New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-25
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WHOLE NUMBER 2269.

jury disclosed the fact that Simmons was
drunk and disorderly, and that Owen in
terfered at the request of the woman.
A white lad named Burns stabbed an
other named Awtry fatally last night
Wagon Factory Burned.
SOUTH BEND, Ind, August pa fire in
Studeoaker Brothers wagon mandatory
destroyed property and stock estimated at
the value Of $500, 1000. The works contained
over 2oOoo finished wagons. besides vast
quantities OF stock In process Of manufac-
ture.
Stopped Work.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, August 2i-Au of
the coal companies doing business in Wyo-
ming and Lackawanna valleys stopped
work yesterday on account OF the market
being 9verstocked. They expect to resume
September l. Twenty thousand men and
boys will have no employment during the
suspension.
Susan's Opinion of Bessie.
ROCHESTER, August 24.-Susan B. An
thony, in an interview with a reporter to-
day, relative to the statement Of Bessie"
duplicating Miss Anthony in an improper
tete-a-tete with Theodore Tilton, denies the
whole story, and says she never heard that
the girl "Bessie" was anything more than a
servant in Tilron's family; that she was
half idiotic, and Mrs. Tilton had repeatedly
stated she could not jnstll into the girl the
first elements of truth.
An Inundation of Logs.
ST. PAUL, August 2i.-In consequence Of
a rise in the Mississippi river, caused by the
recent heavy rains, the log booms Of the st.
Anthony Boom Company, above the Falls
of st. Anthony. broke last night and
l,250,0 600 feet Of logs went over the falls.
The loss is about $4,000. The river at this
point is full Of logs, and it is inferred that
another break has occurred. Considerable
damage to dams at the falls has been done
by escaped logs.
Grasshopper Mischief In Omaha.
OMAHA, August Ex-Governor Furnas
has issued circular to set the true state Of
affairs before the people. He says the in
formation received from various counties,
together with personal observation, war
rants the assertion that, while crops are
shorter than for several years, there is by
no means failure of small grain. Average
corn is from one-half to no crop, roots very
short; the fruit is more in quantity but in
ferior in qualify. No case of immed' d'ate
need has yet been reported. At quite .
number of points on the extreme border
help will be required soon and must be
extended through the winter. Myriads of
grasshoppers are in the air to-day, going
South.
TrrUsvILLE, August PA fire Sunday
morning at Buena Vista, Butler county,
destroyed about thirty buildings, consisting
of stores, offices and buildings. Loss 49,
900; insurance light. Fire supposed to be-
incendiary.
Civil War In Kentucky.
LOUISVILLE, August 24.-A CouricrJournaE
special, from Owenton, Owen county, to-
day, says the Sarsfeld Rifles have Just ar
rived, leaving them a march of twelve miles
to the scene of action. Sunday evening a
sheritf's posse, of Owen, met Walker Rus
sells forces in concealment, when an attack
was made, resulting in the wounding Of
John Smart, Willis Russell, and a man
named JOda. They refuse to surrender
under any circumstances.
Second Dispatch.
The base Of operations is changed from
Monterey to Gratz, point eight miles
from Monterey.
The Sarsfeld Rifles, sherif-s posse and q
large number of armed citizens have just
started for that place. 1t is asserted there
will be 1000 armed citizens in pursuit
before tomorrow.
have just learned of the killing of John
c: Suoot, who was completely riddleK
with buckshot.
The object now will be to surround anY
overpower Russell. A party of militia VIII
reach Gratz about six tonight.
Elaborate dispatches from Lancaster
Kentucky. indicate that the trouble there
was not strictly fight between the two
races. Both chiefs were white, and tho
trouble grew from contest between the
candidates for clerk of court. Sellers seems
to have been supported by the negroes who
were barricaded within his premises, which
were burned in order to dislodge them.
Federal soldiers claim they were sub
jected to fire from both parties and ske-
h0dd lnd hn TIM hi
the Kentucky State troops, acting as u
posse to the sheriff.
Explosion.
EVANSVILLE, August 24.-The towboat
Duvall collapsed her fiue Saturday morning
three miles below Bowling Green, in Green
river, killing two and mortally wOunding
three persons. The pilot was the only one
that escaped.
Probabilities.
WAR DHPARrxsHr,)
Office Chief Signal officer, }
washington, August "a. 1874. G35 P. N. 1.
Over the South Atlantic and Gulf States. the
lower temperature winds veeriDg to the west ald
north, and clearing but partly cloudy weather.
River and Marine News.
sourawssr PASS. August "a. s P. M.-Barometee
29;65. Wind southwest fresh. Weather show
PAssAEOursE, August a. M-wind south-
west, Light. Arriyed-Spanisb brig s: n. Reno.
IIoiu 1aNdHdj otchmSulp uaISAIct dJ IS.AU T. IA
Baker, master from Havana, via Florida ports, tn
l. K. Roberts. No departures.
vICKsBURG, August A.-NO boats up or down to :.
day. Weather warm and clear. The river ielE
two inches In the last twenty four hours.
MEMPHIS, August N.-Weather clear Mercury.
3io. The river fell Blk inches. Arrived-Fort Glib
son, from Arkansas river. Departed last night
John Kyle, for st. Louis; Jaeger, for New Orleans
to-day; Julia Atlantic: Belle of Acmphis, for ST.
Louis; DeRussey, for vicksburg.
CINCINNATI, August 24-River six feet, and fall
ing. Weather clear and pleasant.
PrrTsBuRG August A.-River four feet and ris-
ing.
CAIRO. August A-Arrived-City Of Quincy from
New Orleans, at P. NJ; Capitol City. from st.
Louis at Ii A. N. Departed-C1ty of Quincy for
St. Louis, at 10 A. NJ; Capitol City for vicksbnrg
at noon. River five feet seven inches and fa,Iing.
Weather clear. Mercury sGo.
ST. LOUIS, August N.-Ho arrivals or depar-
lures. River falling slowly. Weather clear ant
cool
LoUIsvILLE, August A.-Weatber clear and pleas
ant River stationary, with four feet seven inches
in the canal.
EVANSVILLE, August "a Weather chiefly cleac
aud warm. The river has fallen five inches.
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