The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Eastern and Middle States.


PRESTON COVERS, a housepainter Of Empo.
alum, Pa, in a drunken frenzy went TO the
house of Clarence Lindsey, his brother-in-law,
and deliberately shot and killed him. Gowcrs
then returned to his own house, cut his wire's
throat, nearly severing her head from the body,
and then shot himself.
The Providence Tool company, having n
plant which cost over $4,000, 900, has sus-
pended. The company was engaged in the
manufacture of firearms, sewing machines AMI
edged tools.
OPERATIVES of the Reading (Pa.) cotton mil
have struck against a reduction of ten per cent
in wages. The strike at the Pacific Mills
Lawrence, Mass, has eliminated in a partial
lockout, orders being given to shut down the
upper mill, employing $500 hands, for six
months. Bricklayers, masons and plasterers,
who struck for an advance from s2.75 to So a
day at Fall River, Mass, have been successful
The various trade organizations in New York
city are actively engaged in enrolling new
members.
On June 16, $780, tho steamer Rodgers, pur.
chased and fittol ont by the United States
started from San Francisco in search of the
Arctic exploring vessel Jeanette, which hal
been missing nearly two years. The last news
received from the Rodgers was dispatch for
warded from ST. Lawrence bay, through q
whaling bark, to Secretary of the Navy Hunt
and dated October 16 1881. And now the
New York Herald has received through Mr..
jackson, a special commissioner sent in
search of the Jeanette survivors
dispatch dated " from the banks of
the Aldan river" which runs as follows;
vi have just met courier bearing dispatches
from W. H. Glider, the Herald correspondent
with the Rodgers, whom the courier had ac
companied from Kolymsk, on the Koima
river, to Verkhoyansk, 400 miles north of
Yakutsk. Glider had made journey of 2, 900
versts among the Chuckches. He was sent
forward with the news that the Rodgers had
been burned and sunk T; that Lieutenant Berry
with the officers and crew, thirty-six in number
are at Tiapka, near Cape Serdze, and that a
vessel should be sent for them as early as
possible" The Rodgers was commanded by
Lieutenant Robert NJ. Berry, and had on board
total of thirty-seven men.
FOREST fires on LOug Island have DESTROYED
timber valued at moro than $4,000.
The trial Of Walter and James Malley and
Blanche Douglass at New Haven, Conn. for
the murder of Jennie Cramer, attracted much
attention.
JOHN LENNON, New York tailor, aged
2hiity.siX, returned home from spree and
attacked his wife with knife, intiicting twenty
one wounds, from the effects of which she died
soon after being taken to the hospital.
FIRES caused serious losses the other day at
Boston, Mass, Bridgeport and Seymour, Conn,
and Rye Beach, n. II. At the last-named
place the FarraGut hotel, the largest hotel
there, and all the cottages east of it, were de.
s-royed.
CARRoLLToN, La, has been devastated by a
cyclone. Houses, fences and trees were over
thrown and dozen persons were hurt more or
less seriously.
In the United States supreme court at Charles
ton, SC, the grand jury found a true bill against
thirty-eight citizens of Boonvillo county, charp-
ing them with obstructing voters at Buford's
Bridge Precinct at the election of November.
1880.
y CYCLONE swept over the northern portion
ot fayette county, Pa, the other evening kill
ing three persons instantly fatally injuring six
others, uprooting orchards, unroohng and
Blowing down buildings and doing other DAM
age 10 property. A hole was blown through
the large distilery at Broadford, running a
building which cost $50, 600 and spillng into the
river Goo barrels of whisky. Near Laurel
Ridge John Winegrove was returning home
with his team, and was within short distance
rt the house when he was hurled from the
wagon and badly bruised against trees. His
horses were killed by falling timber. He
isund his home ruin and his wife lying dead
nifty feet from the house, with her babe, eleven
months old, clasped in her arms and unhurt.
The clothing of the other children, four in all
was on fire. and before the fire could be ex-
tinGuiShed they were frghttully burned. The
cyclone is described as having been in shape
like funnel, the little end being in front
wcdge-lke.
WILLIAM SINDDAM was hanged in New York
for numbering Mrs. Crave, the woman III
whose house he had boarded. He showed no
remorse for his crime and expressed himself as
perfectly willing to die. The night before his
execution Sindram passed in playing cards with
another condemned murderer.
Six men were crossing the Hudson near yer-
planck's Point in a small boat when it capsized
and four of them were drowned.
GENERAL WILLIAM L. BURT, a prominent
railroad man and postmaster of Boston under
General Grant, died the other day at Saratoga,
N. Y, aged ffty-seven years.
HENRY S. DE BEvoTsE, mayor of Long
Island City, Long Island, was arrested on
warrant issued to answer civil action to dis
cover what had become of deficit of sll2,-
1886 in the city's bond accounts.
The American Electric Light company, of
Boston, started in that city with great flourish
oftrumpets about year ago, has failed. About
5000 shares of the stock are said to have been
sold in Boston, and charges of fraud are ex-
tensively circulated.
south and West.
FIFTY convicts tried to escape from the camp
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