New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-07
MISCELLANEOUS

Battle of North Point Veteran Dead
Union Pacific Railroad - Election of
Oficcrs-Th0mas 4. scott Dropped
Great Fire at Frankfort Severest
snow in Naine-Koads BIocked-Ther-
mOme:er Fifteen Degrees Below Zero
Kentucky Mob Law-Dnma2es against
Contemplated Lynchers.
CINCINNATI March 7, 1890 4. M.-ShOrtlv
after midnight a fire broke out among the
steamboats, at the wharf, and is still raging.
The steamers Ma or Anderson, Argosy, st.
Charles Kate Robinson, Altoona and Cham
pion have already been destroyed. and the
fire is threatening the mammoth New Or
leans wharfbOat, which is already consid-
erably damaged. The steamer Charles Bod
mann, which lies next below the wharf
boat, will probably be saved. 1t is impOs-
sible at this hour to give the amount of loss,
but it will probably be very heavy.
Second dispatch.l
CIyCISNATI. March +. lao A. M-The hull
of the Belle Vernon, recently sunk by ice,
was also burned.
The fire originated aft in the st. Charles.
but how is not known. The captain and
some others who were on the st. Charles at
the time jumped overheard, and swan
ashore 1t is feared some OF those on board
failed to escape.
The fire spread rapidly to the boats above
and below the st. Charles.
The Champion was loading for Red
river, and had nearly q full cargo aboard.
The Kate Robinson was loading for the
Tennessee river.
The Major Anderson was a side wheel
Wheeling packet
The st. Charles was side wheel Pitts
burg packet.
Tie Argosy had 200 barrels of whisky
aboard for New Orleans. The boat was
not insured.
The loss on boats and cargo will reach
fully $2j0,000.
twenty-five bales of cotton and number
of crates of Gucensware on the levee were
also burned.
BALTIMORE, March General Ben alnin
&. Howard, who commanded the mechan-
ical volunteers at the battle of North Point,
is dead.
Boston, March 6.-The following named
gentlemen were elected officers of the Union
Pacific railroad: President, Horace +. Clark;
vice president, John Dubb: treasurer. f. II.
Rollins auditor, A. ii. Wilbur. Thomas A.
Scott was dropped from the directory, In
dicating preponderance OF Vanderbilt in
terest.
LOUISVILLE, March Ga great fire oc-
Cured at Frankfort, Kentucky, last night
Swi,ert's block was entirely burned. A
child was sufocated in the fire
EAsTpoRT Maine, March 1.-THE severest
snow of the season prevails, blocking the
roads Thermometer IS below zero.
LOUISVILLE, March 6.-FOur men, named
Jones, Welsh, Gilkerson and Shannon, citi-
zens of Crab Orchard Springs, a year ago
took out a negro named Scott, on suspicion
of having burned the Springs building, and
hung him several times to make him con-
frss. Scott persistently denied the charge,
and after he was released sued in the fede-
raj court for damages. The jury today
awarded damages of $1,000 each against the
first three defendants, and 500 against the
latter.
DENVER, Col, March 6-The Denver
and Rio Grandc Railroad Company has
finished grading the second division, from
Colorado Springs to Pueblo, Colorado.
Track laying will he commenced inmedi'
ately, and by the middle of April regular
trains will be running from Denver to
Pueblo, one hundred and eighteen miles.
BALTIMORE, March 6.-The Republican
State convention, to nominate delegates to
the Philadelphia National Republican Con-
vention, has been called to meet i'll Balti-
more April 81.
HOMER, La, March Ga meeting has
been called for Claiborne parish to elect
delegates to q State convention and to de-
eide with which party democratic or Re
form) they will affiliate. Senator Blackman
will address the meeting. He is an aspirant
for gubernatorial honors.
ALLENTOWN. Pa, March "a national
convention of the Patriotic Sons of
America is in session here. national
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