Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-22

Wednesday evening Ut : O'Clock . tall,
slender man wearing u heavy gray mus
| tache, and whose gray hair marked him
as beyond middle age, walked into the
rOtunda OF the Louisville hotel. at Louis
vile, Ky, aud up to the counter. lie
removed his hat and laid it on the counter,
aud reaching back produced pistol from
his pocket, crying, Look OUT The
clerk at the counter, thinking an
attack upon himself was intended,
lodged underneath the woylwork
and others standing around scattered IN
every direction. Ia the midst Of IL all,
ths stranger placed the muzzle Cf the
weapon to bis IgLt temple aud, discha-g
ing it, blew his brains out. He fell back
ward TO the lioJr and was dead in a few
minutes. The suicide was /. +. Wells, Of
Newport, Ky. u river pilot WAJ has bcOu
there since the hood, and who had been
drinking heavily. He was 80 years old,
and no cause fog the deed is assigned He
left . letter explaining It, but it has not
| ygt been made public.
Saved Her noinoF's iito.
! Whtlo Mrs. Henry Baer, of Allentown,
| was taking rot ashes out OF q stove Thurs.
| day morning her dress caught fire. She
| was 80 greatly UuuCrVed when she realized
| her perIlOus position that she could mako
| but weak efforts to save herself. Finding
that the Aames were getting the better of
her, she, in despair, gave up lighting the
.iro aud would have met a horrible death
bad not her daughter, Jennie, aged 10,
come to her rescue. Jennie dashed
several bucketSful Of water over her
mother aad eItingushed the flames, but
not before tho arms, chest and hands had
been severely burned. No fatal results
are anticipated. The courage of the
young girl in saving her mothers life Is
the theme of general comment.
she smokes Too MRuy CisAretts-.
Miss Blanche SIade, OF Reading, was
found Thursday in her room in an iuscusi
bic condition, and when a physician was
summoned he found her suffering from an
over dose OF morphine She was resusci-
tated, when il was learned that she took
the drug TO relieve her of pain and also
for the cure Of extreme nervousness. II
was said that her nerves were badly az.
fected by her extraordinary use Of cigaret.
tts which she consumed in largo qulnti
ties. She is quite delicate looking, aud
the physician emphatiCalIy informed her
II she continued to smoke 1t would kill
her. II is said she consumed three
packages Of cigarettes a day.
a Misplaced switch Causes Two Accidents
a freight train on the Philadelphia aud
Reading road was thrown down from the
track at South WIlkesbarre Thursday, the
cause being a misplaced switch. Tho
locomotive plunged down an embankment
aud was partially demolished. Engineer
Peck leaped from tho engine and was
seriously injured. The fireman and brake.
man escaped with slight bruises. Before
the train hands had time to send out
iiagman coal train came along and ran
into the freight, smashing a number of
cara, but injurlng no one.
n New ana Fatal Horse Disease.
n new disease that Is becoming preva-
lent among the horses in Monroe county,
Is causing the farmers great anxiety. DR..
Miller, veterinary surgeon of the New
Jersey state board Of health, has given tho
epidemic tho name of azotwina. When
attacked, the animal breaks ont into q
violent sweat and limps on its hind logs,
only allowing the points of it's hOors TO
touch the ground. The only way to cure
the disease Is to swing the animal clear Of
the ground by means of straps around its
body, and unless this is done when the
symptoms first appear, death Invariably
follows. The disease is said to come from
over feeding, and is pronounced similar 20
80 - " y hAnSaou VI lIG hlhIt1bs
A Postmastsrs Disability.
Tho L. $. Senate in executive session
Thursday considered tho nomination Of
George f. Evans 10 be postmaster at
Martiashurg, w. Va. 1t is charged that
Evans was present at the lynohing of a
negro who had outrageously assaulted and
murdered white woman. lie admitted
that he was present, but said no took no
part in the lynching. After an hours
debate upon tho matter, tho vote ON his
confirmation resulted in tio, Tho diyi.
sion, II is said, was not entirely on party
| lines.
What sickness in = r lmily Dii.
Is. L. Barnes. prominent citizen of
B0as, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, killed
his wife and attempted suicide by cutting
his throat. 1t is not believed he will re /.
cover. " Protracted sickness in the Cami.
ly' is assigned as tho motive for his
crime.
a mino superintendent Killed.
Thomas Peters, superintendent of the
Wyoming Valley coal cOmpany's mincs at
Port BOwkey, was killed by cars while