Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-03-09

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hi anger he pounded Burns to dea&h and
then eut his BODY into pieces and threw il
into tho river, which runs BY the house.
Tho finding Of blood stains in the room in
which the murder Is said to have been
committed renders Lecco's story q prob.
able one. The house il not far from the
centre of the village and appearances indi-
cate that the body Of the murdered man
was thrown from the third story window.
Wiggins Big BLOW.
A telegram from Ottawa says that "as
time approaches for the great storm pre-
dicted by Prof. Virgins, the interest
becomes more intense. It is the general
topic of conversation and many timid
persons are known to be prostrated with
nervousness. Telegraphio reports from
the United States that several women had
become insane through fear, have pain
fully affected Prof Wiggins He regrets
the coming Of the storm, and wishes now
that he had not predicted it. In the inter-
est Of science, however, he felt it to be
duty that he owed to his fellow creatures.
He promises to publish to the world early
next week the theory on which he based
his representations. The weather to.
night is somewhat milder, the wind having
subsided. Prof. Wiggins regards this as
the calm before the Storm
Trade and Labor.
Meeting of the eAmalgamated association
of iron and steel workers to consider the
scales of wages to 60 into effect on June 1st
will be held Saturday in Pittsburgh, Whee.
ing. West Virginia; Covingtop, Kentucky; !;
Belleville, Illinois; youngstown, Ohio; and
Philadelphia. The workmen, it is said,
have decided not to demand any radical
changes in the present scale, unless it be
the adoption of a scale, governing the wages
of engineers.
About $50 owners of lumber mills in the
Northwest met yesterday in Chicago to
organize for the purpose of limiting pro-
duction and fixing prices and wages. Com.
mittees on organization and production
were appointed.
The Western Shovel manufacturer g
association held its quarterly meeting in
Pittsburg yesterday. The reports indi-
Gated a fair trade and the old rates were
affirmed.
Rumored Shooting Into tho Carriage OF Ex-
| secretary Blaine.
| A report is current at Washington, that
a short time before the adjournment Of
Congress an attempt was made by some per
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Blaine by shooting into carriage 10
which he was seated while returning from
one of the night sessions at the capitol
Mr.. Blaine treats the matter lightly and
says that the hole through the windows
of the landau in which he rode was proba'
bly, made by pebble thrown by some boy
with sdevirs slug" His family however,
are said to take more serious view of the
occurrence.
| A Cave-In At MT. Carmel.
Thursday afternoon the old breasts at
tho Reliance colliery, at Mt. Carmel, cavet
In, cracking large area of surface under
and about nine houses, leaving only thir
shell of frozen earth between the houses
and the mine. The families occupying
the houses are hurriedly moving out.
Twenty other houses, the public road ant
Reading depot and tracks are in danger
The houses belong to the Reading con-
pany. Some of them are now being pulled
down and carried away as they may sinl
out of sight at any moment.