Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-27
NEWS BY MAIL.


Pangent Incidents of Current Life-News
and dNOtes-lnc,dent and Accident
Crime and Calamity.
Lon EinsoD was assassinated at COlum-
bus, Ga, on Monday night by an unknown
party.
John Hanna fell into cellar on Christ
mas day, while drunk, and broke his
neck.
John Reagan was killed by cars near
Scranton on Sunday while asleep on the
railroad track.
Elispit Allen, a prominent citizen of
Espyville, Allegheny county, was instant
ly killed by cars on Saturday.
John Mccormick, aged 60 years was
killed on the Pennsylvania railroad yes
terday at Wayne station.
Charles Gilman. hard character living
at McLeansborO. Ills., shot and killed
Addison Sanders on Monday. Gilman was
locked up.
Charles Wryly was yesterday found be-
side the railroad track near Atlanta, Ca,
having been run over and killed during
Monday night
Mrs. Charles Korea was suffocated by
coal gas in her bedroom on Monday night
in Chicago. Her husband lies in critical
condition.
Hermann II. Crane, senior member of
the firm of William Wikens & Co., pro-
prietors of the Baltimore curled hair
factory, died last night in that city, aged
6} years.
J.B. Lindsey was shot dead at James
Bayou. Mo. When the steamer Tyler
| left there his murderer was in the hands
of mob and lynching was expected.
Oa Wednesday afternoon difficulty &C
cured over an old feud a. Troy. Ala,
| in which George FulHar sil,, and killed
Frank Holliway. Both are weli-known
| business men.
Samuel Black wood shot L,uise Stan
nard at New York fatally. They are both
II years old, and the girl was on visit to
Blackwood's parents. Young Blackwood
did not know the pistol was loaded.
Town Officer Laughlin and George
Portwood had quarrel in Lawrenceburg,
Anderson county, Ky., when each shot
the other in the breast. Langhlin died at
once and Portswood expired yesterday.
William Johns, miner, was instantly
killed near Wilkesbarre, by the explosion
of a keg of powder into which he acciden.
tally dropped a spark.
Samuel Adley aud Joseph Burgess, both
colored. engaged in a fight at Cannons-
burg. Washington county, when the for
Eler dangerously shot the latter.
George W. Drum, an ex member of the
Legislature, residing at Conyngham,
Luzerne county, has been arrested for
collecting soldiers claim and failing to
paw it over.
While party Of Hungariaus were
shooting at a target in PhGnixville, q
pistol accidently exploded in the hands of
Joseph Urbamcoo and instantly killed
John Kunker.
Joshua B. Jones, of Bethel Church,
Kent county, DEL, shot and dangerously
wounded his wife, the bullet striking her
in the left temple, and burying itself in
her check. Jones was arrested. and is
now in Jail awaiting the result Of her in
juries. The cause Of the shooting is un
known.
At Richmond, Va, X. X. Kennedy, for.
merly of Nashville, Tenn, and now EN-
ployed in the postoffice department at
Washington, met and caned w. b. John.
son, 4 railway postal clerk, 4 resident OF
Washington. Tho affair grew out of a
dispute between the two in Washington a
short time since. Kennedy was arrested
Bessie Bye, aged u years, while skating
Oh the canal yesterday at Merritton, Ont.,
fell through the ice. Her sister, 10 years
old, in trying to rescue her also fell in the
water and both were drowned.