Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-07-25
Political Notes,

convention
terday unanimously renominated Gov. Smith
BY reclamation, and reafirmed the platform of
leIO, with an additional resolution recognizing
the exlgencies OF the times which suggested and
secured the nomination at Baltimore of Greeley
and Brown. The liberal republican convention
OF the same state agreed to support the demo-
cratic Greeley electoral ticket.
The democratic central committee of Indiana
last night nominated John X. Crayens liberal
republican, OF Madison. for lieutenant COVER
nor, In place OF w. G. Depauw, democrat
The democrats and liberal republicans of La
porte, Indiana, yesterday nominated DIR. j. A.
Hendricks, of South Bend, for Congress.
The Troy Press advocates the nomination of
Clarkson n. Potter for governor of New York
by the democrats OF that state.
senator Sumner emphatically denies that he
has written letter to Gardner Brewer respect.
ing his intention to support Greeley.
Gen. s. T. Hersey will probably receive the
repuoncan nomination for Congress in the 4th
district Of Maine, now that Mr.. Peters has with
drawn.
Judge David Davis, of the United States Sn-
preme Court, while taking no active part in the
pending political contest. is, ne vertheless very
rank ana unreseryed in the expression of the
opinion that the election Of Greeley would be
detrimental to the business interests of the coun-
try. For this reason he prefers Grant.
Governor Noyes, of Ohio, has accepted the
invitation of the republican committee OF VI aine
to participate in the canvass in that state.
Senator Wilson and Frederick Douglass spoke
IN richmond last night at the Grant and Wilson
The democratic conservative state central
committee OF Maryland yesterday issued a call
Tor state convention, to assemble at Baltimore
on the 18th OF September, to nominate electors
Tor President and Vice President.
ERIE RAILROAD Shops DESTROYED ny
fIRE-TUo FireneR kiileG-A fire in Jersey
city last night destroyed the carpenter, machine
repair. blacksmith and paint shops of the Erie
railroad company. In the repair shops were
thirty three locomotives, abcut a half dozen
almost new. Most or them were freight engines
but there were several fine express locomotives
in the shop. The machine and blacksmith shops
we're full of costly machinery, boilers, trip
hammers, furnaces, &c. One Of the trip-hana-
mers alone cost $4,000 within a MONTH Tie
buildings also contained copper, tin, and
wooden patterns, and full supply of the best
tools for railway purposes. The shops were of
brick, two stories high, with slate roofs and
were only completed eight months ago, at q cost
OF about $4,000. Some work men state that the
ire was occasioned by fires left unbanked in the
blacksmith shop when the men left at O'Clock
Another account says barrel of Oil exploded.
Still another account locates il in the Carpenter
hop, where the evidences were first discovered
over I'VE hundred workmen are thrown ont of
employmept. Two fremen were struck by fall
ING walls; one, James McCarty, was killed, and
the other badly injured. All the books and
papers In the shops we're destroyed. McCarty,
Who was killed, was engineer of one of the
steamers, and was crushed by falling walls while
at his post.