New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-13
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- Sa-n1ertcst Hal, to the cotton growers
Who exRibited Gotten at the st. Louis lalF
Ghont one thousand persons representing
+he common interest Of the South, aIu
commercial interests of st. Louis anu JIG
West were present. o,ooo- r.u. 4,o
A sWeepstake premium o. SlVVo IT -
best bale oflong or short staPie c9SSon Us
awarded to j. g. Yeizer' Oh fof' l4' " f'l''''
= t GI PgR pP ND October 12.-The Catholic
ero4ai 8betinence Union of America has
qIocted tbe following officers: President
Raw, James McDevitt, Washlngton wee
nrasident. Robert Wilson, New YORK; sec
Tetary, 4. j. O'Duserett, Washington;
treasured, Thomas E. No0nan, Pr0yidence
serreant-at-arms, j. D. Hawley, Phnadel-
The convention adjourned to meeVin New
Iausv1r1E. October l2.-An unfinished
building tell, crushing an adjoining house
A father, mother, a girl, aged SIX years, ana
4 baby. were killed at their supper-table
Two others died of injuries. j. Z. Webbs
printing office was crushed.
ST., I0UIs, October PA vigilance com
mittee Of Lafayette county killed two horse
Fifteen business houses at White Hall,
Illinois, burned.
san FRANcIsco October 12.-Tlre board
of supervisorg having failed to override the
Tnavor,s veto. the order favorng the sub
sidv Of $2,500O00 to the Central Pacific
railroad is dead and can't be revived.
BAEGoR. Me, October 12.-Schwartz's
block ID burned Insurance $88.0O0; loss
very heavy. Falling walls killed one per
son and hurt several.
AMHERST, Nova Scotia, October 12.-The
stores Of Douglas a. Harper, William
Greenfield, ard two stores of B. Douglas &
Co, were burned last night with fully half
of their contents The losses will probably
reach 100000.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 1.-THE bark
Florence has returned from the Artic ocean,
daden with oil and bone saved from the
ships abandoned last year The Florence
left the whaling grounds on the fifth OF Sep
fember. The captain reports that the BARK
Helen Snow was abandoned August ~.
The Roscoe was crushed by ice on
the nineteenth, and is total loss. The
Sea Breeze was lost August % off Point
Barrow Nothing has yet been heard from
the crews
.BAI1TnaoRE. October 12.-In game of
base base ball between the BostOns and
Baliimores the former defeated the latter
DIV score of 9 to g. The game was called
on the sixth inning, on account OF darkness.
Weather cold. Slim attendance.
san FRANCISCO, October 12.-At quarter
past four O'Clock this morning two shocks
Of an earthquake, Of several seconds dura-
ton, were felt here. The oscillations were
from east to west. No damage was done.
ALBANY, N. ", October l2.-By an acct
dent on the Albany and Susquehanna rail-
road to-day, Frank Ames, engineer, was
seriously scalded. It is thought his sight is
destroyed Albert JerrOlmon, fireman. was
also severely hurt. Three cars were thrown
off the track with the engine, and three
brakesmen wereaslightly hurt.
PTrTsBURG, October ll.-Wiley's foundry
and the hollowware foundry of Allegheny
City were burned. Loss $2O0, 0QO.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, October THE
sugar crop this year promises to be album
dant. -.
WAR DEPARTMENT
Office Chief Signal Officer, ;
Washington October II, 1872, 4i35 P. N.
PROBABILITIES.
The barometer will probably rise on the
lakes by Sunday with northerly to west
erly winds and clearing weather; but oc
casional light rains on theL0wer Lakes, and
thence over the Middle and Eastern States.
Falling barometer, brisk southerly to west
erlv winds, with threatening weather and
occasional rain belts extend1ng to West
Virginia and the Ohio Valley, In the North
west and Upper Mississippi valley noftherly
to westerly winds, increasing pressure,
cooler and partly cloudy weather. In the
South Atlantic and Gulf States light north
erlv to easterly winds and generally
clear weather, unless with cloudlneSs on
the Gulf coast. Winds possibly veering to
southerly on the South Atlantic. No re-
ports were received from the far North
west.
SOUTHWEST PASS October H. s p M
Barometer 30. Wind north, light. Ar
rived-Schooner Lilly of the Valley, Leitch
master, six days from Ruatan Island, with
fruit, ID Macheca & Oteri. No departures.
MEMPHIS, October 12-Weather clear
and pleasant. River falling slowly. De
parted last night-La Belle, for New Or
leans: Charles Bodmann, for st. Louis; An
drew Ackiey. for Red river. To=day-City
of Augusta, for White river; Dafdaneiles,
for Arkansas river.
VIoksBURG, October l2.-No boats passed
down to-day Passed up-City of Quincy
at A. NJ, Frank PargOud at 10 A. NJ, and
Capitol City at 10 A. NJ, Weather clear
and cool. River falling
PrrTsBuRG, October 12.-River three
feet two inches in the channel and fall
inc. Weather cloudy and cool.
EVANSVILLE, October l2-Weather cloudy
and cool The river has risen one inch in
the past twenty -four hours.
CAIRox October -Arrived-Shannon,
from New Orleans, at ?. NJ. Departed
Julia, tor yicksburg, last night; Mary
Lowry, for New Orleans, at II A. NJ.
LOUISVILLE, October l2.-RiVer station
ary, ten inches in the chute and two feet on
Portland bar. 4
CTNCINNATI, October 12-River three feet
an the channel and falling, Weather cloudy
aand cold.
ST.. LOUIS, October .l2.-Arrived-NI
Moore, from New Orleans River falling.
5eather clear and pleasant