The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-02-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Eastern and Middle States.

SEBASTIAN MERwARTH. who as soldier ac-
companicd Napoleon in his famous march to
Moscow, died near Easton, Pa. few days ago
in his nnetieth year.
ASHTON D. BILLINGS, well-known New
York actor, became despondent through the
recent de'th Of hi wife and committed sucide.
The streets of Boston are to be illuminated
with the electric light.
Ko Kun HUA, Chinese professor at Harvard
college, and the best educated pagan in
America, died the other evening at his resi-
dence in Cambridge, Mass, of pneumonia.
He was man OF high rank in his native coun-
try and leaves widow and six children.
THE Allan line ship Glenmorag arrived the
her day at New York from Calcutta, having
on board thirteen shipwrecked persons all of
whom were rescued at sea in an open boat after
they had left the steamship Bahama, of
the Quebec and Gulf Ports Steamship COM
panv, from Porto Rico for New
York, which was in a sinking condition. The
Bahama loundered at sea, and was abandoned
by all but two of those on board of her. The cap
tain, E. Field Astwood, of Bermuda, and nineteen
others were reported lost. The second cook
and another man remained on board the ves-
sci, saying that they preferred to go down
with it than to risk their chances in the
boats in such tempestuous sea. A
second cabin passenger, whose room was
on the starboard side of the vessel, is supposed
to have been washed overheard. The seven
teen others were in the captains boat, which
was swamped almost as soon as she left the
vessels side. Two of those in her, one OF
whorI was Charles Smith, were seen to swim
hack to the vessel and were hauled on board
THE coroner's jury inquiring into the deaths
Of the victims OF the late fire in Park row, New
York, has rendered verdict censuring Mr..
Potter, owner of the building, and his agents
for neglect.
CURTIS CHRISTIAN returned to his homo near
Cold Spring, N. Y, the other evening and in.
formed his wife that he had killed Jonas Tomp-
kns, his brother-in-law, with whom he had left
in the morning to buy cows. He said that the
body would be found in the woods Suddenly he
sprang at his wife and attempted to kill her, bu
she succeeded in putting him out of the house
Tompktus' body was found with the head
crushed in by a stone. The next afternoon the
body of Christian was found in Lake Osca.
wanna, near the scene of the murder, he having
committed suicide. Jealousy of Tomplins be.
cause he managed his father-in-laws farm is
tlouGht to have been the cause of the murder.
AZ explosion OF two OF the three boilers IL
JEWELS large Touring mill, Brooklyn, resulted
in the death Of the engineer, injuries more o.
less serious to thirteen other persons and tn,
total demolishment OF the boilcr-houso.
4 FIRE at Chester, Pa, totally destroyed thC
Pennsylvania Military academy. The acalem!
contained l43 students, all of whom escaped
The total loss is estimated at 100000.
WHILE loaded coal train was passing over
an iron bridge twelve miles north of Belvederc
y. j., tho structure suddenly gave way, pre-
cptating about one-lalf the train into the
creek, fifty feet below. Two laborers on the
train were killed and brakeman was fatally
injured.