Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-22
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TUESDAY EVENING. MAY ~, ies
THE TRACK OF DEATH.
1-r. G.vcloue ,rrikes tho Lakes.


violent storm RACED on Lake Michi-
can durinp Sunday night. The schooner
Jennie Linn. from Muskegon, capsized
near Chicago, and her captain and three
sailors we're drowned. The schooner Mary
Ellen Cook was driven over the outer
breakwater at Chicago, the light having
been extipguished by the tempest, and
became water logged. Her crew were
saved, except a boy, who jumped over
board and was lost The schooner Henry
Berger, from Ludington, was driven
against the breakwater and wrecked, but
ali on board were saved. The schooner
Lille F., from Manistee, with a cargo o!
lumber. was driven ashore near the life
saving station at the same port, but no
lives we're lost.-Of Milwaukee on Sun
day night six of the crew of the schooner
Petrol, thinking she would founder, de-
serted the captain and attempted to reach
the shore in a yawl boat. The schooner
kept afloat, but the yawl capsized, ana
three of the desGrters were drowned. Inc
others and the captain were picked up
Yesterday. Other Marine disasters are
reported, with probable loss of lie In
some cases.
The steamer City Point, from Annapolis,
Nova Scotia, for Boston, went ashore on
Ispwich bar yesterday morning, filled with
water and began to break up under a
heavy sea. She carried Is passengers,
who. with the crew, were all rescued. The
City Point was 1S years old, of 800 tons
burthen, and was owned by the Hathaway
steamship company of Boston, who estl-
mate their loss at $250,0O0. Her cargo
consisted of potatoes, eggs and fish.
After Two days rain in Ohio and ln
diana, the storm extending from the Ohio
river to the lakes, snow began to fall yes
terday and last night. 1t melted quickly
in most places, but in Toledo the fall was
threee inches from noon to 3 p. M, with
no abatement at the latter hour. Al
Cincinnati the temperature was AZ degrees
against IS on Saturday.
During thunder storm near Yadkinvile
South Carolina, on Sunday, three plough
men. who took shelter under a tree, were
killed by lightning. Two boys were alst
killed by lightning near Newberne, Nortl
Carolina, the same day.
The death of Mrs. Griffin, at Sister
Illinois, was reported yesterday morning
making tho tenth victim at that place o
the recent tornado. DIR. Griffin is still
unconscious, and cannot recover. Twt
other persons are expected to die
The Chicago Farmers Reu,e,o in its crOl
returns from the entire northwest AM
southwest, says "Winter wheat show
no improvement. In fact, its general cou
dition is not as promising as thirty day
ago. Reports of poor seed aud corn no
coming up still continue quite general, ant
the present season promises to be a repetl
tion of that of 1882 The spring whoa
areas are all doing we'll"
Recent Calsmities.
James Colleran and Cover Evans
driver bows, entered an abandoned pOrtiO
of the Mineral Spring mine, at Wilkes
barre, Monday afternoon, with nake'
lamps on their heads, and both wer
killed by an explosion of gas which en-
sued. The body of the former was re
covered last evening.-A boiler in tn
Woolvaine paper mill, in Detroit, ex
ploded Monday, killing William Thomp
son, the engineer, and fatally injurin
Peter Frank, the fireman. !;'he build
ing was damaged to the extent Q
about 5,000.-A bov in 'he iteiorn
school at Trenton, New Jersey, |
years old, who was known by til
name of Alphonso ndon, committe
suicide on Sunday hy hanging himseI
in his cell with handkerchief.-Joh
Matter and wife, three mouths married
were drowned at Lake 'ity, Minnesot;
% Sunday, by the upsettog Of sa;! boa
&C, F. Huntingdon, from Bradford. Pa
was found dead in his room in q hotel i
New Orleans yesterday morning.--Dr.
r. Martin and family, in Allentown, Pa
were poisoned by ice cream on Sunda
night and suffered severely yesterday, th
doctors condition being thought critical :
one time. Last night he was much be-