Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-08

eighteen sheep were frozen to death while
being transferred from the cars to the
stock yards.
Elizabeth Howard, aged 70 years. resid-
ing at 1924 Valera street, Philadelphia,
was found lying dead with her neck
broken, at the foot of the front stairs of
her dwelling Monday morning. She lived
alone, and had not been seen by any of
her neighbors since Saturday week, at
which time she was observed returning
from market. Shortly afterward noise
was heard in the house, as if somebody
had fallen down stairs, but no atte ntion
was paid to it until Monday, when the
woman not being seen about as formerly,
her front door, which was not locked, was
opened, and she was found lying dead,
head downward, with her feet upon one
of the upper steps of the stairs. Upon
her person was found an order on Drexel
& Co. for 5000. a $50 gold piece, sa7 in
notes, and $40 in loose change.
Dukes' Disbarment.
In Uniontown yesterday the motion to
disbar N. L. Dukes came up in court, and
he was on hand to show cause why the
petition should not be granted. Congress
man Boyle appeared for him. Hon.
Daniel Kane, Colonel John Collins and
Nathaniel Ewing were the committee
having charge of the case for the members
of the bar. They asked that Dukes
name be stricken from the roll of attorneys
on the ground of being guilty of conduct
unbecoming member of the bar, but the
charges were not accompanied by srecif.
cations, and Mr.. Boyle asked that they be
required to make the charges specific.
This request was granted and the COM
mittee given till next Monday to formulate
the charges. Dukes recently wrote a very
supplicatory and pathetic letter on the
subject to one of the committee.
Baseball Yesterday.
At New York Providence, IA New
York, 9; Pittsburgh Metropolitan, 8 :;
Allegheny, S; Baltimore : Athletic, s
Baltimore, !; Chicago : Detroit, Z; Chi
cago, 0; Cincinnati Louisville, 5; Gin.
cinnati, 2, twelve innings Trenton
Interstate Championship } Actives, OF
Reading, Is; Trenton, Columbus, 4 ;
St. Louis, 8; Buffalo; Cleveland, 5
Buffalo, 4; Newark : Anthracite, 3
Baooklyn, S; Philadelphia Boston, 20
Philadelphia, 8; Camden Merits, 6;
Harrisburg, 1.
Two Youthful Bridal Couples.
In Fort Gaines, Ga., J. r. Hollins, OF
Henry county, Ala, aged II, and Miss
Tina Smith, of Lawrenceville, Ala, aged
16, we're married last week. The bride
was going to school, wearing short frocks.
The groom, though married once before.
was attending school. During the school
dinner the couple ran over to the Georgia
side and returned home married. At Dal-
ton, John C. Cash, aged 1G, aud Lizzie
Hooper, IA runaway couple from Walk
er county, were also married.
A Boys Adventure in church,
In Atlanta a large congregation as
sembled at the Second Baptist church
Johnnie Barrow, aged 8, slipped into {:
corner and went to sleep, and, not being
observed by the sexton, was locked up and
left in darkness. Next morning people
were perplexed by the occasional sound
ing of the church bell, but it was not unit
noon thata policeman decided to enter
and ascertain the cause, when he found
the boy exhausted with the labor of sound
ing the bell for the purpose of deliverance
Meantime his parents had been searching
the town elsewhere for him.
state Briefs.
The idiotic son of Mrs. George Prenatle,
living in Mead township, Crawford county,
set fire to his clothing a few days since
and Was burned to death.
William Atkinson, of Union township,
Lawrence county has received nearly 5000
since 1870 from the county commissioners
in compensation for sheep killed by dogs.
In the case of John Mcconnell, of Phila-
delphia, aged four, who died from the
effects of strychnia poisoning, taken in
pills prescribed for the mother by DR..
Walter F. Atlee, the coroner's jury yes
terday found verdict of death from poi
soning, and censured the physician for not
apprising the parents of the child of the
dangerous nature of the drug prescribed.