The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-04-23
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

CHIMES AMI CASUALI1ES.
PARKsv1LLE, April 17.-The Hon. J.
Press Blackwell fell dead in his field this
morning of apoplexy. he vent out to
look after his hands as well as usual. An
inquest rendered verdict as above stated.
Mr.. Blackwell served Edgeield in the
Legislature from 1884 to 1888. He was
about 46 years of age.
PALMETTO, GA, April T.-During 8
| thunderstorm this afternoon, lightning
struck the ginhouse OF Mr.. @. B. C.Hol-
leman, about two miles from here, while
several parties in itwere keeping out Of
the rain, and killed negro named Lewis
Ayres, and severely shocked Mr.. Holle-
man himgelf, and some others lightly.
Mr.. Holleman is improving, and will be
all right in day or two.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 1S.-A
HopkinsYille, KY, special says that in
Union county two brothers named
Haynes, aged IA and 16 respectively, be-
came involved in an alteration over the
opening of gate, when one brother so
badly cut the other that he died soon al
forwards of his injuries. The one that
did the cutting is almost crazy with re-.
morse and grief, and has to be watched
lest he kill himself.
LIBERIA, KANSAS, April 17.-Reports
were brought in this evening that the
court house in Hansford, Texas, in course
of construction and nearly completed,
| was destroyed by cyclone Wednesday
afternoon. Two men were killed. Every
house was more or less damaged. From
there the cyclone travelled in Northeast
erly direction to Poludors, a little town on
Beaver River, in Beaver County, Okla-
homa, which place is reported as entirely
destroyed.
CLEVELAND, o., April 18.-A fright.
full wreck occurred on the Lake Shore
Railroad at Kipton station, about forty
! miles west Of Cleveland, early ahis even.
ing, in which ak postal clerks and two
engineers were killed. The fast mail,
No. IA, bound east, collided with No.
81, Toledo express, just as the latter train
was aboutto pull on to a siding to let
the fast mail pass. The fast mail was
running at full speed and the force Of
the collision was so great that both en-.
gines, three mail cars and one baggage
car were completely wrecked
GREENv1LLE, S. c., April 16.-James
Holiday, a white man, instantly killed
John Crews, colored, four miles from
Central, in Pickens County, yesterday.
The two men had dispute at sawmill,
which Crews had been operating,
and refused to give possession to Holli-
day, who had leased it. Crews struck
Holiday with q monkey wrench and
threw weight at him. Holiday had
shotgun loaded with buckshot and fred.
Crews was riddled with bullets. The cor.
oner's jury exonerated the slayer. who
surrendered himself to the sheriff of
Pickens County.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN, April ia
most horrible accident occurred in this
city tonight in the presence of several
thousand persons who had gathered at
the corner Of 9th and Georgia avenue to
witness the fire department putting out
small blaze In the European Hotel.
Charles Werner, head hosemsn of the
| Lookout fire department., was at the top
Of the long ladder playing the hose in
the third story window, when he got a
shock from q live electric light wire and
dropped dead to the ground, to the horror
| Of the large crowd.
SAVANNAH, GA, April 16.-John
Dunham, colored, field hand on the
Deptford rice plantation, near Savannah,
was struck by lightning to-day and in.
| stantly killed. Dunham and other hands
we're fleeing for shelter when the bolt fell.
Dunham's hat was split in half, his hair
was burned off and the flesh on part of
his face was charred. One side of his
body was nearly roasted and the shoe was
torn from one foot and hurled 100 feet
away. The mans clothing caught on fire
and his body was nearly cremated, the
other negroes being panic stricken, and
fearing to go near the body. Dunham
was sixty years old.
NEW YORK, April 18.-The German
steamship Elder was to sail for Europe at
o'clock. Ats little before that time
young couple came to the steamship
wharf. They were talking earnestly, and
the woman seemed to be very much de-.
pressed. Her eyes we're red, as if she had
been weeping. The couple went on board
the ship. Soon after this those on the
wharf were startled by pistol report. 1t
was followed by another quickly. The
young woman fell to the deck. The
young man had fred at himself, and he
fell over, too. Both were dead when
they were picked up. The young man
was Charles Ommecker. The young NO.
man was Louise Ornecher. They were
sweethearts. She came from Germany two
weeks ago to join Ommecker. To-day she
was returning home.
BUcYRUs, O., April IA laughable
but costly incident occurred in Schaaf's
restaurant on the night of the Golden
Rod hop. A number of musicians who
had been playing for the dance went into
Schaaf's place for q lunch. They were
followed by bird dog belonging to one
of the party. Soon the dog was seen
pointing toward table in one corner of
the room. One of the men started to
investigate when q fat and vigorous hen
flew out. The dog went after it, and for
Is minutes dog, hen, feathers, men,
tables, glasses and dishes were mixed in
one mad whirl. When finally the hen
few ont the door, and the dog had been
caught, over $500 worth of damage had
been done in broken mirrors, smashed
glass and tableware and the breaking of
all the saloon fixtures in an adjoining
room.
P1rrsBuRe, PA, April 17.-Last night
Constable Mcdonald, Of West Newton,
having in charge prisoner named Sandy
Wilson, of Greensburg, boarded the fast
line" on the Pennsylvania railroad bound
for Greensburg. After taking their seats
in the smoker the constable removed the
handouts from the prisoner, and they sat
together smoking and talking. Jeanette
station was passed, when the constable
remarked: "Well, Sandy, you will soon
be locked up" Wilson replied, "I'll see
you in hell frst," and with blow knock.
ed the constable from the seat and rushed
out on to the platform and sprang from
the train. As he did go, Constable Nc
Donald followed. Just as both men
reached the ground freight train came
down the opposite track. The "fast line"
was stopped, and after search Officer
Mcdonald was found alive, but uncon-
scious from several wounds. Wilson's
lifeless body was found thirty feet from