Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-08
THE FIRE RECORD.

vino some time ago murdered several
prominent citizens of chihuahua.
THE FIRE RECORD.
Disastrous work Wrought by FLAMES.
The Piedmont house at Spartanburg, s.
c., was destroyed by fire Thursday. Loss,
$1,000.
The Southern hotel and three stores at
Paducah, KY, were burned Thursday.
Loss, $23. 900.
A fire Thursday in the finishing room of
the Fall Mountain paper company's mill
No. 1, at Bellows Fails, VT, caused loss
of sS,O 900.
A fire Thursday destroyed the slaughter
house of Christian Krule, north of Balti-
more, Nd, as we'll as those of Henry
Marsch and John Link, on either sido of
it. Damage, So, 1000.
Tho Texas house at Leadville, COL, tho
largest gambling establishment in the
West, was entirely destroyed by fire on
Wednesday, together with large amount
| of fine furniture.
Destructive Fire In . Tennessee Town.
| A fire occurred at Covington, Tenn =,
the county seat Of Upton county, forty
miles north of Memphis, on the Chesa.
peake & Ohio railroad, by which the fol.
lowing houses wero destroyed {: Larri-
more's saloon AID restaurant /; Wilson s.
Jacaett' s leather and paint store 8. r.
Shelton's hotel Contents saved) s. G.
Shelton Il Co.'s dry goods store goods
saved) w. n. Whites store, house and
three small frame dwellings adjoining ;
Hill s. Campbell, undertakers the Record
newspaper Office and bindery William
Flemming's residence ; A. J. Douglass
livery stables and adjoining building
Samuel Smiths saloon; tho Masonic
lodge and the Presbyterian church. The
loss is estimated at 100000; insurance
small.
| National Baseball League.
In the National baseball league at Prov
idence the schedule series was changed
from 12 to IA games. The playing rules
were amended SO that the pitchers hand
in delivering the bali must pass below the
shoulder instead of the waist. Provision
was made for the appointment of four
league umpires, at an annual salary Of
81 600 each, and rules for their govern
ment were adopted. The 1c players,
whose names were on the black list
Houck, Pike, Dorgan, Nolan, Gross,
Dickerson, Crowley, Brown and Caskins
Tho 1SS2-'S3 championship was awarded
to the Chicago club.
A. G. Mills, of Chicago, was elected
president. New York and Philadelphia
were admitted in place of Troy and Wor-
ccs:er, and a return to tho old distinguish
ing colors in the uniform was agreed upon
Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit and Chicago
will name the board OF directors. The
meeting then adjourned.
| Stealing Money From the malls.
John J. Chase, a young man we'll cou
nectcd, who has been in the New York
postofiice for the past two years at Sta
ton G as asserting clerk, was arrested fol
stealing money from letters which passed
through his hands. Complaints had beer
received for some time past from people
who said their letters had been tampered
with and money taken from them. \
watch was kept on Chase, and marked
money letters deposited were missed
Thursday morning. When he went to
breakfast ho was followed by postoffice
detectives and arrested He broke away
from them and ran for several blocks, the
officers firing shots in the air from theil
revolvers to frighten him. He was finally
run down, however, and taken before a
United States commissioner. Here he
waived examination and was committed
to Jail to await the action of the grand
jury. The marked money was found in
his possession.
Criminal Calendar.
Florence Morris, a notorious woman,
committed suicide Thursday at Whining
ton, N. c., by shooting herself through
the head. Her sister, woman of similar
character, committed suicide short time
since.
August Geeks, q German, about 81
years OF age, recently discharged from the
army on account of disability, committed
suicide at Washington, D. c., on We'd
nesday night by taking twelve grains OF
cyanide of potassium.
George w. Traughber was on Thursday
at Taylorsville, ILL.,, sentenced to be hang
ed on January IA for the murder of James
Mckinney, October 29, 1881. He pleaded
guilty, stating that he was intoxicated at
the time of the crime.
Joe Ross, colored, who murdered F.
Mcdowell, at Camden, 8. c., on Thanks
giving Day, was killed on Wednesday
night at Ivey's mill, in Lancaster county,
s. c., by Ferryman Alonzo Huntley, who
attempted to arrest him and was resisted.
Terrible Storm In Great isritain.
kilograms from various parts of the
United Kingdom report a snow storm of
unusual severity. Traffic on the railway
in many districts has been almost sus.
pended. A train was showed up all night
at Cheshire, and the twelve passengers
suffered acutely. Telegraphic communica.
ton between London and Glasgow is
totally interrupted. Elsewhere messages
are greatly delayed. Many wrecks around
the coast are reported. At Oldham and
neighboring parts of Lancashire county
the storm has not been equaled in thirty
years. Heavy loss has been caused in
many places.
Joe Coburn Released From Sing Slug.
Joe COburn, tho pugilist was released
from Sing Sing on Thursday. A large
number Of his friends were there to escort
him to New York where he had recep-
ton. On March 6, 1877, he was sentenced
to imprisonment for ten years for shooting
and dangerously wounding Policemen