New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-20
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Lexington Races-Duel Nenr Atlanta
Four Inches of SNOW af Bangor.


Lexington Races-Duel Nenr Atlanta--
Four Inches of Snow at BRngors
LEXINGTON, October 19.-The horse fair
closed to-day. The time in the second troe
is the best on record for two year olds.
FIRST Irot-Farmer's Home journal was
| a walk over for Prices Sentinel.
Second T9'ot-Premium $500; mile heats.
three in five to harness, was WOE by Prices
black colt Double. Time-2:40a4
Third Trot-Premium $50, for five year
Olds and under; Si00 to first, $50 to second;
mile heats, three in five to harness, was Won
hv Peters Magic. Time-235, 2:33, 2:35.
2:37A,
Fourth IT'ot-Premium $3.50, for all ages,
$50 to second horse; mile heats, three in
five to harness. Was won by Hoyt's chest
nut gelding Thomas L, Young. Time
2:29A 2:2813, 2:2913.
PHrLADELPH1A October 18--The Catholic
Benevolent Union, after adopting a consti-
tution end electing officers, adjourned si1Ie
die. 1be next annual convention will bG
held at st. Louis.
NORFOLK, October I9.-The schooner
Mail, from Norfolk for Baltimore, wreckeda
a negro named George, from Washingtopy
North Carolina, dropped from the mann
rigging and drowned.
BANGOR, Me-, October l9.-There is four
inches of snow on the ground here.
SAN FRANCISCO, October l9-The race
between Lucy and Occident has been post
poned to the twenty sixth instant.
JERSEY CITY, October l9-The chief Of
police. charged with conniving at the bank
robbery, has been released on $28,000 bail.
There is no clue to Fields whereabouts
1t is stated that his malfeasances aggregate
nearly half million.
ATLANTA, Ga, October 19.-J. H, Town
send and Houston Z. Force, two young
men of this city, fought duel last even
81. Ii, a1.rE
shot guns, charged with buckshot, at q dis
tance of forty PAGES. Townsend was seriously
wounded at the first fire. Both parties be-
long TO the most respectable families ia
the city.
RUFFALo, October 70. - The Canada
horse epidemic is prevailing to an alarming .
extent among the horses in this city.G
BALTIMORE, October l9.-John Hook, an
employc at the Bolton depot of the Z.
G. railroad OF this city, was caught in the
betting in the workshop and instantly
killed.
PHILADELPHIA, Sctober i9.-The Bostons
and Athletics played their first game of the
great tournament this afternoon ON the lat
ter's ground in this city. Birdsall &Ok
GouIds place in the nine Of the BostonB-
Harry Wright pitched the FIRST three in
nings, and then Spaulding resumed his old
position
The Athletics earned six runs anG made
called ball. A passed ball by Reach and
couple of wild throws By McGeary gave
the B0stOns three unearned runs. The fol-
lowing is the score:
Bostons S, Athletics 9.
Boston, October l9.-Of the l63 deaths
in Boston this week, % were from small
p0x, an increase Of 6 by latter disease oFeE
previous week.
CLEVELAND, o., October 19-Woolmart
handle works, with all the stock and ma
chinery, and about 300, 900 feet of lumber,
and the gard of z. Gilster & Co. adjoining,
at Sandusky, were burned last nighto Loss
on handle works about $4,000; Gilster IL
Co.'s loss about $4,000. One hundred men
are thrown cut Of employment.
CHICAGO, October l9.-The Union Bolt
and Screw Company's works in the northern
suburbs of the city was burned to-day losss
$l25000; insurance, $50,000.
NASHVILLE, October I9-W. B. Stokes
Republican, has announced himself can
didate for Congresss8Fom this district.
Weather Report.
War DEPARrMBSTl
Office Chief Signal officer,
Washington, October l9, 1917 4:39 r. a.
PROBABILITIES.
The barometer will fall from Minnesota
to Missouri, and thence over the upper
lakes on Sunday with generally sOutherly
winds, cloudy weather and light rains; in
the Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys
southerly winds, warm and partly cloudy
weather; in the Gulf and South Atlantic
States occasional cloudiness and possibly
light coast rains; on the lower lakes and
thence over the Middle and Eastern States
northerly winds, warmer and generally
clear weather, with winds veering southerlE
by Sunday afternoon.
River inteIIigence.
SOUTHWEST PASS, October 49, 6 p. M
Barometer 3d. Wind north-northeast fresh.
Arrived-Ship Flying Foam, Mounce, mas
ter seventv-two days from Liverpool, carg@
of salt TO order; ship Alexander, Tarbox,
master, sixty-three days from Antwerp,
with railroad iron to. order; schooner Gem
eral Prim, Wilson, master, twelve days
from Laguna, in ballast, to William Creeyy.
Sailed-Steamship George Cromwell and
ship L. l.. Sturgess.
Bryarly at A. NJ; John H. Tolle at r.
NJ; Governor Allen at II p NJ Weather
clear and cool. River falling
EVANSVILLE, October I9.-Weather clear
and mild. The river has fallen one inch IN
the past twenty-fOur hours.
PTTsBURG, October f9.-RiYer three
feet seven inches in the channel and fall
ing steadily.
CAIRO, October lo.-Arrfved - Belfast
FROM New Orleans at 5 A. NJ Departed
Colorado for Vicksburg at 9 A. M; Utah
for Vicksburg at Ii Z. M.; Belfast for St
Louis at a. M Belle Vernon for New Or
leans at p. NJ. River stationary. Weather
clear and warm.
sr. LOUIS, October 9.-Arrived-City of
Quincy, c. " Kountz and Susie Silver from
New Orleans. Departed Mary
Alice and mollie Moore for New Orleans;
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