The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-08-16
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CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

third dled soon afterwards. They had
all been bitten in several places by the
rattlesnake, and died horrible deaths.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, August 6.-Yes.
terday morning, blind horse belonging
to Mr.. M. Carlton, who lives in the
southern suburbs of the city, fell into a
we'll. Carlton went to the we'll and was
looking down at his horse, when be lost
his balance and tumbled in himself. The
horse was not dead and kicked him on
the head and body, inficting very serious
wounds. His recovery is doubtful. The
we'll is one hundred feet deep. The man
and horse were both pulled out and the
horse died.
ROME, GA, August 9.SSeyeral paint
ers were engaged in painting q frame
building mile from town, just beyond
East Rome, yesterday afternoon, when
thunder shower came up. Lightning
struck chimney and the fluid descended
to the ground. L. P. A. Walker was
instantly killed, James Bagwell and
Reuben Mnlkey were injured, and Robert
Ramsey was paralyzed in both legs.
Other workmen were stunned, but not
Injured. Mr.. Walker was thirty years
old and stood we'll in the community,
His mother, who is seventy years old, a
widow with no other children, was pros.
trated when the terrible intelligence Of
her sons death reached her.
W1LKEsBARRE, Pa, Aug. 11.-An at
tempt was made this morning to blow up
the residence of William Collier, of Pitt
ston, while be and his wife were asleep
/ in an upper room. a charge of giant
powder was placed in q hole bored in q
pitch pine log. The bomb thus prepared
was placed on the front porch, leaning
against the house and fred with fuse.
The explosion tore away the porch, blew
in the front of the house and tore down
the fence eighteen feet away Beyond a
severe shock, the occupants of the house
we're uniniured. The duties of his posi-.
tion make MIR. Collier unpopular with
the miners, and it believed that some of
| them thought to get revenge by killing
him in this way.
RALEIGH, N. c., August 1O.-Yester-
day, near Hickory, Samuel Burkley' g dog
ran mad and dashed among the family,
biting as he went. The eldest child Of
Burkley, aged II, seeing the danger to
which her little brothers and sisters were
exposed, with great heroism caught and
held the dog until the children could get
in the house. Casting the dog as far
from her as she could she ran for the
door, but was overtaken and severely bit.
ten on the hip before she got into the
house.. She was also bitten on the hand
while holding the dog. After thus get.
ting away the dog bit two COWS and then
came back to the house, and when the
children spoke to it through window
endeavored to get at them. The heroic
young lady ran to neighbor's, who shot
the dog. A physician cauterized the
wounds.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, August ga
terrific thunder storm passed over this city
this afternoon, doing considerable damage
a number of telephone wires we're cut,
breaking some of the large circuits. The
residence of DR.. Brewster, on Fourth
avenue, was struck and badly damaged.
His daughter. Miss Fanny, and colored
servant were severely shocked, the colored
woman being rendered unconscious for
several hours. The handsome residence
of DR.. A. Godder was struck and badly
damaged. At East lake, six miles from
the city, the elegant residence of Mr.. 81.
III. Horton was torn to pieces and the
furniture broken into kindling wood by
bolt of lightning. Fortunately no one
Itwas in the house at the time. Atnorth
birmingham several houses we're struck
and q mule was killed. There was
heavy rainfall and some hail.
\ KANsEs CITY, Aug. S-Mrs. Lewis
Maryth, of Wichita, Kas., caused saloon
operated by Jake Clement to be 'fpulled"
Friday night, claiming that her husband
had spent three weeks there squandering
his earnings. She was at the saloon door
by sunrise this morning, Ratchet in hand.
The door was opened and Jake was get
Ting hia place ready for the days busi-
ness when the woman locked the door
and gave Jake orders to march to
certain corner and await further orders.
She is very large woman and be very
small man and be marched" The
womap then began business in earnest.
The first blow with her hatchet broke in
pieces large mirror behind the bar and
Che second demolished another fancy
article of the same sort. The woman
next proceeded to the more laborious
work Of breaking up everything breaka-
Bile. When the last was ended she made
Jake walk up the street for block in
front of her. She then gave him orders
never to sell any more liquor. The
damage done is estimated at $1,000.
CARTHAGE, TENN, August a:eeTwo
men were killed near Lancaster in very
peculiar and unexpected manner. The
men had made ready very heavy BLAST
in the face of the high bluff at the mouth
of Smiths forks. It was composed/of
quite number of holes about twentyf feet
deep, and with nine or ten kegs of/pow
der to the hole. Everything had been
made ready to touch the blast with elec.
tricity by means of wire connected with
the battery. A cloud came UP in the
meantime, and as it was lightning, the
men concluded to wait until the cloud
passed over. A fash of lightning, how.
ever, came running alopg the wire from
the battery, exploded The blasts with a
tremendous noise. The whole side OF
the bluff was blowp1o of and it tumbled
with tremendoW crash down below.
At the time the blast occurred two men
were seen coming along down under the
bluff They were warned of their danger,
but too late tg-escape They we're vigi.
lantly searched tor after the explosion,
but no traR of them could be found.
They musfhave beep buried beneath the
mass of stone and dirt. The men had
been at work on the road.
CHATTANOOGA, August 10.-A fire
whicHbroke out at midnight in the
Grifths. Caldwell block destroyed the
entire block, besides the buildings of N.
QGtzen G. Brother, the Baltimore Cloth
i6g House and Shelton A. Howard. The
total loss on the buildings and stocks is
100000. The loss of life has been very
great. In the excitement of the confa.
grafton hundreds of citizens rushed into
the buildings end endeavored to save
their goods. It seems that there was
criminal carelessness in erecting the four.
story structures, because they collapsed
solely from heat. One building fell in
while fifty persons were inside. at noon
IN day five dead bodiaa had already been