Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-08
NEWS CONDENSED.
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Items OF Interest In short Paragraphs for
oates Rendiug-A Resume ot Recent
ENents IN Many Places.

| NNhIlN gl,N'i,NVO III kbiNl bilS anu INlll
was received in New York yesterday from
| Europe.
A telegram from Starkc. Florida, re.
ports that G. c, Bcrkoncamp, n PhiladcI.
phiau, hanged himself NJ Lakeside ON
| Tuesday morning.
| Kirkland NJ, Fitch, the dcriultug cash
! iCr of the Warren (Ohio) Second national
bank, yesterday pleaded guilty to ombcz
| Zliug $50 600, and was sentenced tO five
years Imprisonment.
Judge Brown, in the United Statcs
district court at New York yesterday,
decided that minor may be enlisted
without the consent Of his parents into
the marine service OF tho United States.
A sewer in which men were working in
| Elmira, New York, cnycd in yesterday,
killing Dennis Burns and Thomas Tub
berty aud slightly injuriug several others
At Luling, Texas, on Tuesday night,
ono hundred armed and masked men sur.
rounded the house of John l.. Martin, who
was under guard on confession OF having
murdered his wife. took him out and
hanged from the ueighboring tree.
An election riot occurred in Wakefield,
Sussex county, irginia, after the closing
of the polls on Tuesday night. Il. W.
White, prominent Democrat, was fatally
wounded. W. II. Morris, proprietor of
the Hotel Wakefield, was pursued by u
mob aud has not beeu heard of since. llc
is supposed to have been murdered.
The United States steamer General
Barnard, with the special Senate commit.
tee On board, arrived at NicksbIrg, Miss,
ON Tuesday night. Yesterday the com
mIttce took testimony regarding improve
ments, and last evening left for points be
low.
The directors the board of trade aud
transportation, Of Cincinnati, yesterday
adopted the report Of a committee declar
ing tho trade dollar 4 nuisance, aud rec
ommendiug memorial to Congress for its
redemption by the government and with
drawal from circulation.
| Conventions of chain makers aud metal.
lie burial case manufacturers are in session
in Cincinnati for the purpose of fixing
prices and making other provisions for the
benefit of their respective organizations.
The state department at Washington Is
in receipt of Information from the nitCd
States vice consul at Turin that there will
be no division or distinction Of nationality
among the exhibitors at mex. years clec.
trical exposition,
Five thousand ISht hundred aud eighty
SIX head of cattle aud l2,GS3 sheep wore
shipped from Canada 70 Great Britain
during October. Under the rigorous sys
TEN Of inspection adopted by the domin-
ion department Of agriculture, the ship
) mentS were FREQ from any " scheduled "
disease.
The will OF Kaco Townsend, killed in a
dIsTeputable house in New Ogleaus by
TrOisyille Cor Treville) Sykes, last Satur-
day, bequeaths all her property, real and
personal, 70 her murderer. The estate is
valued At $243, 900. The crime of Sykcs
. | az t,,I IA D.,
quest, which, under the law OF Louisiana
ought 20 go the state.
The Tlro Record.
\ ire At Sioux Falls, Dakota, early yes
? terday morning, destroyed the Commercial
house and livery stable, aud three adjon-
j ing brick buildings. Thrty.six horses anC
! a number Of carriages werc burned IN the
o stable. Tho total loss is estimated a
d SlOo, 900. Tho Pittsburg boat company
mills " ScwickIy, Pa, were burned OF
a ! Tuesday night, with two frame house
: aul an adjoining stable. Loss, eco, 900 -
g 4 fire in WalkcrvillC, Ontario, on Tuesda,
q morning, destroyed three cattle barns b,
d longing u Hiram Walker with 100 hsa"
OF cattle, 200 tons OF nay aud u, 900 tons o
q coal. squad Of tiremen and "A eugIn
!. went from Detroit TO assist tho local ngC
i men, and four of the Detroit IL 81 were
d injured, two dangerously, by a tallin.
wal.-Thc steam saw mills of Charles II
+ Eaton, at Eaton Maine, were burned yes
o terday. Loss, $25, 900
The three mlStei sciDDaog Blluch
Hopkins, run into by the steamer NeI
I. York of Cape May last Sunday night
:. was picked up by y pilot boat and VA
u toTed iutO New York hArbOr yesterday.
; PittsburG Scandal.
q At Plttsburg in the criminal court Wed
nestay afternoon. P. n. Chaplin, wiuol
Q known as exmanager of the MOnOugahel
:, house, pleaded guilty to charges pTeferre
l. against him by Jennie Holmes, wOma
a OF notorious character Chaplin is marie
7, . the daughter Of a prominent iron manu-
q facturer long since deceased. His relation
d with the Holmes woman were fOrms
shortly after her entrance upon life Il
i'll rGpute. Some months ago, friends q
y Chaplin, who were aware OF his relation
a with tho woman, persuaded him 20 Gu
It loose from hOr. Sho wrote number c
t threatening letters to him, and fnall
:, visited his residence in Hazlewood, a
8 aristOcratiC neighborhocd. Chapin ha
} made no statement, but his friends clair
g. that suits were entered on acc0ur
is OF his REFUSAL 10 pay a large SUN OF nus
q money. He Will bs called for sentence o
'r Saturday.
Chinese LabOrers Coming.
l. The treasury department has receive
n from Senator Miller, Of California, q cop
:. of a letter written by him to the secretar
b OF state complaining that by the fraudu
10 lent practices OF officers of the Chimes
% government hundreds of Chinese labOreI
h are being landed on American shores. Th
st treaty between the United States an
J. China admits Chinese teachers, student
a merchants or those who desire to travel
1t the United States, and provides that a
officer Of the Chinese government sha
!, issue certificates which shall bo consit
N cred prima facie evidence that the holder
10 thereof como within tho provisions OF Ii
DO treaty.
IN Senator Miller assumes that the recei
b. arrivals consist mainly Of labOrers, AT
% that the officer issuing their certificate
evidently did 30 knowing that they we
not entitled TO admission into tho Unite
10 States
b The Track OF Crime.
y. Near LuIing Texas, on Tuesday,
Is daughter of Rev. Mr.. Newton was sht
I'd dead by her husband while she was maxim
bread. Jealousy was the cause.
J. NJ Fleming was yesterday shot dea
by f. l.. Cunningham in quarrel at Fo
"a Worth, Tox. They were rival mark'
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