Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-08
Eastern Echoes.

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arrived at Cincinnati.
Two laborers at Nevin's Eagle Rock
quarry at Orange, N. Y, were killed by
a premature blast.
Two colored men were killed and one
fatally injured by the caving of a sand
bank on the Norfolk and Western rail-
road.
A railroad accident occurred at Painted
Post on the Erie road, near Corning, N.
Y, by which three persons were in
jured.
If the sea subsidies it is believed that
the steamer De Ruyter ashore at Scitu-
ate, Mass, can be saved, together with
her cargo.
Two sons of William Naples and a
son of William Baker, while trying to
cross the river near Knoxville, Tenn,
were drowned by the capsizing of their
boat.
Ex.Judge Thomas A. Mellon, of Pitts
burg, Pa, has filed deed transferring
all of his vast real estate, valued at
$22 900, ,00e, to his son, Andrew w.
Mellon.
It is reported that an English syndi-
cate has concluded to purchase all the
oyster establishments at Baltimore,
which have an annual output of nearly
twenty millions.
A special from Jefferson City, Mo-,
says: State Treasurer Nolan has handed
a written resignation to Governor Francis
but the Governor has not decided
whether he will accept it. Nolan q
bondsmen say his deficit ia $32, 71S.
A special from Mason City, Ia, says
James Mcintosh, of Spirit Lake, accom-
panied by some young ladies, daughters
OF James Evans. while driving on the
ice across East Okoboji lake, drove into
an airhole and all were drowned.
A suburb of Plymouth, Pa, known as
Curry's Hill, was terribly shaken by a
cave in, the surface settling in some
places ten feet. One house was COM
pletely wrecked and several others were
badly damaged. No one was seriously
hurt.
The agent of an English syndicate has
purchased Dix fine farms in Chester
county, Pa, for the purpose of erecting
two mammoth cotton mills, and such a
number of dwelling houses as will be re-
quired to accommodate the employees,
whose number, it is said, will exceed
81, 900.
The will of the late Ex-Governor
English, of Connecticut, gives $50, 600 to
various charitable and educational pro-
.cts. His family mansion and personal
property are bequeathed to his widow,
and the remainder of his estate, esti-
mated at $2,0O0,000, to his only son,
Henry.
At Boston, Mass, four young children
OF Moses Feldman, a Russian Jew ped
dler, were left alone in the house, and
started fire by playing with matches.
Three of them were unconscious from
smoke before the firemen could get at
them and will not recover. The other
one escaped.
At Ashland, Wis, Alf Besan, full
blooded Indian, defeated Mike Brannon,
an Irishman, in bloody six-round prize
fight, with hard gloves. Besan is a
magnificent specimen of physical man.
hood, and stripped at 100 pounds. His
long reach and his ability to take extra
ordinary punishment like stole won
him the fight.
A special from Evansville, Ind, says:
An explosion occurred at noon in the
shaving or dust room of the Armstrong
furniture factory, and the resultant fire
completed the wreck. Three boys, Fred
Sachs, Willie Cheatham and George
Crawford were sitting in the room eating
their dinner, and were burned to death.
Charles Shelby, the engineer, had both
legs broken and was badly crushed.