The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-07-27
GENERAL NEWS.
LARGE FIRE IN NORFOLK, VA
Loss BY BALTIMORE RlER ESTIMATED At 100000

NoRroLK, VA, July 20.--About |
O'clock this Il. m, u fire broke out In Il
bnIldiup ON the west side of market
SQUARE, occupied by lloilneimer " Coz
hnot and shoe dealers OWING to inc
bursting of Il water main the day be-
GTe. and the limited resources OF the
fire department, the fire gradually cX-
tended on the north side rs far as
Richer " Co.'s dug store on Main
stree, destroying or damaging six or
oight buildings. The total loss Is cstl-
mated ut Sl50,0OO, partly insured.
The fire rocket signals were sent up,
mud brought tnrce engines from Ports
mouth and one from the Navy YARD,
which rendered great service,
LOUISVILLE, July 26.--A farmer nv
inc near Mount Ncrdon, attempted TO
wreck the eastward bound train OH the
Ohio aud Mississippi Railroad. The
sharks from the engines, he said,
harmed his fences. He was put in jail.
CtNClNNATI, July 2d.-Stephen Mo-
litar one Of the Oldest and most highly
esteemed German citizens, founder OF
fhe Nolks Blatt, and for Il time con-
nttItN Will lliN ANNN . YIN ''t''"'' ~
tung, died tonight, aged %.
BALTIMORE, July W.--Losses: Cen
tral Presbyterian Church, $4,000; in
surauce, 100000. Sisters Of Notre
Dame and ST. Alphonsus, loss $50, 900;
insured. The flIe stopped at Central
Garden lager beer saloon, on Saratoga
street. The building occupied by the
Rcdemplionist Fathers was Hooded.
The English Lutheran church and par
sonage, with its valuable library, was
burned. The University Of Maryland
and MARYLAND Academy Of Arts were
partially burned; the former was
Hooded. The museum attached to the
Academy is unharmed; most OF the
pictures were removed. Insurance
people think 5000, 900 will cover the
loss. The disasters, they claim, will
not affect the solvency of the insurance
companies. No lives lost; sixty fami-
lies, however, are rendered houseless.
The Sun this morning estimates the
loss by the fire yesterday Mt S5O0,000,
and says that good judges climate the
damage at between 500, 0Oo ana SpVo,-
900. The Gazette estimates the loss at
from $500, 900 to 100000. The Ameri-
can saws the loss will closely approx
mate u million.
Boston dispatches represent that the
anti-Butler movement III the Republic
can party is formidable, threatening
his prospects either for nomination or
election.
Della COrcoran, ay0ung irish woman,
is reported outraged and murdered ana
thrown iato the river by negroes, in
New Jersey, opposite 1ohkers, SUNDAY
Three arrests have been made.
KANSAS CITY, July 26.-Ihe legal
complications which caused the slls-
pension of work. on the Kansas City,
Memphis and Mobile Railroad, have
been settled. Work will he resumed
next Monday, and be pushed forward
rapidly.
81. LOUIS, July 2d.--The adjourned
meeting of railroad managers, super'n-
tendents, ticket and passenger agents,
to confer on the question of commits
sions. free passes, etc, was held here,
Yesterday. After considerable discus
sion, resolutions were adopted deciar-
ing that no more free passes or hali
fare tickets shall be issued after the LIST
of August next, except to officers,
agents and employees of roads. Twen-
ty-one roads were represented, TWO
thirds of which are west of the MIS-
souri, river. "
The police of this city, from facts
which have come to their knowledge
believe that the robbers of the Iowa
railroad train are the same gang that
robbed the bank in st. Geneyievei, Mo,
last May, the Russellvlllc, KY bank
two years ago, the Gallatin bank OF
this State, and have committed sew
eral other bold robberies; Their rem
dezyous ia said TO he Jackson county,
Mo-, and their homes are scattered
through Jackson county. The names
are Jesse and Frank James, Bill Shep-
herd, Cole, Younger and Mulroy.
Their families are said to cultivate
small farms in the county named, ana
their houses are surrounded by those OF
relatives and friends, who would not
themselves commit crime, but would
shield these robbers TO the last.
WHEELING, July D.-Two cholera
deaths, and it is feared other cases VIII
prove fatal.