The evening times., 1896-08-05
Briefs.byWire

The finances OF Turkey are SO low that
many officials have received no salary for
seven months.
George Bridgewater, proprietor o! the
Hotel Clifton. at Clifton Forge, Va, COM
mitted suicide. -
Aug ust AenZel was dro wncdin the Chick
anoinipy River while loading melons on u
vessel.
James II. Bonner. a United States pen
sioper. has been arrested by the sheriff
OF Appomattox county, Va, On the charge
of bigamy.
Louise Fredericks. an eighteen year-oid
girl, dived into the East River. New YORK,
and rescued Henry Remstein, eleven years
old. from drowning.
The largest curtailment OF production
since the shut down agfeepent went into
effect in the FAN Riye..sssten rniiissts
now in force. Al .122 looms being idle
8. T. Neil, aged fifty five years. q
lawyer OF warrey Pa, dropred dead az
Cape May yesterday immediately after
aIlgh,ing irony his bicycle
Elias BraunAtein OF sBridgeton, n '-
has been placed under security TO answer
at court charged yhis mother withcfueiiy
ssauiting and ipjuring her.
At Eiizabe,fkown, KY, Lawrence Peck
was sold ut auction Monday. Under tie va
CLANCY law. for sls.70. to John Cecil for
six mouths.
DIR. Henry 6af~in Huxley died at the
Marylapd University Hospital from pner-
monia after he had recovered from an over
| dose Of iautlarIum which he took with SUI
| cidal intent.
Gen. Edward S Bragg of wisconsin, who
! is on a visit to New York. thinks there VIII
be a third ticket in the field. and that Ser-
retary of the Treasury Carlisle wilfhe It's
| Presidential candidate.
| The Tabor Opera House and the Tabor
block at Denrer. Colo... passed INTO tue
legal possession Of Mrs: Laura F. smith,
| bo,dar If the second trust deed on the
property, who bid it in for $3.50, 900.
Tie governor of Crete is to be court-mar-
t;aed for conduct which precipitated
manic The situation on the island is oneoi
natns,,, suspense Starvation confronts the
,,aap,e and all who cando scare leaving the
island.
lanes Kelley was thrown ont Of an oak
land Pa, barronm during a fight MondaS
night. when picked up 1t was FOUND tina
in falling his head had struck something
| and scraped OFT his ear. which lay on ths
pavement.
a n.year-old daughter Of James Han
ner residing near Delta, Pa, was burned
to de att Monday evening. The girl wasat
,emptiug to start q fire with oil, when hel
clothing took fire The ho1sc was reduced
to ashes.
Charles Erley of Lebanon, Pa, while play
ing at his home yesterday. ran agaihss
stove. A boiler of boiling water was knock
ed from the stove, and the contents scalfet
him in a terrible manner. His cunditIo'
lis critical.
Lawrence Cummings, who cruelty mnr
dared his wife, Elizabeth Cummings, ant
trie,, TO murder his daughter on the nigh
of June 12. at Seattle, WASH, committc'
suicide in iaiI In that city yesterday b.
shoo,ing himself through the head with
revolver.
The Atlantic City police late last nigh
arrested Robert WaIland, waiter at til
Linden Hall Hotel, who, during "a disput
h, ,he serving room of the hotel this evening
cut the throab oi AipcAt uihoii' ""oAAS
waiter Durkoff is lying In an extreinel
critical condition at the City Hospital.
!. tepnnt honse on the farm OF Josep
Wb,teford, near Delta. Pa, occupied by Nj
. Herman. was DESTROYED by fire Monda
| nfrfr. A nine year-old son OF Mr.. Hernia
, was atone in the house ut the time, an
was SO badly burned that he died shortl
afterward. The fire Originated from
| lamp. .,i-is
. BY the bursting OF mold in Marshall
foundry, in Pitssburg, Pa, David Bradfos
: and Frank Ri,belf were fatally barne'
; They were running a heat when the MOI
~Iexploded, sending shower OF red-ht
i metal into thcI alb The glowing drops
iron fell uponI the men like fopntasl
Bradford had almost his entire SKIN butne
away, and his chest was entirely denudes