New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-11
MISCELLANEOUS

Death of Colonel Gardner Banks-A To-
bacco Dealer Hopelessly Burned
Fearful lScene Among Sunday School
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Into Tannery
Vauits-Tad Lincoln HopeIessly Ill
Wholesale Infringement on Tanners
DOuble.Acting Car Brake-Decision
in Favor of Tanner-Millions of DOL
lars Involved-Virginia state Debt
Funded-Fereign Bondh oIders Permit
ted to Fund.
BosToN, July l0.-Colonel Gardner Banks,
brother of General n. =. Banks, is dead.
He had lived several years in New Orleans,
from whence he arrived Wednesday,
ALBANY, July 10.-Dr. B. z. Staals is
dead, aged seventy-fve years.
MEMPHIS, July l0-A tobacco dealer
named Shufey, from Louisville. is hope
lessly burned. He was robbed 5000 at sup
per- Deputy United States Marshal Mess
ler looking for the money, broke lamp on
Shufey's lap. Some believe the lamp was
broken to conceal the crime
BERLIN, Ontario, July l0.--About one
hundred Sunday school picnicers who had
taken refuge from a storm in an old tan
merry, by the floor giving way wefe precipi-
tated into the vats below. A fearful scene
followed, but fortunately only one boy was
drowned.
CHICAGO, July 10.-Tad Lincoln is hope
leSSIy SICK Wltl the QF0pSy.
Judge Drummond, of the United States
Circuit Court, has rendered a decision in
the patent case of Thomas Sayles against
the Chicago and Northwestern railroad.
for infringement on Tanners double acting
car break, in favor of Tanner. The case
has been in court nearly ten years. Nearly
all the railroads in the United States, in
cluding horse railroads, by this decision,
are infringing on Tanners patent. The
result involves millions of dollars.
RICHMOND, Va, July 10-The State
Treasurer has decided to permit foreign
bOndholders to fund for fractional parts of
their bonds, in order to facilitate exchange.
The amount of the State debt funded to
date is nearly 81 100000.
CINCINNATI, July I0-Late information
from Dayton indicates that the effects of
the storm there yesterday evening was
more ssvere than at first supposed. The
names of persons killed by the falling of
ST. Johns Lutheran church, are Christian
Thomas Mrs. Theresa Randall and Leonard
Weyraugh; Jacob Wolfrem, probably
fatally injured.
Besides these a number of others were
seriously hurt. Edward Meehan and George
Speyer were taken ont dead from the Wash
ington street bridge: they were horribly
mangled. James Feischburgh and another
boy were removed alive, but badly injured.
A few miles from the city tree was blown
across gypsy wagon in camp, instantly
killing woman. 1t was severe in the coun-
try adjacent Dayton~ particularly in Ran
dolph township, destroying crops and fences,
and in few instances barns were struck by
lightning and burned.
At Xenia the storm was less severe, but
made havoc among the trees, fences and
outhouses.
Boston, July l0-Arrived Clara Per
kins, Rocky Glen and A. Devereaux.
San FRANCISCO, July 10 The steamer
from Australia brings accounts of q recent
scare, caused by a report that a piratical
expedition was fitting out in San Francisco
to make descent on the island. The col
onists expended some millions of dollars,
called out volunteers, erected earthwOrks
and improvised fleet to repel the fillibus-
ters before they discovered that the story
was canard, originating with two boys,
who started it as Joke. not dreaming of
the excitement it would create.
CONCORD, n. H., June l0.-The Unconoa-
nue. paper mills were destroyed by fire last
night.
NEWARK, n, j., July l0-The coron ers
jury in the recent railroad accident case
concluded their verdict as follows: We,
the jury, do say that the misplaced switch
was the result of carelessness on the part of
the switch tender, William Thompson, and
we also censure the company of the Newark
and New York railroad for employing, or
allowing to be employed, upon their road
young and inexperienced men to hold re-
sponsible positions
Weather Report.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Office Chief Signal Officer,
Washington, July 10, 1871, 7:3O p M. j.
SYNOPSIS OF THE PAST TwENTY-FoUR HOURS,
The barometer remains sensibly un--
changed at the Pacific and Rocky Mountain
stafi Z haa nj htff IN, 20
in the northwest and on the upper lakes,
and also in the Gulf States. 1t has risen in
New York and New England. The tenn
perature is this evening much cooler than
on Sunday in the Mississippi valley, and was,
quite low this morning in New York. 1t is
nigh this evening in the south Atlantic
States. Light and variable winds prevail
generally west of the Alleghenes. North
westerly winds have generally prevailed in
he Middle and Eastern States. Threaten
ng weather and local rains is reported from
he Missouri river TO West Virginia and
lorthward.
PROBABILITIES.
Further local storms are probable tonight
from Mississippi TO Virginia and in Michi-
,an. No important change is anticipated
or Tuesday.
River Intelligence.
SOUTHWEST Pass, July 10, 6 p. M.-Ba-
IT departures. Barks Sitka, j. Godfrey
md Charles Auguste are on the bar inward
pound Ship Southern Chief is inside at
Inchor outward bound.
QUARANTINE STATION, July TO-, 7P.M-
The steamship Hudson, Staples, captain,
vas released from quarantine, and left for
he city at six o'clock this evening.
MEMPHIS, July l0-Weather clear. Mer-
ury 93 River falling slowly. Passed up:
farble City. Passed down. Natchez.
VICKsBURG, July lO.-Passed down: The
)uachita Belle at2 p M. Passed up: The
ienry Ames at 10 A. NJ. Weather warm
nd clear River falling
CINCINNATI, July l0.-The river is five
eet eight inches in the channel; it has
allen one inch during the past twenty-forB
ours. Arrived: Abeona. from st. Louis
Weather cloudy, with indications of RAIN.
ST. LOUIS, July l0.-Arrived: City OF
,airo, from Vicksburg, and Argonaut, from
tennessee river. Departed: City of Ches-
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