, 1873-08-28

cally opposed to the State law under
which this prosecution is had, and that
the amendment to the city charter, per-
mitting the City Council to regulate
prostitution, was a special act, applying
only to st. Louis, and thereto re unson
stitutional, in as much u the Constitu-
ton provides that the General Assembly
shall pass no special law.
BALTnMoRE, Aug. 23.-At Locust
Point this afternoon while loading s|
vessel. chain of chute broke, instantly
killing one and dangerously woundi,g
3 others.
MEAPH1s, Aug. A.-Steamer Julia
arrived here at II o'clock to-day. bring
ing most of the survivors of the i'll. .fated
steamer Geo. c.. Woolf, among them
Capt. Henry S. Carter, her commander.
who. was considerably bruised in the
head and left leg.- Carter states that
short time before the explosion he had
gone 10 his room to take nap and felt
himself lifted into the air with q severe
shock, and fell with the debris on the
lower deck. As soon as he could extri-
cato himself he glanced around and saw
that the forward part of the cabin had
been blown away, as fay aft as the boil
ers, and that some timSers had taken
fire. His first thought was to extin-
guish the flames, which With the aid Of
the others and heavy rain which was
falling at the time, he soon succeeded
in doing. In the meantime those who
were but slightly injured, seeing that
the wreck had drifted near shore. jump
ed out with the head line and made her
fast; when it was found that tho boat
had been but little injured.
DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 23.-An alterca-
ton occurred this afternoon between
Michael Jenning, cattle dealer, and G.
F. Edner, sausage maker, which re-
tulted In the latter's stabbing Jennings
30 the heart, instantly killing him.
BELFAST, Maine, Aug. PA mos
destructive fire broke out at 2 O'Clock
to-day, the weather being dry and warm
and strong gale blowing from the
North. 1t commenced at Dennitt's sail
oft and spread with fearful rapidity
along tn. wharves from Carter's ship
yard to the Marine Railway crossing. on
Union st., and extending to Hill St.,
consuming all the buildings in the
southern part as far as the house of
Boyle, on Hill st., where tho fire was
stayed. Over 1875 buildings were de-
stroyed. mostly wood. and the whole
loss cannot be less than $500, 900.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 24.-The following
postal changes ordered for the Pacific
Coast. Offices established at Stuhble-
feM, Stephens Co., W. T. c. Paggett
lappointed Postmaster at Grand Prasie,
Lewis Co., W. T.
WHEELING, W. Va, Aug. 24.-An &C.
cident occurred on the Baltimore and
Ohio r. r to-day. miles west Of Cam
sron, by which 8 or Germans were fat
tally injured, and Is OF 20 others slight
ly.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 24.-Judge
Thomas R. Nelson, a Judge of the Su-.
prene Court. died at his residence here
at o'clock this morning, of cholera,
after an illness of days.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-A Wilmington,
Del. dispatch states that the damage to
vessels and canal barges in the Dele
ware and Chesapeake canal. includes II
schooners and 18 barges hopelessly
wrecked, while % schooners, 81 barges,
2 tugs and l propeller steamer stranded,
and most of them moro Or less injured.
One vessel lies 400 yards from the can
al. All crafts east of st. Georges ss-
capped serious injuries. The canal au-
thorities hope to get them out in 2 weeks
and those at st. Georges in . month.
Many of the Schooners and most of Tie
bargss were loaded with coal.