Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-10
NIt'IDf MIS-.
a List ct C.rsmitous happening,

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Petersburg railroad, in Virginia, was
thrown from the track near Drury's Blun
| Yesterday afternoon by tho breaking of an
axle. The passengers received no injury
beyond severe shaking up.
A passenger train ON the Washington,
Ohio n Western railroad was thrown from
the track near Horndon, Virginia, yestcr.
day morning, Sandy Beard, tho fireman.
had an arm and leg broken. No other
person was injured.
| A collision occurred ON Saturday on the
Western Maryland railroad, % miles from
| Baltimore, between locomotive aud an
excursion trGin. Both engines crashed
into each other and had not been sopa'
rated late ON Saturday night None of
| the excursonists were Injured but flag.
man named Simmons. who was on ono of
the engines, was killed. James McCub
bin and Edward Jewett, engineers. were
terribly scaldod by escaping steam.
| Two sections OF freight train on the
Denver. South Park Il Pacific railroad
met with disaster on steep grado at ke-
nosha, Colorado. The first section, on
| getting to the base Of the incline, ran into
a construction train, injuriug four men.
| The engine of the second section left tho
track near the top of the incline, aud
eight cars back Of it were telescoped down
an embankmout. L. s. Fisher, engineer /;
Edw. Lake, brakeman, and G.. +. Living
ston, conductor, were probably fatally in
| jurcd.
A renewal of the flood in tho Rio Grandc,
| Texas, has caused additional damage to
the International and Rio Grando and
| Pecos railroads. Trains on the former road
were entirely stopped on Saturday, and 1t
will take two weeks to repair the damages
on the latter. At Marqueturas, on the
| Texas Mexican road, l,l0O sheep were
| drowned. The powder house of the Mexi-
can national construction company in
Laredo was struck 10y lightning on Satur.
day night and large quantity Of powder
! exploded.
Crime aud Criminals.
Near Los Vegas, New Mexico, two COW
| boys and Mexican killed each other in q
| fight about a stray cow.-The funeral of
| Rose Clark, or Amber, the victim Of the
last mysterious murder in Connec.
ticut, took place on Saturday. Sus.
| picion is now diverted from her
divorced husband the latest evidence
| being in favor of his innocence.
Joe Bagley was shot and mOrtaly
wounded from an ambush near Siletown,
Kentucky, Nike Rogers has been ar
rested, but other suspected parties are
| az lhA SOs IL dbNNAlE EslhE ~ HAcll Nlo
turbanCe in saloon at Mansfield, Penn
sylvania, on Saturday night, Constable
B. VI. Clark had his skull frac-
tured aud was So seriously injured inter
| nally that it is said he cannot recover
Mather's jewelry store, in Neriden, Conn,
was robbed early yesterday morning of
| $4,000 worth Of watches and rings. The
| safe of II. Brooks X Co, stationers, in the
same building, was robbed of $500. -
Constantine Muudi, coutined in the Stan
ford, Kentucky, jail on a charge Of wife
murder, hanged himself on last Saturday
| night.
Tine "LurId Jewelers." Path
The Elk Horn tannery at S;roudsburg,
Pa, owned by Michael D. Kes,ler, was
| burned yesterday. Loss $3.50 O0O.-Au
incendiary fire in Deep Creek village,
! Norfolk county, Virginia, yesterday
morning caused loss OF $50 900. An
incondiary IRE ia Auburn, Kentucky,
| destroyed half the business part of the vii
lage, causing loss estimated at S22, 800 -
| y X II. u Donnelrs barrel factory, at
Jersey city, was burned on Saturday even
ing. Less, $40, 900 -Mallets MOTEL and the
storehOuse OF the Canada screw company,
| ut Oundas, Ont, were burned on Satur.
| day. Loss, $50, 0OO.-N 5. Green & Sons
grist mill, at Milford, Wis, was burned
the same dag. Loss, as, 900 The Har.
yes, Qaeen -four Mills city, Colorado, were
burned on Saturday morning. Loss, eco,
| 600 100 acres OF forest land in Aver,
GrUtOn and LittetJn townships, Mass =,
hayo been wasted by fire since Monday
! last.
Diving the Golden spiEo
| The golden spike in the last rail OF the
| Nothern Pacific railroad was driven on
Saturday, pear Mullcn's tunnel, ), ,JIs feet
above the sea. Addresses were made by
President Willard of the Nothern Pacific
railroad company, ex-Sscretary Evarts,
Secretary Teller, ex President Billings, OF
the Northern Pacific, Sir James Hanneu
(on behalf of the English guests), DR..
kueiss, OF the Berlin university, Con bo-
half OF the German guests), the governors
OF Wnconsin, Minnesota, Dakota, Mon
tana Oregon, and Washington territory.
General Grant also made q few remarks,
Ia response to loud calls from the assem-
blagC The length OF the main line of the
NotheTn Pacific railroad Is l,990t miles,
and OF its branches GA miles, making %
total of 1854 miles.
swarm OF Lnoa,ts In Mssrcu
Surgeon General Hamilton, of the ma
rine hospital service has received a report
from d.. Main, at Brownsville, Texas,
stating that locusts are in Huastica, state
of Vera Cruz, at Tamaulipipas, near Tam
pico, Rio Verde, Eastern and San Luis
PotCsi. At the last mentioned place the
locusts occupy n perfect paraIslloyram
seven leagues long by two leagues wide in
solid rank, aud are travelling nOrthward
leaving no verdure behind them.
Ho Brought HIS Wife.
la Mddletown, n Y, lady couple
OF years ago found a little tree toad on a
large callalily which she had poUted in
the house. He was adopted as the ps. OF
the household and made his home on the
lily until last fall, when hs disappeared
presumably in the depths of the pot. He
was not seen or heard of until a few days
ago. when he reappeayed, bringing his wifi,
with him, Whether he evolved her from
the depths of his consciousness, or whethe,
he found her in tho earth, is problem
that is puzzing the household.
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