The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-08-11
EASTERN STATES.

FayoraDie COndlsions OIL sovikGs
Banks.
New YORK, Aug 9--The Times prints
reports from eight Of the IS savings
banks in the city. and says they indi-
cate u condition Of continuous prosper
ity, and OF uniform soundness. In
spite Of the general reduction of inter-
est to per cent, the number of de-
posits has increased during the last six
months, as IN most cases also has the
amount on deposit in all the city say.
ings banks. There has been On in.
crease during the half year Of ten
millions In the amount deposited. The
aggregate amouHt held by these insti-
tutions 10 about two hundred millions,
and this sum is owned by over half
million Of persons. showing an average
deposit Of each OF some $500.
Great Psdessrian Fest. -
At Gao tonight VIM Gale. English
pedestrian. finished the great feat Of
covering 6000 quarter miles ID 1000
consecutive ten minutes, and continued
On the track until be had addsd Ia ca
ditional quarters to his wonderful
record. Al through from the begin
ning hie condition has been normsi, !.
except Yncs when he took the cramps.
The hwtess quarter was made IN two
minutes and seveu secoads; tio1est.
eight minutes and twelve seconds. At
~ 6niah 0als wnnted 10 bet eco 70
5000 that be could begin right OH and
cover 500 niles within days Tsg
csupiieaseA Nupsiels.
NEw York. Aug s-There twas
fled today With the register OF vital
statistics ia Brooklyn. the record Or the
marriage OF Ella O Ellington With
okafles OWsils which Va psrf0ned
By Annistant Pastor Holiday, Of Ply
mouth Church. ct tho Mansion House.
The bride il. the mace Of Tcnnie @
Ciafiin and former wife1os Capt Frank
Ellington. She obtained q divorce
from Ellington and married wslls, hut
the captain had the Judgment cot aside.
She then caused the marriage between
herself and Wells 10 be annallsd and .
decision bsing rendsped IN her Avor. She
re- married Wells.
Rain CleaG Dupss
DENVER, Aug. S.-A Central City
special says: The most destructive
food In the history Of the coartry oc-
Cured this morning. At $50 heavy
storm cload appesfsd accompanied lg
almost incesssnt thunder aud Heht-
ming. About o'clock the citizens
were startled BY an almost uneafshly
rear 10 the west. and almost instsnta.
neossiy . volume Of water between
four and i've feet high come rushing
down Nevada and Eesska streets. TAX
ing everybody hy ssspriss. Hsayy
quartz teams standing In the streets
were uvsrtusncd cod carried down
stream like feathers. Rocks weighing
Eve and six hundred pounds were
rolled along the streets like pebbles.
Animals and everything in the track
Of the flood were swept away. In n
inc2uaibly short time the ssreess we've
cleared Of people. evs ybody seeking
shelter. Daring the flood large masses
Of debris were carried through tbs
streets ct tas rate If about fifteen miles
an hour. The whole length of the
galchss. from Nevsdavisie on one side
aud The bead Of Eureka street on the
other. presents tonight the mcst desc
late sceEs Imaginable. The roadway
h epsircly desfroysd In places. the ruts
being i've and SAX fses deep and ex-
tending for hundreds Of yards. The
entire length for about three milea il
ssrewn with debris II every Kind. Az
eevcf1i points betwesa Cestrai a.
Black Hawk the dehriS is piled about
sHeoty- Eve feet high Esxeks street.
for \ quarter Of mile is one mass al
rccks ard Rubbish On Mains skseet
four fsst u sand ID deposiksd- Tha
flooi Was eassed b. barseing rMia
caouN littls wsse 1t the city. The
nAlsEal channel of ~ slzsam became