THE NEWS have destroyed over £50,000 worth ol prop erty across the river from Denver, and a vigilance committee has been appointed. ——— Donald E. Dufton, a lawyer of Ebensburg, Pa., was shot and fatally wo inded by an Lialian at Lilly, of Al Samuel Booth, ext and 1 postmaster ol B died bat city eighteen miles west toons, ~—- nuyor CX. roukliyn, aged sevenly-soven years, George Gold. fonn, an insane farmer of English, Ind., killed his wife and then killed himsell, John O'- Keele, a Int on the Ail Penn Junction, Ww? fats IRL arer, while riding ona hand-eat pn otive and iy inju nen frint AUBIN Senat Romero r the killing of het husiand, chie! partment, Peter Melua in L BICRRO, re he will pre. n May 29, Colorado the Co- thie mur ihe remains of John Yipor a miner, who from ehetie minin Mexico July, have been lo vias a hole in bis sRuil, ev Three me i - Articles of incorporation of the Los Angeles, san Francisco and Salt Lake Ralleoad i in Los 000,000. Tae $1 ‘ome- ¢ have been’ filed 3 ron is ward Salt THREE DEAD, MANY HURT Furious Encountar at Washington Court House, Ohlo.~Reasolved to Avenga Mrs. Boyd.~Soldlers Guarding the Prisoner were Compeiled 0 Fire. A despatch from Washington Court-House, Ohio, says: assauitod Mrs, Mary C, DB 5, at yn, near here, was captured at yd, aged Parrott's Sati Delaware, O., and brought into court, He pleado an years Ir 1 was had gathe been iden Cook eal jail and court’ the Dolby from kept at bay The town Wabash Raliroad, stroyed by fire; or, aged twenty-four years, © nseif in a Philadelphia botel, be result of a slaware s home Ambassador Bayard, by Senator Gray, and Mr. Bayard res; aded io P. Morton's Howard, who has in force to welcome for The formal speech of welcome was made an eloquent address, —— Lavi coachman, John James been detained at Ellis Island as a laborer. and whose return to Eaglaz ordered by arlisle, sue petition lc rpus, 3 Aarosowils, owner of ¢ bull Becretary ing York which recs coliapsed nnd {he deat} injury of 3 several persons ho Essex Market Police heid that be fe he accident, — A dollars in favor of discharged in by Jastiee Sims, who wis responsibie { Penns) coal lands, lenses, the Choctaw, Oklah been dled fo Oklahoma City Clarence Roldoson confessed to baving murdered Attorney Gibbs in Buffalo, — The | eunvention of the American Institute of Architects was begun in New York The boilers in the Prestorous Lumber Company's saw mill io New Madrid, Missouri, exploded, | killing V. Barton aad J. Holmes, and fatally injuring G. Burton. ——At Calvin Centre, a ! eolored settlement north of Elkbard, Ind, i Hiram Buon quarreied with Frank Smith i George Pangburn and Jefl Anderson were, it is thought, fatally stabbed, Buna ex-ecnviet, and has been arrested, —— Robert Barr shot and instantly killed Arthur Will {amson on the street in Rockfort, Ind —— Reuten Miunlch died at his home near York, Pa. — By the explosion of a boiler in Kell er's sawmill, near Bradford, Pa., George Mo- Allister and Gus (arison were killed sad William Dyer seriously Injured. — Willis Griffey, colored, was hanged by a mob near Princeton, Ry. for assaulting a young woman ceThe Pacific Express Company's office at Dallas, Ore., was robbed by unknown parties of $14,000, —Mrs. Jennie Harrigan and her three children were burned to death in thelr home near Eilzabeth, N. J. John Eilins, assistant chief of thes fire de- partment at Muskegon, Mich., was hurt by a fall of lumber at a fire, Charles Hardin and others were acquitted at Nashville Tenn, of the embezziement of #35000 from the Adams Express Company, —— «w= The four- teenth annual session of the New York and Philadelphia Synod of’ the Reformed Epis. eopal burch was begun at Newark, N. J. we President Hippolyte, of Haytl, is prepar. ing to meet another rebellion. In a recent scrimmage be whipped his minister of war, who is now laid up for repairs, Mrs, Mar- garet Murphy, aged 108 years, died in Now York. She came from Ireland eighty-four years