Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-07
THE NEWS.

John Poster. aged A.. was instantly Killed.
and John Cook. aged ie. probably fatally in
jured IN Jersey City ty the giving way %
scaN0ld on which they We're working as car
penters. They fell 40 feet 20 the ground.
The mammoth hardware establishment Of
c. c. snyder. which has done business IN
Canton. o.. for half a century. was destroyed
by fire. entaillng "a loss between as COZ and
siOO. .O00 The Hre started from an exrloa-
Ing lamp Ia the centre OF the store. The
Hremea could DO little or nothing on ac-
count OF the heat and smoke.
samuel Blair. one ot Chattanooga oldes.
and wealshlest citizens. was found dead IN a
bathtub at his residence on East south
street. with his throat cut from ear 20 ear
A bloody razor. lying beside the Tub. showed
how the suicide had been committed.
The glucose plant oi tho American Pre-
servers Company AZ Davenport. Ia. has
been sold % the Glucose Trust for 800 0oo.
The acquisition of this plant. 4, il SAID. Will
give the trust control n majority 81 the
eight plants throughout the country.
The local alumni - the University of Vir-
einia met and by large majority indor~cd
the proposition 90 create the o1lce OF p-esi-
den, o; the University.
A draw bar Yell down on an Eastern freight
train on the Central pacllc laiiroai ave
miles c-st of palisaie. Nev.. lifching three
freish; cars and Killing two tramrs.
The crops IN strip 3 miles wide and 90
miles long In Luvcrac. Mich. were entirely
destroyed hy hail Tho storm extended
through Eve townships and the loss Is total
whore II struck.
Troopers Bertrand and Jacobson. 81 B
Troop. second United states Cav Try. were
IN r4.f fr ~.
When returning from camp ~ Colorado
Springs 90 Fort Logan. jacobson feu from
his horse into the watsr. through which DC
wGS urging the animal CD swim. A jacob
son could not swim. Bertrand went o. his
rescue. and was dragged down by the drown
ing man.
Harry Lister. son q tho purchasing agent
Tor the Monon, was murdered near washing
ton, Ind. lie was pushed irom the train. it
Is alleged. by John Williams. of Trenton.
No Listers homo was T.. Bedford VIII
Aams l. in jail. Al engineer named George
Welsh claims 20 have seen the murder.
" DeGrac, o., Frank Wright was found
lyiuc dead on his wife's grave With bullet
IN his brain. Wright was formerly resi-
ieut oi Springfield. Tut lately lived in New
York.
John Z. Lowell. 80 East Weymouth Mass
-'"l Di t44e wc4i-saowu Boston sporting
goods nrrl. tled az his summer home. Cot
,ase City, Mass. after Is days Illness. fol-
lowing "a attacS % apopiexy. He was =
i years ot age.
zig h-e in Michigan Cl,y Ind. was
brought under control about p. VI. one
man lost his ll'e "a the flames. two others
were fatally burned. several are missing.
The central portion ot lhe towa was swep,
by the blaze. The damage il estimated a,
/ sl00.0
A report has reached Huntington. W. Va.
that Captain Hatfield. tle notorious outlaw.
| held for murder on two cases. escaped from
The Ming Jail oy cutting his way out WIKI a
hatchrt. \ large reward is offered for him.
The steamer Maid of Kent. frora New York
Tor Greenwich, Conn. while OFT sands Point.
la rough sea. ha1 her injection pipe blown
! out. and Fireman William Higgins. aged D.
oi Greei-wich. Conn. was scalGed 10 death.
Harry Naniewater who was stuns bv a
yellow-lacket In Middletown. y. y. ca July
p, while chOpplnS wood Is dead. H.- Jaws
were locked. and milk and medicine ver,
forced into hts mouth. Yaneewater was OF
weak constitution and subject tc heart fall
ure.
Columbus Hall and the New England Rail.
road depot az GeOrgiaville. x. l., were de-
stroyed by fire. Loss. $4,000.