Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-19
NEWS OF A DAY.


Occurrences Tragic and Otherwise-Glean-
ings From Last Nights Dispatches
"A Priest Stabbed In the Back.
At San Pedro de Los Petoles. Mexico,
two brothers named Romero left their
home to attend far which was to have
been opened. Learning that tie opening
had been postponed, they started away,
making noisy demonstrations of disap
pointment. A few moments later they
net Rev. Father Lunar, Catholic priest,
and Brother Pedro, who smiled at their
actions as they passed. The RomerOs be-
came enraged, and, stealthily approach
ing the priest and brother from behind,
stabbed them repeatedly in the back and
left them dead on the road. The mur-
derers have escaped from the neighbor-
hood.
A richly dressed. middle-aged woman
met 4 police officer on Eighth avenus near
Twenty street, New York, holding
in her hand an uncorked bottle. She
told the officer that she had taken poison,
and he saw the bottle was labelled opium.
He hurried her to the station house,
where antidotes were administered. From
the tenor of her remarks it was surmiSed
that she was married and that family
troubles had something to do with the
attempt on her life. She wore expensive
.jewelry. In the evening she was better,
but refused to explain her actions. A
dispatch sent by her to her friends at New
Brighton, Staten Island, was signed Mary
NJ. Jennings.
Crushed With = Isar Counter.
Steve Ryan entered a saloon at Denni-
son, o., kept by Mr.. and Mrs. John Rob
inson, the latter Ryan's sister-in-law. and
asked for beer. He then abused Mrs.
Robinson and drew his revolver to shoot.
Mrs. Robinson being a large, robust
woman, seized the revolver and took it
from Ryan. WhereupOn, infuriated by
drink. he dealt terrible blow and at tho
same time knocked tho counter over
against her, crushing her against tho wall.
Ryan then left. Mrs. Robinson sat down
in chair and began to spit blood. She
told her husband to have Ryan arrested
for she was going to die, and scarcely had
she uttered the last word of tho sentence
when she dropped over corpse. When
Ryan was arrested and when he heard of
her death he said he was glad of it.
Foul Play Suspected.
The engineer of tho % a. m. train yes
terday from Flushing, L. l., for Hunters s
Point, discovered the body of woman
lying two feet from the track Of the rail-
road between Newton and Winfield. The
train was stopped, when it was found the
woman was dead with a fractured skull.
Near her lay kerosene can of whisky and
a basket of provisions. She proved to be
| Mrs. Mitchell, of Winfield. 1t is thought
sho was murdered and placed near the
track to avert suspicion.
Eimira Re1ormatory Abuses.
The report Of the New York assembly
committee which has been taking testi-
mony on the treatment of prisoners at the
Elmira state refOrmatory declares the
charges of cruelty to be not proven, but
makes a number of recommend atoms of a
refOrmatOry character. In regard to the
contract system, the committee believes
that it is antagOnistic to the spirit and
purpose Of prison for the reformation of
offenders and ought not to exist in any
form whatever.
"A Germans Fatal Jump
Herman Pinnow, a young man aged %
years, living at No. 2035 OIrianna street,
Philadelphia, died at the Episcopal hos
pital on Wednesday evening from the
effects Of injuries received two weeks be-
fore when he jumped from the third-story
window of Adams mill, at Coral and
Adams streets, where he was employed.
He was melancholy for several days. Not
being able to fix shuttle in his loom he
rushed to the window and jumped to the
ground.
Boiler Explosion During a Race.
The boiler of tho steamer American
Eagle exploded in the stcam-drum when
twelve miles out from Sandusky and while
racing with the steamer Jay Cooke. Fire
man +. Bittle was instantly killed, Deck
hand F. Walters fatally injured and En-
sineer johnson badly scalded about the
face and hands. A tug tOwed the Eagle
to Kelly's Island, her hull being unin-
jured.
Litigation Between Electric Light men.
Three new interferences were declared
by the patent Office between the claims OF
| Brush and Faure, and upon their result
! will depend the ownership of valuable
improvements in secondary electric bat
| teries. Both contestants are represented
by counsel, and it is likely that the ex-
animation will occupy long period as
the case is said to involve many intricate
points.
| Suicide IN Il Church
While services were being held at the
Episcopal church of the AnnunciatiOn, in
West Fourteenth street, New York,
Adrien Charles Renaudin. native of
France, twenty two years old, who had
been in the French naval service, from
which he had been discharged in June,
1880, drew pistol and fired it against his
right temple. The ball caused instant
death.
! The rrcsiaicnt Sued.
| President Arthur has been sued at
Akron, Ohio, as ono Of the defendants in
the suit of J. w. Lush Il Co., against the
Siemens Anderson steel company Of Pitts.
burgh. The plaintiffs garnisheed tho
Akron firm for money claimed by Presi
dent Arthur and his partners, Knevels &
| Ransom, of Now York.
| Another Verdict Against u RsilrOad Com
pany.
In the supreme court at Wilmingta ton,
Del, ytss erday, in the case of James T.
Monaham against the Philadelphia, Will
mington and Baltimore railroad company
for damages for injuries sustained in COL
lisiOn at Lamokin, January 6, 1881, the
jury awarded plaintiff $4,000.
Burning OF q Relief Steamer.
The steamer Progress, on her way to
provision the passengers of the Allan, was
burned opposite Green Island, Quebec.
The steamer Resolute assisted her, bring
ing all her crew ashore excepting three.
who perished on board. The burned
wreck will be towed to this port.
Prize Fight In Pennsylvauia.
Buck Hughes and Il man named HUp-