Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-02
THE LATEST NEWS.
WHAT THE MoKN1No PAPEks BRIN,

luG Al110O1 N0VO
WHAT THE MORNING PAPEks BRING.
The Crimes, Casualties, Deaths and Disasters
of . Day.
1t is reported that there are now moro
than 400 cases of yellow fever in Mata-
mOras.
At Middletown, DAuphin county, VIM.
Saville, aged three years, was drowned IN
the canal basin.
Michael Plkineton, . milkman, was
killed by train while driving his wagon
across the railroad track at Newark, New
Jersey.
William Taylor, barkeeper. was killed
by q train at LycOming station, near Will
Transport.
The National mining exposition of Dem
YER was opened yesterday. according to
the programme, with civic and military
display. Judge Kelley delivered the ora
tion.
The anniversary of West Indian eman-
cipation was celebrated yesterday by the
colored people of Chatham. Ontario.
Many cOlOred visitors were present from
different parts of the United States.
George Hadley, his wife and two infants
were thrown from wagon by runaway
accident yesterday, at Weare, New HamP-
shire. One of the children was killed,
the other seriously, perhaps fatally in
jured.
An unknown man, walking along the
track of the Philadelphia, Wilmington y
Baltimore railroad, at Linwood Station,
yesterday, stepped in front of train and
was killed.
Colonel II. S. Proctor, brother-in-law of
Gen. Beauregard, committed suicide yes
terday in New Orleans. He was sixty
years of age. No cause, except i'll health,
is assigned for the deed.
The American line steamship British
Queen, arrived from Liverpool with 45S
passengers. Among those in the storage
were SO Russian Jews and 100 Swedes and
Norwegians.
Brevet Brigadier General Simon +. Bar
stow, of the United States army, retired,
died ON Monday, at Oakland, Maryland.
Charles Hahn, yardman in the employ
of the Western Maryland railroad, while
arranging a train yesterday afternoon at
Baltimore, was caught between two cars
and crushed to death.
Professor Housecan, of Belgium, is at
Galveston, Texas, for tho purpose of OBJ
serving the transit of Venus in December
next.
William Taylor, of Trout Run, Lycom-
ing county, was killed by tho cars on the
Northern Central railroad at Lycoming
station on Tuesday.
Patrick Gibbons and Patrick Girard, of
Pleasant Valley, Luzerne county, two
thieves operating on the Lehigh Valley
railroad, were arrested at Wilkcsbarre on
Tuesday. They were committed to the
county prison.
Since the 1st of October there have been
sold at Danville, Va, q, s14, 600 pounds Of
leaf tobacco. at an average of $9.75 per lOO
pounds, against 25, 12S pounds, at an aver
age of 9.92 per 100 pounds, for the same
period of the preceding year.
In an alteration at New Orleans yester-
day between William Walsh, OK detective
under the Metropolitan police, and }. j..
Healy, in which pistols were used. Walsh
was killed. Healy, who surrendered him
self. claims to have acted in self-deiense.
William A. David, second mate of the
steamer Fannie Tatum, was killed on
Monday night at St. Louis by Charles
Wilson, a cOlored roustabout on tho same
| boat. The trouble arose about wages
which Wilson claimed was due him.
David has family at Memphis. Wilson
/ lltCu sbU W uss<1NuHS W. SSs
| Philip Rice, a contractor for railroad
and bridge work, was shot and killed Oh
| Monday night by a man named McNutt,
at the railroad camp near Kansas City,
Mo. Rice accused McNutt of stealing a
dress pattern from his wife when quar-
rel ensued, and Mrs. McNutt gave her
husband a revolver, with which he shot
Rice.
Charles Redshirt and William Williams,
negro railroad laborers, quarrelled over
| game of cards near Sunbury on Saturday
| night, and in fight that ensued Williams
received injuries that will probably prove
fatal.
Tho Oldest Negro Dead.
Tho Galveston Neaos Mckinney special
says Yesterday Adam A. Harmless, a
negro, died at the age of 12O. He was
perhaps the oldest person in the South.
| a Duel on u Public Road.
At Mt. Sterling, Ky, in Powell county,
Captain w. D. Gay met p. Gran
cher on a public road and renewed an Ol d
| quarrel with him. Both mon finally drew
| pistols and shot at each other. Captain
Gay was shot dead.
An Attorney Killed IN Self-defenso.
II, G. Sholes, an attorney of Fayette-
vile, Tex, was shot and instantly killed
by Herman Slapp, a young merchant. The
killing is said to have been done in self
defense, as Sholes had drawn pistol dur.
ing an alteration. Slapp has been placed
under bonds.
No Chances for sergeant Mason.
There is very little prospect for the par
don of Sergeant Mason, the wOuld-be
assassin of Guiteau, during the time OF
the present administration, unless the
president should act contrary to the ad-
vice of Attorney General Brewster. who
! says that Mason's conduct was not only in
violation of the law, but prejudicial to the
good discipline that is the main element
Of strength in tho army. The attorney
general has no intention of recommending
Mascn's pardon.
A Learned Doctor.
An iuquest was held in the case of Ber-
tram Lingel, aged 48 years, of No. 4Os1
Sylvan street, Philadelphia, who died on
Monday. The only medical testimony was
q note from the family physician, gradu-
ate from tho University of Pennsylvania of
the class of go. thread
PHILADELPHIA Aug til l. 81.
BY the appearance of the Body Bertram
Lingcl dyed of Heart Diseas.
Yours Truly
A. HARsBERGER NJ. d.
Tho coroner thought this insufficient
and the case was continued.
AN EFFORT Fuk FREEDuM.
burglars AwatCng Transportation Nearly
Escape.