Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-28
FIRE AND BLOODsHED.

Auo NEtnAos ouU CoSuSUIeD OF . Doys
V. Peirce's barn, two miles north of
Usage Mission, Kansas, was burned yes
tertlay. Loss, $25, 900.
The grist and saw mills near SchOm-
berg, Ont, owned by Thomas Perry, were
burned yesterday.
David Shaw, an expressman, was run
over and instantly killed yesterday at Au-
burn, N. Y, by freight train.
In the BOssier Parish penitentiary. at
Bellevue, La, yesterday, Smith Millican
was killed and his brother mOrtally
wounded, while trying to escape.
The station house of tho Pennsylvania
railroad at WaIbridge, o., was destroyed
by fire yesterday, together with Skidmore
& Thatcher's stove factory. Loss, $685.
coo.
James burlington, a prominent citizen
of Clinton, N. c., yesterday committed
suicide by blowing out his brains. He
had recently been released from the insane
asylum at Raleigh.
Enamel Lawson, living on the Holly
| wood plantation, near Shreveport, La,
Issac Russell, hearing of it soon afterw ard,
seized a shotgun aud shot him dead.
Eugene Monday, = farmer, and James
4AOAuibos - Ul0CAnluIVl1s 4ubLlOAlOu yOOIOI
day, at MiddletOwn, KY, about fitting a
drew revolver and shot Thomas dead.
Richardson, near Reedsville, N. c., was
yesterday destroyed by fire. The build
ing contained 1OO, 600 pounds of manufac-
chinery. Loss, $4,000.
Fs,uo So1 SuNst1, lsOss.Cp
Feliclana, La, without prOvOcatiOl
paralyzed. Yesterday Carr was placed on
a horse, gun in hand, and rode to field in
| which Smith was at work, where he shot
him through the heart
A Brisk Exchange OF Shots ON the Streoss
Charles i. Potts, druggist Of Cincin'
natl, was attacked on the street in Rich
mOnd, Ind, by DR.. G. A. Kersey, who fired
three shots at Potts and then retreated.
Potts responded, but his shots failed to
hit Kersey. Two Of tho shots fired by
Kersey struck POtts-One in the ankle and
one in the grOin-the latter being serious
wound. Kerssy, in his flight, met Potts
| brother and struck him on the head with
his revolver. He afterwards met Potts
father, whom he kicked. The trouble
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rel over the occupancy of Potts house by
Kcrsey. Kersey was arrested, but subse.
quently released on bail.
Freight Cars PIanging Into the Hudson.
Five cars Of fast freight, which had just
arrived at Jersey City from Philadelphia,
| were run off the dock into the river at the
Pennsylvania railroad pier. The cars were
in the hands Of the drillers, whose duty it
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floats to New York. The cars were run
down the dock at good speed and when
the engineer attempted to check them ut
the float bridge the coupling on tie 5th Car.
gave way and five cars plunged in the river
Wreckers were put to work on them at
| day light this morning and after scuttlipg
the roofs OF tho cars removed i good deal
Of tho freight, consisting Of barrels OF
sugar, rolls Of carpet and piano.
Why He Was Not One of the AssassIns.
From information it appears that West.
gate or D 'Brien, the man arrested in Veno.
zuela on his confession that he was con.
cerned in the Phoenix Park murders, is a
Scotchman. On the day Of the murder he
| sailed from NOrthwall for Swansea at p.
m. or ten minutes before the tragedy o.
Cured, consequently he could not lave
/ OOCA OAO OA tAO AoShSoiuSs OOIAo Vi u1s
friends wore with him ut Northwall for an
hour before tho vessel saiiel. The All
thOritieS here arc confident that Westgatc
is inncc mt, though detectives will probably
have to be sent to bring him to Ireland to
satisfy public opinion.
Fatally Injured by a Steel Drill.
Michael Martin, q miner, employed at
tho New Kaska William slope, New Phil
adelphia, was fatally injured last night.
He was working at the bottom OF the shaft
when large steel drill fell from bucket
at the top of the shaft, distance of over
three hundred feet 1t struck Martin on
top of the back of the head, inflicting a
ssrioIs fracture Of the skull and driving
fragments of bone into tho substance OF
the brain.
The Kerosene Lamp Again.
Mrs. Alpheus Fenstermaker, who re-
sided at FOundryvill, Columbia county,
arose from bed at four o'clock and ut
tempted to blow out tho kerosene lamp.
1t exploded, scattering burning oil all over
her person. Her screams awOke her hus-
band, who went to her rescue, but too
late. She was burned in such terrible
manner that she died after suffering great
agony.
VictOrlas Virtues
! "Gatll" in Cincinnati Commercial.
Dan Oougherty, Of Philadelphia, the