The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-11-29
VS. OF the DAY.

Queen Nictoria's brother-in-law, Ernst.
Duke Of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, Is coming t.
this country IN January.
THE recruiting Of Seamen and marine,
for the United States Navy is in progress.
At the usual offices.
LONDON. Nov. 19.-One hundred and
ninety-tve Thousand dollars in bullion was
shipped from Liverpool for New York to-
day
/ PHILADELPHIA, Nov. I9.-J H. Hor-
ton. the bank forger, has been convicted
at Lancaster, Pa, and sentenced to two
years Imprisonment. He restored $40, 600
of the money obtained by his forgery
PnrsBURGH. Nov. l9.-The National
Trust Company's Cashier Robt j. Greer,
! has not turned up, though all examination
Of his books has shown 10 material dis
crepancies. The bank is still closed
| ATCHIsoN, Kan, Nov. l9.-On Sunday
/ last destructive fire swept over a large
scope of country Of about sixty miles
/ About SIX miles of ties OH the Central
| Branch Railroad were burned and several
small bridges consumed. The destruction
of fences, houses, etc. IS immense Sew
eral houses near Corning were burned; al
so "A large amount of corn III stacks. Several
disastrous fires have also occurred along
the line of the Atchison, Topeka Il Santa
f. Railroad. No trains have passed over
the Central Branch Road since Saturday
until to-day, when the regular trains got
through.
NEv YORK, NOV. 19,-Dupen Freres
has obtained verdict against ex-Collector
Murphy III a suit TO recover excess Of duty
pad under protest on an Importation of
lace BY this decision thread lace is liable
To a duty Of only 30 per cent instead Of 60
adj valorem exacted up t. the present time
! EAST SAGINAW, Mich, Nov. lO.-The
| Board OF Canvassers to canvass the vote
| for officers of the Grand Lodge Of Michi-
| gan, |. o. q. f., which met in this city yes
terday. declare the following officers elect
| ed for the ensuing year, commencing Jan
uary, 1874 George W. Griggs, Grand
| Ra ,ids, Most Worthy Grand Master; sam
uel Adams, Detroit, Right Worthy Deputy
| Grand Master: John NJ. Ingersoll, Corun-
ma, Right Worthy Grand Warden; E. Fl .
| Whitney, Lansing. Right Worthy Grand
Secretary; r. H. Morrison, Sturgis, Right
Worthy Grand Treasurer; T. L. Doughty
East Saginaw, Right Worthy Grand Rep
resentative to the Grand Lodge Of the
United States Nearly 600 votes in all
! were cast
SoUTH BEND, Ind, Nov 16.-To-day
the immense stand-pipe Of the South Bend
water-works was raised in position. This
is the first attempt TO raise so large tube
4 from the ground in one piece, and of
course attracted immense crowds from ev-
cry direction, and the occasion was make
one of great rejoicing on the part of the
citizens Of South Bend. These water
works were planned by j. and Fl Birkin-
| bine. hydraulic engineers Of Philadelphia.
I Pa The stand-pIpe was constructed by
the National Boiler Works of Chicago, and
was raised by Alck Staples, of South
/ Bend. The length Of the tube is 200 feet
diameter, > feet; weight, AZ, 1892 pounds;
and capacity 20 800 gallons. 1t Is made
pf los plates Of iron, fastened by 1856
rivets. and has / 300 feet Of caulked seams.
The weight If the base casting is 10. 900
pounds.
New ORLEANS, Nov. l6.-The report
that Cabello Blanco, the noted Mexican
bandit, had crossed into Texas and, with a
party of mauraders, was robbing and plum
dering the country above this, has been
confirmed. They plpndered store Of
about ~, 900, lot Of goods and arms, and
re-crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico,
near Los Cenar. The military was in
formed too late to make pursuit.