Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-02
FUNERAL. GUisIEGE WRECKED
"A Wild scene In Which All the Horses
the Procession Took Part.

A wild scene In Which All tho Horses Il,
the Procession Took Part.
While the funeral of Alexander Ruttel
was taking place in Union township, Law
renee county. the driver OF one Oh the car
riages stopped to put D strap in place that
had b"cSma un!astened The driver of
the vehicle Immediately in the rear
failed to check his horses in time, and ran
insI the halted carriage. The result was
that the horses attached to the latter be-
| came frightened aud started to run away.
and soon started every animal i'll the cortege
broke into Il bl eak neck flight Numerous
carriages, wagons and other vehicles were
overturned, and the whole funeral pro.
| cession reduced to Il wreck of it's former
uniformity. Men calculated, women
shrieked and many occupants of vehicles
| were thrown out.
Losses by Fire.
Five stores at Juniata, Nebraska. were
burned on Wednesday. Loss, $4,000.
The wholesale fancy store of c. w.
Thorn & Co.. in Washington, was dam.
aged by fire Thursday to the extent of
sci, 600.
Lacy & Downs fur hat factory at Dan
bury, Conn, was burned Thursday. Loss.
s25, 200.
The old Rock Island woollen factory, in
Charlotte. North Carolina, was burned
Thursday. Il had latterly been used as a
warehouse for the storage of cotton, fer
tilizers and groceries The loss is esti.
mated at S35, 900. Incendiarism is sus-
pectcd.
For IL Protective Tariff.
A crowded mass meeting under the aus
pices of the New York association for the
protection of American industry was held
in Cooper institute last evening. Peter
Cooper presided assisted by William f.
Lodge. The list of vice presidents includ
| ed number OF the leading business and
professional men of that city. Addresses
were made by Messrs. Cooper, Doege.
William NJ. Eyarts and Dexter A. Haw-
kins, after which resolutions were adopted
supporting a protective tariff.
In Sad Condition.
Il Wilkesbarre preacher visiting a fam
lily named Leonard found two year old
girl Oh bed !; she was too weak to move.
and by her side was 90 year old brother,
who had died the day before. In another
apartment the mother was found in such
al exhausted condition that she could not
raise her head. The father had been
buried a few days before. The family
had been stricken with fever, caused by
drinking impure water. The fires were
out and there was not mOuthful Of food
in the house. Tho mother will die.
Big Salt Production.
There is much excitement at Warsaw
and Leroy, New York, over the large salt
production developed in that region. A
telegram from Rochester : ''Hundreds of
barrels are being made daily manufactured
from two wells at Warsaw Agents of Sy-
raouse, Auburn and Canadian syndicates
are on the ground to make large pur-
chasss of land and sink wells. Over 1000
barrels OF salt have already been shipped
from Warsaw 10 Buffalo and hundreds of
barrels to other points east oSthere.
Bad Water.
Water for lemonade was taken by the
of an Evcsham, Eng, restau-
rant from a disused we'll, which had been
closed because of its own contamination.
The beverage was served to persons at
tending an adjacent regatta, and sixty
eight Of these were were attacked with
typhoid fever, traced directly to the lem
,nade.