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PRESSED INTO THE GERMANY SERVICE
Hartford, Conn., July 6. - Wm. Brink of South Manchester, commander of the National Guard, was during a recent visit to Germany, seized and forced into military service. His father came to this country in 1871, and was naturalized two years ago. The son became of age, was admitted to citizenship under the law, he having been under eighteen when he landed. He has since been a voter. A statement of case has been sent to Secretary Blaine by Congressman Buck.
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KILLED by INDIANS
Warrensburg, Mo, July 6 -- The stage as attacked by Indians one hundred miles south of El Paso. Four passengers and two drivers were killed. One passenger escaped, wounded.
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ALL OVER THE STATE
--A bull through a freight train from the track near Valley Forge station on the Reading Road.
A man named Thornton attempted suicide in Easton, because his wife's parents succeeded in separating him from his wife.
--During the storm the other day two little girls were struck and badly injured by lightning in Franklin county. It is thought they will recover.
On the life of Mrs. Eliza Holder, of Amity township, Berks county, it is reported that insurances have been effected to the amount of $150,000. Mrs. Holder is some 87 or 88 years of age.
A boy named Scott Harris of Jersey Shore Lycoming county, was accidently shot at the place on the Fourth. He was in company with Robert Muir, and they stopped to examine a revolver and the weapon was accidently discharged, the ball entering the forehead of the unfortunate boy, just between the eyes.
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City and County
Local Brevities
The funeral of the late Joseph Mann will be attended at East Stroundsburg this afternoon.
PERSONAL
Mrs. Judge Hand and family have gone to Connecticut to spend the heated term among friends.
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ALDERMANIC COURT
Patrick Malia was held in the sum of $200 by Alderman Reesler, for committing an assault and battery upon Patrick Mullroone.
Mrs. Henrietta Hermon was held to bail in $200 by the same alderman for an assault and battery upon two children of Mrs. Charlotte Lenz.
Bridget McDonough and her brother were the green horns who stole the clothing and the $45 from the family who had kindly sheltered and fed them when they had no other place to go. It was surprised that they had left the city, but Tuesday night Officer Scanlon, who was at the D. L. & W. Depot upon the arrival of the 12:45 train, discovered Bridget among the persons who were about to take their leave. He arrested her, and this morning she was arraigned before Alderman Watres, who had issued warrants. The matter was finally adjusted and Bridget was allowed to go.
Stewart Garrison, the murderer of Joseph Mann, was taken into custody yesterday morning. The excited populace of Portland had made diligent search for the culprit, and finally came to the conclusion that the father knew where the brutal son was secreted. A party of citizens and officers went to the old man's house and told him he must tell the whereabouts of Stewart, or that they, when they found his boy, would lynch him and hang him to the first tree they came to. The old man became frightened and went off promising to see what he could do. Some time after the young man came to town and gave himself up to authorities. After a preliminary examination he was committed to the county jail at Stroudsburg, whither he was taken as soon as posible to get him away from the excited citizens.
A SAD ACCIDENT
A two and a half year old girl of Charles Scheuch of the Eleventh ward, was run over by a two horse truck wagon on the evening of the Fourth of July and died the next day from injuries received, The circumstances of the sad accident are peculiar. A number of German families had a family picnic on the Fourth, in the vicinity of No 5 plane and after a day pleasantly spent, Mr. Schuech and other adults and a number of children were loaded into a wagon for the home trip. Before they were out of the grove, an umbrella which Mrs. Scheuch ws holding, caught in the wagon wheel and in her efforts to recover it, the child, which lay on her lap, was knocked out or rolled out and the hind wheel of the heavily loaded wagon went over its abdomen. Doctors were summoned as soon as possible, but nothing could be done for the little sufferer, and she died next day as stated. The funeral will take place this afternoon at two o'clock in the German Presbyterian grave yeard on Pittston avenue.
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Coroner's Inquest
Coroner N. Y. Leet empaneled a jury yesterday to inquire into the particulars of the drowning of Michael Brennan, who lost his life while bathing on Tuesday. The following persons acted as jurymen: D. W. Rank, W. W. Ives, Archie Hartley, John Casper, Patrick Scanlon, and James Kenney. After an examination of the body and the taking of testimony of a number of witnesses, the jury rendered a verdict of accidental drowning.
The funeral of the deceased young man will be attended this afternoon at 3 o'clock, from the residence of Chief DeLacy, in the Seventh ward. Internment in the Hyde Park Cemetery.
Eight of the employees of the Dickson works who were acquaintances of Mr. Brennan will act as pall bearers. A brother and other relatives arrived from Brooklyn and New Jersey yesterday. Young Brennan was twenty-three years of age, and leaves an aged mother in the old country,
Further participants of the drowning have been learned which show that the unfortunate man was seized with cramps when in a very deep place in the river; that his call for help frightened the small boys who saw him struggling, and they ran away and by their cries gave the alarm. The attention of Mr. James Powell was attracted, who immediately ran to the river bank and disrobed and swam in. Swimming in the spot where he saw Brennan go down, he found it necessary to dive five times before be was able to bring his body to the surface. By the time the body was landed on shore life was extinct and resuscitation impossible.
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Mine Accidents
Inspector Jones of the Eastern District reports the following accidents for June:
1-John Moore, Green Ridge shaft, injured by fall of roof; Charles Killgallon, Erie shaft, injured by a miner's needle running through his body; John Mason, Marvin shaft, injured by coal flying from a biset.
2- William Price,, Von Storch slope, injured by being knocked under cars by a mule.
3-John Evans, Bellevue slope, injured by flying coal from a blast.
