Mrs. Langtrye
marager, in theatrical scenery, costumes and
properties, amounts to 100000, on which his
insuranceis only Sl0,50o.
WHILE in a state of mental alteration
Mrs. Margaret Seguin, wife of DR.. Edward
n
killed her three children and then committed
suicide. She took the children to n room on
the top floor of her house, in West Twentieth
street, locked the door, blindfolded the chill
dren-two boys and one girl-and tied their
hands behind their backs, and then shot
them. Then she shot herself. No cause i,
known for the crime except that Mrs.
Seguin had become temporarily insane.
The family consisted of DR., Scguin, Mrs.
Margaret Seguin and their three little chill
dren, Edward D., John Van Duyn and jean
nette, bright little girl of four years, and
the special pet of her father. The two boys
were five and six years old respectively. The
bodies of the insane woman and her chill
dren were found by her brother, Dr. Amidon.
Mrs. Seguin was a handsome and Intelligent
"Si1uhS unity -lNO SCllS VI aye. L OF some
days previous to the terrible tragedy she had
been laboring under great depression of
spirits, and her husband had arranged to
take her and the children on a trip to Mag
ara Falls i'll the hope that change of scene
would have q beneficial effect upon her
health.
Two stage carpenters perished in the fire
in New York which destroyed Abbey's Park
theatre.
JUDGE ENDiooTT, of the Massachusetts su-
preme court, has resigned, and Judge Col
burn, of the superior court has been ap.
pointed his successor.
FIRE in New York destroyed the Alham-
bra sporting theatre, a place given up to
boxing matches and low variety perform
ances.
DEPUTATToN of four astronomers from
Germany, who have come to this country to
witness the transit of Venus on December 6,
arrived i'll New York IL few days ago.
WILLIAM G, RUSSELL, paying teller of tie
Pennsylvania company for insurance Oh
lives and granting annuities, in Pliiladel-
phia absconded, and his accounts showed
discrepancies to the amount of $4,000
A LOADED car going down an inclined
plane at the Mcintyre mine, twenty-five
miles from Williamsport Pa, broke loose
and rushed down at a fearful velocity. Three
men on the car were killed and two Others
seriously hurt.
FREDERICK HUTCHINSON, of Easton, Me-,
in n sudden crazy fit, cut his wife's throat
and then his own, infictins wounds from
which both died in a short time.
AN ocean steamer brought to New York
the other day 39j Mormon proselyte emf
grants, principally from Great Britain and
Scandinavia. They were in charge of Elder
George Stringfellov. who, with twenty-seveu
other elders, has been doing missionary
work in the Ola World, The party left 70.
Utah.