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HEAVY BUSINESS FAILURE IN LOUIS
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CHIcAGo. Aug. 15.-Blanton Duncan
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IihoI nublished on the 10th instant.
NEEv YORK, Aug. 15.-There was a ter
rife storm here from midnight till day.
light. which extended throughout the
State. Trains were delayed.
The North German brig Jno. Friedrich
from Savannah bound for Stettin, put in
here in distress, having lost six men by
Yellow fever. The British ship Cathedral
from Pensacola for Liverpool, put in in a
leaking condition, with feet of water in
the hold.
The German bark, John Frederick,
which arrived here last night, left this
morning for Steittin, with nine of the
crew sick with yellow fever, of whom six
died prior to August 7th, since which time
the vessel has been drifting along the coast
from Hatteras with one seaman and the
cook sick with the yellow fever. She was
fallen in with off Sandy Hook yesterday
by pilot boat and towed into the lower
quarantine. Her passage has been one OF
horror.
1t is stated that Mace arrived here this
morning and that O'Baldwin is in Phila-
deIphia. There is no prospect for fight.
A terrific thunder storm occurred last
night the rain falling heavily from mid
y
terday afternoon in the interior of the
State was very heavy. At Oswego the
stream was raised by the rain so high that
the railroad bridge is deemed unsafe, and
the trains have stopped running.
The brig Liberty Dereveau arrived last
night from Manzaville, having lost one
man on the voyage There are sick on
board, but the captain and crew deny them
having the yellow fever The. hospital
doctor here, however, has no doubt but
that the sickness is yellow fever.
Twenty-three cases of sun stroke occur
red in this city yesterday, five of which
were fatal. Seven cases occurred in Brook
lyn.
The Sun says M. Magerga, agent of Gu
ba, states that the report of a Cuban fill
buS.ering expedition being formed in Can
ada is false.
The heat to-day is again excessive, but
the weather is cooler by or degrees than
Yesterday. The thermometer indoors to-
day stood at 50 degrees; outdoors, in the
shade, SO degrees.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. I'D. C.. w.
WOrceom, a native of South Carolina and
California pioneer, committed suicide at
Stockton yesterday, T.BF
CHICAGO, Aug. ia dispatch from
Dakota states that he.track-laying on the
the rate of three miles per day, and the
train will reach the Missouri River in Oc-
tober. The line is now being located along
the Yellow Stone in Montana. There is no
opposition from Indians on any part of the
route
LOUISVILLE, KY, August 4.-To, day an
enormous business failure was developed
here, involving one of the most prominent
business men in the city, Robert Atwood,
leading Insurance Agent and a member
of the pork packing firm. He has been
heavily speculating in cotton and stocks,
and had become involved to the extent of
from quarter to a half million dollars.
He left on the Indianapolis train this af-
ternoon, butwas arrested by telegraph at
Seymour, Indiana, and brought back at II
o'clock, tonight, and bailed in $4,000 to
appear at the police court tomorrow. 1t
Is charged that he has obtained large
amounts from banks on fraudulent drafts,
and on paper to which he forged the name
Of DIR. Lewis Rogers, his father-in-law, and
other prominent persons and business
men. Nearly every bank in the city is a
loser Atwood was most highly connect
ed and the affair is creating a profound
sensation in this CITY,