New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-31
MISCELLANEOUS.

Canal Breaks-Fall of n FlOor--Steauss
Car Brake Tested-The Revere Rail.
road Disaster-yirsinia Conservative
COnvention-''Buriai Of Dead Issues',-
New Yellow Fever Cases in Charles
2 ton-ArrivaIs-State Archives of Geor-.
pathy i'm Boston. e 6
HUDSON, N. Y, August 30.--A severe rain
caused three breaks in the Delaware. and
Hudson canal, which delays transportation
week. XXX
LOUISVILLE, August 3O.-The fourth floor
of Whitney, Brown 81 Co.'s grain ware
house fell, killing three persons. The build
ing was crushed to the, cellar. Two prom
inent merchants were blown into the street
by the conclusion.
ST. LOUIS, August 30.-A new steam break
was tested on the Missouri Paeic railroad.
A train of cars going forty-fye miles an
hour, on a down grade Of forty feet to the
mile, was stopped within q distance of q
thousand feet in thirty,two seconds.
BosToN, August 3O.-Major George F.
Browning, aged thirty-f -four years, died of
excitement from the Revere railroad dis.
aster, wherein his brother was badly hurt.
There have been no additional disaster
deaths reported.
RICHMOND, August 30-The Conservative,
Convention organized, with Thomas s. BO-
cock as president. Delegates from the col
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applauded. 4.r
A motion to admit Governor Walker to.
privileges of the floor was opposed, on the
ground that it desired to give an appearance
Of official influence to the deliberations.
General Jubal A. Early refused to serve
ON the business committee, because of not
sympathizlng with the progressive report Of
the majority.
The president made q speech esuasslina
the burial of dead issa6s.
CHARLESTON, August 30-Three new cases
OF yellow fever announced to-day. The, re
turns for the week ending Saturday show a.
total of six yellow fewer deaths.
SAVANNAH, August 3e.--Arrived: Liberty,
with the bark Ada Garter disnasted and
leaking.
ATLANTA, Ga, August 3O.-The archives
OF the State road to-day! were turred over to-
the committee Of citizens.
This action was the result of series Of
prosecutions for the last several days, dzr-
ing which the late Auditor, Treasurer,
general ticket agent, master mechanic and
several merchants have been held to bail,
to answer for frauds on the treasury.
Fhe road % tho exclusive property of the
State, and has been managed BY the Re
publican party of Georgia.
BOSTON, August 3o--Surgecn General
Dale's recent refusal to confirm o bome0-
pathie doctor as brigade surgeon in tho
meeting of the Massachusetts Homeopathic
Society, held to-day, and a committee ap--
pointsd to influence Governor Claflin to.
overrule the decision.
PRovIDENcE, August 3Q-The bark Alice.
Campbell, of Boston, frem Gottenburg with
iron, was picked up 170 miles sOath Of Block
Island and brought into Newport to-day by
pilotboat. She had been In a collision.
No papers were on board.
NASHVILLE. August 30.-GOvernor Scatter
has issued circular invitations to the Gov
ernors Of every State and Territory inEiting
them to cooperate in the movement to Sc
cure full representation from eveEy State
at the National Agricultural Congress, to
be held at Nashville, October g.
SALT LAKE CITY. August s30-Williaun
Hickman, who was brought to tewn yester-
day charged with the murder Of a Spaniarsi
last fall, was at one time Mormon in pood
fellowship, but to-day was condemned as q
bad man by the Mormon journals. 1t ia said
by the Gentiles that the arrest Of Hickman
will lead to disclosures implicating the
church authorities in other crimes,
Weather Renors.
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