Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-02-11
TELE6R ANS &c.


r Another very large IRE, tho most disastrous
sinee ,S7, occurred at Mobile saturday night.
A whole square Of the principal business
houses, 81 uatPd IN the heart Of the city. bound.
ed BY Water, Danphin. ST Francis and Com
msrce streets, were burned, with the excep.
ton OF two buildings at the corner OF st. Fran
cis and Water streets. The loss Is estimated at
Seuo,oOo; insurance about s60o,o00.
The st. Louis Repstlican's St. Joseph specia
says Isaac RosenthaI, who was recently tried
for attempting to blow up his store with po "
der, has commenced suit against John Du-
" orc, the owner OF the properly, whom ne
chareesewith having arranged the whole pho
u orcei 10 compel him 10 vacate the premises
He claims $1,000 damages
The Kansas Senate passed the bill taking
away all rights of dover from widows re-
siding In THAI State whose husbands die in the
state. Also. n bill 10 allow the redemption
Of lend sold for taxes payment Of SIX per
CENT interest. instead of twenty. five per cent.
as now prov did by law
Bogots advices state that the American min
ister, Burton, made n settlement OF his diff
Guilty with the Executive, snd was about to
leave the capital for the coast, to await in
structions from his Government He com
plsins OF lack OF courtesy to himself and
other foreign ministers by Mosouera, and evil
IDENTIFY appears 10 have the best OF the disput te
General Bradshaw, late candidate for collec
tor OF Buchanan county. Missouri, has brought
suit against William Sherman. county clerk
for violation of the law in throwing out votes
enough in the late election 10 elect his own
party candidate. General Bradshaw claims
$4,000 damages.
Saturday Mr. M McKenzie made application in
the Court of the Queens Bench, Toronto, q.
W.. for new trials In the case Of Kennedy and
McGrath. two FenIans convicted At the last
asslZes. The judges have the application up-
der consideration, and will give their decision
early this week.
The Southern Relief Commission I'm New
York have collected S2l,Ot0 Orders have been
Issued 10 purchase 10000 bushels Of corn And
1900 bushels Of wheat of which 5000 are for
Alabama, 5, 600 for Georgia, 3 900 each for North
and South Carolina.
James Hughes, a clerk in the office of r. H.
Smith d Co., coal dealers of Cincinnati, WAS
murdered last week on the Licking turn pike,
about mile bevond the Brigh ton House, by
three men. The object OF the murder was
plunder. They escaped capture.
A body Of priests, fthe order of San Fran
cisco, who emierated - Costa Rica in Novem-
ber, have been expelled by the unanimous
voice of the people, who raised Il We thousand
dollars to pay their expenses out Of the coun-
try.
heavy northwest storm Of wind set in
Saturday night Ia Baltimore. A boat was can
sized in the harbor and six persons are sup
posed TO be drowned, namely: James Young
Joshua Davis, and William Cadell, ferryman,
Thomas Holt and Mr.. Hazon, passengers.
The government ofCosta Rich has concluded
q contract with John 6. Fremont James w
Nye and others for the construction of a rail-
road from Lemon bay, on the Atlantic, TO CAL
dera. on the Pacific.
Trinity Methodist Church, in Charlestown
Mass, was burned to the ground yesterday
morning. Loss S24,0O0. Some neighboring
buildings were burned, swelling the loss 10
$4,000. Partially insured.
Levi Haup, who mysteriously disappeared
from Harrisburg, Pa, on January 10 and is
supposed to have been foully dealt with, has
not yet been heard of.
The chemical works Of Davidson Il Co. were
destroyed BY fire in Baltimore yesterday morn
ing Loss $4,000; insurance $4,000, in city
Offices
There is more cotton and other produce AT
Norfolk, Va, awaiting shipment than ever
known before. .-.. '0
The Legislature of South Carolina has
passed the relief bill. which slaves off the
payment Of debts for twelve months.
The steamer Ocean Queen, from Aspin wall
on the LIST inst, has arrived at New FORK with
S7SS,GOt in treasure. -..
Adviees from South America are un,mpor-
tant. A British bark had arrived At Valpa.
rsiso with sixteen large cannon for Chill
Gen. A. G.. Lawrence has been we'll recelyed
as Minister to Costa Rica. .s
w. Il. Little, the e. s. Consul at Panama, is
dead.
bank is TO be established at Guatemala
with capital of four millions.
The revolution in Nicaragua has been sup.
pressed.