Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-09

E LATEST NBWB BY MAIL.
Eugenia Meachan, a little girl, was
killed by an elevator falling upon her in
factory at Augusta, Ca, yesterday.
The population Of st. Paul by the new
census is 41,6l0, gain of 2l,6O7 in ten
years.
The viceroy of India estimates Ayoob
Khan's forces at seven battaliOns OF 60O
men each.
The dead body of Edward Glenn, a book
peddler, was found hanging from tree
near Mount Pleasant, n. j., syestcrday
morning.
Elmer Hopman and Thomas Stevens
were wounded, the latter fatally, i'll an
affray growing out of family feud, in
Denver, Col, on Wednesday night.
Baseball At Chicago-Chicago 5, Prov
idence 4. At Cincinnati-Boston 10, Gin
cinnati 5. At BuffalO-BuffalO 10, WOr-
cestor 2. At Cleveland-Troy 9, Cleve-
land 2.
The census enumeratOrs in Lumpkin
county, Georgia. have discovered colOred
woman named Matilda Hubert, who was
born in Connecticut and is alleged to be
l2O years old.
The Vassar home for old men in POush-
keepsie, n. V, is completed. 1t is Of
brick, 80 by 100, and three stories high,
and cost O,OOO. 1t will be opened Octo-
Der 1.
The Canadian ritlemen competed on
Monday last with the Fifteenth Lancashire
| rifles. twenty men a side. The Canadians
scored 1,422. and the Lancashire rifles
1886.
The house of Mr.. TunrOse, in Chicago
county. Minn., was burned. In his efforts
to save the building Tunrose forgot his chill
dren. Two girls, aged three and eleven,
were burned to death, and a girl seventeen
years old was very badly burned before
being rescued.
Two farmers, living between Sharon,
n. j., and Allentown, burnt some bush on
peat land two mon.hs ago, and then, as
they supposed, extinguished the fire.
Last Monday, however, it revived, and, in
spite of the heavy rain, has spread over a
large extent of peaty ground, which burns
like stubble.
Mr., Amasa Stone, the Cleveland railroad
millionaire, has offered to give $4OO, 900 for
an endowment, and 500, 900 for the pur-
chase of land, to the Western Reserve col
lege, of Hudson, Ohio, provided it is re-
moved to Cleveland. There is little doubt
of an acceptance of the offer. Western
Reserve college is under Presbyterian con-
troll.
John Rees, of Swansea, left St. John
for Miramichi, in his own sailing ship. II
tania with considerable money in his pos
session. The vessel was struck by an ice
berg and sunk. The crew got off sefely but
Rees having forgotten something, went
back, was deserted in his hour of peril by
the crews of the two boats and left to sink
with the sinking ship. The deep damna
tion of his taking Oft is the subject of judi
cial investigation.
ID. McGee, of Warren, had 500 meer-
schaum pipe stolen about ten years ago at
Tidioute. About year ago he found ii
in a saloon in jamestown, N. Y. He de-
liberately picked it up and left. The pro-
prietor, George Aarons, claimed the pipe
and arrested MCGEE for stealing it. The
parties have been see-sawing back and
forth in the Chautauqua county court unit
it has cost them near $500 each and the
commonwealth near $500. and it is not set
tied yet as to who will ''pay the piper
DIR. Bradley last night proclaimed that
he had discovered evidence of fraud IL
DIR. Tanners fasting performance in New
York, but the allegations are denied under
oath, both by DR.. Tanner and the indi.
vidual who is charged with having given
him food. Since May 2sth to noon yester.
day DR.. Tanner says he has totally ab
stained from all food, solid Or liquid. Be
tween 12 IN. and p. m. yesterday he
drank four ounces of water; he has los,
III pounds since the beginning Of the ex
pertinent.
Joseph McArdle, for many years the at
tendant OF Edwin Forrest, the celebrated
tragedian, died on Friday at the Actors
Home at Springbrook, after brief illness
He was about 60 years Of age. After tho
, death of Mr.. Forrest the executors of tho
estate employed Mr.. McArdle to take
charge of the property, and subsequent!
the managers of the Actors Home a
Springbrook, by reason of his intimate re
lations to the dead actor, aud the fact that
there was no bequest for him. were induced
to make Mr.. McArdle the superin tenden
of the institution.