New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-06
GENERAL rELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

THE wheat exports from San Francisco
for July were 2s,oOo sacks. valued at 100000
49,. Miss Emily +. Kicker committed suicide
by taking oralic acid at Gorham, Me, on Wednesday.
....T The Pacific Railroad has reduced the fare
between San Francisco and SewYork to $780, currency,
and 10 Boston tlS5.
IA convention of the "Sons of America"
will be held IN Reading, Pa, next week The session
.... The Chollar Mining Company of San
Francisco declared dividend Of t2oO per share
issue, payable on the 9th Inst.
49,. The attendance at the Cincinnati Tobacco
Fair Yesterday unusually large. premium lot Of
tobacco brought from t45 to 500 per cwt
THE San Francisco Fire Department had
torchlight procession last night, In honor OF the
return Of their Chief Engineer from the East
- The cars commenced running on the city
railroad ia wilmington n G.. yesterday, and wss the Oc
oason Of much enthusiasm.
$50. Lexington, Ky, and the county in which
II IA situated Monday voted 100000 for the continue
ton Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad through that
city
go. The century plant at Frost's green. house
In Rochester put forth twenty blossoms on wednesday
country.
The schooner s. and NJ. d. Scull, from
Philadelphia with coal for Chelsea, Mass went ashore
on Chatam bar Wednesday night IL IS expected she
viii get of soon.
Eugene Carr, fireman on the Boston and
Maine Railroad had both his legs crushed yesterday in
lie viii probably die.
The Chicago Ecclesiastical Court met yes
terday. A long protest against tho action OF Judge
Jameson read and adopted The Court then ad-
lourned until september
"A meeting of workmen was held at ST..
Louis Wednesday for the purpose OF forming state
Labor Association and escng delegates 10 the National
Labor be held in Philadelphia on tho 10th OF
August.
"A "Vulcanizer" exploded in the Office of
dentist at Madison WIS., on Tuesday instantly ktinS
was torn away his collar bone torn OUT and his lungs
exposed
Two sons of c. d. Riggs Of Chilli n. Y,
were drowned on Wednesday They were boating on a
mpond there when Charles the youngest fell into tho
water His brother Albert, attempted to rescue him.
and both were drowned.
Francis Wycokoff (German), aged 30
years was stabbed and killed at Philadelphia by Henry
Southern part OF the city The murderer He'd ana mas
not yet been arrested
DR.. Brewster of Janesville, Wis, is now
I'm 81 Louis for the purpose OF asceraining the crcum
OF the death OF the third wife OF Dr. DuyA now
Am the Janesye ja charged with poisoning his fourth
wife. Mrs. Duyan No. died IN st. Louis suddenly
July II, 1868.
The Laboring Mems Convention, held at
virginia CITY, Nevada passed resolutions declarln that
the Importation OF Asalics and their employment ne
mines or other fields Of labor must be discontinued "
will bring on an Irrepressibe conflict likely 20 emu IN
bloOdshed and ruin
The steamship Oregon sailed from San
rraneisco for Hong Kong, via Yokohama ON Wednes
day with t67s 900 In treasure, OF which t55OO Is Tor
yokohama, 100000 for Hong Kong, and SJ2oOO ior
shanghai also merchandise to the value OF NSOo houu
ing q nstamp quartz mlH Tor japan
An election was held at Evansville, Ind,
on the proposition 10 appropriate to aid
In Constructing a railroad into Southern Illinois The
vote cast in the city was 26t9 for the appropriation
and 27u against Il majority for the propOsiuoh tU
tbe VOTE 1n the country townships will reduce this
majority but cannot defeat the appropriation.