Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-10
: r..H.LE INCEND.AHy.
arrest of :: Woman Charged with Setting
der hOUe0 EirG.

Tnc wife Of Capt William II. Mills, Of
Cape May, \. j.. was arrested at DiaS
Greek Friday night, and taken TO Cape
May to answer the charge .! setting fire
to the dwelling snd Workshop Of her hus
band yesterday. She pleaded not guilty,
and through iar counsel waived IN
examination. The OfTensa not being
baiiablc, size vas 1T once Ionanded
to the custody OF d constable. An
piicatiou has been made TO the supreme
court for Il writ .f habeas corpus. The
! workshop, which was lightly constructed,
| was quickly destroyed, but TIC fire in the
dwelling Was cxtingui5hcd before making
| any headway In the attic, where the iiGe
in ,he dwelling origin4ted, was found Il
| lighted candle, SO arranged as to commu
n!catc, when nearly consumed. with 4
quantity OF com bn3 3tble material. This
and the fact that Mrs. Mills had occupied
the premises since last week, and letS
about an hOur before the fire 70 join her
husband at DaS Creek, leu to the charge
! Of iiccnGiaIis:p against her.
| a North Carolina Mans Luck.
North Carolina now has a bonanza
king. The lucky man is John Earns, Of
Moore county. 4 few weeks ago lis
earthly possessions consisted Of a half
dozen halt starved coon dogs and q twenty
! acre lot Of barren land IN Moore county.
Abouta fortnight ago Barns discovered
gold on his farm. lie prudently kept the
secret to himself and moved the precious
metal as best he could. He obtained
more than q hundred pounds of gold and
then disposed of Il portion Of his
land for $143, 900, rtsersing large
share for himself Barns is now consid
cred the weaithiest man in Eastern North
Carolina. He is preparing to build Tor
himself handsome residence d short dis
tancc from the spot where be discovered
his gold mine.
| a deceived ana deserted yf;lcw.
Adele peanHe, Il widow thirty five
years old, arrived in New York from
| Franco a week ago in the steamship
Switzerland, with Francis Despanes. He
had promised to marry her on their arrival,
but he persuaded her 10 put Oft the cere-
mony until they got TO Philadelphia. L.:
that city he deserted her, taking with him
eight hundred francs and jewclry valued at
two thousant; francs belonging to her. She
hurried to Jersey City, expecting he
would take :. steam ship froia there bach
to France s3,arci. Was made for De-
panes by the police bus he has !.0t yet
been found. Il is Thought ho has no. Vet
sailed.
,"a;i Robbery.
A daring mail robbery occurred at the
Uuicn depot, it Cedar Rapids, Iowa. at {.
late hour Friday night. The east bound
train being late. the mail was carried into
the baggage room. and while there the
mail pouch WAS ripped open. and 40
registered letters were taken therofroIl.
The amount OF tie loss is not known. Ont;
letter, however, contained Il ST. coo Ciii
ana 500 bill, the amount of Postmaster
Smith 5 monthly remittance to the depart.
ment. There is 10 clue to the robbers.
Thirty Horses and Mules burned.
\ dispatch from JohnstOwn, n. J.,
states that buildiug on the farm cf Mr..
Z. LOrillard, used rs i stable for draught
horses and also as carpenter shop,
caught fire between seven and eight
O'clcck Friday evening. Although the
flames lighted up the sky for miles
around the loss was nor great, and the fire
was under control by ten clock. Twenty
four draught horses, six mules and some
carpenters tools We're burned. The loss
is estimated 1t s., 0G0.
The u xn,ont Asylum
| Doctors Reed and Wiley OF the Dixmont
insane asylum, have sue the Erie HerC!d
for defamation Of character, laying dam
ages at SAC, 600 The suit grows out of
articles published by tho Herald, rejecting
On the management OF that institution,
! based on statements Of Dr.. levin, .n cx-
inmate Of the asylum. Tho management
deny the charges and claim that the doctor
is still derapged,
a Result of tie Caye-in.
AS aIesult of the Wilkesbarre cave in
OF the old mioc at Five Points, ventilia-
tion has been SO impaired il the Conyng-
ham mine, adjoining. as 30 necessitatc a
stoppage of work i'll that mine. An effort
will he made to remedy the evil by put
ting 4 new fan in the Baltimore mine.
| Tho Ecst In Tho World.
| Aiary Ai,n Wilhen. Of Smith township,
Washington county, has in her Possession
i clock which is known to have been in
| constant use iur the last one LuudreG aud
four years. i brass plate ou les face shows
| that it was made by George !Iof. Of Ian
caster.