Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-04-11
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FLOODS In INDIANA AND ONTARIO.
Railroad Bridge at Waterloo Washed
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The Recent Lookup Of Money 10 be
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Additional Developments In the Bank
of England Forgery ~ 9
The Gas, Strikers fail to Garry their
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Important News from the Rio Grande,

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important News from the Rie Grande.
SAN ANTONIO, April 10.-Ao San Anto-
Mo letter states that seven regiments are
now on the Rio Grande, and Sheridan,
Belknap and other military officers are
there in constant consultation, leadingto
the belief that some important military
movements on foot. ai.. r.T 49,
sale Of North Carolina Railroad.
WILMINGTON, n. G., April 10.-The
Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford
Railroad was sold at publicauction to day
under a. decree of the Superior Court OF
New Hanover county, Edward Mathews,
holders being the purchaser, st 81, 1O0, 600.
PHILADELPHIA, April 10.-Mathew
Baird, senior member ofthe firm controlling
the Baldwin locomotive works has retired,
receiving 50 ,000, 900 for his interest in the
works. -.s s~ H. -r,.r D.. 'r.
A forger got one thousand dollars from
the Evansville National Bank and three
thousand from the First National Bank
at Evansville, Ind.
bill. -...... tt
CLEVELAND, O., April 10.-The Inter-
national Grand Lodge of knights of st.
Crispin convefies here on the 18th inst.
AuAccfdenfs by Rain and storms.
NEW YORK, April 1O.-A dam over the
Oswego river, near. Oswego, has been
swept away. Ii belonged to the State.
Loss, $50, 900. = ~ - Fs 7--
The heaviest rain that has fallen for
five years fell in Indiana to day. Three
and a quarter inches fell in forty eight
hours. st. Mary's river is over its banks.
The railroad bridge at Waterloo is washed
away. i9a7a'.7
A building nearly completed fell at Mid
dleton, Connecticut, burying fifteen per-
sons. Six of the dead are already found.
The dam at Rumscham pond, West
Milbury, Massachusetts, is swept away,
The low-lands are flooded. The loss is
heavy. Several houses were also washed
away.
Thomas Il. Sharp, by a unanimous vote
of the Board of Directors, has been elected
Master of Transportation of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad.
The Germans seeking employment at
the New York gas works were stopped by
the strikers. fH7'
Five of the crew of the bark Peter G.,
Warwicks, from Rio are at the New York
quarantine down with yellow fever. They
were Immediately taken to the west bank
hospital. One has since died.
p Horace Greeley's Life Insurance. 3 (
The insurance on Horace Greeley's life
was 100000, which has been collected.
The policy is the largest paid i'm the last
decade. -
1t is stated that the Grand Jury is inves-
tigating the course of several banks i'm the
recent lock up of money, with a view of
ascertaining their liability to Indictment
under the usury laws. The banks and
leading banking houses will be open to-
morrow, but the gold, stock aud produce
exchanges will be closed. - s.. so
The new city charter passed the State
Senate to-day 1t retains Comptroller
Greene in Office. ~ -.s-r.F *
The church of st. Mary, Forty-fifth
street, was robbed by burglars last night
of many valuable altar articles, but the
thieves failed to find the eommuning SER
vice plates. tsaEhs .s'B Foa
There has been no strike of the men at
Manhattan gas works to-day, as reported
leaders of the strike pretend that they
have information from the men at work
that there will be combined strike of all
the men in the city before the week is out.
Per contra meeting of the men now at
work to-day called on the superintendent
of Manhattan works and stated that no
strike was contemplated by them. There
was two arrests to-day of the strikers who
assaulted the men going to work this.
morning.
LATER.-By general consent the strike
of gas men is failure to-day. A number
of gas men from other cities have arrived
at the New York Cnmpany's works by
steamer and more Italians were relieved
from duty, to their great Joy. ...a,s'.
The gasometers are filling and before the
end of the week the officers say everything
will be going OH with old time regularity.
The police are still on guard and this
morning arrested two strikers for assault
ing workmen.
The strike in building trades last year
caused a decrease in building from the pre-
vious year of $6,0O0,00O. The present agi-
tation is believed will have its Injurious eff
fects on the current year.
bALTIAoRE, April Washington
Booth assumed Colleetorship of Customs
to-day.
TucKERTowN, n. T., April 1O.-The
ship Webster, with cargo of fertilizer
from Bull river, South CAROLINA for York,
is ashore and will be total loss.
KEY WEST, April 1O-The steamer
City of Dallas from New York for New
Orleans, is ashore on Sand Beach, fifteen
miles south of Jupiter light house. She
win probably get off. '
THAMEsvILLE, ONTARIO, April 10.-The
greatest flood known for fifty years
was was seen here to-day. 1t devastated
many villages, and farms were Inundated
In the principal street of this place the
water was four feet The post Office can
only be reached by boat.
IA RALEIGH, N. G, April 1o.-The State
authorities to-day, sued out writs of in
}Ifne,uon against a. S. Buford, President
III slie \ orth Carolina Railroad, and all en-
b.USees, preventing change of the gauge
i rUnn Greensboro to Charlotte, and the in
Junc'loh' was served. The gauge was to