The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-05-03

GREENVILLE, =. w., April 2f.-San.
ford FAINT, who drank q large quantity
ofliqnor yesterday, and was picked up
son the street unconscious, died to-day at
10 O'Clock. His death was one of the
saddest this city has ever known. Fant
was young man twenty.one years old,
and come here from his home in PicReDs
county. Yestesday, to have several teeth
extracted and plate put in, he drank
five glasses of whisky and went to DR..
Carlisle's Office. After one tooth was
drawn he. said he wanted another drink,
and took a pint bottle from his pocket
and before the doctor could prevent him
drank its contents. Three more teeth
were taken out and FAINT said he must
have more whisky. DR.. Carlisle object.
ed to this, but the man would go. Moth
ing was seen of him until picked up on
Main street. It is said that he took nine
drinks after. leaving the dentist. A
coroner's inquest was held this evening.
The jury rendered verdict of death
from alcoholic poison.
+ TOPEKA, KAN, April 2S.-An explo.
sion occurred in dwelling house on West
canse;, hv fha no,,r;no of iii from five
GALLON can nearly fuli into the tank of q
Gasoline stove The huilding was get on
fire and was destroyed, resulting in the
death of Annie Rogers, an English girl,
who had been in this country only short
time, and her charge, Mary Mclaughlin,
tha s;v.usar'old donohter NJ McT anohlin
a nd M u;fa ubn .u;th a DT!amnhell q
,ra ~ .eIl;nr .o,earnen for, C;pcinnat;
notion h6nse and his wife occupied The
honsa The bodies when recovered we're
q fleshless charred mass The position
in which thew Law indicated that the
servant had desperately tried to save the
little one MIRA Mel auehlin. tho mother
of tha littla one WAS aIso badly burned
and lies in a critical condition. She ran
ont I of The honse enyeloned in flames
oh when tho @ e1n1osion hannened She at.
tam nm mntsd ~ return to tha honsa IN ,escna
Sar p cb;,J but bmt ssll ii ' exhausted 70 % the
Ground @ % D
eo S1n,r W. 49,, 90 pon pd..,
r. Lm Masn .nca Ai lore nm na.tor of tbe prss61
...;oa - h ohnsoh iro n @ the r;,Ioos of Wh;to
Plains, shot himself while in the pulpit
of the church to day. Hermance's resig.
nation was asked for some months ago, in
consequence of dissatisfaction arising
between himself and the flock over his
salary His wife ia the daughter of ex.
President Woolsev D. d. LID of Yale
COLLEGE Hermance's family stood yery
high in the social circles Of White Plains,
and his financial standing was unoues.
toned. Shortly before be shot himself,
Hermance was sitting within the chancel
conyersing with the sexton. John Blake
iv and appeared perfectly rational.
Hardly had he closed the church door on
Leaving when he was startled bv- the
rer,ort Of pistol shot and rushing back
into the church. found the pastor stretch.
ed prone upon the floor of the pulpit.
He was bleeding profusely from a bullet
hole in his right temple. Close beside
him Law smoking 80 calibre revolver.
AT the time of the 3 shooting Mrs. Her.
nance was teaching a Sunday school
cIesa in tho nav cban within faw feet
of her husband
= ~. n'D"n
RED BANK, Ga: April 25.-Thomas +.
Morford was putting belt on the rum