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NAcS~s ehc ttoftsctot VI ue snop Nob
in and found them quietly at work
AT IL o'clock. Titcomb went TO his
boarding house, washed and shaved
himself, and seemed so much discon-
certed rs to lead the mistress Of the
house 10 inquire what had happened.
tina, he looked 90 pale. and appeared
so much agitated.
This disconnected him. and be re-
turned Immediately to the shop. from
which he was soon called 20 dinner,
and when he was asked why Russell
had not come with him. he replied that
he remained behind 90 finish shaving
three or four slaves. that completed a
certain lot. He eat quickly. returned
to the shop. set il on FIRE, and walked
INTO the street. The FIRE was soon dis
covered. and the alarm given. when
the people collected in great numbers,
Titcomb among the rest. The roof
soon fell in, and the flames were ex:in-
guished. when The body Of Russell was
found. burnt badly, beneath the bench
at the side Of the shop. where il had
been thrown by Titcomb, and covered
with shavings and slaves 10 some depth.
Both legs were broken above the
knees, and both arms above the elbows,
evidently showing that the murderer
attempted to put the body in a barrel
TO conceal il. II was apparent also that
Russell Was killed by severe blows be-
ing inflicted on the head, whilst seated
on the shave horse, without having
made the least resistance. A Jug Of
rum was in the shop. Of which Tit
comb had drunken freely. Russell
for the last three OF four months. had
abandoned the use of intoxicating Ii.
quors. and was q mild and inoffensiye
man.-EOston Transcript.
At Flatbush, Long Island. few days
since. citizen was "lynched" for Sian
dering one Of has neigh6Ors. He was
tied 10 the tail of cart, his face be-
smeared with vsrnish, and in this con-
dition dragged through the town, fol-
lowed by a mob of lawless wretches.
What adds to the infamy of the trans
action, the sufferer was exposed at Sc
yeral of the residences Of the inhabi.
tants, aud among others that of his ow n
family, where his wife and children
witnessed his disgrace.
LONDoS.-The following paragraphs, show
ing the vast extent and population Of London,
are from the lately published work entitled
the Great Metropolis"
THE area OF the metropolis is cal
culated to exceed 1000 square acres.
II is divided into l55 parishes; and the
computed number Of its courts, lanes,
alleys, and rows. is 10000. The hou-
SEES are believed 10 be 25O, 900 in num-
Der; the rental OF which is 81 ,OOO, 900
sterling. The population. 9. OOO. 900 -
I'm proceeding along the great tho
roughisres. the stranger is astonished
at the vast crowds of people he meets.
Whichever side Of the street he is on,
in whatever direction he looks, he sees
nothing on the pavement but dense
mass OF human beings. not stationary
or inactive. but all proceeding on their
respective errands Nith as much expe.
dition as the crowded state Of the tho
roughfaTe will allow. In fact when a
man has nothing TO hurry him. it rs 20
much the custom to walk At quick
pace in the crowded part Of the town,
that he appears to be in a. great haste
as IL he bad just received intelligence
that has house was on fire."
THE late VIM. Cobbeis said. an
Englishmsn, particularly a cockney,
always walked as il he had been sent
on an GRAND, and told TO make haste
back. And the celebrsted James Hoqe.
the 'Eiiriek Shepherd. observed, on
bis visit to London, in 1892. that all
the folks be cav in the principal streets
seemed as IL death himself was follow.
ing at their heels. The number OF
persons who crossed London Bridge in
one day was counted, and found 10 be
nearly 1000. 10000 persons die
annually; but the yearly number Of
births exceed the deaths by two or three
thousand. ], is thought that 10 900
strangers are all times staying in Lon.
don for few days. The number Of
Seotchmsn living in London is compu-
ted 10 be 1000. being within . few
thousand Of the whole population Of
Edinburg The number Of Irisbnen,
DOG, 900, nearly equsl TO the popula-
ton Of Dublin. The number Of