Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-06-30
LANCASTER DAILY INTEILLGENCER FRIDAY JUNE 30 1857.
THE LATEST NEWS.
CLEANED FROM TIE MORNING NAIL
Tho Record OF Notable Events-1tems OF In
terest From Various Sect1ons-Ehe
History of . Day.

Tho Record OF Notable Events-Items OF In
tcresr From Various Sectaons-fhe
History of . Day.
Ten homing pigeons, belonging to the
Old Dominion club. of Alexandra, Va,
were let loose at Bordentown. N. j.. yes
terday at Z a, m, to fly to Alexandra,
distance of $50 miles. Three OF them az
rived at 9:51, one at 1920, three at 1O:4O,
and three are still out.
A fire at Larrimore, Va, yesterday, DC.
stroyed one fourth of the businass portion
of the town. Loss. $50, 600. Frank Harris,
of Woodstock, Ills., perished in the Union
hotel, and it is reported that woman and
child were also lost. Two men were badly
burned.
Patrick Buckley was yesterday at To-
ronto, Ont, convicted of mansiaughter
and sentenced to ten years Imprisonment
for killing his wife at Brocton.
Christian Brecker was shot twice IN the
head on Wednesday night, at Clnclnnati,
while sitting on his door steps in the west
End, and died before morning. The affair
is shrouded 10 mystery. .,
The Cranston print works were sold at
auction yesterday, at Providence, Il. L.,
for s275, 900 for a representative OF the
Union company. There are some encum-
brances on the property.
A fire broke out early yesterday morn
ing in the fish market opposite the Bos-
ton and Maine railroad depot, at Bos'
ton, which spread to the stores on the
south side, causing damage OF over slo'-
900.
The supreme court yesterday at Provi-
dence, r. l., rejected a petition OF seven
creditors of the A. s. w. Sprasue firm to
enjOin further sales of the property and to
require the trustee to negotiate with Gen.
Butler.
The Kansas Republican state convention
at Topeka, yesterday nominated four con.
gressman at-large, from widely different
sections of the state, as follows: Judge 5.
r. Peter, EN-. Morrill,, Lewis Hanback, and
Is. w. Peekins.
The Vermont Democratic state conven
ton, in session at Montpelier yesterday,
nominated Hon. George Z. Eaton, of Dan,
vile, for governor; E. N. Bullard, Of
Swanton, for lieutenant governor, and
Willard NJ. Gay, Of West Randolph, fol
treasurer.
Two hundred and fifty destitute Russian
Jews arrived in Milwaukee last night. The
mayor has appointed relief committee te
care for them.
Since the end of January eight deaths
have occurred in Chicago from collisions
| with the cable cars on State street. The
last casualty is ascribed to the careless
ness of a conductor, who was arrested
yesterday.
Five houses in Cashten, Wisconsin,
were demolished by tornado on Wed
nesday. Several persons were injured,
none fatally.
The Labor Troubles.
Tho striking freight handlers on the
Boston, Lowell & Concord and Eastern
railroads, at Boston, resumed work yes
terday, their wages being raised to s1.5l
per day.
A lockout has occurred at the Chester
Pa, rolling mill son account of a dissat
isfactiOn between the superintendent and
the wOrkmen," who ara members oi
the Amalgamated association Of iron and
steel workers.
1t was stated ut meeting OF the strikin.
freight handlers in Jersey City, yesterday
that their executive committee had beeI
approached by representatives of the rail
roads with Il view to a settlement.
| The brakemen on tho New York Cen
tral railroad refused to bring their train
down from Albany last night until the.
were promised Increased wages. 1t is I'll
mored that they will be dismissed.