New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

A Mother Superior Dead-Intense Heat ne
1T. Louis and NIemphis-FataI sun
strOkes-Rain and Thunder Storm near
memphis-Death of N Memphis Coal
DeRler-Thunder BOIt-XVest Virginia
| The Prize Flight Stakes-An Ex-Mfh--
lister to Russia Dead-FOund Dead
Suspicious of a ALurder-Death In A.
Dentists Chair.
BANGOR, Me-, August 26-Mary DeSaIes,
Mother Superior of st. XaVier's Convent, is
dead.
ST. LOUIS August 26-There were eight
deaths yesterday from heat, which is un-
abated.
Seven small fires last night Four firemen
Frustrated by heat. Thermometer SO to
MEMPHIS, August 26.-The weather is
still unprecedentedly warm. There were
eight cases of sunstroke yesterday-four
fatal.
Salrick Downes, aged fourteen, was
drowned in Wolf river yesterday, whilo
bathing
Weather intensely hot again to-day, the
! thermometer marking $50 in the shade.
| About four o'clock this afternoon rain
and thunder storm passed few miles north
of here, cooling the air somewhat.
| j, H. Peterson, the well known coal
dealer of this city, died at Hot Springs,
Arkansas, yesterday from injuries received
Ill a Idll tue DAY before.
Fort PLAINS, August 26.-A thunder
bolt knocked horse and buggy from the
tOwpath into the canal. Two occupants Of
the buggy were drowned.
WHEELING, w. Va, August 26.-Thirty-
three counties give Jacobs a majority of
60OO Result upon constitution doubtful.
PHILADELPHIA, August 26.-Aldernan
McMullen, who holds the stakes, won't give
them up until Mace and O'Baldwin fight.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, August 26.-Ralph
j. lngersOll, a prominent citizen, is dead,
aged eighty-fOur years. He was United
States Minister to Prussia under President
Polk. =
ALBANY, August ga. H. Chapman.
travelling agent for johnson, Fry & Co,
booksellers of New York was found dead
in a creek at Amsterdam, under circum-
stances which give rise to the. suspicion
that he was murdered.
In game of base ball played to-day be-
tween the BaltimOres and Mutuals, the re-
suit was as follows: BaltimOrea 10; MU-
tuals 7,
BosroN, August 26.-At Canaan, New
Hampshire yesterday the wife of DR.. Asa
Wheat died from chlOrOform administered
by her husband before extracting teeth.
Wenther Report.
WAN DEPARTMENT.
Office Chief Signal Officer
Washington, August 26, 1872, 4.35 ?. M.
PROBABILITIES.
Clear weather generally continues Tues
day over the Southern States east of the
Mississippi. Areas of clouds and rain for
the Middle States, and especially over the
northern portion during tonight, followed
by winds veering to westerly and north
westerly, and clearing weather on Tuesday.
SOutheasterly to sOuthwesterly winds-
cloudy weather and areas of rain for New
England, the winds yeering to westerly
with clearing weather probably during
Tuesday. Rising barometer, winds veering
to westerly and nOrtherly, northwest of the
Ohio valley on Tuesday.
The afternoon telegraph reports from
Michigan and Dakota have not been re-
ceived.
River Intelligence,
SOUTHWEST PASS, August %, 6 p M.-Ba-
rometer 1913. Wind east-sOutheast, light.
Arrived-Barl Aurelia Brooks, master,
thirty-siK days from Boston with ice to
Crescent City Ice Company. No depart
ures.
vIcKsDURG, August 26-Down-Oua-
chita Belle at P. NJ. Up-BelIe st. Louis
at 10 A. M. Weather warm and clear.
River falling.
MEMPHIS, August 26-Weather generally
clear and hot. River about stationary
Departed-City OF Helena, for st. Louis.
Cincinnati.
CNCNEATI, August 26.-River eight feet
ten inches in the channel and falling.
EVANSVILLE, August 26.-Weather clear
and hot River stationary.
LOUISVILLE, August 26.-River falling,
with four feet ten inches in the canal.
The canal will be closed Wednesday even
ing.
CAIRO, August 26-Arriyed-J. M. Sharp,
Mcdonald, from New Orleans, at A. NJ;
Belle Vernon, from Cincinnati, at 9 A. NJ
Departed-J. S. Mcdonald, for Louisville,
at 10 A. NJ.
ST, LOUIS, August 26.-Arrived-CoIo-
radO, from Yicksburg, Weather clear and
hot. River falling.
PrTTsBURG, August Electromagnetic two
feet five inches and falling.