, 1873-10-30

UkSDA 7. W ObEn 80 A
over acres Of territory, destroying two
hotels, 80 dwelling and between 40 and
so places Of bnsiness. Total loss esti-
mated'by INSURANCE Agents at S15O,oOo.
Total Insurance. 800. 600. The fire was
nndonbtedly started by an incendiary.
This is tbs third disastrous confagration
there in six months involving total
loss ofssOo. .o0o.
7 New YORK. Oct. 7s.-Cooper Insti>
tute was filled last night by the oppon>
ents of any change in the common school
system in voting a division of public
funds to sectarisn schools Among the
resolutions was one favoring the incor-
poration Of the general primitives of the
school system in the Constitution Of the
United States, that it may become ma
tional and be placed beyond the reach Of
its enemies. serse.a1szzs
Two weeks ago . box containing a
quantity of bonds belonging to John H.
Zebach, was stolen from Long Island
Savings Bank of Brooklyn. On Satur-
day last Zebach received a letter asking
if he would pay SIS, 600 on return OF the
bonds.
The extensive print works of Sarner
& CO. Little Falls Cohoes, Rochester r,
Peasant Valley, Newburg and Haver-
straw stopped on Saturday and 10000
people are out of employment. The
firms pay $50, 900 month to their en-
ployees. ...-...
Up to late hour last night the cable
dispatches failed to bring the intelli-
gence of the missing steamer Ismalia,
due at Liverpool from New York 2S
days ago. She may have become dis
abled and put into some place for re-
pairs; but sufficient time has elapsed for
word to reach those interested, and the
conviction is becoming general that she
has gone down.
Tremaine concluded his argument to-
day in the Stokes case. District Attor-
ney Phelps, for the prosecution, began
his.
Of 5000 or 6000 depositors in the bank
ing house of Jay Cooke & Co. all but 80
have signed plan agreeing to place the
settlement in the hands of ex-Commis-
sioner of Internal Revenue Rollins
These thirty are ethel, distant from the
city or cannot at present be reached. .~
The associated banks paid 100000
in legal tenders to,day. - ~ f'-'''''
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S.-Nearly 400
mechanics and 1000 laborers were dis
charged from the Navy yard, owing to
money running short in consequence of
the large number of improvements made
in the yard during the summer. b II -o;
The recsiver of the First National
Bank is verifying the accounts of depos-
itors and other banks and in about two
weeks dividend Of 25 to 80 Per cent.
willbe made from assets already collsc-
ted. tt,vf 4fr9b II iliW .
CUMBERLAND, Md, Oct. 2s.-L. Car
ry, editor of the Times was shot yester-
day by John Relsly, and died last night.
Riesly was arrested. The shooting grew
out of an editorial rejecting on Riesley's
father who is Clerk of Courts. =
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WASHINGTON, Oct. C2S.--Secretary
Richardson's letter to Treasurer, Spin-
ner, directing the payment Of silver is as
follows: You will please, on and af-l
ter the receipt of this letter. and until
otherwise ordered, pay public creditors,
should they desire it, on account Of cur
rsncy obligations, but not in EXCHANGE
FOR currency, sum not exceeding SIS in
silver coin. -.t5,..,,...e w.,
81. LOUIS, Oct. 2S.-Steamer Cont.
mental, with the prize fighters excursion
aboard was seized at St. Louis this
morning by the Illinois authorities and
tied up Jack Looney and other MAN.
ayers were arrested. Hogan and Allen
were not on board. .@8Ai6AFuA
Allen and Hogan both returned to
this city at 7r. NJ. It is said that the
stakeholder. James Eagan. decided that
the fight shall take place two weeks
from to>day. - -
The Republican has q special from
Dennison, Texas. that says Lieut.. Quim>
by, from Fort Richardson, arrived there
and reports Indians in that region as
very hostile; several murders having
been committed by them. During the
past week stock has been drivenof near
Wichita and butche,ed. Settlers fled to
a rancho in that vicinity, where they
are bessiged by large band of Indians.
Two companies Of soldiers left Fort
Richardson on Monday in pursuit of
the savages. There IS general alarm
among the frontier settlers. The Indi-
ans are believed to be Comanches.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 2S.- Mortality from
noon yesterday to noon to-day from yell
low fever and other causes was s, all in
crease of two from fever from the same
hour yesterday; but decline in the
number of new cases. There was hard
frost this morning and the temperature
is still falling. Mayor johnson resum-
ed official duties this morning.
CHICAGO Oct pa brisk snow storm
prevailed vpSferdav 1act pioht ap1 thic