Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-20

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I touched by the knife, and the left hand was
cut only to the wrist. The breast was not
| touched, but every particle of flesh was
| stripped from the back The physicians
| found nothing in the stomach. They will
make no report oftheir observations unless
asked 10 do so by the Government.
| Frightful Treatment of Insane Persons.
! PHILApELrHIA August l9th-The re-
! cent disclosure of how an insane man was
| kept chained in 4 miserable hut by rela-
| tives for thirty years has led to further
| revelations concerning three similar cases. |
| equaling in heartlesSness that already pub |
| lished, and which recently came under the |
| notice of the Board Of Public Charities. OIL
| the other cases mentioned, one existed |
| within six miles of Huntington. Pa. Mr.. |
Dickinson, President of the Board. heard |
| of ii through Il friend, and when he inves- |
lgated the complaint was Mortified TO find |
| that man 80 years Of age had been shut
up in dark room for upward Of sixty |
years.
The scene OF the second case is laid in |
the Cumberland county poorhousc, where |
a pauper named Joseph Smith, hailing |
| from Carlisle, was discovered chained 10 |
post in the middle of a cell ten feet square. |
The chain was only two feet long aud. like |
the Crawford county victim. he had walked |
around the post SO often that his bare feet |
had actually worn the boards into holes |
Day and night for ten years had the |
wretched man dragged his chain after him |
around the circle 10 which his walk was |
confined.
The last case is under investigation by . |
medical friend of President Dickinson |
The man lives in Montgomery county, and !
only recently became insane He too, was |
being kept chained in 4 room bv relatives |
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the victim, rs yet. The Committee on |
Lunatics think that other like cases exist |
They want to break up the private asylum |
business and they believe il can be done |
more cftectually if they give relatives to |
understand that no undue publicity will be |
given to the facts il cOnfdcd to the COM |
mlttee.
Cargo of Cholera Coming.
WAsHIsGToN, April 19th.-Thc United |
States Consul at Barbados telegraphs to |
the State Department as follows: The !
ship Bracadaibe left St. Lucia for New |
York on the 10th with cholera This is |
the British steamer which LETT Calcutta ON |
the 4th of June, bound for Damerara and |
New York. Cholera broke ont during her |
passage, and on her arrival at T0Dc Bay ON |
July 18th, she was reported To have had Is |
fatal cases. There were 65l coolies on |
board, OF whom 2S We're down with chol- |
| era. The steamer took in coal at Tohe Bay, |
and left for s. Lucia where she arrived on |
the Sd instant, and was placed in Iuarau- |
| tine. The Health Officer at New York has |
been notified to quarantine the vessel on |
her arrival.
Very Near a Catastrophe.
New YoRK, August 19th.-About 1915 |
yesterday morning. while seyentv-fve |
persons were employed on the stage of the |
and Others-going over one of the Spectac- |
ular scenes of Sieba and the Seven Ra-
vens," which opened there last night, the
scene caught fire and was soon in blaze
The alarm of fire was passed through the |
stage to the dressing rooms, causing a rush
in all directions and 4 considerable panic.
The stage carpenter dashed water on the
fire and put it out but it was some time
before the panic was allayed. Twenty-Five
of the persons ON the stage were children
Their dressing-rooms Were near. and the
fire alarmed them greatly.
Prize Fight.
New YORK, August 19th-The contest
last night between George Rookie and Bill
England was for $3.50 a side. Three hun
dred people were present The first round
amounted to nothing, only three blows
being exchanged. The spectators expressed
dissatisfaction by misses. In the second
round first blood was allowed for Rookie. |
The third round was lively, England get
ting in some body blows, after which
Rookie began reaching out with his right |
and left, bringing England to the floor
twice. The fourth round was of little |
consequence Rookie getting the best of it, I
and he was declared the winner of the !
fight. He received only few scratches on |
the body.
4 Negro Seducer Killed.
New YORK, August 19th-A Herald |
Raleigh On. c. special says A negro |
preacher named Wells ruined the daughter |
of an industrious and respectable mulatto, |
named Faulkner, who, after hearing his |
daughters confession to-day, went in search |
of Wells, and meeting him, fired both bar !
rels of a shotgun into his body, making |
terrible wounds. The negroes are extremely |
excited over the alf0ir.
4 Singular Double Tragedy.
PITTsBURG, August 18th. h.-Leesdalc. 4 lit |
tie town ten miles from this city, ON the |
line of the CHARTERS Railroad, was the |
scene this afternoon of Il singular double |
tragedy. Two beggaIs, one blind man |
named John Donley, and the Othcc one
legged cripple named John Gartley quar-
relied, and Donley choked Gartley until un-
conscious, after which he beat his brains
ont with club, and threw the body into
Charters creek. The blind murderer then
took seat on the CHARTERS Railway track,
and the train coming along in a few min
utes sstruck him, fracturing his skull and
otherwise fatally injuring him. He was
picked up while vet conscious and, after
admitting killing his friend, said he wanted |
to die. He is still living, but no hopes are
entertained of his recovery. Both men |
were inmates of the Allegheny County |
Home until last week, when they ran |
away.
Desperate Work Of an Illinois Farmer.
vienna, August 19th.-Yesterday morn |
ing Il Constable sold under execution a lot |
of wheat, in the stack belonging to David |
Avery, farmer living four miles south
east of this town. Just as the Constable |
was leaving, Avery went into the field |
armed with Il double-barrcled shotgun, set |
fire to the stacks and remained until they |
completely burned. He then started toward |
town, and on the way met John Pickens
and Daniel Gage, farmers, and both neigh !
bors to him. He spoke friendly to them,
but had no sooner passed than he turned |
and fired, killing Gage. He then proceeded !
to the farm of John Dunn. about a mile
distant, and set fire to his stacks of wheat.
Armed parties are in search of the dcs-
perate man.
Information Wanted of California
Miner.
New YORK, August 19th.-Heuser. Baker
Il Co yesterday advertised for information |
regarding Fritz Wilhelm Leopold Louis
Bergman, of Duderstadt Germany. He
was last seen in Philadelphia in 1919 He
was about 16 years old, and student at
Bonn when at the close of the revolution
in Germany he disappeared He subse-
quently became successful miner in Cali
tOrnia. His father and mother died, leav-
ing his brother julius and sister consider
able property, and they are anxious to find
him.
New York Stock Market.
New YORK, August 19th.-Stocks strong
and / TO l higher. Reading showed the
greatest improvement. Erie rose to 194.
st. Louis and San Francisco advanced p
and do. preferred q.
New YoRK. August 19th--Noon.-Sto
active and higher. Prices advanced ia
from the lowest point of this morning.
New YORK, August 19th-Central Pa
cihC, 49, Burlington, 1881; Northern
Pacific, 21; Northern Pacific pre-
ferred, So; Northwestern, 1055; New York
Central, 1901; Oregon Navigation Com
pany, 50: Oregon Transcontinental, III
Pacific Mail, 1051; Panama, 9S; St. Louis
and San Francisco, 21: Union Pacific 49g
TexasPacific, Is; Wells, Fargo Il Co.'S
Express, 103; Western Union, Oh