Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-20
YEsIIN TELEsCDPED.
thirty five Cars Wrecked and several hi .:
Killed and Wounded.

TtllN TELEsCDPED.
thirty five Cars Wrecked and several \. 81,
Killed and WOun:icu.
A freight train was telescoped By ar
other at Melrose, ue:.r Troy, N. Y, on tbs
Troy aud BOSTON road. a locomotive and
thirty five cars we're wrecked. John
Rcardon, ofPittstie!d, 9 brakeman, who
| had be- il discharged aud vas ri.lin. to
Troy in the caao,so to set his pay, was
| instantly killed.. Frank Brundage, o;
| Pittsiiel!, q brakeman, is dying from =
| broken back. Er.,.:l2cv Charles Killing
| beck, George C:oss and Dennis O'Drien
braksEicn, were i:Jurai;, bat gill probably
| recover.
| The Eosicr-WagneT Senatorial Coctcst.
MIR. S. G. Wagner, senator elect Of the
| ;,2l district, in open court, fled his reply
to the petition Of James ". BuSier,
ms competitor, fled Two week. ago. Mr.
Boslcr contests Captain Wagncr's election
| on tho ground OF fraud and ire ,u!arities.
In his reply Mr. Wagner denies all charges
| OF frau:i Oh his raGt. and AYERS that Bos
ler's large vote was il u great measure
procured by means of corruption. The
| Respondents petition names y uunbar of
| men, who. he alleges, purchased votes for
contest and petition because First, less
than twenty Of the petitioner; thereon are
| qualified voters; Second, less than Ave
| qualified electors made oath to tho truth
| of the facts stated in the petition third,
J. ". Bosler is disqualified from holding
| the oiiico By reason, OF his corrupt use OF
| money; fourth, respondent was duly eject
| cd. Bosler's attorney asked for time to
| examine the respondents petition, and
the court fixed Saturday, the 23i Instant,
ior u further hearing.
Had Good References.
7. J. White, Of Scranton, Pa, was ar
rested yesterday yesterday at New York,
charged with passing n counterfeit s. bill
of the National bank Of Troy on q BoWery
hotel-keeper. White said that Samuel J.
Tilden and John Kelly were personal
| friends of his that he had been a school
teacher for twenty years, WAS justice Of
| the peace and once ran for state senator.
but was defeated by one vote. Tiiden and
Kelly. he said, backed him. United States
| Commissioner Shieds discharged White
| from custody, as there was Il doubt
! whether he gave the note i'll question.
| - I<e".ljuster Ouste,l
Tie court Of appeals Of Virginia, yes
terday rendered decision in the Peters
burg mandamus cases in favor OF Virgin
| ius Johnson (Democrat), who contested
! the right of +. W. Couch, (2eadjustcr),
| the present incumbent, to hold tho office
| of city treasurer to which he was elected
| at tic municipal election III May last. on
| the ground OF not having qualified at the
| proper time. The court also rendered a
decision in favor of all the officers elected
to the Readjusters council on July II,
| 1882.
"A Valley Porse Monument.
| Monday being the 105th anniversary Of
the occupation Of Valley Forge by the
Continental army under Washington, q
meeting was held for the purpose of taking
steps towards the construction Of q soldiers
monument in this place. Colonel N. NJ.
| Ellis, OF PhGniXv;llc, presided, and after
| adopting resolutions advocating the cree.
| ton Of the monument. the meeting ad-
journed until the second Monday of Jan-
uary, 1888.
AStraDge Method OF Hanging
A. Coopersburg, Mrs Elmira Troxell,
aged forty years, committed suicide Mon
day afternoon, between the hours of and
6, by hanging herself in her bedroom to
the bedpost. Her body was lying wholly
upon the floor, with the exception of the
head, which was within few inches Of
the floor. No cause is assigned for the
decd.
Iseaten by I:unko Sharps.
Alfred Clock, 70 years old, a respected
citizen of New York city, residing at No.
$50 Madison avenue, was inveigled by
party of i" bunko" men on Thursday af.
ternoon last and lost $S,57S at the game.
His family notified the police, and yester-
day William Edwards, of Eighth avenue
and Fifty. seventh street, was arrested and
held in the Yorkvil!c police court as one
of the swindlers.
Death OF q Pedestrian.
Dennis Donovan, the pedestrian, died
yesterday at Natick. Mass, of erysipelas
of the brain, aged "a years. He was the
champion tifty-mile runner, covering the
distance in six hours and eighteen minutes
at Providence two years ago.
Dangerously Shot withis Piece of Paper.
Henry Clifton was shot and dangerously
wounded at tho Variety theatre, in Laredo,
Texas, on Monday night, with q paper
wad fired from pistol used in the rehear.
sal of a play.