Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-19
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| Paul SJhmclhck, q PHILADELPHIA broker.
had an eSct'iup experience at Wilmington
on Monday nj ut, owing To bold attompt
mado by two men to rob hun OF "A satchel
onntaiuinE neatly $1,000 MIR. SShmeIlick
| visited Baltimore on Monday morning for
| the purpose ui procuring S2 100 In QUO
| dollar gold pieces aud 1000 IA other
Kinds ni gold Cniu, ibr tho purpOsc Ot
uslug tho same in exchange.
Mr., S1hmolHck obtained the money ut
tho United states sub treasury in Bali-
more. lie says he remembered seeing two
men Watching him closely upon leaving
tho sub treasury, bat took no particular
notice nt the meas actions ut tho time.
| Nhon ho boarded the train at tho Balti
| moro depot Tor Phladolphia tho men
| tapped on a window pane oi tho car 20
attract S'hmolliGk's attention, and Ia.
| formed him that he had loft parcel at
his hotel The latter, knowing that this
was false, told tho mon to mind their own
| business. He did not SEQ any moro OF
them until the train stopped ut Whining.
ton about 64j y. IN At that place Mr.
| SchmclItck arose from hts ssat to get
| drink OF watcr, leaving the satcbc con
tanning the money lying On the scat under
an ovorcoat No sooner had MIR.
| SChmelhCk left than OaA OF the strange
mon walked rapidly down the
aisle from tho forward part Of the
car, aud lifting up window throw the
satchel ont on the side of the track by
| this time the train had started moving.
| Tho thioi ran 10 tho front plat orm aud
Jumped OF, and Mr.. Schmollick, who had
witnessed the bold attempt to rob him,
| tR VNsal h... - a
upon the thief. They struggled in tho
| dark for few moments aud then Mr.
| S'hmcl,ck drew his revolver, which he
discharged four times Mt his opponent.
| oaly one shot seemed 10 take effect, and
then the thief effected his escape.
MIR Schmelliok ran back to the station,
and WAS surprised TO tud that a rail.
road omploye had picked up the satchel
when Il was thrown from tho car, the
| confederate not being quick enough u
secure tho plumber. Tho fellow had run
away when hc disc that their plans
had been fOi!ed Mr. Schmelick secured his
satchel and carefully guarded il until his
ARRIVAL ~ the Broad street station.
astruggIe with = wild Cat
Levi Labar, OF Purdytown, Wayne
county, fought catch rs catch can
| battle with an enormous wildcat ia his
bedroom Monday night \ large window
glass which had been broken was closed
| up with piece of cloth nailed To the sash.
About midnight, after Labar had retired
to bed, he heard a strange noise in the
| room. He jumped from the bed TO make
| an investigation, when sharp unearthly
yell from wildcat made the very air
Jingle. Ho seized a stick of wood and
without stopping to make light, pre-
pared for combat.
Tho nl a,r,,,.. ,,,,.,., L..
but Labar shook it off aud delivered a
stunning blow with his club. For fifteen
minutes the conflict ragged with vigoT, the
brute leaping from wall to wall, cliugiug
To tue paper with its sharp claws and then
bounding upon its opponent, screeChing
with fury aud with eyes shining like Goals
of FIRE
At last Labar dealt the cat death blow
Just as II was about TO leap on his head
from the Top of an open door /; measured
eight feet from the tip Of its nose to tue
end OF it's tail. Labar was severely LAGER.
a;eG about the face aud arms.
Dsatn from Eating Raw Pork.
\ very strange case of poisoning has
been brought to the attention Of the pub
lie near the Loyalhanna coal mining shaft,
at Lltrobe. \ family named Shulthers
(Gormans), consisting of husband and
wife and two brothers, formerly resided
| in Washington county, where they lost
their home and suffered severely by the
recent floods. 10 their destitution they
secured some fresh pork, Of which
| they ate greedily without cooking, and
with no other C0ndiment than salt. This
occurred about three weeks ago. In the
meantime they removed 70 Loyalbauna
aud tho men went TO work. \ few days
passed, when they took i'll and showed
symptoms Of tTiobinCsis. The woman,
Mrs. Maria Shu,theTs, died, and was buried
! yesterday, and her husbands death Is
| hourly expected. The two brothers are
gradually getting worse, and in all prob
ability will die. The case has excited the
| sympathy of the citizens, as the family are
in very reduced circumstances.
Dtatn OF "Rsbeccss" Brother.
BeDiimiu Gratz. who died in Lexington,
Ky, lately, aged 90 was the Oldest living
graduate of Pennsylvania university and
| senior member of the Philadelphia bar.
| He was tho son of Michael Gratz, who
was identified with the carly history Of
Philadelphia, aud brother of Rebecca
Gratz, immortalized by Sir Walter Scott
as Rsbecca IN "Ivanhoe." Il appears that
Miss Gratz was the friend and confidante
of Miss Hoffman, the sweetheart of Wash.
| iugton Irving, and when the young lady
died the famous American author became
much attached 70 Miss Gratz When in
Europe Irving visited Scott, who told him
of his new novel and the Hebrew character
| in IL, and at the Americans suggestion he
! called her Rebecca, in honor of Miss
| GratZ, " hose many noble qualities were
depicted by the author of the Wayerley
| novels.