New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

Lee Exploded in North lCarOafna-killed
and Wounded-Three Bales of New
Cotton ar Augusta-Mflls Burned at
Sheibyviile-sarafoga Races-Twenty
Car Loads Japanese Teas Coming
Warm Weather in CaIifornia-Ther-
| mometer One Hundred and Twelve
| Degrees.
VICKsBURG, August l8.-Frank Bucking-
ham, of the sash factory firm of Buckingham
| g. Co., of this cit while attempting to
| cross a spring plank between the two wharf
boats, with some ladies, was precipitated
| into the river, and drowned
WILMINGTON, N. c., August 1S.-The,
| steamer X. E. Lee exploded her boiler near
| Fayetteville yesterday. Three colored boat
| hands were killed, and three wounded.
| Captain William Skinner was seriously, but
| not dangerously, injured.
| AUGUSTA, August l8.-Three bales of new
| cotton were received to-day, chasing Liver
| pool and New York middling. One bale
| was sold for thirty cents and another for
| twenty cents.
LOUISVILLE, August l8.-William Balls
banner mills, at shelbyville, burned. Loss
| $4,000.
SARATOGA, August 1e.--Nellie James won
| the first race; time, 1:17Is. AbdeI Kader
won the second time,t 1:5S. Eclipse won
| the third; time, 3:0SA.
SAN Francisco, August I8-Twenty car
loads of fresh Japanese teas were shipped
eastward to-day.
The weather is unusually warm. The
thermometer was 1l2 at San Bernardino
yesterday, something unprecedented
HARRISBURG, Pa, August lS-The Au-
ditOr General has made q written demand
on g. o. Evans for 1921 ,046 due the State
of Pennsylvania, without delay, or proceed
| ings will be commenced,
Evans refuses to comply.
MEMPHIS, August 18.-Luke Padden,.
| who killed Burr this morning, was com
| mitted to jail without bail.
The coroner's jury gayeSa verdict of will
ful murder. There was strong talk of
lynching Padden.
The. daughter of a farmer named Saun-
ders, living near Wittsburg, Arkansas was
found near home last Tuesday with her
throat cut from ear TO ear and marks of
having been outraged and then murdered.
The whole neighborhood were securing
the country for the murderer.
OGDENsBURG, N. Y, August 18.-Baron
de Canaan delivered his lecture in the
skating rink under protection of the police.
No attempt was made to disturb him. He
will deliver no more lectures here now that
free speech has been vindicated.
LEAvENwoRTH, Kansas, August lS.-
General Easton, chief quartermaster of this
department to-day awarded to w. G. Gra-
ham, of st. Louis, the contract for trans
porting government supplies TO Fort Sill,
Indian Ferry and forts Nicholson and Grif-
fin, Texas, for one year. This contract,
amounting to half million dollars, is the
heaviest contract of the kind that has been
awarded in the West since the war.
Arrangements are making for the imme-
diate construction oil the LeavenwOrth and
Denver narrow gauge railroad
KALAMAZOO, Mich, August 1S.-At the
races, to day, for premium OF $1,000, open to
Ill Ia n&o -. L
ness, there were six entries four started.
The race was won by Goldsmith Maid in
three straight heats, Lucy second, Ameri-
can Girl third, and Chicago fourth. Time
2:26 35; 2;22 As; 2.26.
LOUISVILLE, August 1e-In the mile and
three-fourths dash at Crab Orchard, Ken
lucky, yesterday, b. G. Thomas gray colt
Fireball, four years old, by Lightning, dam
Dixie, won in 3.10lh; said to be the fastest
time made this season in this country.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y, August 1S.-Four
of the Sing Sing prisoners, who escaped on
the tugboat, have been captured, and. also,
one of two men on the tugboat, who as
sisted in their escape. The latter refuses to
give his name; he is probably an ex-conviet.
The fugitives are well supplied with
money. One of those re-arrested tried to-
bribe his captors.
Weather Report.
WAR DEPARTMENT ,
Office Chief Signal Officer, ,
Washington, August 10, is7l 7:30 P. M }
SYNOPSIS OF THE PAST TwENTY-FoUR HOURS.
The barometer has fallen decidedly since
Thursday afternoon at the Rocky Noun
tain stations, and the area of low barometer,
yesterday advancing upon Minnesota, now
covers that State, and also Kansas. The
pressure remains highest from Lake Michi-
gan to Kentucky, but has fallen. An area
of low barometer exists north of Lake On
tario, with brisk westerly winds from
Michigan to New Hampshire. Smoke and
haze is reported from Western Nebraska
and Iowa, as also from Eastern Michigan
and Lake Ontario. Rain has been reported
from the coast of North Carolina and Texas,
and now prevails on the South Atlantic
coast. The cyclone which, Thursday after
noon, was prevailing in Florida, after NOV
ing northwestward, is now taking the usual
course northeastward, and has reached
Savannah. No reports have been received
from Florida for the last twenty -four
hours.
PROBABILITIES.
Local storms are probable for tonight
and Saturday in Minnesota, and the ba-
rometer will probably fall, with increasing
haze and cloudiness from Arkansas to New
York and northward. Cloudy and threaten
ing weather is probable for the interior of
New England. The storm in Florida will
probably extend to Virginia by Saturday
evening, with increasing seasterly winds
along the entire Atlantic coast, and north
erly winds on the gulf
River intelligence.
SOUTHWEST Pass, August Is, 6 P. M
Barometer $3.50. Weather calm. No ar
rivals or departures.
.LoUIsvILLE, August 18.-The river has
risen one inch; seventeen inches in the
chute, and five feet large on the Portland
bar. Clear and pleasant. Mercury ranoes
from 78 to $40. Business dull The Mo1s