Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-11-18
RAILROAD FATALITIES.
THE MANY DANG ERs OF THE TRACK.

Casualties and CrfIne.-Losses Of life by Fire
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Vel.
low Fever snn Raging.
Samuel J. Patterson and Martin Howley
were killed by a railroad train at Newton,
Mass.
BIZ collision between two freight
trains on the Troy Il Boston railroad,
near Hoosick Junction, yesterday, an
engine and thirteen cars were crushed,
and Lorenz Elwsll, a brakeman. was
killed.
Joseph Lechause, 20 years of age, en-
ployed in setting the fencing along the
Providence g. Worcester railway, at Prov
idence, was struck and fatally injured by
a passing train. lie has wife and two
children.
While number of freight cars ON the
Boston s. Lowell railroad were being
switched yesterday near Billeriac, they
collided with other cars standing on the
track, throwing several of them from the
rails. A. ". Clark, conductor, was killed,
aud Robert Haynes, brakeman, was dan
gerously burned by vitriol from broken
carboys.
Fro and Accident.
A fire occurred yesterday in u school
house near Quimper. Nine children were
burned to death.
John Smith, aged 40 years, was killed
by being caught in tho betting at Stow.
arts pottery, in New York, yesterday
afternoon.
Herman Wissner, foreman in elliott $
factory, at Syracuse, New York, was
fatally injured yesterday morning by
being caught and whirled around in the
shafting.
Three buildings on The South Boston
lumber wharf, at Boston, with stable
and some small dwellings, were burned
yesterday morning. Loss, 10000.
Tho Kavsse uf Epidemic.
The smallpox has reappeared in Louis
vile with the advent of cold weather,
about twenty cases being in the pest.
house. The type is reported to be mid.
No new cases of yellow fever were re-
ported in Pensacola yesterday, although
several cases are known to have occur
red." 1t is supposed that "the physi.
clans have tacitly agreed to suspend their
reports" Some alarm is caused by the
premature return of absentees.
A Jowelcr Robbed ny Relative.
For several months past T. p. Bedilion,
proprietor Of the largest jewelry store in
Pittsburgh, has been missing articles
from his store but was unable to detect
the thief until Thursday evening, when
George Hays, a relative of Mr.. BcdiliOn,
was arrested as the guilty party. VIM.
Walker and John Connolly, two Of his as
sociates, were also arrested on q charge Of
receiving the stolen goods. 1t seems that
Hays has been stealing the goods and the
other parties have been selling them. Mr..
Bedilion says it is impossible to give any
estimate of the amount stolen, but thinks
it will run up into the thousands.
An Electoral Dispute in Utah.
A telegram from Salt Lake City says the
canvassing board appointed by the Ed
munds commission consisted Of Judge
Goodwin, Col. Sells and D. c. McLauyh-
lin, Gentiles. and Judge Dusenbury and
Franklin S. Richards, Mormons. They cam
vassed the vote for delegate in Congress,
finding 2S,O39 votes for Cain and 4, $50 for
Vauzille. Seven precincts, registering 196
canvass was begun Vauzille protested
against the counting of the votes for Cain,
"because the tickets contained his name
for vacancy in the 47th Congress, max
ing the ticket so large that it could be dis
tinguished through tho envelope from the
Gentle ticket, and because Cain is o poly
gamist.'' The protest was overruled by
the commission, on the ground that - the
tickets we're not in violation of the law of
the territory or the order of tho
commission, and that it is not spec;G-
cally charged and proved that Cain is actu-
ally a polygamist.' Before tho certificate
was issued Vauzills protested against its
issue on tho ground that, "by the organic
act, the secretary must canvass the votes
for delegate and tho governor issue the
certificate and that the returns were in
complete This protest was also over
ruled and the certificate given to Cain.