Daily Republican., 1888-02-07
News Summary.

A passenger train going west yesterday
afternoon ran into q freight train going
east at Hoosic Falls, New York. Both
engines were wedged together and the
baggage and head freight cars were
smashed. An eIprefsmio, mail agent
and car repatrer were severely Injured,
and an old lady on the passenger train
was severely burned by being thrown
against stove. All the other passengers
were badly shaken up.
William Summerville, IS years old,was
killed in Memphis, Ten nessee, on Sunday
night, by coming In contact with an elec .
trio light wire. Que OF the Brush lights
was on the ground an 1 lot Of boys were
having fun with 1t by touching it and
being shocked Summeryille touched 1t
with a piece OF hoopiron and was killed
by the shock.
A telegram from Lancaster says that
great jams OF boom logs have formed on
the SusquehAnnA River from Turkey Hill
TO McCslls Ferry, and IT is feared they
will present serious distractions to the
passage OF the ice. The ice in the river
is still solid, but that in the tributary
streams has broken up.
A despatch from Springfield, Illinois,
says scarlet fever is prevailing In Pana on
the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad to such
an extent that the public schools have
been closed. There have been two deaths,
and fifteen cases of the disease were re
ported on Saturday.
| 8. s. Tatman, a wealthy farmer, of Me
dina, Ohio, committed suicide in the jail
at Ahron yesterday by taking laudanum
He was serving q seven years sentence
for shooting Thomas Briggs in quarrel
some time ago.
Matthias Busch, saloon keeper, mur
dered his wife In Chicago yesterday alter
noon by cutting her throlt with 3 razor
because she refused to turn over to hin
q small sum of money left her by rela-
tive.
The timbers supporting a second story
addition to Chambers's planning mill, IL
Allegheny City, Penna., gave way yes
terday, and Ave men were buried In th'
debris, and one, Patrick Conroy, wa
dangerously hurt.
The body OF Major j. Z P. Doyle. tn
veteran journalist, was incinerated a
Mount 0livet Cemetery, Fresh Pond
Long Island, yes eriay, in the presence Q
several members of the New York Pres
Club.
Two brothers named Turner quarrelle
while threshipg together at Port Murray
Warren Co., N. j., yesterday, and fough
, The younger finally killed the elder b
| driving the point OF pitchiork into h
: eye.
A dynamite explosion. at the work
= OF the Hancock Chemical Company, q
4 Marquette, Michigan, on Monday de
/. troyed two buildings and killed j. 1
a Arnold, John Olson and Adam Ytsls.
n f. II. Young, OF Haverhill, Msssachu
:, sets, was on Monday convicted of ha
J. ing thrown vitrlol on Mary Meehan,
n November last, causing her almost fat
d Injury. Sentence was deferred
Daniel w. Judd died in New York {
2 Monday of pneumonia. He was mani
II ger OF the Orange W. Judd Compan
, aud was a member Of the QuarAnti
Beard.
y - DR.. e. Miles Willett, Supreme Medic
= Examiner, Catholic Knights Of Americ
= died suddenly on Monday at his res
!, dence, in Memphis, Tenn.
a Mre. Sarah Stein, 79 years Of age, "
N accidentally hanged in ritusyille, Penni
"a on Monday, while putting up clotf
IA line. Her neck was broken.
=. Mrs. Holmes, the wife of Oliver W.
5 dell Homes, died on Monday at her re
Do dence, in Boston, in the Goth year OF
{ age.