The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-10-08
MAD COMBAT IN MID-AIR.
Fight on n SeaHoId Suspended Over
Ningara's Gorge,

NIAGARA FAILS, Oct 2. Two painters en-
gagged in fight on Il slender scaifold sus-
pended frQa the cantlever bridge last even
ing. A gang had been engaged by the Grand
Trunk Railroad to repant the cables, guys
and stays Of the bridge, and had let them
selves down by the usual hanging platforms.
They were 200 feet above the waters level IN
the gorge. One of the two who quarreled was
Joseph Greaves a French Canadian from Mon
treal. and the other was William Camel, also
a Canadian, from the vicinity of st. Catha-
rine's They had some words which attracted
the atteation of nearby workmen, who were
Mortified to see Camel pick up Ratchet and
attack Greaves.
Greaves grappled with his assailant, the
scafiold swinging to and fro, and Camel, who
was much heavier and stronger than his COM
panion, was fast pressing him to the edge,
when Greaves reached for rope to save him
self from being pitched headlong into the
abyss. Then Camel struck Greaves three
times with the Ratchet, aiming each time for
the head Two blows were lodged and fell
on Greaves's neck, the third split his skull
behind the left ear. He dropped like a log
off the scaiold, falling about twenty feet,
where he caught in some intersecting guy
ropes out of reach of his antagonist. He then
clutched at the wire cables and began to climb
manu- over MANU- " lilC DioOh
pouring from his wounds. He had no sooner
thrown himself on the bridge than Camel
pounced on him again, but by this time other
workmen had reached the spot and prevented
downright murder.
''If | catch you again I'll kill you, Kissed
Camel at his victim, as he hurled his Ratchet
into the river and fed.
Greaves was picked up and carried to the
Canadian shore, where his wounds were
dressed. He had received severe blow,
severing an artery, and the hemorrhage was
so eopious that the surgeons say his condition
is extremely precarious.
hail storm visited st. Paul, Minnesota,
on Saturday afternoon. For half an hour
business was suspended all over the city,
travel on the streets being perilous and almost
impossible, while the noise ofthe pelting hail
prevented indoor labors. Trees were almost
denuded of leaves, and great numbers of
window lights were broken. Numerous run
Always occurred. The lightning struck in
several parts of the city during the hail storm,
but did but little damage.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s statistics of failures in
the United States for the quarter ended Sep
TENDER 80 show that there were 1884 failures,
with liabilities slightly over $lS, 100000. The
failures for the same period last year were
25T4, with liabilities of over $44 900, 900.
Thus far in the present year, for nine months,
the failures number 1887, with liabilities
of only $50, 10000 as against 1896 failures
and liabilities of Sl96, 200, 900 for the same
nine months of 1891.
As Friday, October DIST, has been appoint
ed by the President of the United States for
the national celebration ofthe four hundredth
anniversary of Americas discovery by Chris
topher Columbus, Pope Leo NH, has grant
ed to the faithful of this country DISPENSE
ton from the law of abstinence, and on that
day they may eat meat. Cardinal Gibbons
has communicated the fact to the archbishops
and bishops.
Mann axe factory, near Altoona, Penna.,
branch of the American Axe and Tool
Company, was permanently shut down on
Saturday. The factory had been in opera
ton, almost without interruption, for G7
years.
On November Hanover, Pa, will vote to
appropriate 100000 to increase its water
supply and lighting facilities. The debt of
the town would then be $l35, 1872. Ii is
thought the appropriation will not be carried.
Over an inch of snow fell at Quebec, Can
ada, on Tuesday, and on Wednesday snow
fell in various parts of Pennsylvania, New
York, Maryland and West Virginia.
Mrs. Helen c. Fairchild, wife of the late
Sidney C. Fairchild, and mother of the Hon.
Charles S. Fairchild, ex-Secretary of the
Treasury, died at her home in Cazenovia,
New York. on Saturday, in her SD year.
Five of the notorious Dalton gang were
killed while robbEng the banks at Coffeeville,
Kansas, on Wednesday.