Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-02-15
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The Washington Treaty.

NEW YORK, Feb. IA Herald London
special says no English Cabinet, continuing the
negotiations on the Washington Treaty, as the
case now stands, could hold office twenty-four
hours; therefore arbitration is ended, unless
some mutual understanding modifying the
points at issue are attained. ~ - tt1f
The tobacco factory OfsAyer j. Bro. in Nc
Lean county, Kentucky, is burned. 1t is said
to be the work of an incendiary. Loss, $4,000
pounds of tobacco The supposed ineendiary
was lynched by masked men His remains were
found at the foot of a tree .af-.#. .
Peter q. Washington, Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury under Mr.. Pierce, is dead aged
seventy-four.
Dutch Geor ge, the celebrated cQunterlciter,
is dead.
OConner, the alleged embezaler of the Della
ware railroad funds, was arrested at Savannah
and the money recovered. axe .As-
Mayor Hall intends suing the Tones for libel,
if acquitted.
The reform ticket swept Staten Island. "a "a
Several motions were made to quash the in
dictment against Stokes, but were refused. The
Judge and jury will consider the question of
the illegality of the Grand Jury, after hearing
the evidence and arguments.
The report that Spotted Tail and band are
frozen is believed, but the prostration of the
telegraph by the storm prevents verifcation.
ST. PAUL, Feb. 1.-THE heaviest snow Of
the season fell to-day The thermometer was
below zero all day ..t. .rT t-
The railroads West are blockaded.. fatr'
1t is feared that the Canadian surveying par
ty, numbering twenty-five, under Col. MeNa abb
which left Duluth for Upper Superior, have
persisted When last heard from, january u
they were in an open boat The lake was full
Office and storm prevailing
MOBILE, Feb. 1.-THE Tribune says ID. L.
Rugg, classmate of General Horace Porter
of the Presidents staff, has been made Deputy
Collector Of Customs at Mobile. fs --s
HARTFORD, Feb. l4-An accident occurred
on the Hartford and New Haven Railroad by
which two persons were killed.
CHICAGO, Feb IA fearful storm is raging
in the vicinity of the city. The mercury fell
forty degrees in two hours II is blowing a
perfect hurricane and the snow is binding.
Several deaths have been reported ON account of
the sudden cold. The trains on this division of
the Illinois Central Railroad are all showed in.
The thermometer this morning Mas eighteen
degrees below zero.
SAVANNAH, Feb. H-John Conner, who alb
seconded from Scranton. Pa, with $4,000, was
arrested yesterday on board Of the steamer
Magnolia, from New York. Nine thousand,
nine hundred and seventy-nine dollars were
recovered. e 81
ClNCINNATI, Feb. 14.-The election Of Off
GERS for the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad took
place TODAY. The old Board was reelected.
proposition to extend the road to Mobile met
with great favor, but was referred for further
details. - Hf Ere. r s7 s.
An offer from Morris, ketchum and others,
of New York, to lease the road was read. A
motion requesting the parties to make definite
offer was adopted, which proposition is to be
submitted to the stockholders at future meet
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