Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-11-20
HARVARD UNIVERSITY LOSES HALF
MILLION.
EpizOOtiC Fearful at Louisville and
Cincinnati.
Insurance Companies Uneasy AbOut
Receivers.
The EpizOOtic Among the Chickens,
Geese and Turkeys.
Trouble in Organizing the Alabama
Legislature.
North Carolina Bond Holders Want
Legislation.
The HipporhinOrrhea in the South.
HON E NEWS.

HUME NE W..
Boston, Nov. 16.-The Harvard College |
suffered over half million dollars. 1t will |
cost one hundred thousand dollars to re- |
built. The College has one hundred thou |
sand good insurance from quarter of II
for which it was insured. presi-
dent Elliott says the permanent loss is two
thousand and for this we must
beg.
The latest and lowest estimates of Insu-
rance losses by the Boston fire, gives the
total amount rs S4S, 49,, 800, distributed in
the Companies in the following States:
Massachusetts,, S29, 900 Connecticut,
$3.50, 500; New York, $3.50 600; Maine,
$40 900; Rhode Islands, 100000 Califor-
MIA, $4,000; Illinois, $4,000 Missouri,
S25 900 Minnesota, $780, New Jersey,
ST., 800; Ohio, $50, 800; Pennsylvania, So
nc 800; Wisconsin, $4,000. Foreign COM
panies, 81, 100000.
Wool dealers, it is said, are fully covered
10y insurance.
A large number of bales are being re-
covered from the ruins. The outsdes are
burnt black, but the insides are good. 1t
is believed that direct and indirect losses
will not exceed forty million dollars after
the insurance is liquidated.
The friends of Woodruff and Clattin
met last night to raise SIS, 600, which it
was sllepeu WOulu SeCuIO luelI lDtIuJlOll.
After brilliant speeches the hat was passed
around, receiving nine dollars and fifty
cents. A committee was appointed to
procure further subscriptions.
CCTrALO, Nov. l6.-ThGrc Is two feet Of
snow here. Passenger trains We're 10 or II
hours behind. -
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 1G.-Everything re-
quiring horses and mules have been
stopped. The citizens have organized a
haulmen's company in case of fire.
The Presbytery rendered n verdict of
guilty against Rev. DR.. Gilbert II. Robert
son, on the charges of drunkenness, las
civOusness and falsehood and sentenced
him to be deposed from the ministry and
suspended from the privileges Of the
church, unless he shows repentance fitting
him for membership.
CINCINNATI, Nov. lG.-The horse dis
ease is rampant and the fall fair has been
postponed in consequence.
ATLANTA, GA, Nov. 1.-THE horse
malady is here. Thirty cases in one livery
stable, Many private cases. The type
seems mild
WILMINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE malady
has spread to an alarming extent. No ia
tai results reported. Carriage and drayage
has advanced two to four hundred per cent.
The two principal livery stables have
closed.
LITTLE Rock, Nov. 16,-The official and
unofficial returns from every county elect
Baxter, Republican, by small majority.
The other State officers, with the Con-
gresham at large supposed to be elected,
are Democrats.
BALTIMORE, Nov. lG.-Ata meeting Of
the bondholders of the State of North
Carolina in this city this morning it was
resolved TO memorable the Legislature of
| North Carolina to adopt some plan in re-
gard to the liquidation of said bonds, and
with this view to fund the bonds of the
State by issuing bonds, having thirty years
to run with per cent. interest for the first
five years. per cent. for the next five years;
) per cent for the next five years, and g
per cent. thereafter until maturity. The
bondholders of North Carolina in New
York, Philadelphia and elsewhere, are re-
Quested To cooperate with the Baltimore
movement or adopt some plan to mcmOri-
alizc the North Carolina Legislature on the
subject.
New YORK, Nov. 1.-THE ITcralUs
special, from Raleigh the sixteenth, says
the charge against Mrs, Smith and Mrs.
Mann, wife and daughter of Rev. DR.. j.
BrintOn Smith, of pOisining him to death
has been dismissed by Judge Watts, there
not being the slightest evidence against
them.
The insurance circles are excited over
rumors that the judges lOf the adjoining
counties are ready To appoint receivers up
on exparte testimony.
The chickens along the Hudson river
are dying by hundreds. Turkeys, geese
and ducks show signs of the malady.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nov lS.-The
Conservative members of the Legislature
organized in the Capitol under the former
presiding officers A Representatives and
Is Senators.
Republicans organized 81 strong in
the United States Court room. Several
members have been arrested and trouble
was anticipated. New developments are
expected tomorrow.
CLEVELAND, Nov. l6.-The trapeze per-
former, Henry Maynard was shot dead by
a courtezan, she Ginning that it was an
accident.