Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-11
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

The biennial council of tho Union of the
American llebrow congregations will olc,
in Chicago to- morrow.
The steamer Arizona, from Liverpool,
about which a disquicting ru'""r was
cablcd Oh Saturday, arrived OIL Fire
Island last night.
Tho sinking fund commissioners Of Gin
cinnati, on Saturday, purchased 81 ,OOO, ,OOl
Of tho four per cent. bonds Of that city,
now issue, paying u cent. premium.
Baseball New neutrality-suspicious.,
5; AtlanticS, 6. Detroit -Bostons, 3
Dctroits, IL. Chicaso-Chicassos, 5:
Worcestcrs, 0. Observation-Disclosures, 4
Troys, 2. BuffalO-Bulfalos, Is Provi,
dcnce, 5.
Griscom, the faster, lost no flesh in the
"a hours ending yesterday noon, his
weight continuing at 149 pounds. His
pulse 1T noon yesterday was 81, rcspira-
ton II, and temperature 984. Ills fast of
Al days will end to morrow Cruos,lay)
noon.
Additional subscriptions to the fund for
Mrs. Garfield werv received on Saturday,
swelling tho amount /" $1l7, 7,GS6. Among,
the larger additional subscriptions arc
$1,000 from w. w. COrcOran, Of Washing
ton; 5000 from Geo. l. Scncy. $4,000
have been contributed in Chicago to the
fund.
Richard Welch, i West Virgini, horse
dealer, and Miss Matte w. Chapman, a
Philadelphia lady. hurpicd Parson Graft in
marrying them, and the groom forgot to
return Us he had promised and pay the
fee. Tho preacher got square by publish
ing their marriage notice and appenlin.
To it, "No cards; no cake no cash no
certificate. -
There are favorable crop reports from
Texas. A full average of cotton is ex-
pectcd, and three fOurths of corn crop,
which, with the old crol, held over, will!
give i surplus for home cons umption
The oats and hay crops arc the largest
ever known in tho state. Labor IS scarce
and in dcmaud at $l.25 to $3.50 per day
and board.
The city council of Dallas, Texas, owing
to popular complaints against ovcrchargcs
and insufficicncy of tho gas and water
supply, has "cOme to i deadlock with
the companies, and the supply of gas and
water has been turned off, The city is
about to take steps towards Introducing
the electric light and building watcrworks
Of it's own.
The White House cellar is filling up
with patent rcfrigerlting apparatus sent
Oh for trial !; and with hundreds of bottles
of wine, whisky, rum, brandy, rye and
rock and dozens of other sorts of stimu-
Iants which well-wisl,ins ones have sent
on, with assurance that they would ut
once he put the president on his feet. Patent
medicines, too, have poured in, and
plasters and powders, pou!ticcs and poiions
Of every Imaginable sort. They arc all
laid aside, however, and the free :luvcrtis-
in. expected is not secured.
"Montpelicr the home OF Prcsi,!ant
Madison, will be sold at auction on the
% instant. This estate is situated in
Orange county, Va, Oh the line of the
Virginia Midland railroad, /. few hours
ride from Washington, and consists of
over thousand acres Of wcll-waterc.l,
situated and timbcrcl la,nl The fine brick
dwelling was built by Mr.. Madison, and
the grounds planted and laid out by him
arc the most beautiful in tho state. There
arc about eighty acres in tho improved
grounds, which arc bcautiticd by lawns
and terraces and wlto pine and walnut
groves.