Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-04-30

Co. lumber yards, Burlington, To-.
drank freely of water from. an old
well in the vicinity, and, az result
OF poison from sewage, Eve Of them
are dead and several others are not
expected to live.
During a balloon ascension of a
circus at Lexington Va, Tuesday.
colored man who was assisting in
starting the balloon was caught in the
ropes, carried up some distance, and
then dropped. He was insensible
when picked up, and it ia doubtful if
he can recover.
Mrs. Isabella Smith Cooper, sup.
posed to be the oldest gypsy in this
country. died at South Hadley Falls,
Mass, Tuesday night. aged ninety
FIVE years. She was born in England,
but spent seventy-fve years of her
life in the United States.
The New Orleans grand jury has
about finished its investigation Of the
lynching Of the murderers Of Chief of
Police Hennessy. A large number Of
witnesses have been examined. It is
expected a comprehensive report and
several indictments will soon be forth
coming.
Andrew Blashko, Hunarian strik-
er, and bis wife were shot by the
sheriff OF Fayette county, Pa. yester.
day while resisting eviction at Mon
arch. in-ths coke regions. The wife
was in the act of firing at the officer
with a pistol and the huaband at.
tackled him with a club. Martin
Scryupka was shot in the mouth aid
badly wounded.
Dick Liddell, once a member of
the famous James gang. now a veal
thy horse owner on Eastern tracks,
was arrested and lodged in Jail at
Richmond, Mo-, yesterday. He is
charged with the murder of Wood
Hite, a cousin Of jesse James. The
crime was committed in 1888, and
was the outgrowth Of a feud existing
among several members of the gang.
Hon. e. R. Stackhouse member of
Congress from South Carolina. made a
lengthy speech to the Texas Farmers
Alliance at Waco yesterday, advising
the alliance to submit their claims to
both the great parties and avoid the
third party, but in the event of fail
ure in securing their demands from
either party, to then think of third
party movement.
The magazine of the Italian army
at Pozzo Pantaleo. three miles from
Rome, containing $50 tons of powder,
exploded yesterday morning. A mum.
Der of persons were killed and over
100 injured. The city of Rome shook
to it's foundations. The cupola of
the Houses of Parliament collapsed,
many buildings were reduced to ruins
and the interiors of old palaces and
churches were considerably injured.
In the Vatican buildings historical
stand-glass windows were shattered.
Great Consideration prevailed for
time among the people of the city,
who rushed into the streets terrified,
believing an earthquake shock had
caused the disaster.
SATURDAY. April %.
of the German army. is dead. 'i-'''
There are IA candidates for Uuited
States Senator from the Eastern Shore.
Argument in the first of the Archer
bond cases was concluded yesterday
in thr Maryland Court of Appeals.
The United States fish commission
expects to hatch one hundred millions
of young chad at Gloucester.
James Craney, colored, was hanged
at Lexington, Va, for the murder Of
James Oliver, also colored.
Geisleman & Sons furniture estab-
lished in Westminster was burned.
Loss, $4,000; insured.
Two suits were instituted in Wash.
ington BY the trustees to recover land
claimed to belong to the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal Company.
Two boys stole keg of whiskey in
Brooklyn and drank so much of it
that one died and the other is not
expected to recover.
A daring bicycle rider has Just per-
formed the feat of riding over the
roof Of building in Hagerstown, the
angle of which is about As degrees.
Fire caused several thousand dol.
lars damage at Kent leland and
serious injury to Mrs. D. Bethel and
her daughter, who were brought to
Baltimore for medical treatment.
A woman was found murdered and
mutilated in a New York down town
hotel after the manner of the victims
Of the Whitechspel fend in London.
Near New Jefferson, Ohio, Lorenzo
Coleman. a lunatic, fatally shot his
sister and dangerously shot the hired
man, named Cloman, and wounded
his mother slightly with a shotgun.
W. s. Turnbull. of Birmingham,
Ala, went fishing a few days ago
With dynamite. The cartridge with
which he proposed. to shock the fish
to death went off before its time,
blowing off one of Turnbulls arms
/ and seriouslv iniurad him otharw;sa