New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-08
NrIsCELLANEOUs

Grant Men at Jacks0n-POwers 70
Grant-Mfssissfppi Democrats for Gree
Iey-Grant Ratification Meeting a
Observation-Disclosures Democrats fol-
GreeIey-SOuthern Pacific Railroad
Below the Level Of the Sea-S276.O OG
Suit Against the Blue Ridge Railroad
Company-Races at Philadelphia.
JACKSON, Miss. June 7.-Grant's nomina
ton was received last night with enthusi
asm by the cOlored element. The ratifca
ton meeting last night was composed
almost entirely Of eolored men. Governor
Powers denies the statement hat he will
Greeley, and says he will support Grant.
Lieutenant Governor Bennett supports
Greeley. and addressed q Liberal Repub-
Hcan club last night.
The Clarion newspaper of to-day asserts
that ninety-nine One-hundredths of the
Democrats and conservatives in Mississippi
VIII support Greeley.
DR.. Joseph Lemley, Esq, eZ-Seoretary of
State. died last night from an overdose Of
morphine administered by himself.
PHILADELPHIA, June THE meeting
last night ratifying the Republican nomin-
atoms was she largest ever held in Phila-
delphia. Congressman Bingham, of Ohio,
and Governor Sam Bard, of Tennessee,
Were the principal orators.
SAN Francisco, June THE Demo
cratic county committee indOrse the Gin
cinnati platform, but agree to await the
action OF the Baltimore convention.
The Salem county convention indorse
Greeley.
Surveys of the Southern Pacific railroad
establish the fact that the Colorado desert
is 300 feet below the sea level. The road
will then be below the level of the sea for
over fifty miles.
ALBANY, n. Y, June THE w~orkingmen
ono v,,uTnr hnpa IN InauuTpoNo IA Io1,o-1
for the eight-hour system.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, June General
Joseph A. Mayboy, of Knoxville, has sued,
in the State courts of Tennessee and South
Carolina. John A. Green, of New York.
Thomas Steers, Of Pennsylvania, and John
j. Patterson, Of South Carolina, constituting
the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, for
$4,000 and attached their property for
he payment Of the same.
PHiLADELPHIA, MAY THE race between
Goldsmith Maid and Lucy came OF this
afternoon, at Suffolk Park, and was wit
messed by thousands Of persons. Rain fell
during the last two heats. The time made
by the Maid was 2:22&, 2:22k, and 2:2242.
The horse Jay Gould was tr0tted out be-
tween the heats, and made 2:23lb.
Iowa CITY, Iowa, June IA tornado
passed south of here last night, uDrOOfng
and tearing down houses n barns, and
killing stock. Orchards and crops were
destroyed, but no person injured.
CANTON, Ill, June Tile most destrue-
tive rain storm which has occurred in many
years passed over this vicinity last night.
All the low lands in every direction have
been flooded. Great destruction of crops
is reported along the Illinois river bet
toms, everything being washed away, in
Guiding houses, barns and stock. North
east Of this city several houses were
swept off, the inmates barely escaping with
their lives. A large number of hogs and
other stock were drowned. One farmer re
ports 200 fat hogs gone. Southeast the losses
are still more extensive; fences, bridges,
cuIverts, Outbuildings, railroad tracks and
everything movable have been swept away.
Several narrow escapes from drowning are
reported. One invalid, who was compelled
to move out in the storm, died Of exposure
this morning. All the coal mines east and
south of here are flooded. In Spoon river
the damage ID reported as still greater, but
no particulars can be obtained, as all com
munication is severed.
The Toledo, Peoria and Western, and the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroads
are both badly damaged, bridges are gone
and the track has been washed away. The
damage to the crops is very heavy. All
rain on the lowlands has been washed
ut, but the higher prairie farms have not
uher6dso much. |
Later reports make the damage greater