New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

Fire nj Monroe-snow in nIllinois-Heayiest
Fall for Yfars-Albuny General AS
sembIy- Suicide - Wife Murder Inf-
deity of n Wife-NIunicipal Govern
ments Inaugurated-statisIi of the
Boston Fire-Cameron Re-n0minated
for the Senate-GovernOr Hart, OF
Florida. Inaugurated-C Cotton Thief
AshOre-Neyada Legislature.
MONROE, January IA fire broke out at
three o'clock this morning III liquor saloon
near the railroad depot, and consumed five
buildings. Loss $1,000, partly insured.
CHICAGO, January THE heaviest fall
of snow for years is reported throughout
Illinois.
ALBANY, n. Y, January 7-Alonzo 3.
Cornell was elected Speaker of the House.
Governor Dix in his message cOngratulates
the State upon the calm which has followed
the national election. aud that the animosi-
ties of the late rebellion are gradually
wearing away. s-s.sN
BALIiMoRE, January Judge Charles
G. Lane, a prominent citizen of Hagars-
town. committed suicide. A breach of pro-
mise suit perplexed him He leaves q
large estate.
PHILADELPHIA, January THE brig Ro-
anoke, eighteen days from Cabella, has ar
rived here. Generals Danbar and Pale1
are aboard.
LEBANON, Pa, January THE Manufac-
turing Company's works burned-iucendia-
rism. Loss $4,000.
AUBURN, January John Hillsman,
dentist, formerly of Madison Georgia, shot
his wife, her alleged paramour and himself
dead. The paramour was a highly re
spected farmer, who leaves wife and three
daughters
Boston, January Nearly all the cities
in Massachusetts yesterday inaugurated
municipal governments for 1873. Mayor
Pierce, of Boston, in his message gives tho
following statistics of the great fire. Con-
sidering the small extent of territOr1
covered, about seventy five acres, and the
short time that the fire had been burning
the amount Of property destroyed was un
paralleled. The whole number of build.
ings destroyed, exclusive of these slightly
damaged, was 776 of which 709awere brick
and stone, and seventy-seven wood.
He asserts that the valuation of these
buildings amounts to $l3,59l 900, and it ia
estimated that to replace them it would
cost at least Sl8,000,0j0. The value of
personal property destroyed was about
$700OO,C0G. Only fourteen persons arc
known to have lost their lives, and of this
number seven were fremen. The debt of
Boston for the year increased $4 1856, 900.
Other cities show considerable increase
of Indebtedness.
HARRISBURG, Pa, January Simon
tdmtIOh Was TbnOmlDdtcu III caucus Ihl9
evening for the United States Senate. The
vote stood Cameron 64, Kelly 4, Wicker
sham 9.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla, January 7-Governor
Hart was inaugurated to-day. Conner was
elected Speaker of the House by the Demo
Gratis and a few Republicans. The Senate
did no business.
KEY WEST, January THE ship West
Derby, with cotton, from Mobile to Cork, is
ashore on the Tortugas. The vessel has not
bilged.
VIRGISIA CITY, January 7-The Legisla-
trree met at Carson City yesterday, organ
ized and Immediately adjourned, thus de-
ferring the senatorial election until tho
twenty-frst instant. No caucus was hel
by either party.
Weather Report.
War DBPARIa aEsr
Office Chief signal Officer
Washington, January T. lST3 495 P. n.
PROBABILITIES.
For New England, easterly to southerIy
winds, falling barometer, rising tempera-
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