Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-12
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

James Gateley, laborer at East Dedham
Mass, was arrested on the charge of club
bing his wife to death.
Two sons of William Potter, of Brook.
lyn, Conn.,, were drowned while bathing
on Wednesday.
Baseball {: At BostOn-Providence, 12';
Boston, 6. At New York-Metropo]itan,
Z; Albany, 3. At Chicago-Chicago, II
Detroit, O.,
A vein of silver two feet wide has been
discovered at Maretown, VT, on tho top
of mountain. The owner of the land
refused $18, 900 for it. The ore assayed in
Boston was found worth SIS, 600 per ton.
The packing box manufacturers of New
York and vicinity have decided, in view of
the increased cost of lumber, to advance
the price of boxes on and after the 18th
instant.
The reunion of ex -Confederates living in
Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri and Texas,
is being held at Dallas, Texas Speeches
were made yesterday by General Lewis,
Cabell and Gilman
Mrs. John T. Terry, of Bayport, L. L.,
while bathing in the surf yesterday was
thrown violently upon stake supporting
the life line. The stake penetrating her
side, inflicted probably fatal injuries.
The total wheat crop of Minnesota in
1880 was 80, 81, 100 bushels, and the total
estimated yield of 1881 is AZ, 0,S56, ,695
bushels, an excess of 1,4S4, 1856 bushels
over the preceding year.
A charter has been granted for linh
in GOuld's Wabash system from opposite
the mouth of the Red Bank river in Arm
strong county, to Brookville, Jefferson
county, a distance of fifty miles. The
capital stock is five hundred thousand dol
lars.
Charles NJ. Murphy, editor of the Deel
Creek Adoance, was shot and mortally
wounded by Joseph Thomas at Rollins
Fork, Mississippi, on Wednesday night
James Fisher was shot dead by Benjamin
Young in a dispute about a horse at Fort
Wayne, Ind, on Wednesday.
Switzerland is beginning to suffer
seriously from drought which except for
few showers, has lasted two months. Tht
grass is completely burned up and there ii
no chance of making tho usual second hay
crop. There is great scarcity of water
in most parts of the country and whole
herds have perished in the valleys of ths
Jura.
The stockholders of the Valley railroad
met at Staunton, Va, yesterday and au
thorized the board of directors to nego'
tiate mortgage of 81, 900, 900, the pro.
ceeds to be applied to the construction and
completion of the road from Staunton to
Lexington and for the equipment of the
entire line from Harrisonburg to the latter
point.
In Cory, Clay county, Ind, Elijah BQ1y
had dispute with Josiah Danham in re.
gard to some wheat which both claimed
It was agreed to lay the matter before a
referee for settlement. While the settle
ment was in progress Body, without pro
vocation, drew a revolver and shot Dan
ham three times, killing him instantly.
The assassin was Immediately arrested and
conveyed to Jail at Brazil with good
chance of being lynched.
James Wetherell, a widower, aged 70,
and Margaret Doherty, widow, aged 50,
were married in Ottawa. A party ol
roughs started charivari before the house
of the pair at II p. m, which lasted until
a. m. They then broke in the door and
demanded money, which was refused, the
old man beating them off and following
them. At daylight next morning his dead
body was found lying by the roadside with
the head crushed in.