The Portland daily press., 1883-08-08
NEW YORK.
Run on a Rank.


NEW YORK, Aug. THE Commercial says
there Is run on the Second National Bank of
Elmira, In consequence of its president, ID. r.
Pratt having lost $3.50, 600 In pork speculation.
The bank Is believed to be solvent.
VIII Not Attsmpr 10 Swim Up the Hudson.
Norris Taylor Collinge, the English swim
meri who recently failed In his attempt to
swim from Albany to New York in six days,
announced that he would again attempt it,
starting from New York and going up the
Hudson with every food tide. For some unex-
planned reason the programme was not carried
out.
Keno Players interrupted.
"Keno," followed by the cry of "Poice,"
suddenly stopped fourishing game OF keno
at the Iroquois House at Coney Island last
night About ten players were In when the
police entered seized all the instruments and
arrested the dealers. Great excitnment was
caused, and all the inmates broke for the doors
and windows.
A Panic ON "a Ferry Boat
A singular accident occurred last night to
the ferryboat Darcy of Jersey. The packing
OF the engine blew out, and the engine-room
became flled with steam. The engineer was
driven out, and panic ensued among the
passengers. Tho boat ran against the bulk
head with frghtful shock, and one of the
terrified passengers climbed up the bulkhead.
Coated With Tar and Feathers.
Troy, August About year ago Albert
Voss, BRIGHT well-mannered young German,
who is believed to be well connected in Ger
many, took up his abode ia Castleton, Hud-
son river village fourteen miles from here.
He soon made friends with Henry Hoffman, a
feilow-countryman, who possesses considerable
property, wife, aud five children. IL was not
long before the villagers remarked that Voss
and Mrs. Hoffman were very frequently in
each others company The gossips talked TO
Hoffman, who recently scolded his wife and
broke OF his friendship for Voss. The couple,
however, met as before, and a week ago Mrs
Hoffman left her husband, and with Voss took
residence opposite the Hoffman dwelling.
The villagers were incensed at the open i'm
morality of the couple. A delegation on
Thursday last waited upon Voss and ordered
him TO depart within six hours. Mrs. Hotf-
man by some means compromised with her
husband, and not only induced him to take
her back, but secured his help in secreting
Voss in the Hoffman residence The Castle
ton people on Saturday night heard OF Voss'
Whereabouts One hundred men called at the
Hoffman place and commanded the Hoffmans
to produce him. Backed by his wife, Hoff-
man showed fight Some of the party climbed
to the roof, and, cutting their way through
with axes, entered the garret, where they
found Voss. He was covered with the con-
tents OF pot OF slack lime and then taken out
Escorted by the indignant populace. he was
marched to a secluded spot, where he was
stripped and tarred and feathered. Then he
was marched through the village, and at its
Outohutn Ills ClOtu6d Hotc Iobufntu W Hii anu
he was ordered never to return. The crowd
went back to Hoffman's house and told him
that If Voss was again harbored Hoffman and
his wife would be tarred and feathered also.
Mysterious Case of Drowning
Information of mysterious cause of drown
ing was last evening given at the York-street
Station in Brooklyn. Daniel j. Cunan stated
that he was standing at the foot of Gold-street
when he saw skff in the water bottom up
ward, with man clngipg to it. Cunan threw
off his clothes and plunged in. Before he could
reach the boat the stranger lost his hold and
sank.