Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-10-21
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My-tcr,ous sncotioe In tho Mountains Nsar
Copnelisviiie-The Co.t OF sngi.
nesr's Dpuoken Debauch.

ne spst o' WI
nsers Drunken Dcbauch.
Jacob Kinks dead body was found
Monday in the mountains, about five
miles up the Youghiogheny river from
Copnelsville, under circumstances that
are, to say the least, peculiar. Las
Thursday, Rice Orbin, young man. liv
| ing with his parents at Broadford, n place
two miles north of there, was out huutiUg
| in the locality indicated. Monday morn.
| ing, when he entered the break fast room
| be disclosed that he had dreamed OF having
| shot man while hunting On the dly
named. He described bis victim vvidh
and seemed Impressed by the vision. HE
parents laughed at him, but young Orbin
| came to town and persuaded a relative, by
the name OF Jones, to accsmpany him t.
tho scene OF the shooting, as portrayed IL
his dream. Reaching the spot where he
had fired his last load at squirrel, the,
traced the line of the billet, as near a.
they could imagine it's course, aud $50
yards up the mountain side behind 4
| dense growth of laurel, so thick as to com
| pletely hide anything from view, they
| found the cold, stiff body of Klnk lying
| face downward among the leaves He had
| been standing with his back to the fatal
marskman and the bullet had entered the
base Of his skull and came out at the
| forehead. The Mortified discoverers
| hastened back to town and laid the theory
before Justice Richard Campbell. who
empannelled jury Of inquest, visited the
scene and brought back the corpse.
| On tho body was found s. 81 in cash bu,
| it is said that he had been in town a few
| days before and had drawn a considerable
sum of money from the bank. The in
quest was adjourned till Tuesday morning.
| The strange tragedy is the sole topic OF
conversation in Connellsville. 10 spite of
the story Of young Orbin and the testi
| mony of his neighbofs that he did not
seem apywise disturbed in spirit until this
morning, the general opinion seems to BE-
that he shot Klink accidentally. and
through foolish fear withheld the inCorma
tion. klink was Union soldier, proba
bly, 45 years of age, and bachelor. o. bin
is about 20, and has always borne an CX
eellent reputation.
| FIVE LIVES SACRIFICED.
| The boiler of threshiug engine ex
ploded while at work at Leech Il Nichols
farm at Beltramia, Mimi, on Monday.
Thomas Evender, engineer John Sm TIL
John Longwood, Christopher Swanson aud
John johnson were instantly killed, their
bodies being frightfully maugled. Will
liam Pierce, aged II years, and man,
name unknown, were badly scalded
Eyender, the engineer. whose life paid the
penalty OF his incompetency. was recover
ing from a debauch, and there were 130
pounds of steam on at the time.
DAPTIsTs GATHER AT ALLENTOWN,
Delegates representing most of the 6Oi
Baptist churches in the state have arrived
in Allentown to attend the sessions of the
Baptist state meeting. There are about
/ An 10 utnS AF
panied by their wives. The visitors are
nearly all entertained by the members OF
the Baptist church there. Monday even
ing DIR. Wayland Hoyt, of Philadelphia,
delivered an Interesting discourse. Thurs
day moruining at 0 o'clock the bushes,
session will open. Among the topics thai
will come up Tomorrow are: "Our worl
among the Gsrmsus of Pennsylvania, by
Rev. John Linker, Of Philadelphia "Bes,
Methods of Increasing our Receipts" by
Rev. III. w. Ruddiman, of Philadelphia,
Our Official Agencies in theWest," By
Rev. J. G Walker. ID. D., of Philadel.
phia, and the "PIace OF State Missions, ,
by Rev. w. H. Robinson, of Philadelphia
| HIS HEAD ALMOST SHOT OFF.
A dispatch from Shelbyville, KY, re,
ports the killing of Elijah Kirk by Robert
|, Clark there. Kirk accused Clark of cir
oulating evil reports about his daughter
and threatened TO kill him. Having pro
cured a shotgun he rode 10 Clark's house
and was riding up and down the road ii
= front of it, waiting for Clark's appea ranc,
{ when the latter opened the front door aut
fired two shots from gun, riddling K irl
with buckshot aud shooting his head al
most Oft.
DIED OF APoPLEXY.
= ID. Spangler Wagner, a prominent
, jeweler of York, Pa, and formerly cou-
nected with the Press office, in Pniladel
!, phia, on Sunday last started out to wall
about the surrounding country. No
r having returned at late hour in th,
evening his friends instituted a search aDC
about noon Monday he was found in the
throes of death from stroke o
, apoplexy, lying upon hilltop in full view
of his home. Mr.. Wagner died a few
minutes after being found.
THE GODDESS MOTHER HUBBARD
An order has been issued from tn,
Harrison street police station, Chicago, Il
all females in that district not to wea
Mother Hubbard dresses in the street. Al
found violating the order will hereafter b'
arrested. Mamie Allen, the first victim
was fined sl0 Monday by Justice Foote fo
appearing on the street in one of the ob
noxious garments. Mamie is cream
| COioItu RIi, anu Eef uresS was Oh Wnlt'
flannel, trimmed with black lace.
MINOR BITS OF NEWS.
A second copper cap has been founc
among the Parliament House debris al
Quebec !; also small portion Of the ma
chinery part of an Internal machine.
Terrence Cummisky, a moulder, yester.
day. at Providence, r. l., fatally shot his
wife Fannie three times, and then surren
dered to the police. The couple had
quarreled at their residence.
In the United States court at Indianap
oils, Ind, Monday morning, the case OF
Mr.. Blaine VS.. The Indianapolis Sentinel
was set down for trial on December go
The defendants attorneys had subpoena
issued for Mr.. Blaine, which they intended
to serve on him to morrow. An agreem
however, was entered into between the
attorneys that all writs and subpenas
should be served on Mr.. Blaine's cOuusel.
The shutdown of the mills in Fall River
Massachusetts, took effect Monday, and
10000 operatives arc idle in consequence
| III. B. Scott s. Co., barbed wire manufac
turers of Pittsburg, have notified theil
employees, 800 IN number, of an immediate
reduction OF 10 per cent. in their wages
A farmer OF st. Jacobin, Quebec yester
day left his four children in the house
while he went to the field. During his
absence, the eldest boy, eleven years OF
age, placed flask containing powder on the
stove and then poured Quantity or the