ago, ——Constable John H. Cunniog- ham, of Chlesgo, sues Edward Corrigan, one of the proprietors of the Hawthorne race- track, for half a million dollars damages for assault, by which be lost an oye, ~The New Jersey Bynod appointed a committes to act with similar committees from other religious bodies to oppose all forms of gambling, Two woodsmen, Burns and Mercior, were murdered in 8 house of iil repute near Rapid River, Mich, ~The steamer Gaelic, saliing from San Francisco, carried home 500 Chin. eso, 100 Japanese, also $750,000 io sliver, con + signed to China, where it will be used to pay off the Chiness army, A number of changes are being made among Union Pacific and Southern Pacific rafiroad officers, IO 550 LA Prov. Toop, of Amboerst College, who has for sume years been an enthusiastic student i= an of eciigsos and of the sun's corono, is per footing plans for his expedition in 1896 to Ja- Sos on I ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE Gov. Sroxz has commenoad a erusads azalost gambling in Missouri by © the bous Ming Ais es in Bt, Joseph, graduated from Willams in coaching Willlams' foot bgll eleven, Jogx W, Hoa family of 1533, Is now gixaonx, one ol the famonu singers to whom our fathers an grand athers have listens 1, is defendant suit brought by a widow, a sad 28, who pr yi s Hutehinson, who Is 74 years old, +s of! marriage Mr, jen.es L109 charge, “History ol the (rari S16. Cuiar: is writing a yr an account of t That aes ¥ in his possession, Mrs. Ada M. Dittenbender, a lawyer of Noe the “Unele Sam's Anti-Drunkard Factory Concorn,”’ circulate and dramatize a book proving rum to be & demon, which Mrs, Bittonbender is writing, and the eapital stoek is §550,000. J. F. Wissen, who years ago, and merely as a diversion wrote the words and music of “1.ittle Brown Jug,” took the precaution to eopyright the production which sold up in the handred thousands and realized a tidy sum for ita author. Mr Winner's brother “Seyp' is the author of the “The Moeking the most popular of drinking songs, always tias boon a total alstainer, Fras Lo Sraxrox, the Grorgia pom, pra, sarves a queer memory of Goaneral Sherman, When the Union forces invaded Savannah the General placed a guard at the houses of the poot's father; and afterwards visited bim. While he was thore the infantile poet game {nto the room, and Sherman taking him upon bis knoe said: *“This is a fine littie feliow but his head is a heap too big.” Stanton became a devil in a printing offlos and afterwards a compositor before he begun to produce the yarses that have made him celebrated in the Bouth. cnmissssissnsmi sss s II, THREE KILLED BY A TRAIN. Twe Little Daughters and a Sister in-Law of Joka Seiteherd, of Buffale, Two little daughters of John N. Seatcherd and his sistor-iu-law, Miss Emily B 8. Wood, were killed at Buffalo, N. ¥. Their buggy was struck by a fast flying freight train on the Delt Line Track at Park side avenue, Ones of the ohildrou, Dorothy, eleven years old, was killed instantly. Her sister, Emily, aged five, died an hour later, Miss Wood lingered until midnight, and died at the gen. oral hospital, Miss Wood is one of the best known society women of Buffalo. Bhe Js a A XPNTUCKY LYNCHING. w—— ado Is Not Allowed to Live Another lynching was added to the unusu- ally large sories of Bine Grass lynchings, Al the closs of the Beattyvillo ialr, Oscar Mor- ton, a citizen of Stanton, in Powell County, went on the warpath, Only two weeks ago on $5000 bond to appear next week at the Powell ¢ ireait Court for trial, When Morton arrived at the [fair ceeded to get drunk, and then went to hunt for Sheriff William Simms, who was his dead- tween the two men, near the entrance to the fair grounds, or a few words both of them drow vers nnd a quick exchange of shots fol owed His first shot brod the Sherifl’s right arm i Hogg, a friend of 8i n and joined in the battle, vred Jot out Lis ut theelbow, an mms, whipped When the smoke had eles