The Osceola times., 1886-11-20

On the llth the residence OF y. III. Bak
or, proprietor Of the Pennsylvania Car
Works at Latrobe, Pa, was first wrecked
aud then burned by a natural gas eSplo-
sion in the heating furnace. The family
miraculously escaped injury. Loss, S.
900.
OK the lllh an order Of appeal was is
sued staying the execution OF Daniel Dris-
coll, who was sentenced TO be hanged al
New York on the 18th for the murder OF
Breezy Garrltty.
Disastrous floods have occurred
throughout the south OF France. Much
damage has been none, and washouts
along the railroads have compelled the
complete suspension OF travel.
On the i2;h Alic, Wiley, young wife.
of New Brunswick, n. j., committed
suicide.
On the 10th William Kennedy, aged
fifty, fell into tub Of boiling lime-water
at the Newark t0) paper-miil. lie was,
it is thought, fatally scalded.
OS the night of the llth the Harding
Casino In Berlin took fire while ball was
in progress. Four persous were killed
and large number received serious in
juries.
ON the 18th the steamer Northerner was
burned noar Sandusky, o. She was val
ued at 0.o0) anl was insured, both ma
rine or fire losses, for The amount of S40,-
COO.
OS the l9th Daniel Mccormick, a paint
er, sixty-three years Of age, committed
suicide In New York by throwing himself
into the cisiern in the rear Of his house.
On the 18th n destructive FIRE was re-
ported in the village OF Townshend, VT.
The post -oilice, two places OF business and
several residences were destroyed and a
numl er OF others were momentarly ex-
pected 70 90.
OS the 18th c. y. Chatield's large flour
ing mill and elevator ut Bay city, Mich.
was destroyed by fire, with 40 barrels of
-four and G,0O0 lushels of wheat. Loss,
500, COO; insurance, $40 0ll
EDWARD SniFIDs, an ironworker, die
at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 12lh from the
effects OF injuries received in n saloon
brawl several weeks ago, when he re.
ceived a ! low on the head from n beer
glass, said TO have been thrown by one
lltnfN INrl, VINO - now IN ltli.
AN epidemic Of juvenile crime seems to
have broken out in laris. Among the
cases brought 10 pullic notice is that of a
young girl named Georges, who com
mittel suicide ia the Seine because Of
disappointment in love.
ABOUT midnight On the 18th fire broke
out in 81. petc,'s Roman Catholic pro-
cathedral, IN Allegheny city, Pa. The
fire bad goined such headway when the
iiremcn appeared upon the scene that ali
efforts 10 cxtineuish il proved futile. The
edifcc was totally destroyed Loss esti-
mated at 500 go, fully covered by insur-
ance.
On the l9,h Prof, Joseph Schronk, the
principal of the German academy at
Hcboken. N. j., was arrested upon a
charge OF cruelty lcating Theodore
Willisich, one of his pupils. The boys
body was shown in court and was found
TO be covered vi h black and llue welts.
Schrenk was bel to answer TO the grand
jury.
or the l3tl q New York jury, after
seventeen minutes Gelihcrat on, found
Andrew J. Whitman. p iyato detective,
guilty - llackma and cndeavoring to
extoft so o from Charles u. Seers, of Buff
fnlo.
ON The morning Of the 18Th Mrs. Jane
Wheeler was lru,ally murdered at Cleve-
land, o. reni min Wheel,r, her hus-
band, has been arres el ON suspicion oi
hnyin been nccrucd in the deed.
ON the evening Of the - h a woll-d dressed
man entered the jiwe.rY store of Charles
Upmyer at Milwaukee, Wis, threw q
handful ofr-d pepper into the eyes Of the
proprietor, seis,l bundle cf watches and
escaped.
ON the l3 h Gre. res,ilting in n loss OF
nearly ,j1n0l, occurred ia the Staten Is
land Dye Works, az Staten island, y. y
OV the l3.h tn steamer NcmasSe, o
the Clarl eston line, arrive in New Norl
with chief oGicar, George w. wills
dea ON board, his brains having icer
dashol out hy swinging jih-sa block
OS lhe ll'h, John Ryan, Hamilton
(OD policeman. killed "a tA i-f named Long
who was irwin ; 80 cape.
o. the lh two ngnss aud fourteen
freight cars were demolished by collision
on the Missouri Pacific railway at Deni'
son, Tex.