Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-03-02
A TKUANT HUSBAND.
Leaving His Wife In Ashland 60 ElOpo
with Harrisburg Woman.

with q Harrisburg Woman.
Ashland is considerably excited over the
announcement that DR.. j. Y. JOINTS, q
manufacturer of patent medicines, had
eloped with Harrisburg woman whose
name is unknown. joints came there sew
eral years ago with his wife and three
children and he was generally liked by
every one and was believed to be doing
good business. Four or five weeks ago
the doctor left home on business trip.
since which time his wife became alarmed
at his prolonged absence and wrote to her
son, who is working at Harrisburg, with
view of ascertaining his whereabouts.
Through this means 1t was discovered that
the faithless husband and father had left
for parts unknown, accompanied by the
woman, who is said to be quite young and
of prepossessing appearance. Mr.. JOINTS
is almost distracted over the conduct of
her husband and she and her family start.
ed for Harrisburg, when an effort will be
made to locate the whereabouts of the
truant husband, who is q we'll educated,
modest, unassuming man, forty years of
age and of very pleasing manners. He is
about 5 feet inches high, dark complex
ion, long black hair and stoutly built.
Elliott tho Pueilist Killed In Chicago,
In Chicago between eight and nine
o'clock last night James Elliot the pugi
list and Jere Dunn a well-known sporting
man met in the saloon and restaurant of
William Langdon alias Appleton, alias
"Appetite Bill" an ex. banco and conf
dence man and began shooting the result
being that Elliott was killed and Dunn
wounded in two places. The trouble
dates back to the time when Harry Hill
and others came from New York to meet
Mace and Slade with view of arranging
a match with John L. Sullivan, whose
backer was Jere Dunn. At the same time
Elliott backed by Parson Davies was seek
ing to make match with the Maori.
The quarrel was engendered by several
statements made by Dunn and Elliott in
the newspapers at that time. Dunn then
threatened to shoot Elliott on sight. Both
men were armed, Elliott firing four shots,
Dunn five. Elliott is said to have first
attacked Dunn with chair, whereupon
the latter drew his pistol and fired. Dunn
was arrested.
Recent Fatalities.
Two freight trains collided on the Vir.
ginia Midland railway, between Bethel
station and Barbourville. TIE freight
train was No. 63, and the other an extra.
Both engines were demolished and the
trains wrecked. The engineer of the
extra train, Albert Haney, was killed.
The conductor, John Bell, was slightly
injured. The fireman, Thomas barley,
was seriously injured.
Hallet d. Grant, aged 81 years, quar-
termaster on board the steamship City of
Macon, lying at Queen street wharf, Phila.
delphia, was instantly killed last night by
falling down the hold of the vessel and
breaking his neck. He and the captain
were making an inspection of the steamer
at the time. Grant was resident of Fall
mouth, Mass.
Joseph Powell, who, with his brother,
was imprisoned in Bickel's mine, near
Ashland, last Saturday by fall Of coal,
died last night from his injuries. His
brother is still in precarious condition,
but will probably recover.
While nine men were returning to
North Hoosic, New York, from Hoosic
Falls, on Wednesday night, the horses
ran away, throwing them out of the
wagon. One man was killed and all the
others were injured.
Charles Kitchen, aged Is years. was
killed, and Albert Runyan, aged 13, Sc.
verely injured by the fall of an elevator in
q cotton mill in South Eastou, Ps., yes
terday afternoon.
Francis Ham and John Parish, en-.
ployed in factory at Salmon Falls, New
York, were 80 badly scalded by hot
starch yesterday that their recovery is
doubtful.
Joseph Campbell, brakeman, was in
stantly killed by freight train at Gallit.
zin, near Johnstown, yesterday. His
head was cru shed into pulp.
Mall Miscellany.
As the audience was leaving the opera
house in Galveston, Texas, last night, a
pistol dropped from the pocket of the
sheriff Of Fort Bend county, discharging
. bullet, which took effect in tho body Of
G. A. Douglass, causing fatal wound.
A supposed incendiary fire at Youngs.
town, Ohio, on Wednesday night, damaged
Al0nzo Williams, nlanin9 mill lin1ledx,s