Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-11-26
National News
A Brave Woman's Fight.
NILwArkET A>ToNl>HEp Al TIN DEEDS or
RrFFlANIY BURGLAR.

\ desperate character was lanCrG IN jan,
e Milwaukee, VIZ. "Wednesday. on charge
# burg ary and assault with intent 20 xii.
HIS name : gwen A. John Tho nrsoa Al
al earl, hour q tie morning be entered the
house Of T. Philips WAle be vas in the
sleeping apartment of Mr.. Phillip, she
awoke and seeing hin. gave q sagh' scream.
The fellow al once rushed upon her. and
stabbed her lust above the .e;t breast, in
fictiug slight wound Mr., Phillips 5
>,outiN built woman, and al ouce gtapp.ed
with the intruder, al the same time scream
ing for help In the struggle the woman
was cut severely on one hand and shghus
on the other The noise awakened ~ it,
lie gtris sho were sleeping with their moth
er and they added Their VOICE. 10 hers
On tbs the man turucd. and struck vicious
Is at the elder Jy>i missing her tempe.
leaving scratch al ch ia .rugth. lie
iaen reached over The bed. and attacked the
Younger CHl.L, after which he turned and
ird au~u The STARS. H., Wa met by Nj
Phillips Who. however, did not succeed in
stopping him.
After leaving the Phillips house Ihomp-
son went TO the res leuc- Of kufus \. DAVIS
and attempted 10 gam an entrance. Mrs
DAVIS was alone, and thinking Il was her
husband opened the door The burglar at
once knocked her down and then hastily
rummaged the rooms and escaped. leaving
brhind a stone wrapped in handkerchief
Hhich be tad evidently used as sling shot
FROM thence he went TO Mr. kaul,
house. and attempted 10 repeat his former
performance Mr.. kaui. however. was at
bone. and AFTER a desperate struggle over
powered and captured the rutiian.
james Dempsey reached Helena. Mon
tana, "Wednesday. from Fort NcG.unis. and
tells story Of how his two companions
were devoured by wolves while on their
way across the mountains. Their names
were John Hoag and Jacob Schiller. Deup-
sey says he climbed tree, and saw his com
panIons torn N pieces and desoured.
A; meeting OF The executive board Of
the United Nailers, Rollers and Heaters
association at Wheeling, West Virginia, a
resolution was adopted reafhrming their de-
termination to stand out for tie u cent
scale and refusing any settlement that will
sllow the manufacturers to retain feeder
naiers.
An old well which has been abandoned
for many wears was opened recently on the
tarm Of Thomas Poole in Chester county,
Penn, to furnish water for an engine.
Mrs Annie Poole. Frank Townsend, Ed
ward Mscky, and others drank of the water
and became terribly i'll. Mrs. Poole and
townsend died Thursday after painful and
lingering suffering. Macky and the others
are slightly better. 1t is believed that the
water was impregnaied with deadly min
eral poison.
The Coast Survey reports great earth
quake waves on the Pacific Ocean at San
Francisco. as indicated in the Coast Survey
tide gauge. These earthquake waves were
noted Thursday between ! and P. N. They
we're IS minutes apart and were as great as
those observed during the great upheayal in
Java.
Dick Baldwin, - Years old, of Men
.ington, HIS, whence he ran away with
Coles circus, boarded a locomotive in the
ward of the Jacksonville, ST. Augustine <
Halifax Railroad al st. Augustine Thursday
night. during the absence of the engineer
+ and fireman, pulled the throttle open and
started on a wild race for Jacksonville. The
water in the boiler gave out and the engine
/ stopped at Bayard. The engine became SO
I not IDft inc DoIlcE wa Dd1tt anu
/ the woodwork consumed. The damage
amounts to $500.
The citizens of Helena, Ark, were
aroused al an early hour Thursday morning
| by what many of them at first thought to be
! very heavy rainstorm, but on looking out
they were surprised to see clear sky filed
with what appeared 10 be snow fakes and
no, rain, that was pattering with such force
/ against the roofs and windows and houses
/ Investigation proved that the air was filled
with grasshoppers. Citizens who have seen
these dreaded pests sweep down and con-
sumo whole fields in X Kansas. say that in num-
bers the visitation Thursday night exceeds
! anything ever seen in that country ten fold.
They were passing from east to west. Gres,
numbers of them were disabled by hitting
against buildings and other distractions as
they were flying very low and porters and
clerks had to shovel them from off the side
walks into the street. They are genuine
K ansas grasshoppers.
A few DAYS ago leak in the water
main on South 9Th street, Brooklyn, waa
discovered and the ground, which is entirely
of quick sand. gradually caved in until pud-