Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-08-09
THE NEWS OF THE DAY.
LATEST nArrsSISas IN BRiEs FORM.
rne Occurrences OF n bay IA the Busy
WurId-Budgst OF News Items from
the MorniDg watts

Wurld-Budgst OF News Items from
the Morniug WAITS.
Jay. Eye See trotted in 2:lO{ at the Buf
falo dsiviEg park, ON Friday, in spite OF
the bard track.
Captain Payne and his companions, of
the Oklahoma settlement, in the Indian
country, have been elected by United
States troops.
John w. Maokay denies the truth Of the
statement tolegraphed from Naples OF the
engagement of his daughter Eva to mem.
Der of the Colonna family.
Holt, the Republican candidate for
Judge of the court of appeals IN the First
District of Kentucky, has been elected
by about 1,lO0 majority. The district
has heretofore been Democratic by 1900
to 2, 500.
a house at Willard Lutin, near Brides
les. Bains, France, was struck by lightning
Friday, and Immediately took fire. The
flames spread rapidly, and ninety
houses were burned before they could DC
subdued.
John w. Davis, assistant to Acting
President Robert Garrett, of the Baltimore
II Ohio road, has been appointed police
commissioner of Baltimore,
John ROach's shipyard, at Chester was
visited by great fire Friday night. The
loss is estimated at $500, 600. Work Of re-
| building will begin at ouco.
DIR. G. Bolton Massey, OF Philadelphia,
has been held under So, 800 bail by Magis
| trate Lennon on charge of malpractice
preferred by Grace NJ. Gardner. DR.. +.
V. Hayden, Ccclogist, of the United States
army, who is now in Colorado is ch argcd
with assisting him.
| The introduction Of the steel rail to
supersede iron in the valley of the Ohio
throws out of employment 1000 puddlers
and heaters in Wheeling, West Virginia,
4 strange GlOpemCnt case has Just
eliminated in Buena Vista, Georgia,
in which Mr.. Stringfcllow, aged -
| secured for wife Mrs. Allen, q
widow of so. They reached town
at ) o'clock in the morning, woke up Rev
| DR.. Leonard, and were married at once.
The old lady, in explanation, said she was
married that way tho first time aud liked
it best.
While the maChuery of the New Jersey
steel aud iron works, Trenton, was in full
motion one of the wheels broke and a
! piece of the ponderous iron went flying
out through a window. 1t went like light
ming to Cass street, fully three hundred
yards distant, just grazed woman pass
ing ON the side walk and then buried itseli
in an open field beyond. The woman
/ escaped being Drained and Instantly killed
, by about two inches.
an Insane Man Drowned While Escaping
, y number of patients in the Trenton
state lunatic asylum, were out for
7 walk for exercise, under the charge OF al
: attendant, Friday, when one of them,
) young man, Edward Holt, suddonl,
. started of aud tried to escape. lie wa
hotly pursued across fields and owe
; bitches and through woods up as far a.
where the Bound Brook railroad crosses tn,
Delaware. He plunged into the feeder o
the Delaware and Raritan canal and under
took to swim TO the other side. lie wal
I known to be an excellont swimmer, bu
being exhausted by the long chase he sanl
and was drowned. The body was re.
covered two or three hours afterwards
He had been in the asylum about tw
4 years.
: Important Conference of Recalling onicial
! William II. Vanderbilt, +. B. Cover
} President keim, Z. G. Knight and a FEY
others having a large interest in Rcadin
securities had an extended conference i
: Saratoga, y. y, last evening. The out
line of plan TO take care of the hDatin
debt was discussed and mutually agree,
upon. Mr.. Gowen is to be solicitor of tn
road. The meeting was very barmoniOu
AID those who took part are jubilaut anC
without giving particulars say that th
conclusions arrived at will tend in a shor
time to benefit the Reading shareholder
and all others who hold obligations of thu
company. One Of the gentlemen prcsen
and director of the road said it was til,
most important meeting in It's results tha
had ever been held.
The Encsmpment Drawing to- a Close.
Ia the brigade match at Gettysburg oil
Friday afternoon, at 200 and 500 yards, ,th
Third brigade team scored GAP out Of
possible $40 The score OF the FIRST brig
ade was G21 and of the Second $50. The
following are the individual scores of the
Third brigade team Cor poral MCMILLAN
81, Privates Torrey 80, Willie As, Captain
G.. b. Thompson IS, Privates Nc
Askie Al, Baker .jS, Blatter 50, Ser
geant Lawser 81, Lieut.. Heuwood Al. Pri
vate j. Z. Huntingdon 5G Corporal Chas
G2, Sergeant Pratt 81. Later in the after
noon the Thirteenth regiment was drawn
up in front of division headquarters an,
each member of the successful team wa
presented with a silver badge, and tn
silver urn was contided 10 tho keeping o
the regiment by the governor. The regi
ments of the Second and Third brigade
are on their way home. The First brigad
will remain until Saturday morning.