The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-03-24

;. NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Eliza Freeman, colored, was burned TO
death Monday Ia Rutherford county y c.,
while burning brush.
John PawylS who WAS triel az Norris
town. Pa FOR he urder OF Frank GreskO
was acquitted Monday.
. The furnace men OF the Shenango Valley,
Pennsylvania, were Monday notified OF a
10 PER cent reduction 10 take place April /.
The Indiana Prob Ibtion SITS have placed a
full State ticket ia the field, with tue Rev
Jasper +. Hughes, OF Marion County, for
Governor
In saloon afrray saturday night at Nc
Donslds, Pa, Thomas Williams, colored,
was fatally shot By Thomas Hool han, "A
white m ner.
Mrs. Lawson Dawes and her sistcr.in-law
were burned 10 death near Sholby, y. C.,
Sunday night in ire which destroyed
their house.
The Empress Of Austria il now in
London 10 take course OF massage treat
ment She suffers from paralysis, ana this
treatment Is tho only rolief
Frederick Summer, discharge barten.
der, In BRIDGEPORT, Conn, discharged re-
volver five tunes into crowd IN the saloon,
seriously wounding three men.
st. Patricks day was observed TO "A
greater extent than usual Iu London. 1he
day was observed n the customary man
ner In all the large elite, IN thi, cOuutry.
AT Boston an express on the Boston and
Albany Road ran into "A FIRE ght car, bad y
smashing several passenger coaches, but no
one save two train mcu were seriously
hurt
The Supreme Courl of Pennsylvania Mon
day refused o ordera new tria In the case
Of Oscar Hugo Webber, convicted Of the
murder OF a Jewcller named Martin u Phil
adelphla.
Two weeks hence Cornelius Vanderbilt
will sail on one of the steamships OF tho
Cunard Line for Europe. lie will be absent
throughout the summer, hls family accom-
panying him.
Monduy the jury in the case Of the S ate
agr. Abbie ID. hovcy, of West Phillips, Me,
charged witn attempt M 30 poison her hus-
band with strychnlue, returned verdict
OF not guilty.
II is sal Gen ~ Banks, now UniteI
States Marshal at Boston, is 10 be- APP
pointed Governor OF tue Soldiers Home at
rogus, Me, TO superscje Gen. Luther
Stephenson, Jr.
During the pr sent winter the hogs
packed at Cincinnati have weighed an av
eragc or 2ig -, or - 81 less than the aver
age Of one year ago The weight In the
lghtcst Ia twenty-iour years.
The Court Of Claims Monday rendered
decision In the case ol Asher G. Baker, 10
the effect that cadet service at the Naval
Academy is 10 be included In computing
longevity pay Of officers OF the navy
George W Lusted, postal clerk, is un-
der arrest at Milwaukee for rObblng tho
mails. He kept his family at Lancas ter
and salary OF I'll lOJa year forced him 10
steal to keep woman he called his wife IN
Mllwaukce
The Wels-Fargo Express Company has
purchased outright the various properties
OF the Erie Express Company aud entered
into fifteen years contract for the control
Of the main branch and leased lines Of the
New York, Lake Erc and Western Rail
road.
: Nearly all the cattle in Hunterdon
County, n. j are quarantined, because
suffering from pleuro-pneumona. herd
OF seventeen co vs., owned b. Adam Cast
ner, of Stewartsville, have been kllicd by
order of the State Inspector of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture aud Animal Industry
John q. Lilly Of indianapolis brother
of Gen. William Lilly, the extensive coal
operator at MauCh Chunk. was killed Mon.
day oy being struck b. "A Jersey Central
passenger tram below Packerton, aud
hurled over an Cmbankment down 10 tho
Lehigh Valley Railroad, whore be was
pcKed up "a corpse He came East recently
so visit his brother.
The country residence Of DIR. Crowther,
OF Baltimore, near the relay house Of tho
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was burned
Monday with all ito contents. Damage,
5000. The fire originated In the dining
room, which cut Off retreat from the upper
floors. All were safely let down by "A ropG
from an upper window except Mrs. Crow.
ther, VINO was considerably injured by a
fall