The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-11-29
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES,

CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
WILMINGTON, DEL, Nov. 24.-Three
white and one negro convicts were whip.
ped at Newcastle this morning for larceny
and burglaries. They took from five to
twenty lashes, each lightly laid. About
two hundred and fifty spectators were
present.
HopK1NsvILLE, Ky, Nov. 24.-Rob.
ert Hellesly, of Bivinsville, Todd county,
who had bet his farm and stock on
Cleveland being elected, let the matter
prey upon his mind until he suicided
last evening by hanging himself in his
barn.
AUGUSTA, GA, Nov. 20.-Judge Sam
uel Levy of this city was stricken with
paralysis to night while engaged in a
friendly game of poker. He was taking
hazards freely, and when confronted by
four aces in his opponents hand he fell
from his chair. He is quite aged and has
many friends all over the country.
KANSAS Cry, No., Nov. IA spe.
cial from Ozark, NO., reports horrible
tragedy twenty miles South Of Ozark, il;
Taney county. Mrs. Amanda Truitt
killed two of her young children with a
Ratchet, and then cut her own throat
with butcher knife. No details are
given, but it is supposed that the unfor.
tunate woman was demented.
LocKpoRT, N. Y, Nov. 21.-A farmer
named 2. Schemeck, residing in the town
of Wheat6ed, near Sanborn, is dying from
the effects of being gored by vicious
bull. The animal caught Schemeck on
his horns and, after goring him several
times, tossed him over fence. He was
found, and his injuries were not thought
serious at first, but at present there ie
little chance for his recovery.
s. P1rrsBuRG, Nov. 26.-"Doc" Hag.
garty was unloading glycerine at Pleas.
antville at noon to day. He had 1000
pounds of it in wagon. 1t exploded
and Haggarty was literally annihiiated
Parts of his two horses were found in a
neighboring tree. A piece of the wagon
was found half mile awsy. The ex.
plosion was heard at Oil Oity;l2 miles
distant.
BEAUFORT 8. c., Nov. 22.-Last night
as the incoming train from Augusta was
approaching Flies trestle, above Beau.
fort, the engineer saw two boys on the
trestle. The engineer at once put on
breaks, but his engine was too near. on
them to be stopped before it was upon
them. They seeing their danger, one Of
them jumped into the water and. was
drowned; the other boy sat down out on
the. end of one of the caps of the trestle,
and was safe. The train was stopped and
di igsnt search made fer the 10y n tie
water, but nothing could be seen Of him
The water is deep at this crossing and II
was food tide, and bis body was probably
swept away.
ERIE, Pa, Nov. 22.-Patrick Durkir,
9 baggagemaster, living in this city, had
both eyes burned out and his face horri.
bly, dis6gured this evening by his wife
.dashing a teacupful of vitrol in his fat {
at the tea table. The woman fed from
the house, leaving him blind, helpless
and shrieking, in agony. She was
/ brought back by policeman, and when
Durkin heard her voice, sightless and
suffering as be was, he sprang on her, and
despite the officer, nearly killed her
| She was jailed, and Durkin sent to the
hospital. She alleges brutal treatment
by her husband and his threat to bring
another woman into the house to take
his iwife's place, as provocation for the
act. Mrs. Durkin is thought to be insane
Durkin will probably die.
New YORK, Nov. 22.-Charles Eyel
and Eva HenIsither were to have beer
married ats o'clock this afternoon. Ht
is ~ and she II, and they spent Saturday
in buying furniture for two rooms tha
Eyck had rented. Lover and sweetheart
worked together laying the carpets Satur
day night, and when they parted it wa'
to meet at the girls home to day. From
there they were to go to ministers
Eyck did not appear at the appointed
time, and Eva hastened to the rooms t
see what could have detained her lover
}He had not been seen about the house
land his door was locked. Eva knocked
repeatedly, but got no answer. Then th,
j |janitor forced the door open. There OF
the floor, with his throat cut from ear Il
ear, lay the bridegroom. Eva shrieket
and tainted at the horrible sight.
/ MEMPHIS. TENN, Nov. 25.-J. L
Onley, of Friendship, Crockett county
Tenn, one day last week wrote the fol
lowing message to Rev. W. b. Brutop
editor of the State Wheel, of Jackson
Tenn: 81 thought you we're editing &
! paper. lind nothing in it but rotte1
democracy, and you can take your demo
cracy and paper aud go to -. I am
wheeler and republican, Bruto1
showed the card to the federal authoritie
and deputy marshal was sent to arres
/ Onley. He was taken to Jackson to. day
and tried before United States commits
sioner and held over under bond O
$500 to appear at the April term of The
federal court. The lowest penalty fol
such an offense is 500 6ne and thirty
days imprisonment.
COLUMBUS, GA, Nov. 22.-Twelvt
thousand people witnessed the balloon
ascension ut exposition park this after
noon. Prof. F. 81. Vandegrift made the
ascent. When the balloon had reached
an altitude of half a mile it suddenly
1 burst, and began to descend to the GROUND
rapidly, to the- horror of the spectators
Vandegrift cut the rope that held tht
parachute, and for time it seemed thai
he would escape death. The parachute
f II near the centre of the Chattahoochee
river Vandegrift was drowned in spite O,
the efforts of two men in boat to save
him. The unfortunate man was twenty
FIVE years old and unmarried. He was
born in West Virginia, and he'd been in
the balloon business twelve years. He
made his first leap with a parachute at
Greenfield, Ohio, three months ago. The
body Of Vandegrift, the ballooniat, was
recovered at IL o'clock to night, com
pletely enmeshed in the ropes of his bal.
loon. The body will be embalmed and
sent to Vandegrift's parents, at Clinton,
NO.
- In letter to friend in Reading,
Pa, Mr.. Harrison says: 81 can only
say az to the future that / have not