Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-28
= PERIsHIsG FAMILY.
saved IRON starvation sui Freezing Oy y
sleIEhing tirEy Lot 10 the Laurel HiLls.

saved from starvation sui Freezing oy y
r|ei6hing Party Lost ia the Laurel Hils.
\ siei-AluE parry Of young folks IN
WrstmOreland CDulty the Other night LOST
tno road and becoming very cold sought
somo dwelling SAers they Nigh; warm
aad inquire their way. Seeing a liyAt
SOM distance ahead they dove up aud
iGuud i family named Williams as mis- r.
able aud destitute as ever man lOJkeI
upon in this eal ghtcned country. Before
q snoulderiug FIRE, the fuel OF which WAS
long s,Icks Of wood, one end in the Ire
and tha other covered with ice, cIoulhed
three children CTyiag from hun.
ger and cold. Ga scantlly furnished
| bed IN the corner Of the CABIN wa5 tl..r
! father, helpless with iBhammatOry rh.u
| mat!Sm. Ills T,fO had reused herself and
vas preparing b bravo the storm and
| cold aud wade through tho c)ld q couple
Of miles % ask help from their nearest
! nciyhb0r5
The lI.tlc store Of food for the winter
! had bae9 exhausted, save a small piece OF
| bacon and soma cora, which then had
! been ParCGHE aud grinding thrOu Ih c1f-
! leo mil, making substitute for COrnmeal.
| The gentleman Of the aloighiug party pro
cured large quantity OF wood from the
| forest near by aud made a Com ,rtaJle
! fire, Alter the party had waTmeI them
selves aud cared for the inmates as best
! they could, they proceeded on their way
to S'alss,own, a village at the western
| base VI tho mountain. They purchased
| food, clothing and other neCessaries aud
sent hem to the suffering family. A
! ply ySIctan was sent 10 visit the sick man,
after which the party proceeded to their
| homes feeling gratiied that by their
unpleasant accident they were enabled To
save perishing family.
skull split with AN Axe
Sunday morning Stephen Morris, OF
Martins Ferry, o., laborer, while drunk
procured an axe, and going to the resi-
dence OF his son in law, John Craft, entered
a bed room whore Craft was asleep.
Going up to the bed Morris raised his
axe and struck Craft in the face, splitting
his skull from the right eye, across thC
face, TO tho point of the chin. Crafts
wife came to the rescue, when Morn,
struck at her with his bloody axe, narrow
ly missing her hoad. Morris Is under
arrest.
Explosion OF Giant Powder.
At Brdsboro, Berks county, Slturda,
night lot OF giant powder cartridge
which had been placed in the Philadel
phia II Reading signal tower to thaw ex
plodCd. The inside OF the tower wa
wrecked. James Kenny was instantly
killed and Benjamin Trout was seriousl
injured. The force of the explosion wa
tolt great distance.
BuTgIsrs steal $4,000.
Burglars broke into the iewelry stor
of Il. B. Hayden, No. 205 Fulton street
Brooklyn, Saturday night, and carried OF
80, 600 worth OF tho stock, breaking opel
large safe in which tho most valuabl
part OF 1t was placed for safety. The SAT
was opened by means of powerful jimmie
and drills, the hinges having been brokel
oil. No powder was used.
n PrlIniusnt citizen sn oots Himself,
James II. Emslie, Of Wnnepog, Mimi.
committed suicide by shooting himself O
Sunday at the Winslow hOuse, st. Pau
MINI. He was one OF the most promlnen
citizens OF Winnepeg, president of the 81
Andrews society aud heavy real estat
dealer.
Fourteen killed In Mine.
, An explosion occurred on Sunday in
oolliery in the Rhondda Valley, Wales
killing eleven persons, A res1uing part
Of three men, including the manager 0