The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-07-10
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CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

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suicide was the fear of losing his situation
through 6. change in the board of direc-
tors. An uncle and brother of his had
previously committed suicide.
SWEET WATER, Ala, July Sat $50
a. m., large meteorite passed directly
oyer this place from north to south, ex-
plodiDg with intonations resembling the
discharge ofa heavy cannon. The body
was at frs! white in color, but just before
exploding q portion separated itself, and
falling behind the main mass assumed O
beautiful reddish hue. The sound reach
ed us in shout seventy seconds, indicating
an altitudeof fifteen miles.
PEEKsK1LL, N. Y, July 3.-During a
violent thunder storm early this morning
the cottage Of John Tarpey was struck by
and almost completely wrecked.
The family were all asleep in the house,
but no one was injured, though several
received slight shocks. It was remark
able freak of lightning, as every room in
the house was damaged and plaster and
wood were torn from the walls in every
direction.
BosToN, July 5.-This afternoon a man
entered The Lincoln National Bank in
the Equitable building and proceeding to
the cashiers window, smashed the glass
in front Of his desk with a brick, grabbed
pile of treasury notes, SO 500 in all, and
rushed into Devonshire street. q citizen
passing grabbed the thief and threw him.
The cashier came up and assisted the cit.
izen in arresting the man, who gave his
name as Thomas Coyle, aged 3S.
RICHMOND, VA, July ga special
from Lexington says: "About 5 o'clock
this morning at Buena Vista three miners
were instantly killed. The men assem-
bled about the shaft of the Iaine and four
men entered the cage for the purpose of
descending, when, without warning, the
car fell distance of 140 feet to the bottom
of the shaft. Eli Painter, John Mont
gomery and Lipps Snead were instantly
killed. Floyd Manon, one of the party,
is still alive and conscious.
MARTINS POINT, July 2.-The thun-
der storm yesterday proved fatal on this
island. On the Enterprise plantation,
negro woman was sitting in her hut with
child in her lap. The lightning struck
and killed the child, and then flew to the
father, who was standing about six feet
away, knocking him senSeless for twelve
hours. Strange to say, the mother was
not hurt at all-not even shocked. On
Capt. F. Schafer's plantation negro hand
was at work on dam and the same stroke
killed him. It struck several trees and
proved otherwise destructive.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, July BY an
explosion of dynamite to day, at Craw6sh
Springs, Ga, near this city, on the old
Chickamauga battlefield, three convicts
were killed and one wounded. The men
were blasting out foundation for new
hotel. Ten charges had been placed, but
only six ofthem fired. The men returned
to work, and while sending drill down
the hole, which had not been discharged,
an explosion occurred. Four men were
thrown over the tops of the surrounding
trees, killing two Of the victims instantly,
woundiDg one so that he died in few
minutes, and dreadfnlly injuring the
fourth. An inquest will be held.
K4NasTREE, July 5.:-Atsalter's, south
of Black River, about six miles from
here, during the storm of this afternoon,
Louis Gourdin, white, a son Of Capt. John
e. Gourdin, and colored boy named
Moses Cordei, were out hunting. They
took refuge from the rain under o cedar,
which was struck by lightning and both
boys we're instantly killed. Louis was
about 10 years old and a promising lad.
His maternal grandfather, the late DR..
W. S. Boyd, vas one of the most promi-
nent men Of Williamsburg. This is the
third death from this appalling cause that
has recently occurred in this vicinity.
All the victims were hoya.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July IA special 10
the Republic from Beardstown, ILL.,, says
that Prof. Sam'l. Black, the eronaut, met
with horrible death at that place yes.
terday afternoon. When at the height OF
400 feet in his ascent he signalled that he
was about to descend, but something
seems to have gone wrong with his para
chute. A few minutes later thin streak
of smoke was seen issuing from the para.
chute which in few seconds burst into
flames, severing the parachute from the
balloon, and the eronaut was seen falling
through the air al frightful speed
Half an hour later his body vas found
horribly mangled, about two miles from
the scene of the ascent. 1t is supposed
the parachute caught fire from sparks
from mill near by.
PROSPERITY, July 2.-Mr. Dan.
Charles, who lives in Edgefeld County,
twelve miles Southeast Of this place,
killed negro man named Major Barre
this morning. It seems that Mr. Charles
went in the horse lot where the negro
was catching the horse to 60 to work and
told Major to fix the collar 80 that il
would not hurt the horses shoulder, when
the negro iold him to mind bis own -
business, that he would attend to his
Charles told the negro that it was his
business to look after, his stock. Major
became offended at this, and made at Mr..
Charles with pitchfork, the tine grazing
the breast Of Mr.. Charles, who, consider
Ing his own life In jeopardy, shot the ne.
gro, killing him instantly. Mr.. Charles
has gone to. Edgefeld Court House to
surrender.
ALBANY, GA, July 6.-The lightning
has been playing some queer freaks 10
east Dougberty County. While hands
were working in the adjoining fields q
sharp noise was heard sounding like a
rife shot. The railroad telephone Office
about two miles from Albany had the
corner knocked off and seven telegraph
poles were struck simultaneously, w.
G Faircloth and wife were on their front
porch several miles distant, when they
saw On immense ball of fire descend and
strike cotton stalk thirty feet away.
There was deafening report and they
we're blinded by the intense light. The
ball made great hole where it entered
the ground. Thirty rows of cotton thirty
feet long were all killed by the fire ball,
and the ground is all deadened 80 that it
will not produce again. A heavy hail
storm followed which extended two miles,
blowing down crib on the M. 7. Gaissert