Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1873-10-15

A car-house at Boston, with five pas
senger cars, and stable at Goffstown
N. H, with seventeen blood horses
were destroyed by fire.
A misunderstanding has arisen be
tween Austria and Turkey in regard tt
the course of the former toward Servis
and Bosnia.
The insurgent vessels at Cartagens
went ont to attack the government
fleet but, finding it prepared, they re-
tired Contreras is accused of coward
ice by the insurgents.
The foreign delegates to the Evan
gelical Alliance visited Washington and
were welcomed by DR.. Sunderland, DIR.
Tiffany, Governor Shepherd and Presi-
dent Grant.
The Japanese press has become bold
enough to haul his sacred majesty the
emperor over the Goals. He is accused
of doing too much loafng and neglect
ing to invoke the gods for the much
needed rains, as was the custom of his
ancestors.
The Hon. William Williams, of
the Tenth congressional district of In
diana, excuses his pocketing the back
pay grab on the ground that it cost him
from three hundred dollars to five hun
bred dollars to bride each editor in his
district to support his nomination and
election.
The postmaster general of Madras,
India, has very mean estimation OF
linguistic talent. He advertises for a
clerk who can read, write and speak
English, Hindustani, Arabic, Bohra,
Gazerati and Mahratti, and all for four
teen dollars month.
Some young English noblemen have
sense. One who arrived here short
time ago, en- route to Niagara Falls to
shoot buffalo, was advised to try his
hand at The Modocs. "Ah, no." said
he. ''I don't like game that--hah--
shoot back, you know"
The "wild man" OF Southern Cali
fornia, of which SO many accounts have
been published, has been captured, and
proves to be species of non-descript
very like bear, although it entirely
lacks arms and forelegs, and walks up
right like man. Probably it is de-
formed bear.
The state of some portions of Louisi-
ana is deplorable in the extreme. They
are afflicted at once by yellow fever,
horse thieves and vigilance committees
"a complication of disorders which
calls for very thorough purgative of
the body polite.
Amos Hunnewell made q two hun
dred and five dollars run on an Atchi-
son (Kansas) bank, and took the money
home with him. His hired man woke
up in the night, helped himself to
those greenbacks and his whereabouts
now anxiously inquired.
David Ross, brakeman in the en-
ploy of the Pennsylvania railroad, fell
from his train early yesterday morning
while crossing the Haokensack mea-
dows, and received injuries from which
he died in few hours. He was mar
ried and resided in Philadelphia.
The coroner's jury in the case of Ed.
win English, who shot himself in the
county clerks office at Paterson on
Monday, brought in verdict of suicide
last evening, assigning no cause there
for. Miss Eta Ford, the young lady to
whom he had been attached, testified
that she had, by direction of her
parents, dismissed him on Sunday night,
and that he then threatened to shoot
himself. The body of the deceased was
forwarded to Alexandria, Va, this
morning.
A dispatch from Milford, Hunterdon
county, states that about three o'clock
yesterday afternoon, fire, caused by a
spark from locomotive, broke out in
that village, and before it could be got
under control the telegraph office, rail-
road station, q lumber yard, five dwell
lighthouses, and nine barns were de-
stroyed. A hand-engine and one steam
er were forwarded on a special train
from Lambertville, and Frenchtown also
sent hand-engine to aid in extinguish-
ing the flames. After great efforts the
fire was extinguished, but at six o'clock
in the evening the flames burst forth
anew, but were subdued. The loss is at
least fifty thousand dollars.
A serious ARRAY occurred in the sa-
loon of George Rookie, well-known
pugilist, at No. 25 Bridge street, New
ark, about half-past one yesterday morn.
ing. Richard Bradshaw, who had been
out parading with his company in the
morning, James Group and James Tur-
ner called at Rockies saloon for drink.
After being refused they were finally lei
in, when Rookie and Bradshaw renewed
an old quarrel, when it is alleged that
Bradshaw attempted to hit Rookie with
his saber. Rookie took the saber out Of
his hands and cut Bradshaw severe
cash in the head and on the arm. The
wounded man was taken to st. Michael's
hospital, where he still lies in very
critical condition. The other men, in.
Guiding Rookie, gave themselves up tt
the police.