Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-18
WEARY WAY OF THE WICKED WORLD
Deaths by Accident and Desiga.The storm
King Rides the WhirlWind-The
Reign Of TerfOf.


Reign Of Terror.
Charles Munhall was killed by falling
from window in Indianapolis. His wife
was arrested on suspicion of having pushed
him out of the window while he was
drunk.-Charles 81 Morton and Samuel
Wilson, colored, quarreled about woman
in a saloon in St. Louis. Morton drew a
pistol and fired at Wilson, but missed him
and killed another colored man who was
washing the windows of the saloon.-Dur.
ing school exhibition it Sulphur Well,
Metcalfe county, Kentucky, Mar
shall Beauchamp asked two men,
named Winfrey and Price, to stop
making q disturbance. They at once
opened fire ON Beauchamp, who returned
it. McFarlane, bystander, was shot
dead, Beauchamp was mortally wounded,
Price was badly wounded. a Miss Phillpot
received wound in the cheek, aud
colored man is missing and supposed to be
dead in the bushes, where he hid himself
after receiving a shot.-John Ioara,
Mexican, feloniously assaulted fourteen
year old girl near Austin. Texas, and
then beat her to death. He also stabbed
to death her ton year old brother. He was
lodged in Jail, but lynching is expected
A man who refused to give his name or
that of his assailant was found dying in
one of the streets of Boston from a shot
wound under the right ear. TIE body was
identified as that of Bernard J. Mahan.
43 years of age. 1t appears that at III
O'Clock on Saturday night, being in a
saloon, he was asked by 4 notorious
woman named "Liz' Perkins, to take a
drink; that lie refused to drink with
woman of bad character, and that she i'm
mediately jumped at him and stabbed him
with long shawl pin, the point penetrat
ing the carotid artery. Ho started for a
drug store, but fell exhausted on tho way.
The woman and a female companion being
arrested, denied all knowledge Of the man
or that they were in the saloon, but the
proprietor of the place reported the facts
to the police.-Joseph Beaver, prominent
farmer of Rushvillo, Ind, was shot by Jim
Storey, a notorious character, in quarrel
about disreputable woman.-Edw. Mul
holland went home drunk, at Mingo juno
ton, Ohio, aud being reprOved by his
| aged mother, drew pistol and shot her
iD the head, inflicting fatal wound. -
| "Six Shooter Jack" notorious rough,
was shot dead by sheriff's posse who
captured six of his gang, near HALEY,
Idaho.-Dr. John F. Carter, editor of the
Rople's Adpocate of Dadeville, Alabama,
was shot and killed at that place by B. Is.
Ssurdevant, son of an ex-prObate judge,
whom the paper attacked. Carter fred al
Sturdevant before the latter drew his pis
tol.
Disasters by storm.
Avoilent storm and whirlwind visited
Muncy, Pa, on Sunday evening destroy
ing the Philadelphia & Reading railroad
station and half a mile of track, and kill
ing 13. year old son of Mr.. D. Dykens The
wires between Muncy and Williamsport
were levelled.-A severe thunder storm
accompanied by high winds, prevailed al
Harrisburg Sunday night. Trees were
blown down and number of houses were
unrooied.-A heavy storm of wind anc
rain. with vivid sheet lightning prevailed
at Montreal in the surrounding country OF
Saturday night. Many trees were shattered
| and number of cattle killed by the light
ming. There was repetition of the light
| ming yesterday, but it was less vivid
| Heavy rains in Kansas and Missouri dur
| mig Saturday and last night caused wash
outs on a number of railroads. St JOSEPH
| Missouri, was nearly isolated, the only
communication being by the Hannibal ant
st. Joseph road. All communication Will
Leavenworth, Kansas, was cut of excep,
by two roads, the union Pacific and Lea
venworth, Topeka and Southwestern.