The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-05
EARLY MORNING NEWS.
A Strange Confession.

n strange ContesslOn.
Mrs. Aurelia V. Rothwell Of Elmra, N.
Y, has made a strange confession to the
Chief Of Police OF that city. She says she
has been sending anonymous letters of q
Notwithstanding character TO scores of peo-
pie OF that city. She has lived dual life
outwardly that OF an exemplary Christian
woman, secretly that of q mischief-maker
and scandal-breeder. Her letters TEEN with
obscenity. and were addressed to every one
who would be narrowed by them. During
the past six years she must have written,
says an account, reams Of paper In satisfy
ing her peculiar mania, Families have
been broken up, friends alienated, society
disorganized anu the shadow of suspicion
thrown over reputable and innocent people
by her pernicOus messages. Her confession
has been the cause OF a great deal OF iappi-
ness, as IT. has lifted shadows from the
regulations of some OF the best people OF
Elmira
A Very Sad Case.
A dispatch from Youngstown, Ohio, says:
ut is now twenty weeks since the wreck on
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Aukeny-
town, some twenty miles south of this city.
Among the more seriously injured was G.
i. Mcbride of this city, one OF the most
promising young lawyers OF the Richland
Bar and attorney for the Baltimore ,S Ohio
Road He was injured In the spine, and
since the accident has not had the use of
his lower limbs. He had just about com
pleted one of the finest residences on Park
avenue, the fashionable residence street of
the CITY, To this he was carried on a
stretcher three months ago. lie has never
seen the exterior OF his dwelling nor any
part OF 1t save the room TO which he was
first taken. lie is perfectly helpless, and
apparently his case Is hopeless. Mr. Mcbride
was man Of fine physique, weighing 2l5
pounds at the time of the wreck. lie has
dwindled to the shadow OF his former self"
An Old Mill Destroyed.
The mill at Glen Falls, Baltimore County,
Md, destroyed by fire on the night Of the
2d instant, was one OF the oldest landmarks
of that section. The mill wns owned by II.
Lamotte, but was known as Ely's mill, and
was built In 1874, and held by that family
up to about 1860. 1t has often been re-
paired and rebuilt, the last time In 1880 by
the present owners. The iirc was caused
by defective flue in the miller's house.
Loss, about 5000; insured in Baltimore
County Mutual for S2,250.
The Interstate Convention of Miners.
The delegates from the Railroad Coal
Association, the Pltlsburg Coal Exchange,
Subdivision No. 4 Of the National Progress
sive Union of Miners and Mine Lab1rers
and Division No. 3 National Trades District
Assembly 1876, X OF h., left Pittsburg for
indianapolis TO attend the Interstate con
vention Of miners aud mine operators which
commences to-day. In all about $1,000
miners and $50 coal miners OF the Pittsburg
district will be represented.
The "Madstone" Was of No Avail.
William Frost of Palatlne, ILL.,, aged 45
years, is dying from hydropnobia. lie was
bitten in the face by rabid dog six weeks
ago, the wound bleeding freely. He had
the sore cauterized aud afterward resorted
TO the maidstone treatment. The stone adj
hered to the wound for several hours at the
first application. On a second trial 1t would
not adhere, and from this It was believed
that all danger was past. 1t was not until
last Friday that this feeling OF security was
disturbed On that day Mr.. Frost fell i'll,
and symptoms OF hydrophobia rapidly de-
yelOped. Horrible convusions succeeded,
and all hope has been abandoned by the at
tending physicians. Three other persons
were also bitten by the dog, but fortunately
have escaped Mr.. Frosts sad fate,
smothered TO Death and Robbed.
Rosa McElhone, aged so years, was found
dead in her bed in Friendsyille, N. Y, last
Saturday. Two panels Of the front door of
the house had been kicked in and all the
rooms appeared to have been thoroughly
ransacked. A pillow was found on the floor
near the body and II 10 supposed that the
woman was smothered to death. A small
sum of money which shewa known 10 have
IN her possession could not be found. 4
farm hand who was employed on farm