The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-07

fertilizer manufacturing company as
ngSSance
NEw YcRK, August Christine dinner
aged twelve, OF. iiscuarE. has been arrested OF
the charge Of killing Edward LaWly, aged
four years, by wilfuIly throwing him dow
stairs
NEW YoRK, August Sixteen prisoner
are still in the Tombs, charged with Aomi
eide.
Numerous families have been reduced Is
poverty by the recent Long Island fires, anO
one family have been forced TO the poor
house.
The police are after the concOctOrs of 4
circular signed Wright, Robinson s. Co.,
elsiming exclusive knowledge of what horse
will w in the Forthcoming foreign races,
and offering to send it from their Office,
No. 500 Broadway, on receipt Of ten dollars.
No such firm was found there.
English steamer Exeby, drawing twenty
one feet of water, struck a sunl1en rock al
the foot of Nineteenth street, East river,
yesterday, and stove hole in her bow.
She was being put into the dock with great
difficulty The rock was unknown to the
marines.
Mail advices from Cuba state very severe
engagement had taken place at Baruones,
nine leagues from MansealiiO. The Spanish
loss was severe; thirty-seven were wounded
and taken to Manseallio and thirty-five
more severely wounded were left at Regueta.
The Spaniards very very reticent.
Three sunstrOkes occurred here yesterday.
NEW YORK, August olive tank boats
filled with oil mOOred to the dock of ROch-
fellows oil works, at Hunters Point, Long
Island, were exploded this evening and set
fire TO several barrels and tanks of oil in
their yard The fire spread almost in
stantly, and enveloped some three squares
occupied by the oil works.
New YORK, August 5.-Tiie captain and
part of the crew Of me schooner Nellie j.
Densmore haze died, while in quarantine,
of yellow fever The captains wife died
of tn same disease on the voyage from
Havana.
One thousand emigrants arrived yester
day.
Another Disastrous Fire.
PORTLAND, OREGON, August "A fire
broke out at o'clock this morning. Twelve
blocks are now in flames, and still spread
ing. The fire departments of Vancouver
Oregon City and Salem are on their way
here. The water supply is failing. The
fire commenced near the Metropolitan Hotel.
Nearly all the city bounded by Yamhil
street on the north, Second street on the
west, Columbia street on the south and the
river on the east, is in flames.
PORTLAND, OREGON, August "a disast
rods fire commenced at 4 30 yesterday morn
ing, and spread over block before the
steam fire engines was applied. Soon after
the fire broke out the wind raised and spread
the fire in all directions, so that when the
Salem fire department arrived, seven blocks
had been consumed, they stopped further
progress of the fire. The fire was half q
mile long and quarter of mile wide.
AS fast as it was suppressed at one place il
broke out in another, and the flames only
ceased for want of material Two engine
houses, two sash factories, three foundries,
four mills, five hotels, one hundred stores
and two hundred and fifty dwellings were
destroyed. One hundred ard fifty homeless
families are now encamped in the fields.
The loss is estimated at 81, 500. 0e0, on
which was insurance 10 the amount of
5000, 600. Foreign companies lose heavily.
The Imperial, of London, $50, 900; London,
Liverpool and Globe, $40, 900. About $50,
600 was lost by removing goods. Many
folks who were considered rich yesterday
are now poor. The fire was first discI,ered
by the captain of a river steamer, who
sounded the alarm. Everything was dry
and burned like finder, and man. things
burned during their removal.
During the fire the proprietor Of Walkers
factory offered $1,000 for streala of water
from an engine for ten minutes. Churches
have been converted into dwelling houses,
and the common council have Issued food
60, Ios e.,
aid for the sufferers from other cities
Prize Fight I'm New York.
New YORK, August 3.-The prize fight
between Siddons and Chambers came of
this morning near Prospect Park Fair
Grounds, Brooklyn, which resulted in Sid.
dons's defeat, after forty-seven rounds, oc-
cupying nearly an hour. 1t is said Siddons
was not in good fighting condition. He
was punished severely by Chambers, who
displayed much the most skill throughout
the fight. Finally Siddons was knocked
out of time, and his seconds threw up the
sponge. The affair was kept very quiet,
and was only witnessed by a few New York
and Brooklyn sports. The police were de
ceived by a rumor that they would meet al
Coney Island
New YORK, August 4.-The Chambers
and Siddons fight was carried out so effec
tually that the police were completely beaten
in their attempts to discover it. The fight
took place on Long Island between Grove:
End and Uterich. The ring was formed il
a clump of trees, the rope being run around
them instead of stakes There was but
little formality in the preliminaries. The
men walked into the ring in plain clothes
Chambers was in splendid condition, Sid
dons showed signs of entertaining. Forty
seven rounds were fought; Chambers drew
first blood. The men came to time prompt
II until after the fortieth round, when Sid
dons showed the effect of heavy punishment
At the end of the fOrty-seventh round Sid
dOns face was pummelled to jelly, when
failing to come to time, his seconds threw
up the spunge. Chambers is not much in
jured. Siddons was barely able to stand VI
and had to be carried to his carriage
Chambers Immediately left for Newark.
FLUSHING, L. l., August 4.-Jack Boy
Ian and Peter Croker fought at five oclocl
this morning. Numerous spectators wer,
present. Twenty-three rounds we're K. az. .
CrOcker was victorious. Boylan was sc
verely punished. The fight was for $5Ol
and the middle weight championship O.
America.
ST. LOUIS, August Tom Allen, tn,
pugilist, publishes card saying that i
Charley Gallagher desires to fight him, a
has been stated, he will give him chancr
in two weeks from his meeting will
McCoole, for any amount he chooses, from
$500 upwards.
miscellaneous.
MARSHALL, TEXAS, July 31.-The railroad
from Marshall to Dallas was completed yes
terday; the meeting was sixty miles cas-
Of Dallas and sixty-four miles west o
Longview. Through trains will soon b,
put on from Shreveport to Dallas. The dis
tance is 100 miles. The running time i
twelve hours. Shreveport gave barbecul
in honor of the event.
SAN Francesca, July 29.-Twenty-tW,
Chinese women, brought by the steamer yes
terday from Hong Kong, were sold at auc
ton to-day, in Chinese quarters. The younl
girls brought as high as $3.50 each, and tn
middle aged and old women from 800 Il
$500 each.
NEwBURe, n. Y, July 2O.-The fist cas-
under the civil damages liquor law wa
tried here yesterday. The Jury gave a yer