The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-04-14
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John Elk, q years old, a Pittsburgh
butcher. shot and killed his 2i-ycar-old
sweetheart, Ida Engle, at ljl Spring Gar'lcn
avenue, Allegheny Pa. Il Is thought to be
amurder, and II so was a most peculiar
one An air Of mystery envelopes the
whole affair. Elk claims il was accidental.
Rev. J. j. g. Webster. Of Baltimore, com.
mitted suicide at Charleston W Va, by
jumping from athird story window in Hotel
Rufiner 10 the pavement below, breaking
his neck. II was rumored that q sensation
al scandal is connected with the suicide. lie
Is supposed to have been insane
Patrick Kelley aged jl. a peddler, was
killed on Sunday laSN on Little River. near
Fishyille La, by gang Of eight neeJocs.
-Four ofthcuegrocs were caught and hanged.
and the lynchers are in pursuit Of ;hc rc,t
ofthe gang. The killing was FOR the pur-
pose of getting the peiiIer', money.
Mrs Minnie Emo was shot dead hv her
worthless husband, Peter Emo, a Boston *
Maine brakeman, at Lawrence, Mas.
NJ. Mcdonald, OF lIoo>ack Fails =. Y,
was dangerously stabbed in the neck by his
wife and will probably die
Henry Davis, living near Hruuley, No,
shot and killed his son-in-law, John Wit,
and wounded his craudchiid two wears old.
with \ shot gun. Witt and his wife had
separated and he was attempting 20 take the
child from his fathers house when the
father-in. Law shot him. Davis is in Gus
tody.
At Canton,o O., James McCurdy, in his own
homo, shot his employer, Louis L. Walton
baugh, then shot his wife and with another
bullet from his revolver blew ont his own
brains McCurdy had found Waltenbaush
and his wife III company, and the triple
tragedy followed
George Scott was fatally wounded by an
unknown lj-year-old boy al Chicago Scott
told the boy 10 leave building where he
was working, aud the youth drew rcyol-
yer fired two shots, which passed through
SCOTS lungs, ap4 then escaped.
At Waupaca, Wis, Assomblyman Fred
Lea was arrested FOR the murder Of Banker
Mead in lss2, when the bank safe was also
robbed of $4,000 in cash and securities
Others have bees indicted and more arrests
will follow.
A masked mob of about - men broke in.
20 the Jail at Norfolk, Va, Saturday night
and seized a oolorod man named Isaac
Brandon rh"-r--d - ''.ssnss''-, - =, T1rgrsy
eel VA tEe i4Isua a.su, 9 aged him I,
tree, despite the pitiful protests Of his sol
who was staying in the Jail with him.
Al Wsshinrton, d. G., Howard r. Schnci
der vas convicted Of the murder Of his wifi
and his Drother-in-lew, Frank Hamlink. or
the night Of January 81, ls32 The TRACED,
occurred as Mrs Schneider. her brother AN,
tister vere returning from church.
Capital. Labor aud Industrial.
Sharon pa carpenters, after a shor
strike wens granted $50 a day.
AT Ia meeting Of window glass manufactur
ers at Chicago, who are members of tn,
combine, it wa decided To- close the fac,o
ries on June /, instead OF July /, as hereto
fore contemplated. There Wa 10 chang,
made IN the scae of prices
The Union PAINTERS IN Toledo o., 10 tn
number Of 10 struck for an advance il
wages from S2to $50 per day The en-
ployers refuse the increase. Both sides ~
firm and bitter Gght is probable
Al Sienhenylle, o., the merchant tailor
signed the union ~salc and the strike Of -
men and girls Is otter The mer.hautSaftc
the signing hanqueted the employees aud IL
latter serenaded tAei- employers.
The coSl mines in the kauawha valley. "
Va, which closed recently on account Of III
decision OF the West Virginia supreme cuul
declaring the mining law uncous,itu,ioua
have resumed operations under the form,
rules.
The strike ordered by the Board II wlk
ing Delegates against the Pelham Ho,
Hosting Company, NeV York City. wa
settled in favor Of the strikers. The agre,
ment takes effect Immediately. 1t nca1
that about 400 men on strike in the bull.
ing trades will R-turn 10 work.
reduction IN wages of q! cents per ia
In all work atths L, NJ. Morris foundry ,
Pitsburg, led 70 I strike Of tie scyenty-fy
employees
Following the cIample Of ths Adams +,
pres company ana the |, ;. Express con
pany, the Southern Express company ha
discharged about 90 express messengers f,
being members Of the Messengers Brothe
hood. The Brotherhood men aga great
discouraged, and admit that the prompt an
decisive action Of the CON- panics Ia. robb,
the organization Of al potency,
Al a JOINT meeting Of q9al miners and O,
orators at Columbus, O., it were unau i.mou
ly agreed that last years prices for Einm
ehould he continued this year,
The total shipments Of Anthracite cosl +,
the wear up TO April amounted to ., 2S7 9;
tons, an increase of sl7 400 tons over n
production for the same period Of 1871.
+. A. shoch, printer Of Reading, Ia
has sued number Of metRhss of Il
Typographical union of that place chargil
them with oonspiring to prevent him froi