Evening star., 1870-01-29
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The Hartford Courant has news from Robsr,
p. Keep, Consul at Athens, Of the total destruc-
ton BY earthquake, on the morning Of Decem-
Der ., of the town of Santa Maura, on one of
the lonian islands Of that name. At the date of
the advices, January I, ten dead and fifty
There Is not q house left standing. The suryi-
vors slept in the open air or under tents.
An elaborate programme Of the funeral cor
tege has been made out in Portland for the re-
moval of George Peabodys remains from the
City Hall to the cars on Tuesday, under the
direction of Col. L. d. NJ. Sweat. The escort
VIII consist Of four companies of United States
artillery and two Of infantry, with an army of
civil Official delegations from the various States
Sc, &c.
In the matter of the negro troubles with the
Eichmend street cars, Mayor Calhoun has de-
cided that the attempt of the blacks was made
in violation of the military orders making a dis.
tnct'on, and that now the State was under the
civil authorities, the negroes must seek redress
III eNl sults before State courts, or criminal
prosecution before the federal courts.
Burglars made an all but successful attempt
on j thursday night to rob the premises Of Solo
mon Wiget, diamond merchant, of q East 18th
street, New York. of 800, 900 worth of diamonds.
Holes were drilled in the safe and filed with
powder the explosion of whichbrought the police
to the spot. The thieves escaped.
The Georgia House of Delegates yesterday
by vote of Go to SO, decided to qualify and seat
those persons who received the next highest
vote to those members who were declared ineli-
gible and those whose seats were declared va
cant by Gen. Terry. Nine were sworn in yester-
DAY, OF whom three were c0lored men.
Joseph Pulitzer, a member of the Lower
House of the Missouri Legislature from ST.
Louis, has been shot and wounded in the leg by
EdWafd wa, augastTe, supervisor Of registration
made against Augustine by Pulitzer in a news
paper.
Gen. Candy issued an order yesterday turning
over the administration of the State affairs of
anti hn vyniIif rv
ofncers hllng the positions of State Auditor and
| Secretary yesterday rendered their designations
to the Governor.
| Reports describe the late storm on the Plains
as the most fearful ever experienced. Seven
/ men were frozen dead between Pembina and
| Fort Abercrombie on Sunday. On the 18th the
thermometer was So degrees below zero.
Ohio distillers have agreed, at a meeting in
Cincinnati, to test the right of the revenue au-
| thorities to fix AZ hours as the time for fermen.
tston, and will at once bring test case before
l the courts.
| Messrs. Cunningham of the Toronto Globe.
and Robertson, or the Toronto Telegraph, ar
| rived at Fort Garry on the 18th, to see how
| things were going on, and the rebels arrested
| and lodged them in Jail.
The friends of women's suffrage held con-
ventiOn yesterday in the Horticultural Hall,
\ Boston, for the purpose of forming State
/ WOman's Suffrage Association. There was a
good attendance.
Willis Atkins, the lad who was whipped so
| severely by Chicago school teacher last No
yember, and who has laid in stupor ever since,
/ died yesterday.
| Two boys quarreled in a school in Canada
/ yesterday, and one stabbed the other with a
| knife, causing instant death.
In the Georgia Senate yesterday bill was in
| troduced ratifyiDg the annexation of West Flor
/ ida.
| From !, 500 to 1000 workmen are to be dis
| charged from the New York Navy Yard to-day.
The stOreship Guard, of the Darien fleet
sailed from New York yesterday morning.