Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-11
NEWS.
PREVAILING cRIaE AND CALAMITY.

Pathetic Stories From the Nississippl Flood.
Seventeen deaths from smallpox were
reported in Cincinnati last week.
John J. Dwyer, a well-known pugilist,
died yesterday in hospital in Brooklyn,
ofooasumption.
Marcus and JEFF, Indians, convicted of
murder, were hanged yesterday at Lake
port, California.
The strike ordered at the Bessemer
oteel works, at Homestead, near Pitts
burgh, to begin to-day, has been declared
"off." 1t is believed compromise will
be effected.
The printers in Utica, New York, bave
given notice that they will strike this af
ternoon. The Herald of that city has
broken away from the Printers Union.
Harry Marks, said to reside in Monroe
street, Philadelphia, was stabbed near the
heart last night, at Sixth and Vine streets
by an Italian musician. The assailant es-
capped, and Marks is dangerously hurt.
A commission has been appointed by the
government of Mexico to organize a new
postal system, and it is proposed to add q
postmaster general to the Mexican presi-
dents cabinet. The commission will
closely study the postal system of the
United States.
A fire at Decatur, Texas, on Thursday,
destroyed nine stores on the public square,
causing heavy loss.
The Elmore house, at Trenton, Missouri.
was burned Oh Thursday. Loss, $50, 600.
More than two acres Of ground over the
Baltimore mines. at Wilkesbarre, caved in
yesterday afternoon, and, at last accounts,
tho gap was widening. The people living
near by quilted their houses. Tho mines
are owned by the Delaware & Hudson
canal company.
L. L. Cluxton was convicted at Van
dalia, Illinois, on Saturday, on tifty-five
indictments for forging acquisitions on the
governor for the return of fugitives from
justice, and was sentenced to 18 years i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary. He is So
years of age.
BY the accidents to the steamer Sidney,
going from Cincinnati to Wheeling, near
Ripley Landing, West Virginia, yesterday
morning, Mrs. Little and her grandson,
of MaysvilIe. kentucky, and Mr.. King, OF
Winfield, West Virginia, were killed and
eight others were injured. Two of the
injured, Mrs. Stephenson, Of Portsmouth,
Ohio, and q passenger named William q.
Mills. who were going to Bcllaire, are not
expected to recover.
Sergt. John A. Mason, who unsuccess.
fully sought to shoot the assassin Guiteau
in the Washington Jail last September,
has been found guilty by court-martial OF
the charges preferred against him, and
the severest penalty allowed by the law has
been imposed. He is sentenced to dis
honorable discharge from the army, is to
lose all pay or allowances due or to become
due to him, and is to serve eight years at
hard labor as Il convict in the Albany pen
itentiary.
4 noisy individual wearing the garb OF
Il western ranchcro, and who claims to he
a cow boy from New Mexico, was arrested
in Jersey City carly yesterday morning
while tlourishing a pistol iH front of a
saloon. On being conducted to station
house a bulldog pistol and seventy five
rounds of ammunition were found On him.
He was committed on tho charge of carry
ing concealed weapons.
The postmaster general has declared
thai Charles K. Wilson, of Washington,
has been conducting q fraudulent enter
prise through the mails, and has forbidden
the delivery of any money order or regis
tered letter addressed to him. Wilson, it
is alleged, sent out circulars soliciting
subscriptions to the Washington H0na'
COMPANION, paper which he claimed tt
manage, promising that the 999th sub
scriber would receive fine piano. FL
then notified each person replying that h
was the lucky subscriber, and asked for ;
remittance to cover boxing and expense O
shipment, which was generally forthcom
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