Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-10
URIME AND CALAMITY.

CRIME AND CALAMITY. 81
A Cavalry Lieutsa.nr Fired Upon by .
Dfanksn Member Of His Troop.
In Tombstone yesterday Lieutenant
Anderson, with troop l. of the Sixth
cavalry when near the edge Of the town
had an alteration with A. B. Gabriel, .
member Of the troop, who wheeled in his
saddle and fired at the lieutenant. The
ball struck the latter In the neck, inaicting
q flesh wound. Gabriel escaped during
the confusion, but was subsequently ar
rested. Lieutenant Anderson rode back
to town, had his wound dressed and then
reioined his command The bali struck
within quarter of an inch of tho carotid
artery. No cause is assigned by the lieu.
tenant for the mans action. He was in.
toxicated at tho time and claims that the
officer shot at him first.
Charles E. Monroe has been arrested
and lodged in Jail at Lynchburg, Virginia,
charged with poisoning his brother, War.
rem Monroe, and his mother, some weeks
ago. The evidence is purely circumstan-
tial.-James O'Donnel and man named
Gillespie engaged in fight near Beaver
Meadows, Pa, on last Sunday, during q
drunken spree. Mrs. O'Donnell attempted
to separate them. During the struggle she
was struck ON the head with . poker,
receiving injuries from which she has since
died. Gillespie was arrested for inf1icting
the ipjuries.-A full jury was secured
yesterday in the "Jerry" Dunn murder
case at Chicago.-At Harrodsburg, Ken
tuck, the jury was completed in the
Congressman Thompson murder case, and
the trial was begun.
Anarchy is reported in Dodge City,
Kansas, owing to a rivalry between two
| lawless opposing factions, which has be-
one of them for mayor was defeated at the
last election. Several promiHent lawyers
of Kansas City have gono to Topeka to
petition the governor to place Dodge City
under marshal law. The present mayor
| of the city, Degue, is said to be the leader
| of tn, most lawless faction.-Advices
| from Panama state that representatives OF
| the EcuadOrian government yesterday en-
tered the Bank of Ecuador, at Guayaquil],
and notwithstanding the protests of con
suls and captains of English and Italian
ships, broke open the safes, robbing them
of 1920, 0OO.-The act of the Tennessee
Legislature making gambling felony
went into effect yesterday All the gamb
ling houses in Memphis closed their doors
yesterday afternoon.
Recent Calxmities.
Mayner's patent medicine mandatory
South Minneapolis, Minnesota, vas burn
ed on Tuesday night. Loss, $50, ,OOO.-
The loss by the burning of the busines:
portion of Forney, Texas, is estimated al
$50, ,OOO.-The distillery of John Beggs, al
Shelbyville, Indiana, was damaged by fire
yesterday to the extent of $45, ,OOO.-Tht
livery stable of Rufus Smith, in New Ha-
ven, was burned last night. After the tire
had been nearly extinguished, "a brick wal
of the stable fell upon party of iremen
severely injuring eight Of them. Two o
the injured, Augustus Hyland and james
A. Finnegan, are not expected to recover
The steamship Big Horn, which left
Bismarck, Dakota, on the 10th ult., will
merchandise, for Montana, was sunk by
snag. No lives were lost. The steamer
was valued at $20, 900.
J. E. johnson, farmer living nea
Casstown, Ohio, was plowing, when h'
suddenly left his team, ran to the woods
stripped tho bark from a sapling ant
made q rope and hung himself to q tree
No cause can be assigned for the act
Church B. Tuttle, OF Harmar, Ohio, /:
well-known and respected citizen, eight!
years old, committed suicide by taking al
enormous dose of arsenic.-1n Saco, Me.
the body of man. about thirty years old
was found in a coal shed. He had com
mitted suicide by blowing out his brains
His face was battered beyond recognition
A barely legible paper found on his person
had tho following words, family traced il
blood 81 killed myself because wa
friendless and tired of living. Charlie!
Smith, .-f
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At Pittsburgh, Allegheny, 1S, Metropo
Titan, 3; at Chicago, Detroits, II, Chicago
z; at Baltimore, Baltimore, Is, Athletic
2; at Trenton. Trenton, 2, Quickstep 0
Wilmington, 8; at Pottsville, Active, 3
Anthracite, 1. ..