New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-01


to one against the Miss Hawthorne colt;
eight to one against Flower of Dorset;
seventeen starters.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Suicide of n Venerable Prisoner.
PHILADELPHIA. July 3l.-John Williams,
aged seventy years, lately sentenced to
seven years in the PeDitentiary for feloni-
GUS assault, committed suicide by hanging
himself to the cell grating.
Southern Dental Association.
ST. LOUIS, July 3l.-The Southern Dental
Association. which has been in session here
four days. adjourned this afternoon to meet
again at Memphis during Mardi Gras week,
next year. The following officers for the
ensuing year were elected: President, j. r.
Walker, of New Orleans; vice presidents,
Isaiah Forbes of St. Louis; w. G.. Redman,
of Louisville; r. r. Freeman, of Nashville;
corresponding secretary, Homer Judd, of
St. Louis; recording secretary, James F.
Thompson, of fredericksburg, Virginia
treasurer, j. II. Moore, OF Richmond, Vir
ginia.
The Grnssh0Dpers.
ST. PAUL, July 3i.-The grasshoppers are
rapidly moving eastward in myriads and
will doubtless reach Wisconsin, perhaps
Illinois, before the flying season is past.
They are reported to-day as very abundant
at number of points tar east of the for
mer scene of their activity. Even in this
| city several gardens were 0verrun with
| them. All the damage the late comers can
now do is to deposit eggs which will hatch
! out millions of devastating insects another
| year. 1t is now absolutely certain that
| other States than this will complain of the
scourge next year, and if clouds of insects
continue the present movement even the
| Central and Eastern States will not escape.
| Texas Politics.
| GALVESTON, July 3l-The convention at
Fort Worth nominated Hon. j. w. ThrOck-
morton for Congress from the third district
on the first ballot.
| Information from Austin states that the
| Indians have visited the town of Sansaba
and carried of a large number of horses
and mules.
In the Chemists Convention.
| NORTHUMBERLAND, July 3l.-Pr0fessor
| Croft of Toronto, Canada, read sketch Of
the life Of DR.. Priestly.
The committee appointed to confer with
| the centennial meeting in Birmingham,
England, where the statue of Priestly is to
| be unveiled tomorrow, received the follow
ing telegram in reply to one sent by the
committee to Birmingham greeting their
brother chemists:
To American Chemists assembled at Northumbers
land Pennsylvania:
Our marble statue representing Priestly
discovering oxygen will be unveiled to-
morrow. The statue was presented by sub
scribers through Professor Huxley to the
town, and accepted by the mayor. We
greet you as colleagues in hOnOring the
memory of that great and good man.
Chfnese Consulate mt San Francisco.
SAN Francisco, July 3l.-The Chinese
government is about to establish consulate
in this city, the six Chinese companies here
1afv Il 10 ho1rn
an American will be appointed, with a
Chinese vice consul.
Intimidation Mt Natchitoches.
SHREVEPORT, July 3l.-The Times Match
itOches correspondence reports that the
white taxpayers of that parish numbering
700, met in convention on the twenty seventh
and demanded the resignation of the dis
trict and parish judges, tax collector and
parish attorney. The two judges had left
the parish, and the demand was not COM
piled with. The tax collector and attorney
resigned and all is quiet. No violence is
apprehended.
Another Story of Crime from Shreveport.
Reports of horrible outrage and swift
retributiOn reached this city TO night. The
facts as near as can be ascertalned are as
follows: A widow named Silas resides with
her fourteen year old daughter in De Soto
parish. near the Caddo line. At six o'clock
last evening negro named March on tered
the house during the absence OF the mother,
| oyerpowered the daughter, carried her to
the woods and outraged her After return
ing to consciousness the girl gave the alarm
and mounted party started in pursuit of
the negro and patrOlled roads in the neigh
bOrhOOd. Maych was captured at six
o'clock this morning, near the scene of the
outrage, and hung on the Caddo side Of
Cypress bayou.
| Alabama Democratic NOmina tiOns.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, July 3l.-The Dem
Ocrate convention adjourned at two o'clock
this morning. George 5. Houston, rs pre-
| vi0usly STATED, is the nomminee for Gov
ernor. He was for twenty years q member
of Congress. and for several terms chair
man of the Committee of Ways and Means.
Il. B. Lewis and w. E. Forney are nom.
mated for CoDgres- az large.
LxCOngrcssman Dead.
CINCINNATI, July 3l.-Mr Van Trump
ex-member of Congress from the twelfth
Ohio district, died to-day of heart disease
Accident on the Susauehanna RailrOnd.
ALBANY. July 3l.-Whle the Siar IA ex-
press was coming from Sharon day. on
the Cherry Valley branch Of thu Sisque-
hanna railroad, one of the cars Was thrown
from the track and turned over.
About thirty passengers were IN the car,
about half OF whom were lI,r, or lesn
|
accident wss caused by u depressed rail.
A surgeon on board ut the tra.u dressed
the wounds Of ali injured.
A special train was seat from here tC
bring the injured, ADD those goin4 down the
river took nigh t boat.
After the Kansas H0rse Thieves.
ST LoUIs, Jnly GA Kansas City spe-
ciai says vigilance committee Of 100 men
bas been formed at Wellington and other
points III Kansas for hanging horse thieves
Three men named Hasbrook, Bill Brooks
and Charley Smith were hanged near Wei.
lingtOn last night and made confessions in.
volving other parties.
Great quantities of grasshoppers have
: appeared in Western and South westers
Kansas, and are destroying everything be
fore them. Much damage and distress i
! apprehended.
3 Saw Iil! Burned.
DETROIT. July 3l.-The steam ga W mill a
Williams g. Brothers, of Saginaw CITY
burned last night. Loss on the mill $50. .OOS
on the lumber $4,000; insurance $50, ,OOo.
Pittsburg Relief Fund.
PITTsBuRG, July 3l.-The subscriptioi,
. to the relief fund for the sufferers by tE
|. late food are pouring in rapidly. n
l fOta1 avnnnOt a,1hsor;h h,A No.