The evening times., 1896-10-23
Wire Briefs.

| btBEptS anu w IiltS tOptJntT lid
been held to be unconstitutional by Judg
Rhydon NJ. Call of Jacksonville.
AIRS. Mary Bander and Mrs Martha Davi
were arrested in Pottsville, Pa, on
Charge OF shoplifting and committed t.
Jail, but Mrs. Davis was subsequently, bale,
ou.
Mrs. c. Lizzie Rute, wife Of Corneliu
Rute, OF Easton, Pa. WHO has been con
planning for some time that her head ha
been giving her trouble, yesterday sent
bullet INTO ner BRAN
While cleaning revolver at Mills, pottel
County, Pa, on Tuesday, Lewis Woodward
looked down the barrel Tor rust spots
The pistol went off and young WOODWARD
fell out tile open Goor a corpse.
The appearance of the Russian Black Sc.
fleet at TrebiZOnd, in Asiatic Turkey,
few days ago, caused Il panic. The Mus
sulmans feared they We're to be punished
| for the massacres OF Armenians.
| Harry FurniSs, the Well known Englisf
caricaturist, arrived in New York yester
| day, on the steamer Germanic. He come:
| to depict election scenes In New York FOL
| publication In London, Paris and Berlin.
At Azcita. Tioga county, Pa, somebody
put parts green In a cider press being used
DY Edward Cooper. Cooper ana family
drank Of the cider and all became deathly
ILL., The quick arrival of a physician, how
ever, saved their lives
Mr.. j \. Love. a highly respected citizen
OF Halifax county, Va, com mitted suicide
early Tuesday morning by shooting him
selsin the head with shot gun. He had
beenin poor health for some time and suf-
fercd from insomnia
Dowdish Pearce, one Of the leading citi-
ZenS of Manasquan y. j., fell FROM the
cross pieces OF the big flag pole OF the camp
grounds Mt that place yesterday when in
the act OF lowering the topmast. He fell
4 distance of forty feet. dying instantly.
]. l.. Rassett, an employe and bookkcep-
er of swift & Co, the big Chicago pork
packers, was arrested in New orleans yes
terday Afternoon on the charge OF having
embczzied Sc 900 Of the company's money.
BasSet' hrcame cnamored Of Il woman who
casued him Ia lead fast life.
Charles Brown. held for completely IN the
mutiny u nd murder on the brig Herbert Full
ler last summer, of Capt. Nash, the captains
wife ana Second Mate Bambcrg, was cx-
onerIt' Il frun this charge yesterday by the
United States grand jury at Boston. He is
held, however, in $4,000 as witness.
jefferson l. Watkins, who was arrested
Wednesday nj ght in san Francisco, charged
with fal>lfying the accounts of the Farmers
National Bank, ut POrtSm outh, Ohio, to the
comptroller Of the currency at Washing
ton, was regularly committed yesterday.
Heis very low and Will appar rcntiy live but
a few days.
NJ. y. Barnes, attorney of Grove City,
Pa, committed suicide yesterday morning
ut The Central Hotel, Hubbard, Ohio, by
taking cocaine and strychnine. The sui
eide registered as ". b. Martin. or Pitts
Durg. In letter addressed to his wife. the
man refers IL financial difficulty, and says
he prefers death 10 being taken = prisoner
William j. Henry, aged nine years. of At
lantia City, y. j., had his left eardrum
ruptured 10y the mischievous trick of his
companion. Charles Johnston. Henry was
stud ying his lessons i'll school. and had his
head resting on his arm on the desk. While
In this position Johnston dropped a peb-
bic about the size OF a small pea III his ear.
\ very Joyous bride lert the home Of her
mother yesterday morning for the Holy
saviour Church, wilkesbarre, Pa, ard
rcturnedin an hour an hystericaland broken
hearted girl. The groom, Leonard Shuler,
had failed to appear, and, what is more,
had disappeared and left no word Of his
whereabouts, nor explanation OF his strange
Conduct
BciiefoHtc, Pa, has q sensation in a
masked man prowling the darkest streets
at night, grabbing women and girls who
happen TO ne travelling alone and huGging
them, The man has made his appearance
on several OCCASIONS, but all efforts to
catch him has proved futile, So far, the
man has attempted no harm to his VIC
tins, other than Il good huSging
An American syndicate VIII advance
20.000,OO taels FOR the construction of
he HanKow Pekin railroad. The line will
be 200 miles long. and will cross twenty
seven rivers, including the Whang -IIo,
all of " hich will have to be bridged. The
entire works will be transferred to the
syndicate, but the shares OF the company
viii osteusibly be held by China.
on the basis of information brought out
by an examination OF the books of the
Puget Sound Loan, Banking and Trust
Company. that suspended during the panic
OF 1893, resumed the following year and
u gam suspended a few months ago, VIII A.
Langdon, formerly the bookkecper Of the
bank, was arrested yesterday at Moscow.
nd, charged with embezzlement.
The Norfolk. Va. police are endeavoring
to discover the whereabouts of the wife of
William Hendricks, of 3G6 1-2 Butte street,
and 81 ,515. which her husband left with
her Hendricks has been away from home
for sone time, and when he returned he
found his wife, Anna and all of his money
gone. The safe i'll which he kept the money
was not broken open, but was opened with
The combination.
Hon. James Carehart ,eN-DemocraticC Con-
greSSman, Cowhided George Poffenberger,
editor of the State Gazette, n leading Re-
publican Paper, on the public streets of
Point Pleasant, W. Va, in the presence
If many people. The cause was an attack
apon Mr.. Capebart in the columns of the
last issue Of the Gazette. Poffcnberger
pulled a revolver, but Capehart stood his
ground and dared him to shoot. and he ed
tor weakened and walked away.
The directors OF the Georgia, Southern & !
Florida Railroad Company met in Macon.
Ca. yesterday and elected officers for
iieensu n syedras follows: Samuel Spercer,
president; william c. Shaw, vice presi-
lieut.; Bcu amin c. Smith. secretary and
treasurer; g. ID. Landlord, of New York.
" no is connected with President Spencer's
,rfice, was elected assistant secretary
udge John I. Hall was reappoiuted
general counsel for the company.
william Shank, a twelve year-olI lad, of |
WilliamSpOrt Md. is q hero in the eyes of |