Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-28
A REMaRKABLE SUICIDE.
Entirely Frencby In Its Character.

Entirely Frencby In ITS Character.
In Paris on Tuesday evening, the atten-
t:on of the crowds of promeDaders in the
QUARTER des Pyramidcs was attracted by
suicide, accomplished in manner very
eccentric, even for great city like Paris.
A gentleman, neatly and respectfully
dressed, entered the restaurant 'John
Bull, " at the corner of the Rue des Pyra
mides and the Place Jeanne Pare, and
ordered an elaborate dinner. He consumed
the delicacies set before him with evident
relish, and after each dish or glass of wine
he jotted down q few observations in q
note book. He completed his repast with
the satisfaction of a man who had
achieved a thoroughly first. rate dinner.
He then called for glass of champagne
and an excellent Havana cigar. He
slipped the former and lighted the latter,
aud finally told the waiter to bring his
| bill.
gentleman who had dined SO agreeably
removed the cigar from his lips and in
| serted in his mouth the muzzle OF a re-
volver. He fired four bullets through his
brain. A doctor was called, and the dead
man was searched. They found absolutely
| nothing in his pockets except the note =
oOo0' Oo VhO dioo pSSS VA WHO "SAS "iaV
ten in large bold characters the words,
Diner de la mort j; Hes dernieres impres .
sions. Then followed a critique on each
dish, conceived in the style and unity of
| idea of an accomplished connOiseur. Iu
the end he expressed his regret that he, All
cx officer in the French army, and deco
rated at that, should di, as Il malh0nnetc
honame, after having striven during the
war to fall sous tc coup d'une balLe Pus-
Sienae.
Northampton.
The Lehigh river has risen six feet
since Wednesday morning and is still
rising, overllowing it's banks in many
places and flooding the towpath, prevent
| ing the movement of canal boats. The
rains continue to fall aud the river will
rise at least six feet more. The Bushkili
is also rising rapidly aud is already over
its banks. Tue Delaware is little affected
thus far and a dispatch from Port Jervis
| at two o'clock said little or no rain had
| fallen there. The storms seem to centre
in the Lehigh valley. The slate regions
arc suffering greatly. Bangor is practic-
| ally submerged. Houses are flooded aud
families are moving out. The trestlewOrk
of the Bangor & Portlrnd road is washed
away and the tracks three and four feet
under water. The iron bridge at Martin y
creek is swept away. The slate quarries
are filling with water. The track of tho
| Pennsylvania, SlatiDgton & New England
road and of the Bangor & Portland road
is washed away west Of Portland. Nay.
lor's dam, Longs dam, Piper's dam, part
of Weiss dam on the Jacobus creek, MOlrs
slate factory and slaughter house, be
sides other buildings, were washed away
Tho streams are still rising.
| "A NsnIac'a Escape ,sn,i Capture.
Charles Edward Hanson. who WIS ru-
Gently declared insane by tho jury by
which he was tried for killing Charles
Ridgely White, of Howard county, Nd,
escaped from Spring Grove asylum, nea,
Baltimore, and was recaptured. His
| escape OccasiOncd great excitement. lie
crawlcd out Of tho window of his cell
| about midnight and walked through the
rainstorm, without his hat, to his home,
| twenty miles dista,it When his family
saw him he presented pitiable sight
His clothing was thoroughly drenched and
covered with mud.
The Archbishop WILL
The will of the late Archbishop Wovd
| was admitted to probate yesterday by the
ASSiooeA vi WILD. 1Ho pCGllIuH IOf ltGtefS
of administration gave $1C,SO0 as the
value of the archbishop's estate. All the
property and effects, real and personal,
are conveyed in fee simple to his SUCCESSOR,
with the like powers upon which the
said property and effects shall have been
held by mo immediately preceding my
decease.' The executors named arc Very
Rev. Maurice n. Walsh, V. c.. Rev. Mic
hOlas CauJWeIi and Rev las f. MuIhnl-
land.