New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-26

CHICAGO, June 25.-A fire occurred at
Mendoza, Illinois, Thursday night, which
DESTROYED one and half blocks of the bust.
ness houses. Loss about S25. 900, with
about two-thirds of that amount of in
surance.
Many foreign insurance companies, doing
busiDess in this State, are getting into trouble
by attempting to evade the laws of the
State regarding insurance, by instructing
their agents to pay no attention to the law
under any circumstances. The Third Audi
tor publicly announces his determination to
enforce the law to the letter.
ST. LOUIS, June 25.-The United States
land officers of the Brownsville, Springfield
and Ironton districts of this State are now
here in consultation regarding the recent
constructions of the homestead and gradua.
ton law by its general land officer at WASH
ington, by which it is ordered that all par
ties making entries under the graduation
law since the third of March, 1867, shall be
ousted, unless they make proof OF settle
in the price within sixty days of the date of
the proper public notice. There are mill
lions of acres of land in this State which
have been entered at twelve and half
cents an acre; parties making such entries
have failed to comply with the law.
The intention of the government is to
throw all lands forfeited by noncompliance
much. of it is claimed by non-residents,
great drawback to settlements and develop
ments is the result. The great object of the
constitution is to devise the best method OF
carrying into effect the provisions Ofthe law,
as recently interpreted, and give suitable
public notice to claimants Of land to make
the proper settlement.
An enthusiastic gentleman of this city has
devised plan to increase the boundaries
of st. Louis to fifty square miles, giving
eighteen miles to the river front, north and
south, and six miles east and west. The
whole to be surrounded by an avenue two
| hundred feet wide, and park of three thou.
sand acres to be reserved.
Solomon Steinberg was arrested here to.
| day, charged with committing forgery on
| Philadelphia bank for $4,000. He will
be taken to Philadelphia for trial.
| Weather continues intensely hot. Their
mometer marked ninety-tw0 to ninety
eight during the middle of the day. Heavy
| showers fell in this vicinity yesterday, but
none in the city.
A suit was entered in the United States
Circuit Court to-day, which is calculated to
create great sensation in legal and busi-
ness circles. Jesse Halliday and Alexander
| Turnbul, sue Calvin F. Burns, q prominent
LAWYER here, who, with Thomas Marshall,
was administrator of the eatate of James NJ.
Hughes, who died in 1861, charging him
with gigantic frauds in the settlement OF
Hughess estate by which the creditors were
| defrauded, and asking for an Investigation
| of the matter and q new settlement OF the
estate, valued at over 100000. Some OF
the most prominent gentlemen IN the city
are also defendants TO the suit. Eminent
counsel on both sides have been engaged,
and the progress of the trial will be watched
| with interest.
Rebecca Bradford recovered $4,000 in the
/ CQ6V
for seducing her under promise OF marriage.
Weather very warm; thermometer 81 at
noon, and 81 at 3 T. N.
William Marks, living few miles below
the city, blew out his brains. Cause, whisky.
| CH1CAGo, June 25.-The hot weather oi
yesterday has continued to-day. Thermom-
eter reached so in the city; at Cumberland,
illinois, it touched 100; Oshkosh, Wisconsin,
SO; Madison, Wisconsin, sS; Rochelle, !lli-
nois. 99; Des Moines, Iowa, 9s; Janesvilie,
Wisconsin, 81: Aurora, Illinois. los.
BALTIMORE, June 25.-The game of base
ball played in this city yesterday between
the Pastimes and the Red Stockings, re-
suited in the defeat OF the former by score
of thirty to eight. The Red Stockings play
the Maryland to-day.
Red Stockings beat the Marylands, ot
this city, to-dly, by score OF thirty tt
thirteen.
RALEIGH, N. c., June 25-The canvass
has been opened in earnest IN nearly all the
Congressional Districts, and counties have
made their nominations for the election,
which takes place in August. The different
candidates have taken the field.
Notwithstanding the late heavy rains, il
is now ascertained that the crop prospects
are fair.
The United States Circuit Court and the
State Supreme Court are still! in session.
LEXINGTON, June 25.-At the commence
ment exercises of Washington College, The
Cincinnati grafton was delivered by Ernest
B. Kentlschmitt, of New Orleans, Louisiana
the valedictory address by George B. Peters
of Tennessee; the address before the literary
societies by Bishop E. NJ. Marvin, of Mis-
souri,. The President, General r. E. Lee
: conferred the diplomas upon the distin
guished pro6cients, and the degrees upol
D graduates, OF which there were quite
I, number.
I The honorary appointments Of residen
I masters were awarded to Lucius Desha, jr
Kentucky; Frank A. Waddell, South Care
lima, and Ernest Benjamin Kentlschmil