Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-06-24
HOT WEATHER NEWS.
| a Prominent Busipess mau ct wilmington
| snou,s himself whilc Temporarily In.
sane-Ihe rews Of the pay.

sane-Ihe rewu OF the bay.
Caesar A. Rodney, PRECEDENT of the Nul.
canizVd Fibro company, ot Wilmington,
Del, had been very III aud dolIiOus from
Typhoid ioyer, aud was just bogiuu,ng To
go out again. After returning from adrivo
on Saturday afternoon he excused himself
from party of friends for few minutes.
long time elapsed, and as I've did not
return, his friends began to- look for him
A close search uf the premises aud the
uoighbOrhood failed to reveal his where
abouts, and the conclusion that ho had
drowned himself in Cool Spring reservoir
| was reached. Late in the afternoon he
was found wandering in distant part oi
the city.
This circumstance was kept rs quiet rs
possible, as II was but u natural result oi
| the fever, from the effects of which he had
not fully recovered. and bis friends hoped
| that with close and careful watching he
| could be prevented from harmiug h;nsclt.
| ON Sunday evening Mr. Rodney enter
| tanned several friends. Towards mid
night, as was supposed. he retired to his
room to sleep. No alarm was felt re-.
| gaIding him until about ~ o'clock next
| morning, whom IL was discovered that ne
was not IN his room and upon further
| search u room IN the attic WIS found 10 De
| looked. Looking through an opening IN
the door Mr.. Rodney was seen lying upon
the floor within.
Friends we're sent for. Tho door was
broken open aud he WAS found dead,
| lying on the door IN his night dress, with
a bullet hole III his breast and a STlth "
| Wesson revolver by his side. blfe bad
| evidently been extinct for sone time, The
report ui the pistol was not heard. MIR.
RCduey's mind had bectl disturbed for the
| last ten days without taking the lurm
OF absolute arrangement, but sufficiently
disturbed to give his friends great
uncasluess. The principal subject upon
which his thoughts ran was apprehension
| OF financial troubles, an apprehension lOr
which there was no real ground whatever.
| lie was unmarried and lived III the old
| Cool Spring homestead.
His great grandfather WAS q brother Of
| Cie sar Rodney one Of tho sIgueTs OF the
| Declaration OF Independence. Tho deceased
was i'll the forty thIrd year of his age. By
au act of Legislature of 1855 creating \
board of water comm missluueTs for the city
of Wilmington, Mr. Rodney was named
rs one of the commissioners. The de
ceased was related to the other liOdn"ys
been married shortly To a daughter of
Charles L. MCllvIaue.
4 Contractors Desth.
At BelImure colliery, Schuylkill county,
Thomas Phillips, a contractor, prepared
two holes. which he wanted to tire To
gether. He WAS alone at the time and
was driving All air passage - meet other
miners. Phillips notified the parties on the
other side that he WAS gong 10 tire. Both
shots went OF with loud report. \ few
minutes later the men Phillips had warned
returned 20 work, but did not hear Phillips.
| An examination was made and his lIieless
| body was found IN the air passage. His
head Was blown from his body, which WAS
horribly mutiiated. IL Is thought that
the matches Phillips used TO light the fuse
were too short aud that he could not yet
away III time to save his life. lie Was .
yelis OF age and unmarried.
The Right OF Women TO vote
An election was held in Clinton village
New FORK, on Saturday, on the question
of establishing water works. Both slde'
in their cageTuess, took women tO the
polls, and the result was that of the
! women voted for the works and II against.
| Fifteen other women appeared at tho polls
| but their votes were rejected, because,
though they were real estate taxpayers,
the assessors had lett their names OF the
tax roll" Judge Theodore w. Dwight
head of the Columbia law school, pointed
out that women taxpayers are entitled
to vote under the general water works acJ''
and he beld that the election officials did
wrong in excluding those whose names
were omitted from the roll.
Found Dead Ia Water Tsnk.
Peter Bryan, resident of West
Mahanoy township, ,Schuylkill county, was
| found drowned in u water tank used tc
supply the boilers at the Turkey Ruu
cJIliery. lie had been missing from home
for several days, but no trace of his whore
abouts could be found. II was supposed
| he was on his way home aud stopped al
the tank for drink of water and acciden
tally fell in. lie was a carpenter aud wal
thirty eight years of age aud married.
| Death from Drowning
| Brother MorcuCy, Of the Oblate Fathers
Of Montreal, was drowned at the head o
Lachine Rapids, on Sunday evening, Will,
inspecting a new bath house.
While Cornelius Rogau, aged 50, wa
bathing in the Delaware river, he VIZ
taken with cramps aud drowned. III
lived in Phillipsourg, N. j and was vel
known.