New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-12
MISCELLANEOUS.
Professor AgassiZ,s IIIness.

BOSTON, December 11.-PrOfessOr Agas-
siz's disease is taking an advancing turn.
The base of the brain is seriously weakened.
Later.-The condition of Professor Agas-
siz is almost hopeless.
l. Murder and Suicide.
CHARLEsTowN Mass, December lone
| Kimball, blacksmith. killed his wife and
| step-daughter, and then ended his own life.
| Insanity the cause.
The Zona Libra Re-estabIished.
| MATAMoRAs, December IO.-Teleprams
| from the city of Mexico today state that
| the federal government has ordered the
restrictions which have recently been
placed on merchandise Imported into the
Zona Libre to be taken off
This restores the right of merchants to
| dispatch merchandise to any of the towns
| within the Zona Libra without the payment
| of any duty. For more than year past trade
| has been confined TO the port at which the
merchandise was entered.
14e restoration of the right to dispatch
goods from the port of entry to any point
in the Zona Libra, without duty, will re-
vive trade on this frontier, which has been
languishing under the restrictions lust re-
moved.
Indictment of the Memphis Ex-AIderman.
MEMPHIS, December 1l.-The grand iury
found three indictments against ex-Aider-
pretenses, fraudulent breach of trust, and
larceny. He was arrested, and gave bail
for his appearance in the sum of $4,000 tor
each.
Accident to a NewsbOy.
j. NJ. Lee, newsboy On the Memphis and
Little Rock railroad, fell under train yes
terdav and had his leg cut off
Funeral of Bishop Arnnitage.
DETROIT, December 1.-THE funeral
R,cp A u
A Mining swindie.
The arrests of John NJ. Whitney at Salt
Lake City, and Joel Lawrence, at New
York, were made on the complaint of E. B.
Ward, OF this city. 1t is claimed that about
year ago Whitney and Lawrence induced
Ward to invest go 900 in the stock of the
Eureka silver mine, Of Utah, and that the
mine was "salod" for the purpose of
swindling Ward. 1t ia understood that
nearly 100000 of Eureka stock is owned
by other parties here, who have also been
victimized.
A Horrible Chapter of Grimes.
A horrible story of outrage has been
made public. In the town of Warren,
twelve miles from Detroit, a year and a
halt ago, one Chax2es Louis Alton, was en-
pioyed teaching Roman Catholic school,
also to act as sexton of the church. During
this period Alton outraged the persons of
no less unan eighteen scno0l girls, none OF
whom were over fourteen years old. 1t ap-
pears that the crimes were all committed
in the church, which adjoins the school
house and that the hnd succeeded in terri
flying his victims into silence for over a
year. The neighborhood is settled by Hol-
landers, generally uneducated. and the
children were all OF that nationality. Alton
has escaped.
Snow and Hail.
OMAHA, December ll.-There was quite q
heavy snow anda hail storm tonight.
RObbing the Barracks.
Within the past few days some parties
have stolen 800 cartridges, coo pounds OF
tobacco and large lot Of clothing from the
barracks.
The Coming Execution.
CHICAGO, December ia Tribune Joliet
special says the preparations for the execu--
ton tomorrow Of A. j. Pertech the colored
man who murdered his wife in this citp
over two years ago, are complete. Perteck9
is evidently greatly shaken bv the certainty
lCOHTINUkD ON FOCk1A RAGR.