New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-05-29

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tional troops are concentrating " ~''"eH
him before he reaches there.
MISCELLANEOUS.
.vr;cuIturai Congress at Indiana
.noI;.-A Memphis Merchant Arrested
far Attempted Arson-Exfensivs Fire at
Walden. tIissiseippi-Bank Robbery at
s:.neyieye. Internationally in Pure
.uit q Captain Jack-Vermone tpiacos
noI Conventional Philadelphia Adore
man Convicted Of Exsortion, fined.
npd Sent 10 Prison The Baltimore
Race.-Freshete in {<apsas-Ra.IrDad
Grant Forfeited.
lawrence. Kansas, May .s.~The exces.
siye rams al over Kansas have raised the
streams to ticod heigLth. The Kansas 'lver
Is hghe. than j: aas been tor the pas: tive
years. a.. NJ
burn proclaims that :Le Milwaukee and s..
Paul Railroad Company have forfeited the
st. Croix land grant.
HosroN. Nav .e-fsaa: Ba,a'd, negro
barkeeper, had dispute with Two men
about raging for drinks. which LIE set'leG
by shooting both his customers bayai0
Iaa arresred. His VICTIMS are !l the hos.
pital.
C1sc1sS.7r. May ia FIRE occurred at
fayiisle Kentucky. Loss 100000.
RUgLISGToN, W. May -c.-lhe Eplscc-
bal convention. by vote, divided me State
'" CAMDEN. Me. May .s-The verde: Of
che coroner's jury 10 the caseSof DR.. Baker
is that he cane TO his death by a pisto. eco:
in the hands OF Lucy Ann M1nK.
PHILADELPHIA, May g. Grea: tohster-
nation was caused among the aldermen py
IN. conviction of one Of their lumoes Vi
extortirg illegal fees. lie Was sentenced
10 nav fine Of 500 and eut1er :pprlsou'
luent for nine month";. -,
Two drunkaIds confined IN cell .oge.hef
ouarrelled, and one cut the other throat
resulting fatally. The victim was sixty
years OF age.
RALEIGH, May .s.-Two negrces who
were sentenced to be hung on the thirtleth
instant. for the murder OF WHITE man.
have been respited to the sixth OF June.
The Governor has under consideration q
netjtion 70 commute their sentence 20 !u'
prisonment for life. -,
BALTIMORE, May es.-Ihe assembly will
not send delegates 20 the Worlds Evan.
yelical Assembly commencing on The SECOND
Of October at New York.
Second day If the spring meeting OF :he
Maryland Club.
Purse $500. -Four started.
Collins. ;
L0cnel. .........''...''.'
John Preston. ''.''''.'''''''''
TiMe-2:43s4.
Seeoa1 Racc.-Chesapeake stakes for I'll.
lies three years old. One and a quarter
miles: $50 entrance, p. p. Club adds So0t;
500 goes to second horse. Three started.
Satire ......''''''''''''''
Time-2:l5k.
Third Rcee.-Purse $500. Mile heats. ali
ages, best three in FIVE: 5000 to first horse
and $500 to the second. Three started.
Jury. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." s,ie
"'Ae Timne-i:4sA: I:4jla; l:47l4.
Fourth Race-Purse 5000. Dash OF two
and a half miles TOR all agea SyU0 10 the
first horse. 500 to the secondi
Village Blacksmith. ..................".i
Time-4:54.
ST. Louis. May 2s.-J. 3. Lemons. while
changing cars at DuQutin, Illinois. early
this morning, was knocked down AID
robbed Of $1,000.
The bank az Genevieve. Missouri. was
robbed of $500 by two men. who entered
the bank, overpowered the cashier, forced
him to open the safe and afterward accom-.
pany them to the outskirts OF the town. A
party Of armed Meu have gone u pursuit OF
the robbers.
SAN FRASCiscc. May .s.-CoMpany F.
First Cavalry, will leave tor. Pitt river
country to intercept Captain Jack, if pos.
sible; also to ascertain, IS possible. the
temper of the Pitt river Indians. The
Warm Spring Indians will 60 with the
cavalry.
A Modoc warrior with his squaw and four
children surrendered on the twenty seventh
instant.
w. 6. Coleman has been elected president
Of the Chamber of Commerce.
The Jail is crowded with Chinese lodging"
house keepers convicted Of violating the
law against sleeping regulations. They sui
fer Imprisonment rather than pay fines.
iNDIANApoL!s, May 2s.-The National
Agricultural Congress met here this morn.
ing. Over $50 delegates reported, repre-
senting twenty -four States, and accessions
were made by the arriving trains IN the
afternoon. Brief addresses OF welcome were
made by Governor Hendricks, Mayor
Mitchell and Hon. John Sullivan, president
Of the State Board of Agriculture, which
were responded to by General jackson, OF
Tennessee, who gave brief history OF the
organization ard it's aims.
Standing committees were announced,
and humber Of resolutions presented and
referred Business will begin tomorrow,
that an interesting discussion may be ex-
pected.
MEMPHIS, May 2s.-Sam. Goldberg, a
clothing merchant at No. 4Gt Main street,
was arrested last night for attempting to
burn his store and obtain the insurance.
He was committed 70 Jail this afternoon
without bail.
The 4 ro!anehe's Walden, Mississippi, spe-
cial says fire broke ont at one o'clock this
aOnrpipp in Rl9ckman's saloon. which,
spreading rapidly, destroyed the two
squares from the Postottoe to the Masonic
Hall The following are the losses as far
as ascertained X. s. Werr, $4,000; j. J.
Martin, $1,000; H. e. Blackman, e2500 Kop-
perl & Hawkins, $4,000; NJ. j. Gorden.
$4,000; s. c. Bains, $4,000; S. L. Sproles,
$4,000; two store owners. names unknown,
$1,000; R. R;oo1 $. Allen, $500; F. s.
lows Lodge, $1,000; A. J. Sanderson,
$500; Litchenstein & Meyers. $4,000;
and j. A. Mecklin, $4,000; F. S. Heard,
$4,000; total, $l02, 200. Insurance $42, 600,
mostly in New Orleans Teutonia, 5000:
Great Western Mutual, $4,000; American
Mutual Association, $4,000; Liverpool and
London and Globe, $4,000: the Others are
unknown.
The fire is supposed TO have been the
work of an incendiary, and spread SO rapid
" that few goods could be saved. The
mail in the postoffce was all lost.
Weather Repovs.
WAR DKPAR9sHss,
Office Chief Signal Ofhcer, :
Wellington, May 28. 1878. s:3s p. NJ
PROBABILITIES.
For the Gulf and South Atlantic States and Ten.
nessee, southeast winds, rising temperature
west Gulf States. For the Middle States and lower
lakes, south, west and northwest winds, generally