away it was found that Sherrill Simms w us dead, baving a at. one in his abd men, FOL Morton NE iT 2 WA Was unhart, orion Was we distanoe was placed ar drew their ho SUICIDE AND A TRIPLE MURDER Eoenssabiy W is Issam a Esker Barmed Be oalf wy ? dren to Death rel peri AL 8iX ¢ table peddier, left hon Later, Mra Harrigan alied house lor son was noticed then in ber oo jae was dis fla: In enlind It was not sas subdued Harrigan and her children noe made for them, were missed, search was at and the bodies were found in the barn burned in 8 tho matches were discovered by freemen 1a the barn, The general belief is thal Mrs, Harrigan suddenly insane, She was ihe daughter of Patrick Quina, and has hereto. jore not shown any signs of insanity, though FOUGHT TO THE DEATH [ene An Oregon Dasl in Waieh Killed, the Agrisse:r Was The nows was brought into Lake by Donovan himself up. Donovan's statemeat, substan. tially corroborated by witnesses, in substance # as follows: Vineyard and Donovan quarreled over some farmwork, the former nocusing Dono. van of not returniog some borrowed harness and implements. Suddenly Vineyard became enraged, saying, “You're a Har; I'll fix you!” and with that be pushed bis left hand behind him and drew a revolver. Donovan, who was disarmed, hardly real zed what was transpiring until he saw the pistol in Vineyard's hands. He then jumped for n man's (named Garrett) rifle, which was lying up nglast the stack, 6 or 8 feet from where Donovan was standing. They were about 20 or 90 fest apart, and as Donovan reached for the rifle Vineyard fired, but missed his mark, and jumped behind Gar pet. Oarret got out of the way, and in anin. stant the two men} commenced firing and started toward each other, Donovan says ho bas no idea how many shots were fired, Finally Vineyard fell to the ground with a bullet through his heart, and Donovan escaped without injury, Patrick Henderson, Deitish consul at Cadls, ad who had just returned from a visit to China, committed suicide in the government buildings io London. BOLD BAL m 10. Train Robbers Washington Express, thon Start the Locomotive, Ho One cn wild Foard, on a to the National Ci pital. nd and Washing we, the engine pul ed fie. nly 14 bearing ¢ S Wall as ¥ into these ears, de. laying bayoe with ) reporis iH xpress car was not 1 MeESOnLers WAS carrie nil a Were I. D Fredericks seven offered a reward of 81.000 for the capture the desperate gang ) OX Profs MOSsCnger, BRB FPF Croted per, H. Murray, barred (he # OXPTOSS Car, but these were blown « 5 Alter the their t River, where it is robbery the thieves ma oly in the direction cupposed they $a waiting to take them tothe Mar) the Sone of the robbers entered passenger BC DOR clew and that they had ment, Every possible point is being followed an every phase of the situation eanvassed, cluding the collusion of employes with the robbers, The Washington detectives re active interest in the subjec and they have lnlormaiion * being used to establish a cine lo the 1 consuitation wild The od forces is also watlchiag all suspicious sess with more than ordioary vigilance, ONE BANDIT CAVOERT. have been in ross officials Trequeniiy. der of the gang will soon be captured. Assistant Superintendent Hildt, of Adams Express Company, arrived in Cam- the enroay, of Fort Dodge, Kan, had been ar- one of the party. He bases his assertion on the fact that a part of the plunder secured by the robbers wae a large pumber of Hon. duras lottery tickels, a quantity of which insomnia ei WORK AND WORKERS. Tazne was oonsiderable dissatisfaction among the spinoers in New Bedford, Mass, over the compromise with the mill owners, aud there were rumors of a repudiation wi the action of the committee, Jue new talils were started up at the American tin piate factory, at Elwood, Ind. and President Leeds has informed the men that there will be no reduction in wages, A strike was begun in New York, by 12,000 cloakmakers, They scok to abolish the piece