Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-07
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A negro woman, known as ''Old Aunt
Hager," died at North Adams, Mass, at
the great age of 115 years,
The catch of herring in Passmaquoddy
bay has been very large, and the water is
literally alive with the fish.
John NJ. Carr, a prominent citizen of
Rushville, Ind, waded into mill race to
the depth of three feet and then shot him
self in the right temple with revolver.
1t has been decided to appoint Col. Geo.
B. COrkhill, formerly of Iowa. to be United
States district attorney for the District of
Columbia. His nomination will undoubt-
edly be confirmed.
at Lands, Miss. on Saturday night,
John Harris, deputy sheriff Of Pamela
county, while seated in his Office was shot
and mortally wounded by an unknown
party. Scandal is said to be at the bottom
of the affair.
The flood in the Seine at Paris has de-
creased considerable, and the traffic over
the bridges has been resumed. The de-
structiOn of property is now represented
| to be insignificant. The reports from the
provinces of damage by the floods are,
however, still serious.
| In Alabama, Governor Cobb has ap-
pointed Luke Pryor, esq, to succeed the
| late Senator Houston in the Senate until
the Legislature meets next November and
elects in a formal manner a successor. Mr..
| Pryor was the late Senator IIoustOn's law
partner.
In Cincinnati Judge Moore, of the COM
mon pleas court, found burglar in his
house. He fired pOint-blank at the man,
| who fell headlOng down stairs. The bur
glar was dragged from the house by his
accomplices, who succeeded in carrying
him Off.
Venice is to he made accessible III car
riages by bridge from the main land.
The city at present is not only frozen up,
but is threatened with want of drinking
water, the Tusina and Brenta being cover
ed with two and One-half inches of ice. In
Sicily the ground is covered with SNOW.
Lloyd S. Brown, an ex-membcr of the
last Legislature of Ohio, dropped dead on
Columbus street car while on his way tC
attend a meeting of an insurance company
with which he was connected. He has beer
a prominent insurance man, and has long
been connected with the Little Miami com,
pany.
Both houses Of the New York Legsla
turc organized yesterday by the election
of all the Republican caucus candidates
Addresses were made by the president OF
the Senate and by Speaker Sharpe of the
Assembly. The governors message was
raceived and read. In the Senate, bills
were introduced repeating the rapid transit
act of 1875, in relation to the legal rate OF
interest, pilotagc in New York harbor and
Brooklyn.
In Cleveland early yesterday morning
Leonard Case, very wealthy resident died
under circumstances which give rise to
suspicion of suicide. lie was found lying
on the floor and near by was saucer
which contained chloroform. Mr.. Case
was bachelor nearly GO years of age, and
was worth between three and four millions
of dollars. He was noted for his charitable
gifts, having donated some years ago a
large block of ground to the Cleveland
library.
In Akron. Ohio, yesterday, the Atlantic
and Great Western railroad was sold by
Gen. J. H. Devereux, of Cleveland, the
special master of the commissioner under
the foreclosure proceedings in Summit
county, of the court of common pleas and
similar courts of Pennsylvania and New
York. The road was bid in by r. G. Rails
ton and S. A. Strong, of New York, the
purchasing committee for the English
bondholders under the reorganization
scheme, for $4,000, 900, its minimum ap-
praisement. Under its reorganization the
road will be reduced to a standard gauge.