The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-08-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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Tas amounts Of the forgorlcs OF Charles NJ.
itilgera the ahscondlns member OF John Hill
gert'a Sons. Philadelphia molassos rcfluers,
reached $500, 600 rho great total was all on
his own paper. to which had beon forged the
acceptancea of woll-known merchants.
LionrSiNo caused serious damage at Stam-
ford, Conn, ono bolt striking the Presbyterian
church and causing its destruction, as well as
ieveling an adjacent building. Several other
buildings were also struck and badly damaged
Two men perished in the flames which con-
sumed tho church.
A FIRE which broke ont In planning mill at
Gardiner, Me-, spread with frightful rapidity,
and before it was subdued the flames destroyed
all the mills in town and some sixty dwelling
houses. Many families saved only the cloth
ing in which they escaped from their burning
houses. About twenty acres were burned
over, and the pecuniary loss is upwards
$500. 900.
The New York Democratic State committee
met at Saratoga and issued a call for State
convention to meet at Syracuse on September
81.
Two vessels with cases Of yellow fever on
board arrived at Boston-one from Havana
and the other from Hayti-and we're qusran-
tined.
AFTER being on strike about eight weeks
many Of the freight-handlers in New York have
been compelled, by their necessities, to resume
work.
TIE Prohibitionists of Massachusetts, held
convention at Boston and nominated full
State ticket.
FLoRENTINE KREUTz, nineteen years Of age,
was murdered, in low lodging house in New
York, by Katie Kolps, his mistress. She was
arrested.
THE boiler in Weaver's mill, Eldersville,
Pa, exploded, wrecking the building and
killing Thomas Bivington and James Phillips.
JOHN BRADLEY and his sister, Of Fall River,
Mass, were drowned at Stonebridge, Tiverton.
Two younger children were rescued.
BY the explosion Of premature blast on the
West Shore railroad at Cornwall, N. Y, four
men (colored)were killed and several injured.
TERRENCE McQuADE, New York dog
catcher, shot and instantly killed James Doyle,
lad Of fourteen years of age. An assault had
been made upon McQuade, who retaliated by
shooting into the crowd, when the boy, an in
nocent observer, was killed.
JOHN MEANY died in Boston at the advanced
age of 107 years. He retained his mental fac
ulties to the last.
A PASSENGER train on the New York and
Canada railway, running at high speed, came
into collision with wildcat" engine two
miles north of Putnam Station about half way
between Whitehall and Tic nderoga. Both
engines were instantly and completely wrecked
The baggsge and drawing-room cars were
thrown from the track into Lake Champlain,
one OF the engines careening over upon the
baggage car. Edward Lequard, engineer of
the wildcat engine, was killed. His body
was badly broken up in the wreck of his
engine. The engineer of the passenger
train was badly scalded and seriously
injured internally Tho fremen of both
engines were injured, but not fatally. None
of the passengers were killed, but a great
many suffered severe injuries, which may
prove fatal. The engineer of the "wild-
cat" should have waited at Dresden Station
and allowed the passenger train to pass him.
He was found with the top of his head cut clean
off, and only spoke few words. which were,
81 forgot all about it," from which it seems he
had forgotten his business. The place where
the engines met is one of the most narrow and
preciptous on the road along Lake Champlain,
CHINESE opium dens in New York are being
raided by the police.
THE crops on Long Island have suffered
severely through the drought.
FRANK H. SMITH, a Harvard student, who
was recently shot by an army sergeant for en-.
tering fort at Bath, Me-, died from the eff
fects OF his wounds.
REV. JOSEPH BARTLETT, a retired Congrega-
tionalist minister, of Gorham, Me- seventy
years Of age, committed suicide by drowning.
He had shown signs of insanity.