Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-04-25

plaoe on Wednesday next and intermsnt
1t The Montgomery osnstery.
ocCUR1aNCKs or GxNkRAL aNrkREsr
Reported From Various sections Of the
Country.
The tow-boat Little Eagle was dashed
against drawbridge, at Hannibal, No.,
on Sunday, by strong current, broke in
two and sunk. Three of her crew were
lost.
Two children of George Wagner, aged
respectively and years, a girl and . boy
were drowned in the pond Of . brick yard
At Goshen, New York, ,on Sunday. The boy
perished in trying to save his sister.
The interminable litigation over the
policy OF insurance for (lO, 600 on the life
of the late Edward Magargeo, in favor Of
his wife, will be prolonged for a tine
under decision reached by the supreme
court, and filed by Justice Paxson yester-
day. The verdict in favor of Mrs. Ma
gargee for 81, 600 was sat aside, the judg-
ment of the lower court reversed, and a
cenire tacias de noro awarded. -,
MRS. Meredith, of Minersville, aged
forty seven, was found dead in her bed
beside her husband who was recently
helplessly burned in the mines. She was
q heavy drinker and her death is attributed
to that cause.
James Geary, who for the past few
weeks has been living with his wife with
a family at 419 Carpenter street, PhiIsdel
phia, who sheltered the pair for charity's
sake, died yesterday ct the Pennsylvania
hospital Of erysipelas, the effect Of blow
administered by his wife on Saturday ut
the house on Carpenter street while both
were drunk.
Mrs. Huunnel, aged fifty-five, wife of a
wealthy farmer residing at Noyor's Sid
ing, a small station on tho s. & S. branch
of the P. & r. R., committed suicide by
hanging herself in her bed room. She has
not been of sound mind for some time,
but her family had no suspicion that she
entertained suicidal intentions.
In North Manchester last Friday after
noon Mr.. Lyon, to all appearances, died
suddenly from some mysterious cause.
Neighbors were called in, who sfter ex-
amining the body, pronounced life extinct.
In about two hours the supposed corpse
began to manifest signs of life, and soon
revived until he became as we'll a. before
the incident happened.
The Cost in a Celebrated Case.
On Saturday Judge Thayer, of Phila-
delphia, rendered an opinion deciding the
question of costs in the famous case OF
Coleman VS.. Brooke, in which the point At
issue was the quantity of ore to be taken
for one furnace, under . reservation to
Peter Grubb in 1856. Tho case was in
court nearly twenty six years, and was won
by defendants, establishing their right to
ore for one furnace, whether of small or
large capacity. In the decision made on
Saturday the plaintiffs are to pay two thirds
and the defendants one third of the costs,
down to tho date of the final decree made
June 70, 1878, and that defendants pay all
subsequent costs.
Blaine's Square Denial.
The most interesting feature of the tes-
timOny given by the ex secretary of state
yesterday was his absolute denial of Ship.
herds statement about the offer to
Minister Hurlbut of bribe of. $25O, ,0O0
in the stock of the Peruvian company.
Mr.. Shipherd has repeatedly said that he
told Mr.. Blaine of this offer at one of his
numerous interviews, and that Mr.. Blaine
merely laughed and said, You won't
catch Steve that way" On this point
Mr.. Blaine's denial is supported by similar
disclaimers from Senator Blair, Mr.. Scott
Lord, x-Sccretary Boutwell, and others
to whom the active agent of the Peruvian
company declared that he had made known
the contents and purpose of his ''artistic "
note to Minister Hurlbut