, 1872-01-29

east Of the Alleghanies.
PuMRHEY's LANDING, Jan. 2S- The
Columbia is again blockaded with ice
steamer failed to reach the former place
yesterday. and there is no better pros
pect for one getting up or down to-day.
LONDON, Jan. 2S-The Liverpool
Chamber of Commerce have memorial
lied for a reduction of the tariff on CO.
BILE messages. +
News has been received of the wreck
of the African mail packet McGregor,
on her way from the Cape to England
off, the Guinea coast. The passengers
and crew were saved.
CoR1NNE, Utah, Jan. 23-The passen-
gers and baggage were yesterday trans
ferred from the blockade between Medi-
cine Bow and Laramie and arrived at
Ogden to-day. 80 @F y.
A heavy snow storm is prevailing
and cuts are fast filing up. The roads
are reported blocked between Laramie
and Cheyenne up to II o'clock. If the
storm keeps up. it will be several days
before the road can be opened for travel.
1t is blowing gale here, at 10 pm. n
CoRR1NE, Jan. 2O-Trains are all
blockaded between Miser and Lookout.
The passenger train bound east has
been lying at Medicine Bow since Z
o'clock this morning. Several of the
engines and large force of men are at
the blockade clearing the track. No
trains from the East have passed Medi-
cine Bow.
CoR1NNE, Jan. 21 "A Telegram from
Medicine Bow says: expect no
train before midnight. 1t is blowing
and drifting"
Another dispatch from Laramie says
the road is blockaded both sides of that
place, and that no trains can get through
only as they follow shovelers. The
snow is reported very deep. lfiiii'
NEW YonK, Jan. 22-A long letter re-
ceived here to-day says that English
men are much dissatisfied with the
statement of the American cases, as sub
mitted to the Geneva arbitrators. 1t is
stated that the English public, and pro
bably the Government, are startled by
the extent of the demands made, and
will contest every point contended fol
by the Americans.
CHICAGO. Jan 10.-The Academy Of
Music, an elegant theetre costing $45.-
900, complete in all its appointments,
the foundation stone of which was laid
only forty-two days ago. was opened to-
night by the Windham Comedy Troupe.
1t is situated on Halstead street neal
Madison, a mile west of the location OF
the nearest theatre before the fire. Mr..
Lawlor, the well known actor, is the
director of amusements.
The weather continues remarkably
mild and pleasant.
ST.. PAUL, Jan. 15-John Beever, who
separated from his wife year ago, and
has since threatened her life severa'
times, executed his threat at St. Cloud,
Minnesota, on Saturday night. He
went to the house drove the children
out and seized his wife by the hair,
dragged her into the back room and lit.
orally cut her head to pieces with q
hatchet. When arrested he made nc
resistance, and said that he had come
there to kill her, and had done it.
PoRr.Au-PR1NcE, Jan. PA Prussanl
man-of-war has arrived here and de.
mands a settlement of the German los
ses occasioned by the revolution. A
French man-of-war has also arrived and
demands settlement of the French
debt. The affairs of the country are
critical. and the Ministry has resigned
The United States frigate Congress is
expected here.
Chicago, Jan. 16-The ordinance
recently introduced in the City Council
extending the fire limits and prohibit
ing the erection of wooden buildings
has met great opposition, mainly among
the poorer classes of the North Division
together with few property hol lers
who fear that hevalue of property MAY
be deprecated by the proposed ordi
nance. Last night the ordinance was tt
be acted upon by the Council, and, in &C
cordance with prearranged programme,
crowd of 5000 or 1000 North -siders
mostly Germans, Irish and Scandina
vians, formed procession and marched
to the City Hall where the Council was
in session. They carried flags, banners
and transparencies with notices and de
vices, indicative of their determination
to resist the passage of the ordinance
in question, or failing in that to resis
its execution. The crowd was lee. BY
A. C. Hesing. editor of the Stats Zeit
ung, the leading German paper here
and by Alderman c arney. By thu
time they reached the City Hall they
had degenerated into an excited and
tumultuous mob, and had got entirely
beyond the control of their leaders. A