The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-23
YESTERDAYS NOON DISPATCHES.

LONDON, Dec. PIT is officially announced
that D.Israeli's health has improved aud he
will be ready for work at the opening Of Par
Lament.
The bark Ranger, which arrived at Liver
pool on the 18th, from Charleston, during
heavy weather suffered much damage
Weather foggy.
CoNsrANr1NoPLE, Dec. 21.-The lightning
exploded powder magazine in Scuteria. A
portion Of the city wall was prostrated, houses
demolished and 300 persons killed and
wounded.
New YORK, Dec. 22-Three children were
drowned in the thin ice.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 22.-Robert Bonner has
purchased of Richard Pension, Of Lexing
ton, KY, his famous three year old mare Lady
Stout, paying s25.O0O
In the last fall meeting at Lexington, the
mare made time for three year olds on record
there.
New YORK, Dec. 90. - The Pacific mail
steamship Colon, injured by coal barge,
when about leaving last Saturday, has been
examined by divers, who ascertained that her
shaft was strained, and two blades broken.
Her passengers, luggage, ETC., were trans
ferred to the steamship City of Toxic to-day,
which departed for Aspinwall
PHILADELPHIA Dec. 22.-The Board of
Trade passed resolution looking to the re-
straint of everybody from inquisitorial and
unreasonable searches into the private affairs
OF commercial firms, mining, manufacturing,
| or other business men, upon any pretense
whatever.
CRY OF MEXICO, via Havana, Dec. 16.-The
Executive has submitted to Congress the con-
tract made with Plumb for the construction of
a railroad from Leon to Rio Grande, to connect
with the International Railroad of Texas
Action will be taken on the measure after
recess.
The official Diario pronounces the report
that Germany is endeavoring to obtain port in
Mexico sheer invention.
Congress has approved the convention pro-
longing the term of the Mixed Commission at
| Washington.
| Bailey Blanchard. representative of the
| New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, has ar
rived here. A commission from the Cham
| Der is expected by next steamer in response
to invitation of the Bourse of this city.
1t is reported the Mormons in the United
States propose to found colonies in Mexico,
with the intention Of emigrating en- masse
from Utah.
A system Of telegraph lines covering the en-
tire republic will be completed.
NEW York. Dec. %, Noon.-Cotton-
quiet: Ordinary IL. Good Ordinary 12ss, Low
Middling 49,, Midding TAI, Middling Ala
una IA Middling Orleans AL.
Future quiet and steady. Low Middling
for January 1908 1916. February 14aM
IA ZIG, March II 13-160145, April Is 1916
@15,. May Is 16@15s, June 15s@15 1916,
July 165@16 1916, August 16 5-16C116ss.
LIVERPOOL. Dec %, Noon.-Cotton quiet
Uplands 74C97s, Orleans I'D; estimated sales
to-day 10000 bales of which 1000 were for
speculation and export.
January and February shipments from
Charleston or Savannah, not below Good Or
binary I'D; do, not below Low Middling,
I'D; January aud February do, from New
Orleans, 9-16d.
LATER, 3 P. M.-Cotton unchanged; the
sales to-day include 500 American
PARIS Dec. 22-2 P. M.-Rentes 81 francs
37j centimes.
SOUTHWEST Pass, Dec. -Noon.-Barom-
eter 1925. Wind northwest, light.
No arrivals.
Sailed: Schooner Monadnock.
PASCAL OUTEE, Dec. %, Nocn.-Wind
Northwest, light.
Arrived: Steamship W. P. Clyde at 2 this
morning, Livingston, master, from Havana,
via Key West and other ports, to J. K.
Roberts
Sailed Ship Jno. Parker
GALVESTON, Dec. 22.--Arrived: Steamships
City of Waco from New York, Harlan from
Brashear, Morgan from Brashear, steamship
San Antonio from Liverpool, via Vera Cruz
bark limo from Havre in ballast, schooner
Geo. Sealey from New Orleans, schooner c.
=. Clements from Calcasieu.
Cleared: Steamship Chancellor, for Liver
pool; schooner Geo. Sealey, for Havana.
Sailed: Steamships Harlan, for Indianola
and Clyde for New York.
At the Edgeware Petty Sessions, says the
Pail Mall Gazette, a grocer at Harrow was
charged under the following circumstances
weights and measures and petroleum. observ-
ing large can labelled benzoline outside
the defendants door, and knowing that he
had no license to sell petroleum in such a
bulk, demanded a sample of the contents.
Defendant refused to give the inspector n
sample, but offered to sell the can and its
contents for IS. The bargain was struck, but
the can on examination was found to contain
soapsuds. The inspector had, in fact, been
successfully hoaxed, and as there is no law to
punish those who play tricks on public Off
GERS attempting to do their duty, of course
the grocer was at perfect liberty to act as he
officer by refusing to give samples by taking
the inspector by the shoulder, putting his fist
i'll his face, and telling him to go away. AS,
however, it was proved that the inspector did
not show his written authority when he de-
manded samples, the case was dismissed by
the court, who, it is stated, .slaughed hearth
ly' at the relation of the story of the soap
suds and the inspector was ordered to pay
two guineas costs.
AUTOMATIC FLAGMEN.-The Illinois Central
Railroad Company are trying the experiment
Of automatic fiagmen. A gong is substituted
for the sentient warner, and is rung by cleo
tricity with such noisy result as to give notice
Of an approach Of train some minutes be-
fore its coming. The instrument is laid I'M
der a rail and telegraphs to the gong as soon
as the train strikes it. When the train is
fairly over the crossing spring operates so
as to check the action of the electricity, and
the sounding Of the gong ceases
A correspondent of the New York Times,
who has been investigating the Vicksburg
affair, writes to his paper that the blame rests
with the negro Crosby. The Times, though
staunch Republican journal, thus indorses