work system, and ask instead weekly wages, an increase of 25 per cent, a nine-hour day and the em ployment of unien hands, Tux operatives in five of the mills at New Dedlord, Mass., went buck to work. The weavers in the Wamsutta Mill, No. 7, left the mill subsequently, on finding they had to run five looms instead of four, Tug Fall River mill owners have mado a proposition to the operatives to start up at the reduced Soale of wages, with the under standing that, after 60 days, {{ market oon. tinue favorable, they will retura the soale of wages to the reduction, The oper. atives that the PERLSYLVANIA ITEM] Epitoms «! Fews Gleansl From Varios «ithe Btals Far sident Roosevalt, of Pre the {| Commission ln Washington, visited Pittsbu Civil Bervis to examine to the of political a poassmenls, The Presbyterian Pennsylvania i bezan is regular ang at | The Hoberts, t Tyrone sermon Wis s retiring mod rn Pentis tits Thirty-tourth re ngain in he pomsuation, Governor Pattison roviewt « Cad lets and alt Mn it ta tA orinnie { Agriculture, nctior Evangel of Pottaviile wb Zion's Chure a bail years, yield« held posses. be fo ¥ 1 5 for the past three anc ana d it uy placed the keys in the hands of State, favored Dubs {acti the Bowmanites of Lhe The : a surrendered the church fo order in the Reading onse er Utigation, raving 3 the Dubs party removed two or gans, hymn x a portion of the Sunday- ol brary, ks, Bibles, chairs apd vider ali of whieh the Ii OW wus rela fur niles say they vor oF 1 fmt rand Siales GITana é Lancaster's Oo incumen reservoir contractor must , residing » short distance east « Meyerstown, wis shot un. known men while engaged In ¢ taediately alter driving a sj the animal and escaped will prove fatal While Farmer John Ho war in H known enemy omptied the ta tin standing is house liklaysburg an un- # . contents of & shol- The sbot lodged in no Mrs. John Doron was found at Maltby caressing ber baby that had been dead for four days. She refused to surrender the corpse {or harial Snow fell at Hollidaysburg, Pine Grove Altoona and at other points in the Stata At blue Knob, Cone Mountain and other peaky of the Alleghenies the ground was covered to the depth of three inches Hiram Garrett made a brutal attack on his father, John A. Garrett, in their Labanon homn, and probably would have kilied him it neighbors had not come to his rescue, Policeman EB. Carter, of Pittsburg, was attacked by four intoxicated men in Polish Hollow and badly beaten, Lugerne County detectives lodged two men in the Wilkes-Barre jail charged with being implicated in the murder at Maltby. Tho general store of W, W, Reitzel, in the borough of Royalton was robbed of #700 worth of goods, consisting of boots and shoes, clothing and notions, The goods were taken away by horse and wages, A vicious bull dog was In the store at the time, but it is ov. dent that he was obloroformed, . The sounty store and postoffics, dwelling of Postmaster Clayton Detwiler, of Jefferson. yvitis, waa entirely destroyed by fire. The fire was caused by the explosion of a gasoline stove, A young man giving the name of James Barner, of Chambersburg, was arrested in Lancaster for swindling. To a number of ministers oalied upon be represented himeelt as the son of Rev, Mr, « ramer, of Chambers. DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES ——— A heavy frost at Columbus, Misssloupphy caused great damage tO the cotion erop, Two men were kilied and several wounded in the Iilinols Bteel Works, st Chicago, by thes explosion of Mrs, MoClure burtisd Ohio, by the explosion of a gasciiae siove, Englaoeer Nolan, Marshall and Brakeman Dempsey were killed io a froigat wreck on the Nook a steam pips. aghter Magcie Yoliow Bpriogs, her a 03 4 nia wore fatally nl Firew ian sland Raliroad Soar Bay- During » parade Lsbanon, lodiaas ETRIEEKs USE GRAIN, ETC High Grade Extra. coe : Red. coos ¥ Southern & Penn. BYE-—No. 2.... 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