Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-11

f4ufO20s was 10f0W0 un06C e00 Wuo0D
and cut in two, tho right side being entire
ly severed from the Loft, the bead remain |
ing upon tho latter.-1n Easeon three men
were seated on 9 ladder painting the
house of Town Councilman Theodore |
Oliver a puy rore become loosened and
one end of the ladder fell, precipitatiug
Joseph Eastou. aged "a, to the pavement,
killing him almost instantly. The others
escaped by cling1ng to the ropes.-ln
Cory yesterday a 40 horse boiler belong
ing to A. NJ. Kent & Co., and used in
running sawmil, exploded shortly before
6 O'Clock. The shock was felt over the
entire city and caused great excitement
for time. Half of the boiler was blown
200 feet and another large portion twice as
far. Nelson Dimmick, the fireman. was
fearfully cut, scalded and bruised, but will
probably survive. His escape from instant
death, and that of his little son, who was
playing near by at the time, is miracu-
ious.
Losses by Fire and Storm.
During severe storm on Wednesday
afternoon, lightning struck tho house Of
James Egan, in Lacrosse, Wis.,. severely
if not fatally iniuring Mrs. Egan, and in a
less degree her daughter, aged 13 years.
The damage at Denver, Col, by Tuesdays
hail storm, will probably amount to
$75, 900. Scarcely building in the city
escaped injury. The fruit trees were
greatly damaged. The loss to ranchmen
around Denver is very heavy.-At Omaha,
Neb., the damage will amount to about
SIS, 900. Some houses were flooded, but
no lives lost.-Much damage was done in
Chicago and its neighborhood by storm
on Wednesday night. The Methodist
church at Evanston was completely
wrecked by the wind.-During a thunder
storm in New York city, yesterday morn
ing, the sash and blind factory of Messrs.
Bradlaugh s. Currier, in East Twenty
| fifth street, was struck by lightning, and
burned down to the second floor.
Phases of Crime.
| Governor Blackburn, Of Kentucky, yes
terlay pardoned James S. Sizemore, who
who was sent to the penitentiary charged
with murder. 1t is said that Sizemore
made no defense. His brother, man
with large family, being the real crimi-
nal, Sizemore voluntarily took tho odium
and penalty on himself for the sake of his
brother aud family. Tho brother when
dying recently, made confession of the
facts. The trial of Jerry Dunn for the
murder of Elliott, tho pugilist in Chicago
was adjourned by Judge Smith yesterday
morning. 1t is said that it was learned
that man named Hardy, on the jury, is
a sporting character, and mingled with the
same circle in which Dunn mOved.-A
telegram from Topeka, Kansas, says that
the trouble at Dodge City is at an end
The grave of Carl GuntOn, in Lansingburg
cemetery, Troy, New York, was opened
yesterday and it was found that body
snatchers had stripped the corpse of its
clothing and then stolen it
G. B. Hickman, late receiver in tho Lake
CITY land Office, has been discovered to bo
a defaulter to the amount of SIC, ,O00.-The
residents of Lawrenceville, wealthy
suburb of Pittsburgh, alarmed at the
frequency of fires in that quarter Of late,
have formed vigilance committee to
capture incendiaries The safe in the
bank of Townsend North, at Vassar, Mich,
was blown open by burglars on Wednes
day night, and "a. 900 in specie taken the
thieves were frightened away before they
could open another drawer containing
Sc, 600 in ncurrency.-Nearly all the Chinese
opium. smoking dens in Mott street, New
York, were closed last night in conse-
quence of the crusade made against them
three arrests were nade-two young girls
l
the girls was arrested on complaint of her
brother.--In Paris, on the Rue Saint
Denis, while a marriage party was pro.
ceeding to the church where the marriage
was to be solemnized q rival Of the bride
groom suddenly appeared Oh the scene
and, to the horror Of the party, shot and
killed him; the assassin poisoned him.
self instantly after firing the fatal shot
On the Warrick farm, Texas, two Mexi
cans killed themselves with the same
knife. One stabbed tho other in the
region of the heart, leaving the knife still
sticking in the wound. The other drew
tho knife from his own breast and stabbed
his antagonist. Both died in few min.
utes.-Miss Louisa Gavoilie, who was
shot in Dipgman township, Pike county,
last week, and who said the wounds were
inflicted by stranger, has since made
statement which has caused great deal
of excitement. She says she fired the
shots herself and that her first story was
wholly untrue. She gives no reason for
shooting herself. Her condition is critical.
Louis De Roncsray, aged 4S, manager
of the Chromographic card company, of
Baltimore, cut his throat with a razor and
jumped from the third-stOry attic window
of the residence Of his brother-in-law.
l Do OCcu Ill n0dlIu
for some time and about week ago
suffered an attack of malaria.
| Trade and Labor.
The Neao England Homestead of Spring
field, Massachusetts,, publishes reports of
the crops from all sections of New Eng
land, which indicate large yield of hay
and grain. The acreage of tobacco s" will
be somewhat reduced, with larger pro
portion of Havana tobacco. Tho first
through ticket from St. Paul, Minnesota,
to Portland, Oregon, on the Northern
Pacific railroad, was sold yesterday at St.
Paul.-'rhe comptroller Of the currency
has authorized the City national bank Of
Akron, Ohio, with a capital of 100000,
and the First national bank of Union,
| Oregon, with capital of $50.OO0.-The
steamer PhGnicia arrived at Boston yes
| terday with 821 immigrants from Ireland,
sent out by assistance of the British gov
ernment. They 60 to Pennsylvania Vir.
ginia, Wisconsin and Montana.-The
painters of Hamilton, Ontario, have de.
| cided to strike unless they are allowed to
quit wrk on Saturdays at o'clock, with
full weeks wages.-There is said to be
considerable excitement in Buffalo, New
York, over " the supposed finding of gold
at the poor house farm. 1T is said that
rapid progress is being made on the
Pacific branch of tho Mexican Central
railroad. Five hundred laborers are at
work on it.
Baseball Yesterday.