The evening times., 1896-09-24
Briefs byWire

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found in repairing the roof OF a bouse
in Allegany county, Md
! benjamin G. Potts, of Media, Ia, has
written letter accepting the nomination
OF the sound money Democrats for Congress
man-at-large.
George II. Clifton, clerk of the Richmond
market. in baltimore, for the past twelve
years, committed suicide by shooting him
| sell in the head.
| Miss Lizzie Kcene, school teacher near
New Providence. Lancaster county, WAS
| shlorof"rmed and assaulted by a negro
| as she was leaving hes-sG.:Oo. on TUESDAY
| afternoon. Her condition is critical.
| John Busey, OF Mecklenhurg county,
| Va, shot and Killed John johnson, IL
colorcd man employed by his son, for no
other reason than that he did not like
| him. .
Col. W. ID. Farrand, who was United
States consul at Callao, Peru. uDcer Gen
| Grants administration, died yesterday ut
4 his borne in st. Petersburg. Fla, aged
| about sixty-five years.
Judge George Denny. of Lexington. Ky.
sasy hc is going to get the Republican
nC;nination for Congress man from the
| Seventh district and will net withdraw IL.
faTor Of Col. w. C. p. Breckinridge.
| The steamship Aurania, which arrived
! at New York today from Europe, brought
| 500 900 in gold, consigned to the New
| York Produce Exchange, and the Lain
S65,o0O, to LaGenbug, Thalman & Com
pany.
| The private banking house OF Lochridge
| Brothers, at Pawnee, ILL.,, closed it's doors
| on Tuesday and made an assignment. The
| collapse is said TO be due to large with
| drawals of deposits OH account of political
differences" --,..
In the Garrett county. Md, court Mrs.
Emma Cum nlins obtained a verdict on
Tuesday against Washington Taylor. a
| saloOnKeeper. for $500 for selling liquor
| 10 her husband. Charles Cunlmins, against
her protest..
Mr.. Thomas r. Rich of 1O9 Park avenue,
Baltimore has two new teeth coming,
though he is in the sixteih year of lis
age. An eyetoOth Is already through the
| gum on the left side .: his face. and th,
| tooth adjoining is cut ing its way through
Col. Thomas Goode, of MeCkienburg
| county, Popuiist Candidate for Congress
from the Fourth district of Virginia, has
expressed his determination To withdraw
| from the contest lie expects to make
| public announcement Of the fact in few
| days.
| John Snyder, a well known farmer liv-
| ing near Sharon. Pa. shot his wife yestcr-
| day mOruiDag accidentally with rifle
| causing her ceath. lie was engaged in
| cleaning The rifle at the time. The bu!-
| let struck her on tie side, passing through
the body. She was the mother of FIVE
small children.
! Rosa 4. Redgate, OF Prospect place,
| Brooklyn, was shot and killed ON Seventh
| avenue, Ne " YORK last evening. 10y William
| ]. koeDer. who lives at 275 Carlton
| avneuc. Brooklyn. lie is native Of ALE
gheuy. Ia. Koerncr seemed To he underthe
| influence Of a drug and claimed 10 have 10
recollection of the tragedy.
Wilson Workman was bunting turkeys
in MecElenburg county, Va, and was in
| "A blind, when n friend OF bis named Ed
| ward Thompson approached toward the
| blind ir the bushes. Workman mistook
| Thompson for a turkey and fired, tie
| load entering the body of the latter. in
| 1iyting a very serious wound
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad de-
| tcciive force under Chief lloyd, made
| wholesale arrest at Brunswick Md. IN
| Tuesday. getting in all eighteen priSOu-
| ers. aud. it ~ thought. effectually break
| ing up a gang OF uicn who have been
| making deprelations in this section cT
| the country On stores and railroad sta
| tons
| Victor Nottingham and Edward Wilson,
| two 81: the men convicted Of the murder
of Allen Jones. and whose punishment was
| liked at five years in the pcnitcntiary,
mad" their escape from tie county Jail
| Ia Portsmouth, Va, at an early hour yes
! ter,lay morning With them went Jack
| smith. the prize fighter, who was await
ing trial
| Br. John {. SockvIie, aged eiGhty-two
| Years. once Il skilled surgeon and eminent
| physician, was struck by a Baltimore *
| OHIO tram at Washington, Pa, and IN
| stantIy killed. DR.. sackvil!e was a cousin
| of Lord sackvilIe West. formerly English
| ambassador at Washington. and a brother
in-aw of TIE English poet. Robert Carr
| Foster.
Elijah Daily, of Martinsturg, w. Va.
| was Killed while tagging trains on the
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Harper 5
| Ferry yesterday. He was standing at the
| end Of the tunnel there, Wheh large
| stone rolled down the mountain side and
| struck him. The rock weighed fully
half ton, and struck him on the head,
| crushing him to the ground.
| Charles Richards, of Wilkesbarre, Pa,
| was seen to fall suddenly yesterday after
| noon while at work in garden He
| Finally recovered sufficiently 10 explain
"a quantity OF Paris green in the coffee.
| coffee at noon. An examination revealed
| a auanilty of Paris green in the cnffe.
| enough to kill scverai-persons. He has had
| trouble with his wife, who, it is SAID, often
| threatened to poison him If he did not leave
| home.
| As result of a raid on Tuesday night
| on a counterfe den in East Twenty
| third street, New York, William Knapp, his
| wife. Lottie. and Thomas $. Pagan, were
! arrai gned this morning before United
| States Commissioner Shields and held IN
| bail for examination tomorrow. In the
| den molds, crucibles. metal and quati-
! tu- OF coins were found, showing CON
| ciusively that the people were counter
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