Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-13
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

| AT Lancaster the Columbia and Susque
hanna rolling mills yesterday posted a notice
announcing that after August 10 they would
pay puddlers So 80 per ton instead of So IS al
announced few days ago.
The body of George w. Dries, of Reading
formerly proprietor of the American House al
Lyons. and a hotel man well-known through
| out this section of the State, was found hang.
ing in the stable of the hotel. He left a note
giving directions as to his funeral and wound
| up by saying: Good night to all my friends. y
The heirs of the brothers William F. and
George A. w. Norton, deceased mlllionares
of Louisville, KY, have decided to give sec. OOC
to the building fund Of the Southern Baptist
theological Seminary, moved here from South
Carolina few years ago. Both the brothers
made princely gifts to the seminary during
their lifetime.
The two Hollis brothers, who murdered
Mrs Cells, widow, and her two daughters, in
McDowen county, KY. last week. met a just
tate yesterday. The captain OF push boat that
arrived from Pikeville, down the Big Sandy
river says that the two men were captured by
the regulators strung up by the heels to the
limb of a tree and then shot to death.
The Hotel Arlington, at the famous Blue
Lick Springs. KY, was destroyed by fire at
1880 o'clock yesterday morning Loss. sS5 900;
insurance; &C. $1,000: No lives were lost; but the
Senator j. s. @. Blackburn and family and
ex-Chief Justice Hargis and family narrowly
escaped with their lives. The hotel had about
l50 guests.
The east and west bound morning trains on
the Amboy division of the Pennsylvania Rafl-
road, packed full of passengers to and from the
shore, collided at East Moorestown, nine miles
o'clock yesterday morning. but fortunately the
accident resulted in nothing more than slight
injuries to few persons and the wreck OF the
colliding engines.
The Treasury Department has received
letter from merchant of St Paul Mimi. ask
ing that the Departments decision of MAY "a
last in regard to the duty on so-called worsted
cloth be not enforced against certain purchases
made by him. He explained that the goods in
question arrived in this country and were sold
by him prior TO their arrival at prices based
upon the former practice of classifying these
goods. Secretary Window denied his request
on the ground that he does not feel authorized
to exempt any importations from the exaction
Of the duty applicable under the law
AT Bryant. Wis, Saturday night George
Irish was awakened by his dog barking. and
pigs. He got lis gun and foil followed s the the dog S
into the woods and saw what he thought was
bear. He shot and killed man by the name of
Bowman. 1t seems that Bowman was an out.
law from New York: that a sheriff from that
place was at Bryant to arrest him, and that as
soon as Bowman discovered the sheriff IN the
house he jumped through the window and
started for the woods, The coroner's verdict
finds it was accidental shooting. Irish is good
citizen and regrets the occurrence, but the
neighborhood are talking of giving him testi-
moniai as public benefactor.
"A most remarkable story comes from As
pen, Col, regarding an unexpected find in one
OF the principal mines on the Aspen mountain.
Last Thursday night the night shift in the
Minpey mine-Messrs. Donnelly Mackey, Tay-
lor and Gilhllan-put two 30-inch holes IN the
breast Of the 600foot level and fired the blast
just before leaving for the surface. On return
ing to the mine 1t was found that the two shots
had broken into a cave, the extent of which
they proceeded to explore. Going in a few
feet they found the walls covered with crystal
lized lime and lead that glittered like dia-
monds. Here and there stalactites hung from
the ceiling. The lime formation resembled
lace and frieze work of wondrous beauty. The
cave had descent Of about 20 degrees and the
explorers found rooms and chambers grand
beyond description.