New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-31
WHOLE NUMBER 2249.

ries high, were burned this morning and q
large portion of the stock destroyed.
Eighty persons are thrown out of employ
ment The fire is supposed to have been
the work of an incendiary.
Agricultural Works Burned.
CHICAGO, July 30-A special says that in
McHenry this morning Richard Bishops.
agricultural workshops, with the machinery
and the entire stock, were destroyed by
fire. Loss $35,000, uninsured. The fire
was undoubtedly the work of an incen-
diary.
A fire in Joliet to-day destroyed number
OF wooden buildings used as stores. Loss
Sl7 900; insurance $4,000.
A fire at Nos. 81 and 50 South Water
street to-day damaged the building owned
by Mr.. Forsyth to the amount of $4,000,
and the stock of Ingraham, COrbyn g. May
S35, ,O0O Both the building and stock were
fully insured. The origin of the fire is uu-
known.
Base Ball.
BALTIMORE, July 3O.-The game of base
ball between the Philadelphia and Balti-
more clubs resulted in favor of the Balti-
mOres by a score of to l..
The Pittsburg Storm.
PIrTsBURG, July 30.-The United States
signal observer at this point, says there was
no indication OF a storm on Sunday night,
except a slight change in the barometer.
The weather observer rejects the theory of
water spOuts, and thinks that owing to the
peculiar geographical formation of this
section of the country, the disaster could be
caused at any time in these sections by
what he terms an extraordinary rainfall.
Hoar Not Candidate.
WORCESTER, Mass, July 29.-ln view of
the recent allusiOns to George F. Hoar. In
the Boston papers and elsewhere, as to the
probable candidate for Governor, the Ga
zette states, by authority, that MIR. Hoar IS
not, and has not been. open to offers OF
nomination.
Seeking the Stolen Child.
HARRIsBURG, Pa, July 3O.-A band Of
gypsies have been detained with a child,
supposed to be Ross. The father and
| detective are coming on special train
| to identity him.
Shooting ARRAY.
W1LKEsBARRE, July 30.-This morning.
| at Jermyn, in this county, Alfred Green,
superintendent of coal mine, started to
inspect thu coal mine and see that it was
| free from gas and that everything was all
right, as was his regular custom, before the
| miners entered for their days work, and
| was accOsted by three strangers, who asked
him for work. He replied that he had a full
force and did not need their services.
They then drew their revolvers and fired
| nine shots at him, two OF which took effect
| in his left shoulder and side. His cries and
| the reports of the pistols attracted the at
| tenton of Robert Pierce and Edward Nc
| Cracken, who came to his assistance. The
1 rutfans turned upon them, but Pierce de-
Tended himself with his revolver and shot
one of the strangers through the head,
killing him instantly. The other two ran;
one OF them was wounded before he got out
of range. Mr.. Green's wounds are danger
GUS, though not necessarily fatal.
The assailant who was killed, was un-
known to all who viewed his corpse. A
rumor reached here this evening that the
tured, and that the exasperated miners had
lynched him.
The Pomersy Case.
| TOPEKA, Kansas, July 30.-In the district
court To-Day Judge Morton Overruled the
motion to quash the indictment in the
Pomeroy case. Pomeroy's counsel then
moved for a change of venue, offering In
James Roger, alleging that at the time OF
the York exposure Judge Morton said to
(Rogersl concerning Pomeroy: "We have
| got the God damned old scOundrel where
we want him, and hereafter the poor man
will stand some chance to 60 to the United
States Senate"
Judge Morton granted the motion and
said he would send the case to Usage coun-
ty. In the granted motion the judge took
occasion to deny Rogers statement in plain
and emphatic terms
A motion v as made to reduce PomerOy's
bonds from $4,000 to $4,000, but it was
| denied.
Bank Robbery.
ALBANY, JAly 30.-TwO men yesterday
entered the First National Bank of Bata-
via, Genesee county. While one engaged
the attention of the only person present
| connected with the bank, the other ran
away with box containing money and
bonds amountinglto $4,000. Both escaped.
Convention of Chemists.
NORTHUMBERLAND, Pa, July 3O.-The at
tendance at the convention of chemistry
promises to be quite large. The hotels are
| FULL and many are the guests OF the private
families of the committee, which, ON the ar
rival of the trains, meets the delegates and
escorts them to their quarters. The arrivals
include prominent chemists from all parts
OF the country.
The Texas Excursionists.
LOUISVILLE, July 30.-The Texas excur-
sionists arrived in this city last night, and
were met at the depot by delega ion OF
merchants. To-day they met the merchants
at the Board of Trade, where there was a
general interchange of remarks. Several
| { ldresses were made in the evening, and a
grand banquet given at the Louisville Ho
tel. Tomorrow they will be taken to the
points OF interest in and about the city.
Gone to Sea.
LEwEs. Del, July 30.-Gone to sea
Steamer Tonawanda, for New Orleans.
Probabilities.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Office Chief Signal Ofacer, :
Washington, July 20, 1874, 435 P. n.
, For the South Atlantic and Gulf States Tennes
: see and the Ohio vallev, clear fair weather
/ winds gradually shifting to eastery southerly
, slight rise Of temperature and rising baromete
near the coast.
River and Marine News.
SOUTHWEST PASS, July 80, 6 P M.-Barometer 2965
Wind south southwest, fresh. No arrivals. Sailed
Steamship City Of Galveston.
PAss.A.IOUrRE, July 80, IL M.-Wind south, light
, Weather hot and hazy. No arrivals. Sailed
vIcKsBuRa, July 36.-Up-susie Silver at l P. NJ
; l City of yicksburg ct 7P NJ. Weather warm an,
clear. River falling slowly
, MKMPHIs, July 3l.-River about stat i0nary
Weather clear and pleasant. Departed-Yaege
| and Paragon, for New Orleans: Mollie Moore, Gen
| evieve and Chester, for st. Louis.
CINCINNATI July 3l.-River ten feet and rising
, | Weather clear and pleasant.
FrTTsBURG, July 30-River seven feet six inches
| and rising. Weather clear and pleasant. -.
LOUISVILLE, July 30.-River falling slowly with
six feet three inches in the canal. Weather cleal
| and cool.
EVANSVILLE. July 3O.-weather clear. Mercury go
to 36o. River risen sixteen inches.
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