The Cecil Whig., 1886-03-20

beds or homes. None OF the cases nave
yet resulted fatally.
John NJ. Wilson who i year ago i'll
Daley, near Philadelphia, cutting up his
body and burning his dwelling, and who
was taken to Nurristown for trial, now
enters d retractiou and denies the whole
story. The jury found a verdict of muir
der i'll the first degree on Monday.
Myron Rowland, l3 years of age, while
in school at New Boston, Michigan, a
week, ago, printed some letters in red
ink on the back Of his hand. Some time
after his hand and arm began to swell
and cOnvulsions set in, continuing for
three days until the boy died on Thurs
day last. 1t i believed he WAS poisoned
by the ink.
! The international billiard match be-
tween Schaefer and NIgnaux for $1,000
side, 5000 points up, was finished in New
the closing game bv GOO points to 502,
and the match by 5000 points to iS55 for
| his antagonist. During the match Shae
| fer made the highest run on record in
| balk line billiards, namely. 230. Schae
f2r's grand average, over p, was also the
highest yet made i'll this game.
| OIt in the Fairvlew precinct, Dawson
county, the lyceum debated the question
THAT pugiism is one OF the pSt arts.
\ practical demonstration was given by
the debaters, ending in general knock
down and drag out Nine of the partici-
pants were arrested and fined - and
costs, but they had the satisfaction of
proving the negative side of the question.
- Omahd Zee.
| Rufus w. Nye, of Wayne county, New
York, disappeared seventeen years ago.
In 1874 his wife, believing him dead
married an old sweetheart. who died W o
years arterward. In 1881 she MARI ed
again, and few days ago Nyc turned
up. He had mad, a fortune in the log
gng business in Michigan. He had an
! interview with his wite'S present hus-
band. who recognized the p,ioriry of his
| claim aud surrendered the won N, who
has gone Yves. with the new f,ul8 huS-
! band
At Media, Delaware county, on Thurs
day of last week, the counsel for John
son, convicted of the murder Of John
/ SharpleSs. flied their reasons for new
trial. There are twenty-five spccIEca
! tons, fifteen OF which are errors IN the
! Judges charge to the jury, and four tor
! admitting irrevelent testimony. The
| other ten specifications, set ont various
reasons. the most important Of which are
Jndge William Baker formed and ex
plesSed an opinion IL the effect that
johnson was guilty. ard after discovered
testimony of great Importance TIE
motion will be argued in April
Schaumacher, the ''oatme.l king. oG
Akron, Oaio. came to this country very
/ poor and got into the liqunr business.
| He didu,t like that, and began tn grind
oatmeal by hand and peddled it from \
hand cast. In thirty years lie has built
mp the largest factory of the kind in the
world He is now strong temperance
man, and wont have an emplnye about
| him that driakS even beer. Most of hi.
| hundreds of workmeu are Germans. lie
once brought a master workman from
! Germany at "A big salary on a two years
contract The second dav after he be
| gan work Schumacher discovered that
| he drank heef. In two hours the man
| quit work and went back home with a
| check FOR - 600.
Emma Norman, young woman Of p
years. shot aud killed Hery Arnold, who
had wronged he: under promise of m N
! riage and then married Nellie X ley.
! while standing in front of his store. III
/ Memphis, Tenn "Wednesday night. Mis-,
/ Norman came from her hom,, eight miles
out of town, expressly to kill Arnold.
/ She was arrested.
Miss Belle Finch, of Covert, a few
miles north of Ithaca, y. Y. has been an
| invalid for over two years, suffering from
| some nervous disorder. For more than
eighty days past she has been in semi
| conscious state, and has taken no nDur-
| iShment whatever.
| The Increase in the Yalue Of the .AStnr
| estate this year is as much Is -, 0l1 OOO,
which is due mainly 10 the advance in
| New York city rentals.
Laura A. Miller. aged ~ years. hang
ed herself in the attic of her parents
house, in B ltfdlo, y. Y, Tuesday night.
/ because she was forbidden to attend
roller skating rii ks
! On Tuesday night 4 cat upset Lamp
in a room on Park street, NV York, cc-
cupied by Julia KIink, ageI - years and
bed ridden. The bed clothes were set
on fire and the wonau was burned to
death.
4 man who died 1T burlington. 10
the other day left 800 to the reporter
who should write the "obituary" ot bin
\ Georgia paper having boosted that
/ it had 80 subscribers i'll the insane aSy-
! lum, rival journal gets in its work by
| remarking that nobody outside of an
insane asI lum would take such paper
David Sinton, Ohio's richest man, is a
Scotch IriShman, and grew up around
the big iron mills nf Pittsburg. lie be
gan business as a clelk in a country
store at :, a month; then was a clerk in
IN a blast furnace, aiteIwald manager
and at last half owner. After that the
advance in wealth was fast. He is worth
Sl2, 900 coo, and gives largely to public
charities.
Edwin Booth on Saturday last closed
an engagement OF two weeks in rhil...
delphia. The receipts amounted to
SEQ $40, three thousand dollars less than
was received during an engagement of
the same length last season. "IIamlet"
drew the best paying house, "Rtchard
III. beirg next in popularity. Fools
Revenge third and 'Rlchelieu' fourth.
Rupture, pile t1mors, fStu,:r and all
diseases of the lower bowel (rxcrpt cancer),
radically, cured. Send 10 cents in stamps
for book. Address, World'S DiSpanSary
Medical Association, 6j5 VI lin street, Buf-
talO, y. y.
Death of IL Wealthy Manufacturer.
Henry b. Courtney. of the Diamond
state Match Company, formerly the
Swift aud Courtney Match Company,
died at his residence in Wilmington, Del
aware ON Saturday last, aged g." years
Mr.. Courtney Lad been in iii health
nearly year, and since Chris tmas had
been confined to his house.
The deceased came to this country
from EOglaud, where he was born about
80 years ago, and having thorough
knowledge of the manufacture of match
making he engaged with Edward Tat !