Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-24
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Eren New York.
Nsw YoRK, Sept. "a.
The four story tenement house, No. 1888,
Avenue A, Oh the corner Of 18th street, was
destroyed hy Gre yesterday morning about
one O'Clock The family Of Cornelius Rat.
ligss, consisting Of himself, bis wife, and
t6tes daughters, sge6 respectively eight
ten aud sixteen, ws.e occupying the third
story and fearing to leap from the windows,
vers oil bur ed TO death, being found wing
together in one group, their remains baked
to crisp. Another family Of five persons
named Hartx, leapcd from the fourth story i.
A bed being held below for them to alight
o., ths father, Philip Hsrt1, and son Edward
missing the bed in their fall, we're 90 severe
ly injured that their lives were despaired Of
AN che rest were more or less injured
The damage 70 the building il about $40, =
900. The household effects Of Ill the im>
mates we're destroyed. The evidence given
ct the Investigation over the bodies Of the
victims leads 10 the conclusisa that the Gre
was the work Of an incendiary, and re.
vss1 Of 81, W0 b offered IT. HE DIGESTION.
The Herald's London and Dublin cores
pondence shows steady progrcss By the
people Of England and Ireland towards the
complete attainment Of their franchise
rights; the movement being covered by che
refosm agitation in the one countsy end the
Fenian excitement in the other.
The number Of chclera caoss reported
yesterday WAS less than the day before, but
there 10 no certain indication that the die
ssse 10 abating. Five Gases wsse Seporte
In this city yesterday, and eight new casel
and slees dsesAs Ia irssliyn, showing q
increase in the latter city.
The Stephens headquastess has been the
recipient Of numerous donalicns from HUI
gasisf, Polish md French refugees. whl
90 sutherissd to did the cause Of Irish
isseddn. A nesbing Of the brotherhood
Was heid ysstsrday, when resolutions wsst
passed Jaloripg the early commencement d
Was IN 1relafd. Ste 5heus, Kelly, Glea
ssn end oehess addsseeed TIE meeting, end
avowed themselves ready to return to Ire
lahd WhUtevVf ordered. sfsb fess
Mrs. Eisabssh Moussly, whe lived at
Ne. 81 Nerth Moore street cut her threat
with fai1of yesterday while alone IN bel
parlos, ana diev almost immsoieaely.
"A vouA1n tam0d CathAfins Rsisch, com.
mittsd suicide At Hoboken "a, Saturday BY
hsnsiba SssssH wisk's elSebss H..
A Hsra)d's Washisetun special Gays, It
~ teaa9plsyd that = Undaea osft,e pay>
matter Or NE regular sfmy, lats chef 6fku
important district, hiss dishonesty approx
psia9s1 tuhit ewa 1ss 1 very largs amount
Of coupons attached - 7-o0's, cutting them
OF prssiSsn 10 paying them out to the troops
10 hh district.
The payqsseer held the bou6s beck until
the JanoSfy interest accrued, distributing
shsn Throughout several remote States,
minus the coupon adjuncts, which he felon-
ously retsiued for his own private uee, snd
sgain il 10 understood that charges have
been preferred against him ct Washington,
and That but little time can elapse before
the pobllc will be folly appraised Of the
hcts. The sum involved covers msny
thousand dollArs.
Tbs lribups'o New Orleans special de-
niss The tApcrt a e2d Colored Reg men,
showing any disposition to create . riot. 1t
- epos locab drivers he'd asssmhlse 1u
the vicinity pfths encampment when the men
werd tsihg pd66tefed out aud paid %, with
the intention Of enticing them to visit i'm
proper places end swiadling them out Of
go t9oef. n1pA efi31ers 4 slsass1isH9,
solicitQne II ,pp welfare .of He men, &c.
ausctsG W Ne & day n the vicinity to
~ ohkt6rsdO ~ q sjlImasas siaASmsat
thas bhopol1Bawweeol1ed = - psutcct the
e1eaD f01n rie)eaes q ~, Aapda Of abir
'9fh, ~ - tsllA i apparent ,thst 20
kaaE Il eea SAqfe ssef 1ere nnivsra1y
1ovo1 ond eocnna1e1 - ~ so1Aiura 81 4heir