Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-01-11
--LATEST NEWS BY NAIL.

Miss {. T.. Galley and Mrs. r. q. Ellis
were killed by being thrown from their
sleigh while crossing the track at Havana.
Aaron county, Ohio. on Saturday.
Six cases Of small! pox have b.'e;, ":iic;-
ally reported in Wilmington. De-, and
Others are constantly h:in., irai,! oi Gne
death occurred yesterday.
\ heavy fire in Memphis, Missouri. de-
str"yed the entire line of buildings on tie
south side of the square from the RediSh
house to the Scotland county bank, moi in-
Guiding those buildings. The loss is u;l;.>-
cevlained.
Mrs. Anderson, colOred. was iuuEG by
neiy hbors dead from starvation in an old
shanty in Seaton village, suburb of To-
ront5. Her husband was lying beside her
dying from the same cause. lie Is unable
to speak and too weak to eat.
Parties engaged in exploring the rocks
near Tillamook Head on the Oregon
coast. discovered the bodies of twelve
men Of the wrecked British ship Lupata.
They were lodged in cicfts Of the rock.
huddlcd together, seven in one spot, and
five in another, and all perfectly nude.
Ex-Assemb!yman Thomas II. Costisar,
has commenced in the superior court Il
=
Ersning Erprrss, newspaper, the libel con-
sistinS OF All article rejecting oil the plain
titf's political course. as leader Of anti
Tammany.
J.P. Rul,insons warehouse. Congress
street, Br"oklyn. gave way underline heavy
weight OF SNOW yesterday carrying down
with it some fifty feet of wall. In the
building, which WAS three stories high,
| h.,nlraI Ia, rrnfs nf
ln.ecd oil and miscellaneous merchandise.
The loss will reach several thousand dol
lars.
Reports from various sections u, Maine.
Vermont and New Hampshire represent
the storm OF sunday night and yesterday
rs the severest of the winter. 1t n.attle-
ho'o, VT, one foot Of SHOW hal fallen up
to noon yesterday, when the storm tersni-
mated in heavy s!eet, which :cl;,ye'! trains
and stages about five hours. In some 10
| snow fell, which, with the quantity
already on the ground, makes four feet
| on a level
The total population Of Alabama is
.2j2,3H, of whom GD0;i5 are colUrcd
and 8, 60 foreign born. Tie females ex-
ceed the males by 1000 The popu'a-
| tiOn of Arkansas is 500. .JI6, OF whom
91O. 9J3 are colDrctl and 10 229j OF foreign
| birth. There are 81, 2D3 more males than
females in the state. The population of
North Carolina is exactly 400, 900: males
$50. 164; females, 71l.S3G; foreign born.
1868; colorei 5;'22, ,535.
The gamblers of st. Louis are to find
! security in the spring in :. keno boat whicl,
| is to be started upon the river. The boat
will have 4 large main cabin for keno, and
smaller rooms forward for faro. roulette,
and hazard. Esc!, passenger is to pay 81
fare, and three fourths of the fares are to
constitute three ''pots' for the game, the
bank de!ucting the usual commission.
Once fairly out in the river. state laws
against gambling will not avail, ainl the
United States statutes do not recognize
such an offence.
Mr.. Lawrence Ecclcs, Il native of Eng
land. resident of Lewi:town. Me-. lost his
voice . year ago, and did not speak word
until the night previous to his death. He
awoke his wife, shouting; and laughing.
When it became light, he made his friends
put him on Il sofa and wheel him into the
sitting room. Now. | want You t. put
me before the looking glass SD can see
myself die" he said. His friends pooh
poohcd 1T the idea. but had to comply
with his request. He folded his hands be
fore his breast, turned his face towards
the m:r,.r and in few moments WIS
dead.