Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-01-18
4 WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Friday. January 10.

Samuel Schwartz. In Waukegan, near
Chicago. and took $4,000 worth OF jew
elry mostly diamonds
James Moulton and his wife each
aged more than seyentytye years,
were burned TO death In fire that dc
stroycd their home In Auburn. \. II
The West Virginia Mining assooia
ton was formed as permanent or
ganization at meeting At Washington
Of over sixty mine owners and oper
ators OF West Virginia
Major r. L. Courtney for many
years superintendent Of the Richmond
Frederick 4 Potomac railway. and one
OF the best known railroad men in the
south. died in Richmond Va
Saturday. January II.
r A. Perry. conductor on the Cam
bridge & Scaford railroad Of the Della,
ware division. dropped dead ON the
streets OF Cambridge Md
Five persons we're killed in a COLI
sion between westbound passenger
train and an extra freight train on the
Mississippi 4 Alabama railroad al
Vinegar Bend. Ala near Mobile.
Mrs James Valentine wife Of AMI
iron moudcr. at Bloomington. ILL.,. be
came suddenly insane and attacked
her six wear old son with hammer
and razor wounding him frightfully
Thomas L Robinson. a wellknowr
business man and department com
mander 81 the Patriarchs Militant
Odd Fellows. committed suicide in his
Office. at Detroit by inhaling illumi
mating gas.
Monday. January 10.
Eight years in prison was the pen
atty melted ont 10 John F. Via att
stanton. Va. for the murder OF his
wife
Ten DAYS ago eggs sold on the Ian
caster pa market for fortyfve
cents Q dozen. but the price Monday
was twenty-five cents.
While waiting Tor a train ~ Belle
willie Kan John Lynch a merchant
was assaulted and robbed Of SSooCl
cash and Slo.ooo in securities
Following quarrel IN their home
At Albany y s. Frank I.enZeck
aged lortytwo years wounded his wife
with q knife and shot himself dead
Tuesday, January "a.
-Four boys were fatally injured all
Greenville Pa. I'm n coasting accident |
The Union railroad station annoy
at Kansas City Mo- was DESTROYED
by fire entailine loss Of s25oooo
Louis Mcfarland a locomotive IN
ginorr OF Piusburg has invented 81
combination railroad tie and rail oil
stool for preventing the spreading OIL
rails
J. w Carpenter Of Scranton. Pa |
was appointed additional law judge oil
LacRawanua county by GoycrnotI
Staart 10 serve until the first Monday
Of January 1909 vice Judge John p
Kelley resigned
Wednesday, January IS.
Tho Pennsylvania State Dairy Union
held its ninth annual convention inI
wilkes Barre
VIII Crogers. a white man was sen
fenced at Savannah. Ga for the third
time 10 BE- hanged for the killing OF his
wife last september
The soda building of the Dupont
Powder company at Napwallot near
Wilkes Barre. Pa was destroyed by
ire entatiur a loss Of $4,000
Henry 4 Schuler ditor OF the Penn
sylyania German Magazine and lone
editor of the Allenrowu Welt Botc and
Friedeus Botc died at Allentown Pa |
from pneumonia aged hfty-seyen
years.
Thursday, January IS.
Six volunteer iremen OF Rankin. al
suburb OF Pittsburg were seriously |
injured when a hose carriage gat be
yond control ON a steep grade
John Il Chapman was appointed re- |
ceiver for r VI Smith & Company |
wholesale lumber dealers of parkers |
burg " Va Assets S50oooo l.abil |
ties s35o.oo0
samuel Fisler. sevenlytwo years OF
age for over quarter Of a century |
treasurer Of Lafayette college was
found dead in bed AZ his home on Col |
lego hill Easton Pa
Tho bodies OF two mon. "