New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-14

West Virginia R0bber Killed-Seven.
teen Deaths Of Cholera in Memphis
Execution Of O'Neal in Atlanta, Ge0rs
ala. and Joe Duncan In Paris, Ken.
lucky - Fire in Lawrence. Kansas -
Burning Of the Steamer Mary NIcDon.
ald-Trial of the MOd0cs.
ST. LOUIS, June l3.-The Atlantic and
the Pacific railroad applies to the federal
court to restrain the Governor from selling
that road to satisfy State liens. This is
call upon the federal court to restrain the
State executive from enforcing State legis.
lation.
TIE cashier of the Marke. Street Savings
Bank has disappeared. A trifiug defalca-
ton has been discovered.
The steamer Mary Mcdonald was burned
at Gilham's landing. on the Missouri river,
while en- route for Kansas City to st. Louis.
The boat was owned by George and Henfy
Keith, of st. Louis, John H. Galloway. OF
Howell, Michigan. and Durfee and Peck, OF
LeavenswOrth. The boat is valued at
$2l. 600: insured for $4,000 in Cincinnati
and Wheeling.
PARIS, ky. June i..-Joe Duncan. COL
ored, was hanged here to-day for the mur-
der OF John Hawkins, also colored, in April,
1872. The scene Of the execution was half
was sprung, and he fell, but the rope being
too long he was taken up on the scatfold
and hung again-this time successfully.
A large crowd was present.
BRISTOL, June 12.-Arrived-Steamship
Lapland, from New York.
San FRANCISCO, June I3.-George Fisher,
Greek consul, is dead.
Two committees to arrange for celebrating
the fourth Of July have failed to COM
promise their differences, and have elected
separate grand marshals, and double cele-
brati0n will be the consequence. Much ILL
feeling is engendered on both sides.
The contemplated purchase from Hun
tingtOn & Hopkins Of their four-ffths in
terest in the control Of the Pacific railroad
by capitalists here has definitely failed.
BoYLE's CAMP, June 13.-The Modoc
commission con venes at Fort klamath.
It is thought that Bogus Charley Hooker
who aided in Captain Jacks capture. will
escape punishment as murderers.
4 Those not tried for murder will be for
warded to fort in San Francisco harboP.
General Ross. Of the Oregon volunteers,
denies that his men massacred the MOdOcs.
WHEELING. w. Va. June l3.-Wednes-
day morning party Of masked men broke
into the house Of John Jennings, chief of a
gang of robbers in Vetze! county. Mrs.
Jennings seized All axe 10 defend her hus-
band, when the party fired, killing Jen-
nings. They left written notice to the
other members Of the gang 70 leave the
| country.
MEMPHIS June :.-Hober: East. an Eng
| lishman, lately arrived from Eivira, Hi
| nois, while intoxicated, laid down on the
railroad track near Collierville. Tennessee,
| Wednesday. and was run over bJ tram
! and instantly killed.
! There were seventeen interments here TO-
| day, against nineteen yesterday.
LAWRENCE. Kansas. June ia tire
Wednesday night burned Bullens q Co.'S
store. Loss $4,000; insurance $4,000.
HUDSON, N. y. june 1.-The Columbia
| Bank has suspended. The depositors in
| cluded nearly every ono in town.
| BALTIMORE, June i3.-Nicholson and HoI-
lohan are 20 be hung in August.
| ATLANTA, Ga. June I3.-lsham 3. VNeal
was executed in the yard of Fulton county
Jail, at half past two O'Clock to-day, for the
murder of James Little. He died protest
! ing his innocence and without struggle
Life was extinct eight minutes after the
drop fell. The execution was private and
was Witnessed by only few persons.
A man named Henderson, living IN ~
Kalb county, while trying to Srighted the
| tenant on his brother's farm, was shot and
killed by his brother. The brother 10 fssna'
with grief
BosTos, June lain the United stste'