Daily Republican., 1885-12-24
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BURN ED TO DEATH
CART LOAD OF JEwELRY g
STOLEN.
TRAIN ~ COLLISION.


A collision occurred on Tuesday af-
ternoon between an engine aud an extra
freight train of the Philadelphia and
Baltimore Central Railroad, near Con-
cord, Pa. Both engines and six cars of
the freight train were smashed and the
tracks were badly torn up Wilson
Grubb, engineer, was injured. The
collision Is thought to have been due to
Misunderstanding of orders.
Wolves have appeared in large mum
bers in the neighborhood o; Hillsboro,
Illinois, and are killing shsep. One
| farmer lost twenty-five out Of flock of
sixty few nights ago. THE woods
seem to be full Of wolves, and the far
mers are organizing hunting parties and
making vigorous efforts to exterraipate
them.
! A snow slide rushed down the noun
ttain at Silverton, Colorado, Oh Tuesday,
aud striking the mouth of the Prodigal
Son Mine, filled the 85 foot shaft and
buried Burk .Hovey and j. M. Scales,
who were working at the tOttom of the
lshnft. There is no hope OF gstting them
out alive.
] While testing boilers at the Lochiel
Rolling Mill, in Harrisburg on Wed
nesday morning, prior to starting the
works after suspension of several
years, one of the boilers exploded, in
Ijuring six men, two OF ther, named
Thomas Welsh and William Pickens
dangerously.
The third game of the billiard series
Iat Chicago was won last night by
Schaeffer. who d defeated slosson, 300 to
1858 The championship therefore re-
Imains undecided, there being another
lite between Slosson, .S3hasffer and
lVignaux.
The wife Of Stephen Maiden, n young
farmer, Of Long Creek township, near
Decatur, Illinois, having suddenly be.
come insane, attempted on Tuesday
morniDg to kill her two children by
tdashing them across a roomi One OF
them was dangerously iujur ID.
Mrs. Frederick Kopf, of Vaudeville,
West Virginia, went to a nSighborinG g
store on Monday evening, locking ur
her twelve months-old infant and four.
year-old girl in the house. The house
cauRht fire and the children were burn.
ed to death.
There wera three deaths f.lm small.
pox in Montreal on Tuesday and three
in the suburbs. Seven ,aes of The
Idisease are reported In one house at St
Anne de Bellevue, thirty rilss from
Montreal.
: 1t was said yesterday that the Presi
l dent would sign the bill giving a pen
sion to Mrs. Grant in time fol
! that measure to become law pefcrs
!. Christmas da-."
1t was announced that Prasiden
i Cleveland will spend Christmas dsy q
a the White house, and will have NJ
Q company at his Chrlstmas Dime
q Except Miss Cleveland.
A gin house at Society aiu, Sout|
IT Carolina, was burned on Wednesday
/. and John Malloy, colored, Herished i
It the flames. Two oolored boys wer
It badly injured.
IL EARLY Wednesday morning burglar
u broke into the jewelry store N Ramsa
p 81 Co., at Milton, ODtario, knd " Cal
y ried off a cartload of jswelIy, tilverwart
etc." Nothing was lett i'll the store.
= The safe Of E. G. Plerce's jewelr
y - store, in Jam este wn, Penna, was rot
y bed of $1,000 worth of vslusbles @
T. Tuesday night.
N James @. Flood, at Ssu Francisc
a yesterday made a Christmas gift
a $4,000 to the various ins5lsu!.ons OF ths
l. city.