Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-09-28
NEWS MISCELLANY.
WHAT s GOING ON IN TIE WORLD

NEWS MISCELLANY.
WHAT B GOING ON IN rnE WORLD.
ltems OF Current lnsersss GlsAned frsn L.tc
Mails-Ths History OF . Day Told
In Brief Paragraphs.
Arthur McGirr, a shoemaker, aged IS
years, was instantly killed on the railroad
at Cumberland, Nd, yesterday noon.
Fritz Panley was shot dead on Tuesday
night by Watchman Carroll, of the San
Antonio (Texas) arsenal in sell. defense.
The tannery at Whippleville. N. Y,
owned by P. d. Moore s. Co., of Boston,
was totally destroyed by fire yesterday
morning.
W. Woods manufacturing establish
ment at Winston, N. c., was destroyed BY
fire attwO clock yesterday morning. The
loss is unknown, but the insurance is $780,
600.
Two negroes who murdered Clinton
Cane some days ago near Weldon, and
afterwards placed his body on the track of
the Raleigh s. CASTOR railroad, have been
lodged in Jail at Warrenton, N. c., to
await trial.
In a fight at Lsary's. Ca, between Lus.
cious Edmunds. alias John Spicy: oolored,
and Sheriff's posse, Spicy was killed.
Spicy, in resisting. shot one Of the posse
and accidentally shot, and perhaps fatally,
his own wife.
DR.. Brosnahan's drug store, Rierra's
billiard saloon and barber shop were
burned yesterday at New Orleans. They
were fully insured. TIE loss is not
stated.
S;d,ov n I,lIm,I, . L: r
Bowring G Archibald. Of New York, was
arrested at Berghen Point, N. j.. yester.
day, on i charge of embezzling 1850 of
the firms money in August last.
Twenty thousand dollars damage is
claimed by Thomas and William P. Clyde
from the owners Of the British steamer
Nankin, for injuries received in Now York
bay by the steamer George W. Clyde, on
April % last.
ABoston school boys Mishsp
A Latin school boy, 16 years old, rowed
down the harbor at Boston to shoot suipe,
and landed upon ThOmpsOn's Island. The
tide carried away his boat, but he pluckily
took off his clothes aud swan for it. 1t
took nearly>half an hour to reach the boat,
and when he landed on the island again
the sun had set aud tho rising
tide had carried of his clothes. He
was three miles from home and without q
rag 70 protect him from the cold easterly
wind. He got into his boat again and
pulled with all his might for the shore.
The exercise was not sufficient to counter
act tho effects Of the wind, aud he suffered
terribly. When he reached Saven Hill he
skulked up to barn behind the nearest
house and yelled. Then he thanked
heaven that it was night, aud prepared to
flee should feminine investigator respond
to his cry. Luckily, man heard him,
and, i'll response, asked what was the
matter. 'Please come down here I'm in
an awful scrape," was the shaky response.
The boy was smuggied into the house and
properly cared for. He is to-day none the
wOSse for it.
MOrmOns Multiplying United StaIes Laws.
Governor Murray of Utah in obedience to
the law of Congress provided for appoint
ments to fill vacancies OccasiOned by .
failure to hold an election in August, has
appointed number of officials throughout
Utah. In defiance of this law and tho
Edmunds bill, which disqualilies pOlyga-
n.ists, tho appointces Of tho governor have
beeu refused tho records aud places to
which they have been appointed. This
organized notification is III obedience to
tho orders of the Mormon leaders. Those
who think it criminal to hold over arc
whipped in by counsel aud threats, and
tho polygamists arc holding on, Congress
to tho contrary Notwithstanding. Writs
of mandamus were applied for to day to
enforce the titles of the officials appointed.
a Missing Bridegroom Heard From.
John Asilcombe, .jr., who was to have
been married = week ago to an cstimable
young lady of South Side, Chicago, but
disappeared the evening Of the wedding,
and was thought to have committed sui
eide. has boon heard from New Orleans.
Every preparation had been made for tho
wedding. His salary was only 81 900. but
he engaged board for himself and wife at
fashionable house for S24 per week, and
made other lavish arrangements. Tho
lady is very dangerously i'll from the shock.
Ashcombs is tho son Of i wealthy English
man, and deserted an atianced when no
came to this country. He is now doing
the South Oh money sent from homo as y
wedding gift.
Why Bornhardt E;ofuscd to Act.
Sarah Bernhardt did something ut Black
pool, Eugland. that was probably not in
| tended to secure incidental advertising,
for it cost her il great deal Of money. The
local manager. seeing that his theatre
would not hold the people who desired to
500 her, hired y structure capable Of ac-
communicating 10 900 persons, and fitted it
up with II temporary stage. OF course tho
actress coul'l not have made herself heard
by half Of such an assembly, and she ro-
fused to try. Tho manager argued that
tho people couldn't understand her Ian
euage anyway, and wOuli be satisfied by
seeing hor but shs would not consent tn
tho swindle. and tho pi.chasers Of tickots
got their money back.
a lssantifnl fiolno
Senator Sherman lives ut his homo ut
Mansfield, Ohio, in fine house built OH III,
eighteen acre lot IN tho outskirts Of and
overlooking tho city. In front of the
house tho ground is laid out in lawns and
drives, while at the rear are large gardens
aud an orchard, which are Mr. Sherman's 4
especial pride. There are hundreds OF
apple, pear and peach trees and grape
vines in the orchard, all Of which bear
luxuriantiy. None Of the fruit in ever
sold, but among the poor people Of the
city it is freely distributed by the basket
full to those who have no fruit and arc un-
able to buy.
A SviudliuS Grain Buyer.
A man representing himself to be A. J.
Thompson, an extensive grain buyer, has
yictimiZed the Prairie Citv and first na