Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-20
EASTERN NEWS.
..oc,,rKu rRE-s Dispatches.
rho oldest gnhabitant.

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- Kaus.s. April ia far
Aioh fall in this section Tonight Inc
10, ;,hahitant- saw that suHn s'oi ~
oioe before known IN h'nsaa. III
was o. m and for nearly 40 h'o'
beesnd oun in foods and vas acr'rnp m
ea s, fierce lightning Ihe STREETS 1i
feo :" vers runuIRg 5'reams IRON cu'p
Ut in fifteen nInnt~-. II" f'H W
a.oyn as II descehled ts7.h"iT"
we a. a mill dam and adfsd % We
.n,n.jor. Severt' hou-e7 were ~ "IA
con-,.+,ina and -rt on hre treeA7
bs Ih.,opd their hau&s In very f""
were a,d White Clay creek. which
MINI, ''h,,,,b the center Of the CITY. VA
pow .,,r.t,t ~ feet deep, pr al
an a"- - localities 30 yards vide.
lbe l. -, ,yss never known To rise 10
lns n. n4fore. DseIlinC houses,
suo" vsar. had stood high ana dry
VIM foe, above the greatest Hoods,
hs,r,ounded by water, and IN MANY
49, canohl by the current aud carried
-, stream. The water for short
~. rose two and tire" feet PER minute
I tho occupants OF houses IN low
l,nds fed for s,fety. abtndouIng
r. hou.~hold goods To he swept away.
Nars,ons highway bridges are gone.
- many more are damaged.
>,rtbern Pacific Changes
r,r Yogg. April ls.-it Is reported
y r Gable. late of the Denver *
d. C,ande road, il to accept the gen
Dr. ~, snn.rintendeucv of the Northern
p"",6c I'D Edgar. general agent of
- 4 r,hsrn Pacific At Chicago, has
~, ennointed assistant general freight
-, III the Pacific division Of TIA 1t
"a With headquarters At Portland,
n, vice A. l. Stokes. who becomes gen
s,.i freight and passenger agent OF the
O,soon Railway * Navigation Company.
pdos, il "a nnderstood will tie succeed
~ her. by f.. K Wadsworth, formerly
General agent Of the Ere rad.
Election Gases DiscOnttnurd.
CHARLESTON, 5. C., April ls.ln the
rn,,ed States CircuIt Court TODAY DIS
,,;c, Attsrney Melton moved 10 d soon
.;nus all cases on the docket involving
oharges of violation of the election laws
~ the United States. The motion was
Granted by .J1dge Bond without com
ment. and all OF the casss were stricken
from the docket.
Texas scandal.
GALVESTON. April lS.-At Dallas abont
7o'cock this evening BENZ. J. Herscn-
bnrp head Of the retail department of
Sanger Brothers, WAS hOrsewhippsd on
the corner of Elm and Austin streets,
he Mrs DR.. Schulz, who stated AZ a res
son that Herschbnrg WAS the cause of
tina rnIn of her family. She said that
he WAS the main cause Of the trouble
which led to the notorious scandal and
rhnrch tr al last summer. IN which Or.
Schnll WAS charged with Immoral con
dnct with loose woman. She said her
husband WAS grlevinR himself To death
over the affair. and she bore with IT AS
long AZ she could The affair ~ the talk
of the town and more tronbie is antici
mated The participants are well kuown
and esteemed citizens.
The Break ~ whisky.
CINCINNATI. April l9.-Whiskv il de
n,oraIlzed Sales of over 2D barrels
have been reported today al sl.o5. The
break seems to be beyond the control of
the pool but under the rules II has ten
DAYS In which to reassert control of the
prices. President Miller has not yet ar
rived.
Residence Burned by Inrrndiaries.
REYNoLDsviLLE, Pa, April -. The
residence of James Powers. Superln-
teudent Of Powers. Brown d Co.'s coal
mines WAS burned this morning, the in
mates barely escaping with their lives.
The loss is Sll 900. Oh which there IL All
insurance of 5000. Letters had been
received by Mr.. Powers for some weeks.
warning HIM to leave. aa his property
and life were III danger. The company
EMPLOYS about 300 miners. n number of
whom were blacklisted after the strike
last fall. The fire IL the work of An in
cendiary without a doutt.
Tenure Of Onicc Of P"ssmasters.
CHICAGO, April Is he Civil Service
Reform Assooi' ton, of tins city. has
sent a circular letter to the members of
Congress- from Chicago, requesting
them to work for the bill repeating the
four years limitation on the term of
PostmHsters. District Attorneys, X, We
nne Collectors, etc. and making the of
tcia tenure subject To behavior and of
hclency. The bill will probably come
up III the House on the 2l-t.
The Wrong Wan kn"cked Out.
NV YORK. April lS.-A glove fight
took place tonight between Nike tlrary
and William sheriff. tn" pru-s,an," at /
the Germanla Assembly rooms. The |
conditions we're that Sheriff WIS Ia re
celve the receipts of the house II he /
knocked h,s opponent out III four
rounds. Csearv. however. knocked the /
Prus~ltn ont in the first round. which (,
lasted just 30 seconds.
The Marquand Fund.
NEW HAVEN. Conn, April lS-The |
corporation accepts the gift Of $50 900 |
from the Maryland fund hu, din
for the Yale Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION.
Member OF the New York stock EN. |
change Arrested.
CHICAGO, April lS-Slmon Homer a /
menber of the New York Stock TX !
change, WAS arrested here several day>
ago, and has since been secretly cru-
hued At police headquarters. He was
delivered To New York officers TINS at
ternoon, who st ,rt-d back with HIM /
HE case against him is reported 10y the /
police rs follows Jesse Morrow put ,
into his hands for sale ahuut $4,000 IN /
oregon Railway x Navigation securi /
Ties Instead of dlsposing of them, II Ia |
alleged that he atScunded. A descrip-
ZION of HIM received by the police here
irom New York led tn h,s arrest. None
.t We bonds were recovered He had
<'oo'U Ia moley III the bank.
Tacoma. Twin
bfLfIstp OAK, April lo-Tne North
cru Pacific Forwarding Company. the
niack hills freighters who control the
ou!k OF freight going over the new
northern route, TODAY finally deoided on
nelheld rs their terminal point. For
several weeks snrvc>irg parties have
~e'ehed The advantages of various ter
NM resulting In prononncing Beltield
nc oe't route. Eastern parties imms-
uistey invested $3.50 la real estate.
"nu contracts for large warehouses. sew
etM stores and other improvements AZ.
sfesatinc $4,000 have been let A fast
..r'sht express Will b put on To make
.ne distance from Heliield Ia ID sadUood
~ seven DAYS. Four hundred tons of
neieht Are now on the way tn Brltield.
days
The stock ttN.
INV York. April ne. : thrre's.
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