New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-06-30

all VINO 0aO any 1u08 OI S0Ctlluk III Nouou~
could be taken there at public expense. the
revenues of our Dominion would not be
sufficient to meet the demands of those who
might come to see, but might at the same
time have no intention to stay"
MISCELLANEOUS.
Convalescent.
BALTIMORE, June 29.-Bishop Whelan;
Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese OF
Wheeling, West Virginia. who has been
seriously i'll at St. Agnes Hospital, in this
city, is convalescent and considered out of
danger.
The Coming Races at Evansville.
EvANsvILLE, June 29.-Goldsmith Maid
and Judge Fullerton arrived yesterday,
and are now on the track. A great raco
occurs Thursday next. All horses for the
other races are here and preparations max
ing for large crowd during the three dayss
An Inhuman Mother.
LOUISVILLE, June ga cOlored tramp
recently stopped at a farmhouse in Rock
castle county, Kentucky. During the night
she was delivered of child and took it into
the woods near by. Next morning the
charred remains of the infant were found
in an ash heap. 1t was evident the inhu-
man mother had murdered the infant,
burned its body and escaped.
A Congressman Shoots tho sianderer ef
his Daughter.
TUsCUMBIA, Ala, June GA year ago,
George F. Lang, of good name and family,
was forbidden by Congressman j. II. Sloss
to visit his house. Lang denounced Sloss,
and assailed Sloss's daughters character,
claiming undue intimacy with her.
Sloss returned on Friday, and learned tho
facts from his daughter. He lSloss) shot
Lang from a second story window. Lang
received four buckshots in the skull, one in
the neck and one in the body. The wounds
are fatal. Sloss was jailed.
A Detective Trapped.
PATTERSON, N. j., June 29-William
High, detective, was fatally shot by three
!, railroad robbers, who lured him to their
rendezvous.
A Hot Springs Sensation.
MEMPHIS, June ga dispatch from Hot
Springs, Arkansas, says Billy Davis, we'll
known river barkeeper, was shot and NOR
tally wounded on Saturday by Captain Bill
Forest. No particulars.
The Troubles In the Coal Mines.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 29.-Straitsville
coal operators are making final attempt
to put white miners into their mines, but thY5
far the leaders of the Union refuse to ALLOW
their men to resume work at the prices
proposed. All mines will be filled with
colored miners by July fourth and the
white miners will be compelled to seek
work elsewhere. 1t is reported that at
Danville, one hundred white men desire to
resume work, but are deferred by threats
Of violence and destruction Of their prop
erty by fire. \
severe Storm-Struck by Lightniug.s
Fort WAYNE, June 29-Telegrams FROM
points in this vicinity report another severs
storm. with thunder and lightning, at
Evansville, Indiana. Mr.. Burneau's house
was struck by lightning and his daughter
Ida instantly killed. A young man visiting
! her was stunned.
Reduction of Time.
! Great excitement was caused to-day by
| the further reduction of working time in
| the Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad shops
| to five hours per day, at reduced rate.
| Wipers, day labOrers, ETC., will receive
about fifty.eix cents per day. Men are
nearly desperate, and some apprehensiOns
| of serious trouble are felt.
The Boston School Board.
BosroN, June GA full bench of the
| Supreme Court of Massachusetts has de-
| cided that the school committee board is
| the sole Judge of its own membership. This
| school board in refusing seats to women,
| and the latter must 60 to the Legislature to
obtain that privilege.
| An Insane Father Kills his Child and
| Shoots Himself.
| Joseph s. Sprague, about thirty years old,
| clerk for Matthew BOllca g. Co., bankers,
State street, shot his daughter, aged six
years, and himself, yesterday, in wood lot
near his residence in Maiden. He buried
his wife about two months ago, since when
he has suffered from ill health and depres-
/ H. Jof< n tot;
the bodies would be found.
Deceased was highly esteemed. and his
daughter was a remarkably bright and
promising child.
The Veto Sustained.
The Massachusetts Legislature to-day re-
fused to pass the license bill over the Gov
ernor's October veto. The vote was ll0
to SO.
A Victory for the Women.
bill was introduced and engrossed
which provides that sex shall not be a dis
qualification for service on school commit
| tees.
At noon to-day the thermometer ranged
from ninety three to nlnety-eight.
Raid on Distilleries.
ATLANTA, June 29.-In the raid just made
by Collector Haltzilaw and United States
Deputy Marshal Findlay into Hsbershau
and Robin counties, thirteen Illicit distil
leries and contents were seized and de
stroyed.
| Probabilities.
! WAR DEPARfMRHr,
Once Chief signal Onacer
Washington, June 29 1874. G3S P. n.
For the Gulf States, partly cloudy weather. ligh
to gentle winds, continued high temperature am
q s1ight change in the barometer.
The central Mississippi river VIII fall dUrin
| Tuesday.
|, River and Marine News.
? SOUTHWEST PASS, June %, P. M.-Baromete
| 2e:50. Wind south, light. No arrivals or depart
| ures.
VIcxssuRa, Juna 29.-Up-Bismarck, ut S P.
: | Down-Shannon, at A. n; Commonwealth at
D A. M Frank Psrgoud, at P. H. Arrived-St 0el
ev ieve ct P. n. Weather warm and clea
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