Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-14

- Asstsc0 aN8y kEfO8G6
TIE snsv-wet paths and down tue hiIk
noes 70 tue town. and the lass rites
we're ended.
Beef Carte RepsrL
CElcA0o, Feb. 10. voluminoos -
prfs concerning ths condition of cattle
IRON tue great stock ranges are rub
iished hers today, which may be sam-
uarizsd a. follows: Texas-Loss aloee
TOE northern tier, the pan handle conn
sses. where prairie ares destroyed the
reed, is hsavy: on ranges south Of No
selhe and Fort Elliott the loss 10 ss.i
mated 81 thirty per cent. Is 10 elaimea.
however, tina. on the whole the loss ia
Texas viii only be uhsat five par cent.
Mout4na-stock 10 Ia good condition
Osttie have vintered well % far Man
itooa -hsne2men report q fsvsrable
winter and cattle are coming through
In me condition. K,nsas-In the west
.rn part OF the State there Vas heavy
los on account Of the unparalleled big
zzfd 10 January. siockmen admit the
sumser OF cattle ffgzsn in the country
tributary 70 Dodge will reach $500
Coiorado-Csttis on the plains have
stood the winter we'll, and Losses are lees
IMAM tso per osat. In some OF the
mountain parks there 10 still danger of
great losses. az the ranges are over.
stocked and feed 10 scarce. Wyoming
Oattie have never experienced q better
winter. No snow since January LIST.
Warm weather has kspt she streams
open along the Platte for three weeks.
The mercury has ranged 60 10 20 above
ssro. The loss will nos exceed one per
cant.
A 0usrasesas Aaair.
Maroon tIiI.). Feb. Blast night at
10 o'olock. at wind ,of, near here. Miss
Georgia Aldridge narrowly escaped
hanging at the hands Of unknown par
ties. Sne was alone in her house at the
time, and stepped cot of doors, when
she was seizsd, Der hands and feet
weighted down with bricks and then
hung ap TO die. She vas accidentally
discovered q few minutes after cards by
her brother, Who osms In the back vay
by chance. Life vas almost extinct.
sne can give no accsont Of the affair.
being 81 overcome by the shock. A note
vas found saying that Il vas done to
get even With her father, DIR. Aidridee.
Miss Georgia is q highly respectable
young lady, aged "a. No clue 70 the
perpetrators has yet been found. In
tense excitement prevails at Windsor
over the affair.
kaiirsad Accident
MrDpLErows On. ~, Feb. l3.-The
night express which left Oswego last
night on the Ontario q Western Raii
road ran into @ vashoat about q mile
vest of Liberty At o'clock this morn
ing. The engine. express Car. baggage
car and day coach we're tArewn from
the track. George st. John, the en-
gineer. and the fireman. A. l.. Lewis.
were killed, and three passengers seri-
ously hart.
Reduced ssrplas-
NEW YesH, Feb. l3.-All bank state
ments show decrease OF $50, 900. The
banks now hold SIS. 264. 900 in excess Of
legal requirements.
msavy Rains In New Eaglaad.
BOSTON, Feb. l3.-The rainfall In this
session 10 almost unprecedented. In
this city the fail has been nearly SIX
inches in two days, equal TO an average
fall of I've months. A vast amount Of
minor damage has been dsne in many
Darts Of New England, especially to
roads and bridges, causing irksome de-
lays TO travel. A section of the eitg
covering nearly o square mile was over.
flowed. The Easements of all she
dwellings and stores we're flooded, driv-
lag the residents into the upper stories
and causing q loss of $4,000. Several
hundred families are affected, aud sew
eraI faetoriss at Brockton and outlying
lauds are flooded. In the Boston High
lands district, the Westminster Apart
ment Hotel will be complete wreck.
TIE dwellings on the flooded streets are
mostly three story marble frents, and
AZ the ground has settled greatly before
the flood 1t 10 probable that most of this
section will have to be rebsilt. The
residents are living in the upper stories
and are reached only By boats.
The Transcsatlnental Association.
Nav YORK. Feb. l3.-The representa-
tives Of the lines In the Transconti-
mental Association resumed their de-
liberations yhis morning, but failed -
agree upon any plan of settlement. Ii
10 understood that previous agreement
Submitted failed TO meet the views Of
the ma jority of those present, and an
adjournment was t.ken until Tuesday
morning. None Of the delegates would
divnlge the proceedings OF the meeting.
The O~ad Gsverasr.
UTroA IN. ~. Feb. l3-The funeral
Of OF Governor Sey mour will take place
from Trinity Church, Utica, at 2 q. m.
on Tuesday. President Cleveland tele-
graphs as follows: i wish that the
grief Of the people vhs mourn citizsa
Of National fame and q Christian gen
tieman of pufest example might tighten
the sad Bereavement and sssusRe the
sorrow Of his stricken wife"
Flsed On The sasqsehaasa.
BALrIMoaE MAJ. Feb. Is The warm
rain last night and this morning caused
- srs,k 10 the lee gorge IN the Sasqus-
hanna river opposite Port Deposit. The
water backed up into she tswn vith suoh
rspidity that the lover portion vas
flooded almost instantly. Several small
dveliirRs we're washed away, lumber
yards we're inundated and the Pennsyl-
vania read depot was flied With water 10
q depth OF four feet. ihe telegraph
Office had to be abandoned and eommu-
n,,atf~n - ith thA rlaca Il anatrAiv ant of