Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-03-24
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Further particulars of the great fire at C,n-
,innati have beer received. Adams Express

Further particulars Of the great fire at C,n-
einnati have beer received. Adams Expre.s
Company have opened a temporary office at
No 1l2 West Fourth street. Three cars yaInpd
at Sl50,0O0 were burned. The Insurance. no
the office and fixtures is s35.00A All the horses
and wagons were saved. The Enquirer Gem.
pany lost about SlU0,00e. Insured for Sssu0
They had en- hand printed matter valued at
S5a,C0O, including SlS,nGO worth belonging to
John Robertson's circus. The Baekeye billiard
saloon lost $4,000, partially insured. Nebieet
& Atkinson lost Sle,UO0. insured for sln.UO
II. Nj. Carroll & Co. lost Sl208O0. Insured for
sT,teo. a. g. Peters d Co. lost their entire
stock Of music and musical instruments. The
damage is very heavy. Insured for 5000.
Among the articles lost were plates for print
ing sheet music, which Mr.. Peters had been
gathering Tor the past forty years. +. Il. Haldy
lost $500; insured So 90. Holmes Go. lost
S40CVO: insured SOS, ,OO0. ID. W. Baldwin lost
80 pianos; partially insured. Bryant STRAIT
ton lost Sie,0Ue; no insurance Harpel lost
SSoC0, upon which there was no insurance.
and Strow bridge d GeTlacu lost SlU,0Na,
also uninsured. There were large number of
minor losses.
The storm of Tuesday night was very severe
and damaging to property in the neighbor-
hood OF Cincinnati. AtCoDnersville, Indiana,
several buildings were blown down, an one
of the piers OF tie bridge of the Cincinnati and
Indianapolis railroad was destroyed. A freight
train ran into the chasn, and the engineer and
firemPn were severely injured The storm
was felt 1T Indianapolis, Louisville, Evans
willie, and ether points West, at Hyde Park
and Evanston, Illinois. Hail stones of i'm
mepse siHe fell, breaking glass and destroying
the contents OF greenhouses.
"Wednesday evening a fire was discovered in
a tin-shop connected with the railroad repair
shops at ST. Jehusbpry, VT. The flames
spread rapidly, and proved very destructive,
consuming the machine shops, a new car
house, engine house, rail shop, and part OF
the woods he'd, together with two en- gines and a
part Of the third, with all the machinery, tools.
stock, sc. Nearly all the cars were saved.
The loss amounted TO fully SIU0,tGV, on which
there Is an Insurance of S:}2, 100. The buildings
Destroyed were The property OF the Passumpsic
railroad.
The New Orleans Legislature adjouJned
Thursday night, having passed one hundred
and twenty three important bills. There is
talk OF an extra session, but il is believed that
the Governor VIII not call one until after the
May election. The Picdytle denounces all The
charges against Tom Parker, which caused
his rejection as surveyor of New Orleans, to be
false. Mr.. Bloomfield, who has been ap-
pointed Quartermaster General OF Louisiana,
was quaTtermaster in the Confederate army
The California State Senate passed resolu-
tons Thursday, endorsing the action of the
majority in Congress as against that of the
President, by vote of % to 81.
The Dakota House and the Washington
House, frame buildings, at st. Paul. Minnie
sofa, were destroyed by fire Wednesday night.
Less from $1,000 10 SS,U0O Partially insured,
The grain remaining in the New York Cen
tral Railroad Company's elevator, and saved
from the late fire st Buffalo, was sold at auc-
tion Monday afternoon, for s3i,GO0.
The l4Sth Ohio regiment mutinied In Texas,
saying that their time was out Over sixty Of
them have been arrested by the negro troops
who now guard Galveston.