Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-06-28
THE LATEST NEWS.
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Tho Incidents and Accidents OF Daily LILO
Tragic Occurrences and Events
of Current Interest.
There was s5c, 900 fire at st, Mary's,
n. B. last evening.
The schooner George A. Hunt, valued
at SIG. 1000, was burned at her dock in
New York yesterday. -,
James joyce. a Brooklyn, n. y, milk
man, committed suicide on Monday night
by shooting himself in the mouth.
The German emperor has finally ac-
cepted the resignation of Herr Bitter as
minister of finance of Prussia.
The winning horses at Coney Island
Yesterday were Hilarity, Colonel Sprague.
Woodflower, Eole, Blenheim and Kitty
Clark.
Emory & Johnson's furniture factory
and other adjacent property at Portland,
N. B., were burned last night. Loss,
s2O,OOO
The Chinese merchants of San Francis.
CO have telecraphed $500 to Governor
Kirkwood for the sufferers by the late cy-
clone
A boiler in the jackson fire clay com
pany's building, Jackson, Mich, exploded
instantly killing Michael Nugent and Sc
riously injuring six others.
Charles Roberts, aged Is, son of the lock
tender, fell into the canal at NorthumOer'
land yesterday afternoon and was drowned
1t is supposed that he was seized with a
falling fit.
George Phuidt, aged II years died a,
New York on Monday night of lockjaw,
the result of pistol shot wound III the
left hand inflicted by himself on the l6tl
instant.
The first new wheat from Virginia was
sold on Change at Baltimore yesterday,
for 81 so and $1.G5 per bushel. OF two
small lots the first was good but the Other
was quite damp.
Judge Blodgett, yesterday, ut Chicago,
sentenced to three years each in the peni
Tertiary for counterfeiting George Ellis,
alias Webster, John H. Clark and Fred
erick Leland.
Tie water cure establishment of DIR.
James c. jackson, known as "Our Home
on the Hillside" at Danville, N. Y, was
totally destroyed by fire yesterday. al
the inmates escaped unhurt.
John Doyle, residing ut No. 1901 Catha.
rine street, Philadelphia, was drowned
last evening while bathing in the canal at
Birdsborough. His body was recovered.
He leaves a wife and three children.
Mr.. Ellis, the government bank examl-
ner, thinks the embezzlement of owen,
receiving teller of the Third national
bank of St. Louis, will amount to S2OO, ,OOO
but will not impair tho capital CT affect
the soundress Of the bank.
A 5-year old son of S. w. Paulhamus
was burned to death at Williamsport yes
terday while playing with fire crackers.
His mother and q man named Claudius
were also severely burned in their efforts
to save the child.
In a row at Woodland Garden, KY,
yesterday morning, between Howard Nc
Donald, Ben Schrod, Ike and Martin
Smith, the two former were SO badly cut
that it is feared the second named will die.
All arc of first.class families.
Advices from Stanley, Falkland Islands,
state that the British ship Star of Bruins
wick. from Huanillos April &c for tho
United Kingdom, has stranded at Bullport
and will probably be \ wreck. Five OF
the crew were drowned.
Foster, alias Armandale, charged with
shooting with intent to kill tho MunrOe
boy aud girl ut East Dalhousie, Annapolis
county, N. s., last winter, yesterday, at
Halifax, pleaded guilty to shooting the
boy and not to shooting the girl. He was
sentenced to tho penitentiary for life.
The opening sale of the Sprague estates
under a trust mortgage was made in
Providence yesterday. Four parcels of
real estate on Dorrance, Friendship, Pine
and Orange streets, Providence, were sold
by auction at from SLIGO to $40 per foot.
All were purchased by the Union com
pany.
James Milliken, who had been in Egypt
for four years, returned to HOllidaysburg
a few days ago. Upon seeing him his wife
became insane. Believing that he would
never return, she had obtained an absolute
divorce but short time before. The un-
fortunate lady, it is thought, will have to
be taken to an asylum.
Lynched by NlormOns.
A dispatch from Ft. Thomas says that
officers left there with noted Mexican
horse thief named Epiffance in custody.
Two miles from Smithville band of
masked men took the prisoner and hanged
him. The lynchers arc supposed to be
Mormons.
Result OF y Drunken Raid.
A true bill was found by the Pittsburgh
grand jury against Jury Commissioner
Sands, who, in connection with three Fifth
ward roughs, raided Chinese laundry
and stole sum of money from the pro-
prietor. He. together with the others,
was held in 81, 900 bail for trial at court.
How Mayor Stubbs Was Killed.
A young man named Delaire was arrested
at Polk City, Iowa, on suspicion of being
the murderer of r. p. Stubbs. the mayor
of that city, last April. Under threat of
lynching, Delaire confessed that gang
fifteen had plotted to rob
Stubbs, and he brought desperadoes from
Missouri named Wickes and Blackman to
do the work and that Wickes did the kill
ing. The same party robbed the bank
safe in Kansas City some time since. DE.
laire's sister was working at Stubbs' and
knew of money in the house.
A Duke Nearly Drowned.
The Duke of Edinburgh, while fishing re-
Gently near Bayona, Spain, hooked large
fish. In his attempts to haul it in he lost
his footing and was dragged into water six
teen feet deep. He was carried under
four times. After struggling for half an
hour he succee ded in reaching land.
Carry the News to Cooper.
The burgess elected last spring in Media,
Delaware county, having declined to serve
on account of n legal technicality, An
election to fill the vacancy was held. Stall
wart and Independent lines were drawn on
the issue and Henry Green, a rabid Stew
art Independent, was elected over William
Campbell, Stalwart, formerly prison in
spector. 1t was clear cut Independent
success in Cooper's own borough and