Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-02

Pasyhot says: Miss Susan Z. Douglas,
aged q, residing m Cumberland county,
cut the throats of three children. a boy
and two girls. and then killed herself.
Cause insanity.
Mystic Park Races
MYSTIC PARK. Boston, June LIN the
20 class III. b. Winship won IN two
straight heats4 Jennsr ID, Magic Sd,
Judge Davis 4ih. 1iune-2..22554, 2:251x,
2:24}z.
Class 2d-Kentucky Wilkes won. Jo-
sephine I'd, Forest Partisan Sd, Driver
4th; time, PA, 2-Z3&<, 2:z3, 2:zs511; 2-21s
and 2-234.
MAUD o. 10 Wagon.
HARTFORD. Conn, J une AT Charter
Oak Park today Maud s. made the first
thai to wagon she ever made. The FIRST
mile was made in 2.Zs5S. the second In
Z.ls and the last half mile in LOO.
Brighton Races.
BRIGHTON BEACH, n. T., June l.-Sec-
ond day. There was a good Attend
ance, and the track was fast and fine.
In the u mile dash, Mince won, Lon
don second. Time, Isl. The selling
race was won by Blenheim, Hakes "a,
Bell Bird third; time I:3l. The mile
and an eighth, Bacchus won, FL Captain
second, Hartford third; time la565<. In
the mile race Lameta won, Bouairetto
second, Georgia Boy third; time 1:4fL<.
In the steeplechase, ell ages, short
course, Ranger won, Kitty Darke seq
ond, Belle OF the North third; time PAS.
Hanged. Il
RALEIGH. June I.-Robert Henderson,
who murdered his wife near Oxford,
n. G., last November, was hanged at
Oxford today. The execution was pri-
vate. only eleven persons being admitted
within the enclosure. Large crowds
filled the town, as it was expected the
hanging would be public. He made a
full confession.
LOUISVILLE, June ii. Proctor
kuott, Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor of Kentucky, is quite i'll at the
residence Of DR.. Mather.
A Generous Citizen.
ERIE. Pa, June Nv. l.. Scott has
given $4,000 each to the Hamlet and
st. Vincent Hospitals of this city. He
had previously given large sums to the
Home for the Friendless and Catholic
Orphan Asylum.
Censure the u. II. Company.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, June 1.-The
coroner's jury in tae case of Matthias
Hago, who was killed during the recent
railway trouble at this place, rendered
a verdict today. They censure the
Omaha Railway Company for placing
deceased In a position which caused his
death.
Ordinance Contract.
Boston, June 1.-The North Boston
Iron Works have made contracts with
the War Department, 8ggregating $l75,-
900, to construct four twelve-inch rifle
guns at 1900 each. one large mortar
and convert, 80 ten-inch smooth bores
into eight-inch rifle cannon, at an aver
age cost of $500 each.
Policemen For the Brooklyn Bridge.
NEW Yogg, June 1.-The police COM
missioner today, at the request of the
Brooklyn bridge trustees, directed eight
men to be detailed for duty on the
bridge from the New York end to the
center of the span, from noon to mid
night daily.
Deserted his Ship.
Harold Frederick Won Parel, son of
the distinguished German general, was
arrested for desertion from the ship 4.
w. Gildemaster. Harold ran away
from the military academy at Potsdam,
and expressing a wish to go to sea, his
father placed him in charge of the cap
tain of the Gildemaster. Upon the ar
rival of the vessel Harold deserted,
claiming he was ill used by the mate.
Commissioner Belts ssnt him to Jail
awaiting the sailing of the ship.