Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-13
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Aloxandrla In Flames and Nearly Deserted
Tragic HaDpenisEs Of Vsrisas Sorts
A Child InpaIed ON = Picket Fence.
A child named Maggie Carroll, of No.
II Railroad avenue, Jersey City, fell from
the d-stOry window OF her home, and
striking picket fence in her descent was
fatally injured.
Killed by Fallisg Rock.
Milton Pearson was killed at Allentown
by fall of rock in the Wharton mines,
three children.
Railroad Wreck.
As freight train, which was going from
Lowell to New York, approached North
Sudbury. Mass, short car jumped the
track and threw off thirteen other loaded
cars, mashing and piling them up and in
juring brakeman named Russell.
TREAT LOSS OF Life at Fire.
An explosion of gas occurred in Rue
Louis Philippe, Paris, the result of a fire,
nobody having thought at the outbreak Ol
the fire to cut off the gas. Twelve persons
were killed and forty injured. One hun
dred are rendered homeless.
Negroes Lynch y Murderer.
William Ritter. negro, in Jail at Hen:
derson, KY, ON the charge Of rape and
murder of Helen BREWSTER, 4 mulattC
girl, IL years old, was taken from the Jail
at that place by a mob and hanged to a
tree. 1t is supposed that the executioners
were composed of blacks.
Death Follows Amputation.
r. s. Field, of Philadelphia, telegraph
operator, had both legs amputated by a
train on the Fort Wayne railroad six
miles from Pittsburgh. He was removed
to the West Pennsylvania hospital, where
he died few hours later. His friends
Brig Burned Mt Sea.
A cable dispatch states that tho brig
Eugenia, of and from Boston. for the Cape
Verde islands, was totally destroyed by
fire at Port Praya, Cape Verde islands,
June Z. Part of her cargo was saved.
The Eugenia was 291 tons, built at Ban.
gor, Me-, in 1865, and owned by F. C.
Butman. She was insured.
A Fearful Batsle With Knives.
A fearful battle with knives took place
at Oxford, N. c., between two men named
Ursy and Morgan. They quarreled about
a piece of land several days ago, and meet
ing in the street each drew knife and
the bloody work commenced. Both are
frightfully and mortalIy wounded.
Fair Archers.
At the archery tournament at Chicago,
Mrs. Gibbs, of Brooklyn, and Miss Nor
rison, of Cincinnati, shot off the tie they
made on Tuesday, Mrs. Gibbs winning.
In yesterdays contest the same ladies led
again, Mrs. Gibbs making "a hits and 146
points, and Miss Morrison 20 hits and 1913
points. In the gentleman's York round
70 arrows at 100 yards-Mr. D. Nash, of
Brooklyn, made % hits and score of TO-
This makes his total score 465, and he
leads for tho championship medal.
Killed In His Third Explosion.
While VIM. II. Chadwick, head chem
ist for the powder manufacturing firm of
of E. /. Dupont, de Nemours & Co., Will
mingtOn, was engaged in some chemical
manipulations in their refinery on We'd
nesday, bottle of alcohol was accidental
ly ignited, setting fire to small quantity
Of powder. An explosion followed and
Mr.. Chadwick was burned so badly that
he died. This was the third explosion in
which he had been present.
hanging hlm80u TO o door.
Joseph Snyder. an employee of the
Lackawanna & Bloomsbury railroad COM
pany, committed suicide at Rupert, Pa,
by hanging. Nothing unusual was no
ticed about his actions, except that he did
not 60 to work. After eating dinner he
went up stairs, threw rope over stair
door, with loop around his neck. and
jumped down tho stairway. His neck was
broken. His wife, who had left the house
shortly before the deed, returned and
found him hanging.
Thieves and Robbers.
ID. J. Connor, who for tho past two
years has been doing rather extensive
business at Kingston Station, Kings coun-
ty, N. s., as a general merchant, hotel
keeper and lumber man, has absconded.
His liabilities are $40. 900.
Two men named Norman and Wagner
have been arrested at Omaha, Neb.,
charged with fraud, burglary and embez-
zlemen of over 81, 1000 of their employers
John Bratt & Co., stock dealers
Of North Platte, are the sufferers.
Tho Fire Record.
The Crystal knife works at Melville,
Conn.,, were burned yesterday. Loss,
$4,000.
Fire destroyed Carter's machine shops
and -four dry, at Files, Ohio, on Tuesday
night. Loss, 10000.
A fire at South Butler, Wayne county,
n. Y. yesterday, destroyed Crofoot's new
saw mill, basket factory and stove works.
Loss, $4,000.
The farm buildings ut North Hatfield,
Mass, owned by Maurice Powers, of
East Whately, were burned on Tuesday
night by an incendiary. Loss, So, 800.
Robbery OF . New York Bank.
The Italo-American bank, in Centre
street, New York, was entered Wednesday
night by burglars. They drilled hole in
The lower part OF tho safe and forced the
lock, and took from the shelves of the
safe 81, 67S.59 in greenbacks and foreign
bills, making III aggregate Sc. .302 10.
They also took from the shelves $1,000 in
United States bonds, but left these behind
On the floor. Within an inner compart-
ment of the safe were over $4,000 worth
IF other securities, but the thieves were
either disturbed or felt satisfied with what
hey obtained, As they made no attempt
to force this part of the safe.
r-e". spEa&qe Preparing. t. shoot. -,..
The Natick millsase to bsisold.-a Thurs
day afternnOn William Sprague bought of
the PnVidenceo tool company y case of
Martini rifles, which was delivered to him
at the office'O Of the Quidneck company, of
which he is president. In the evening an
employee of Sprague was endeavoring to
purchase 200 rounds of ammunition. This
purchase derives some significance from
The fact that some weeks ago the receiver
appointed by the court was forcibly eject
I'd from the Quidneck mills by the en-
DlOyeeS of Sprague with threats of shoot-