New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-29
MISCELLANEOUS.
Discharge Of WOrkmen.

POUGHKEEPsIE, N. October 2S.-Many
bricklayers have been discharged. Car
penter work is Mt Il standstill. A number
Of carpenters have also been discharged
Some factories run on three-quarters time
Ten thousand hands we're employed at
the print works at Woppinger's Falls. Little
Falls, COhoes, Rochester. Pleasant Valley.
Newburg and Haverstraw, all of whom are
thrown out by the closing of the works by
Garner & Co.
steamer Getty sburg Ashe re.
WILMINGTON, October 2S-rhe steamer
Gettysburg coming here to coal went ashore
inside the breakers. Assistance has been
sent her.
Schooner Lost.
Barn, Me-, October 2S.-The schooner
Wild Wave has been lost. The fate OF the
crew is unknown.
Phelps Committed.
ALBANY, October 2S.-Phelps, the de-
faultng cashier of the State treasury, was
committed to prison in default OF $l3,OoO
bail.
The SON of n Murdered Man Assaults "A
Prisoner in Court, who is Acquitted Of
the Crime.
PHILADELPHIA, October 2S.-During the
trial of KingsWell to-day for the murder Of
Malone, the son of Malone attempted to
stab KingsWeil. Young Malone was secured
after Il desperate resistance. The greatest
confusion pre- vaijet IN the court. kingswell
was acquitted.
a,ireuis Gaurt in e;eer9fa Adjourned.
SAVANNAH. October 2S.-Tho Circuit
Court for the Southern District of Georgia
has aajouraed So the seventeenth of No.
Vembey, in consequence af The judges being
detained in the northern circuit at Atlanta
bv tho number oi new cases Among the
latter. those of deputy United States mar
shal,, charged with blackmailing citizens.
The st. Louis Prize Fieht-Capture of
the Excursion BGat-A FiRscOs
Sr. LOUIS. October 2S-The prize fight
excureion boat Continental was captured,
but the pugiista, Allen and Hogan, were
not aboard. Jack Looney. one Of the man
ayers, was arrested.
Jack Looney, generalissimO of the prize
ii = MT, and party were released from arrest
between and ) z. Al. in $4,000 bonds, $1,000
to appear at st. Clair county in January
next, for violating the law regarding prize
lighting, and $200S to appear In Madison
county on Monday next to answer an in
Gictment for participating in the Allen Nc
Coole mill = month ago. Tho penalty in
AoOneys case is penitentlatiary not less
than one year or more than ten years.
The steamer Continental left the wharf
with insufficient steam, and was blown 10
the Illinois shore, where the officers and
several others were arrested.
The crowd en- the Continental numbered
1900, and were the toughest ever collected.
The bulk of them is still at East St. Louis,
where a desperate row is apprehended be-
fore they dI-perss.
Captain keefe, Of the Continental, and
his mate, Reuben Gill, were held in $500 to
appear next Wednesday,.
Allen aud Hogan both returned to the
city this evening, and it is said the stake
holder, James Eagar, decided the fight to
take place two weeks from to day.
Arthur Chambers, who escaped from the
East st. Louis police, eluded pursuit, and
is now in this city. Sheriff Cooper, of Mad
ison county, has warrants for Arthur Cham
bers, John X. Scott, Mike McCO0le. Tom
Allen, Bill Blake, Patsy Shepherd and Tom
Kelly, aud it is stated measures will be im-
anediately taken to procure their arrest and
bring them to trial.
The fancy are verv much excited tonight
at to days fiasco. Jack Looney insists that
he has been sold; that the Continental was
not blown on the Illinois shore, and that it
was q put up job in the interest of Hogan.
On the other hand, Captain Keefe and Mr..
McCoy, the principal owner Of the Cont
mental, will publish cards tomorrow stating
the steamer was blown ont of the control OF
the pilot, and that the landing at East st.
Louls was entirely unavoidaoe
Extensive Fires,
An extensive saw mill, large amount OF
lumber and several small houses adjacent,
in East st. Louis, belonging to Morse, Dag
gett L. Co, were burned this afternoon
The loss is estimated at from $50, 0,OOO to
SIS, 900. The fire caught in a house on the
opposite side of the street to the mill, and
| was driven over by the high wind. Morse,
Dtppett &. Co recently went jntn hank.
ruptcy, and the property was to be sold to-
rnsrrOw for the benefit Of the creditors.
| The amount of insurance is unknown.
| A house, occupied jointly by Jonathan
and John Robbins aud their families IN
| Mercer county, Missouri, burned last
| Wednesday night. Two of their children
| perished in the flames, two were fatally
burned and two other escaped. The parents
| were absent when the fire occurred.
| IsAlaa Ousrageo Near Bert Sill.
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