Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-12
A series OF rrasio Events.

MIR. Housemau, a we'll known gentleman
10 years of age, was run over by train ut
Stonoboro, Pa and killed.
prNrie fire near kinsley, Missouri,
destroyed number of ranches and
dwellings, and burned woman to death.
The floods in tho lower Mississippi are
still increasing, aud tho prospect is that
tho inuudation Of last year will DO ro.
Moved.
Harry Turner, l2 years Of age, being
angered at u roproOf from his mother,
snatched up revolver and shot himself
through the heart In st, Paul.
The greatest blizzard OF tho season is
raging IN tho Northwest. Travel and
business are suspended throu shout Mime.
sofa and Dakota, tho people keeping in
doors. Snowdrifts 20 feet doep arc reported
near st. Vincent.
Woodstock station, a village 15 miles
| south Of Deadvillc, Col, was oyerw helmed
by Gn avalanche on Monday night. Seven
teen persons were buried, two of whom -
womcn-havo been got out severely
| injured.
Drowned In swift Current.
Mr.. Cpchurch endeavored to cross Red
Island creek, Miss, which was deep and
| swift. He had his wife aud four children
| with him. Almost as soon "a he had
reached the edge of the water tho current
shifted his horses head down tho creek.
| Tho wagon bed at tho same time was re-
moved from the frame Of tho wagon, and
was turned over, throwing into the tur'
buleut water the whole family, The hus
band seved three of the children and his
wife, and divod into the raging waters
twice for the fourth child, which went
under the water and was lost The horse
nj Ial a hA anS
200 yards almost in an Instant. Tho cur
rent was so swift that it tore the shoes of
the lady's feet.
rhreo Women Dying of Hunger.
In Montreal tho police found three
women dying Of starvation in house or
| St Antoine street. Their names are G.
| NJ, FIT and l.. A. Jones, sisters, who are
over so years of age, and a daughter ol
the latter, named Alice. They came q
few months ago from Toronto aud tried Il
get work at dressmaking but failed, and
their means being exhausted aud too
proud 70 beg, they resigned themselves %
die by hunger. When found in their bed:
| they were so emaciated and wasted tina
| they had - be taken TO a hospital anC
cared for The two elder women were =,
weak aud low that they could not speak.
Horrible Discovery.
While tho baggage master at the Unior
| depot, Chattanooga, was arranging hi
trunks, he came across soap box address
ed to Il. +. Wallace. Clinton, Tenn, from
which horrible stencil arose. On remov
in the top he was Mortified 70 discover th,
decompOsiug remains of a white man
whose head was shockingly mutilated
The remains were packed Ia lime, ant
appear 20 have been jammed into the box
II is not known how it came On tn
premises, and It is thought that 1t will
lead to the discovery of terrible murder
mo Population Of ireland.
The population in Ireland is now YER
nearly the same as it was in the year O
the Union, ), 100, 900, the great increase u
! to 1871, whom it reached 5, l99, 900, havinI
been entirely lost. But whereas in 1884,
on the passing of the reform bill, Irelan
had 81. 80 per cent. Of the population G
the United Kingdom, it has now but las
per cent, aud its eectors, who were ll.3
per cent. OF tho whole IN 1889, arc not
but 745
The IAtcst Ghost story.
Texas reports the following as a ghos
story, the locality being Turnersville
Just at tho moment of tho dissolutio
OF Mrs. Reneau, six collins were seen t
como and hover over the house and the
glide gently upward to the sound OF swe,
and melodious music" Several reliab
persons claim to have witnessed the speC
|, tacle,