7-John Flynn Central shaft, injured by being crushed against a prop by a mule; Adam Laite, Twin shaft, Pittston, Injured by premature explosion of blast.
8-David Thomas, Von Storch shaft, injured by mule falling upon him; John Nallen, Taylorsville shaft, injured by mine cars.
14- Richard Pettigrew, Eddy's creek shaft, Olyphant, injured by premature explosion of blast, Jas. McDonnell, No 4 shaft, Pennsylvania Coal Co., injured by fall of roof.
16 - Peter Moyle, Cayuga shaft, injured by fall of tressling leading to culm bank.
17 - John C. Williams and John Kelly, No 4 shaft, Pennsylvania Coal Company, burned by explosion of gas.
18 - John Laughney Leggett's Creek shaft, injured by fall of top coal. John Dayls, Mosier's shaft, burned by an explosion of powder.
21 - Gomer Morgan School Fund slope, injured by fall of roof. Henry Harris, Taylorville shaft, injured by a kick by a mule.
22 - Richard Davis Belleve shaft, foot cruched by car running over it; Martin Crafton No. 10 shaft, Penn. C. Co., injured by fall of top coal.
27 - William Campbell, and Joseph Keller, Mosler shaft, injured by flying coal from blast.
29 - George Thomas Tompkins shaft, burned by teh explosion of a can of kerosene oil.
30 - James Patterson, Green Ridge, injured by premature explosion; George Williams, Filer's colliery, injured by fall of roof.
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DIED -
WALLACE - In Greenfield, June 24, 1881, Elizabeth, wife of W.W. Wallace, aged 42 years, 3 months and 6 days.
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LUZERNE COUNTY
Wilkes-Barre
The funeral of Mrs. Abigail A. Sage took place yesterday.
Mrs. George Griffith of Nanticoke, died on Tuesday evening, at the age of seventy five years.
H. Hembach is appointed postmaster at White Haven, and Miss Emma A. Smith at Naticoke.
Edward O'Donnel of vagrant renown, a son of Nell, the Ramper, was given ten days in jail yesterday.
A trio of woman assaulters, Jacob Brehm, Lewis Brehm, and John Yates, were brought from Hazleton and jailed on Tuesday night.
The funeral of Catherine Thomas, drowned on the evening of July 4th, was attended yesterday afternoon from the residence of the family on Mead street.
Col. E. B. Beaumont, of the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, arrived here on Tuesday direct from Ute Country. He is an old Wilkes-Barrean, and is on leave to recuperate his health, having been suffering from a low fever for some time. He leaves for the seashore today.
A stage is now running daily between Wikles-barre and Sk Harvey's Lake, leaving the city about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and leaving the lake about eight in the morning. The time of going is about three hours and of returning about two and a half. The Stage Headquarters are at Cortright's -- Old White Horse Hotel.
A large number of the friends of David E. Jenkins, who was recently killed in the mines at Eckley by a fall of coal, met at the office of Inspector G. M. Williams on Tuesday to deliberate upon the best means of showing their respect for the memory of the gifted deceased, who, in his lifetime, was held to be one of the best scholars and among the readiest of poets and prose writers of his nationality in this region. The memorial will probably take the form of a monument to be erected over his grave.
It's been a good while since Michael Ward and his spouse Ann have been before the Mayor, and that magistrate feared that they had emigrated to Scranton, but yesterday they turned up much in the old times fashion, in teh capacity of mischief makers, charged with threatening to burn John Casey's house. Ann was sober enough to see the Mayor and be sent up ten days. Michael was too drunk to be received, and will be sent up sober. Their daughter, Mrs. Campbell, included in the complaint, was dismissed on conditions that she wouldn't harbor her parents.
BURIAL of A SOLDIER
The funeral of Sergeant Reese Lyshon, killed by a fall from his horse on the 4th of July, took place yesterday afternoon from the house at Mill Creek. The services were conducted in the Presbyterian Church at Miners' station, the Presbyterian minister of Plains officiating by a large concourse of friends from the neighborhood of his home and from this city. The Artillerists, his late comrades in arms, in command of Captain Parker, took charge of the remains and associated with them in their sad office were detachments of Wilcox Post of Plains and Ely Post of this city; also detachments of Companies F and D, Ninth Regiment. The occasion was an impressive one for all present, but it came with particular sadness to the members of the Battery, who had been associated with him officially and socially for many years. These all bear eager testimony to the many excellent traits of their deceased comrade, and cannot yet speak of him without evidences of manly emotion. The interment took place at the City Cemetery, and was accompanied with the usual military honors. We learn that a detachment from Company B of this city, and the South Wilkes-Barre Drum Corps had designed to attend the funeral, but failing to note the changed time table of the L & S Railroad, arrived at the station after the train had gone.
PITTSTON
The mines are to be operated for the remaining part of this week.
The funeral of Mrs. John Lovell, of Welsh Hill, takes place this afternoon at half past two o'clock.
The feeling in Pittston over the attempted assassination of the President, continues to be as intense as ever.
Mr. Thomas Crary, who for the past few days enjoyed himself at Rattlesnake Pond, fishing, returned yesterday with a goodly supply of finny beauties.
The number of lawsuitrs that have grown out of drunks and family squabbles at this place since the Fourth, are enough to wreathe a parchment faced lawyer in smiles.
On the morning of the 4th the "Stars" of Market-street and the "Crickets" of Frogtown played a match game of base ball on the West Pittston grounds which resulted in a score of two to five in favor of the "Stars." The umpire of the game was highly praised for the impartiality of his decisions.
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