The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-06
American Inteil, gone 70

ANOAuu0A QIo0 u 6ult tO-Ouy bKulu6t Lu6
st. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute
Railroad Company, claiming $25. 600, in
consequence Of having been poisoned
and physically ruined for life while as
sisting in building depot for said oom-
pany in East ST. Louis last summer.
The timber used in the construction of
the depot was saturated with arsenic and
other poisons to prevent decay. Five or
six workmen died from the effects of the
absorption of poison into their systems.
Eleven other workmen filed suits against
the company in Belleville, Ill.,, last sum-
NOR.
CLEVELAND, March 5.-The National
Association of base ball players convened
and elected Ferguson, of the Atlantics,
President, and N. E. Youngs. of Balti-
more. Secretary. The rules are nearly
the same as last year.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 5.-A large
steamer. supposed to be the Alaska, over
due from Psnama, is in the offing.
The press of California condemn the
sending of Gen. Howard to interfere
with Gen. Crooks operations against
the Apaches.
PHILADELPHIA, March st is esti-
mated that $1,00O,0OO worth Of goods
we're damaged by the fire in Jaynes'
building. The fire did not reach the
lower stories. The burning. of the Gu
pola, 12O feet above the pavement, was
magnificent spectacle. The Chestnut
street front escaped inundation.
NEW YORK, March 5.-The steamer
Montgomery, hence for Savannah, re-
turned. Her rudder was damaged off
Cape Delaware.
The grand jury of Jersey City found
fifty additional indictments against Of
ficials for frauds.
Judge Sedgewick has enjoined the
Geneva watch company from carrying
on their alleged fraudulent traffic. It is
charged that they import worthless
Swiss watches, stamped as if made in
the United States.
1t is very cold this morning, the ther-
mometer being five degrees below zero.
Ihe aldermen OF Brooklyn passed an
ordinance forbidding the collection of
fare unless the passenger is provided with
q seat.
OMAHA. March 5.-The road is still
blocked between Cheyenne and Raw
Inns.
LOUISVILLE. March 5.-The wife of
Ex-Governor Bramlette is dead.
PHILADELPHIA, March 5.-Small-pox
has appeared on the United States
steamer Powhattan. A number of ma
rines and sailors were removed to til.
City Hospital.
The fire at Jaynes' building has been
controlled. The lower floors are so
drenched with water and sheeted with
Ice, that further damage is impossible.
The granite front on Chestnut street is
not at all damaged. On Carter street.
the two upper stories of the front fell.
WASHINGTON, March 5-EveninR.
At Watertown, N. Y, the thermometer
was 81 degrees below zero; Odgensburg,
n. T., 80 below; Troy, N. Y, IA below;
Boston, Mass, below.
An unknown schooner sunk near
Stone House Shoal. The schooner Lit.
tie Kate is ashore near Wood End. Crew
saved.
Senator Scott has agreed to accept
Keliogg's amendment to the Pacific
Railroad bill, changing the Eastern ter
minus from Marshall to Shreveport, but
q big fight over it is anticipated in the
Senate.
Full Cabinet meeting to-day.
Mr.. Voorhees, declines the candidature
for the Indiana Governorship.
Customs receipts So, 600, GOO more last
month than the preceding February.
Nothing new ELECTED by the investiga-
tion committee to-day.
Confrmations -Farrow, as District
Attorney for Georgia; Wallace, Marshal
for South Carolina.
The House Committee on Territories
has concluded the debate upon the In
dian Territorial Government question.
Col. VIM. P. Ross opposed and Col. L
q. Bourtiinot advocated the bill. The
committee will report to the House on
the Goth instant.
III the Senate, bill extending the re-
galations for the transmission OF goods
in bond to Pttisburg passed. The ap.
prOprintion bill was resumed,
In the House, the Judiciary Commit.
tee reported supplementary apportion-
ment bill. It proposes to ALLOW an
additional Representative to each of the
States OF New Hampshire, Vermont,
New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Tennessee, Louisiana and Florida; the
additional Representative to be elected
from the State at large, unless otherwise
provided by the Legislature. A bill re-
moving disabilities from twenty.seven
Goorgians passed. Other disability bills
were massed and passed. A bill grant
ing half OF Yerba Buena Island to the
Pacific Railroad for Western terminus
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