New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-25
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crop indicate II has oeen better cuitiv ;aTIo
than for years, but is euffering matellai.y
from continued drought, anticlPanons o.
frost upon 90 late . crop, with sNgn. nul s
cations of rust and blight. Twenty -nlne
per cent of the crop planted dic no. GONE
up before June l. f9& per cent after the
twentieth Of May; Sc report eS % cor. cor.
CROPS, 90 fair and W lnlerioI, 81 IepoIee
GOOD wheat crope, 81 moderate to poor; u
ssnort GOOD oats crop, ia moderate to
door: grass generally poor, owing to the
dTOuth.
A6r,y at Bennett's Landing.
Iast evening 1T Benefits Landing. forty
,p;lss above here, Duncan Cameron and
Dr Frank Foster had an alteration 10
which Cameron shot at Foster, when the
latter drew knife and cut Cameron in the
leg and body. iuflicting dangerous wounds
Adjournnent Of the Alabama Claims Come
mission.
WARRINGTON, July 4-The Alabama
commission adjourned to-day until the nrst
of October, when they will proceed to near
cases. A number Of rules were adop'eo u
govern action before the conrt.
A, I.sane Father Murders bis Infant
Child.
ST. LOUIS. July pa special to the Dem
ocrat from Seneca, Kansas, says: Chariee
&, ek. a merchant OF Bulls City, Osborne
c,nnty. who has been dersnged some time,
thrust q knife blade through the Drain VI
his infant child last Friday, then beat MS
own head with Ratchet breaking the skull,
and infictiDg mortal injury. Pecuniary
trouble is said to be the cause OF hls IN
sanity.
Singular Fate Of a Little Girl.
LAMoKIN, Pa, July pa little girl was
killed instantly at Bridgewater by stone
h. hi Lost in a
{, ct distant from where she was standing.
Sprung q Leak.
SAVANNAH. july 24.-The brig Emily T.
Sheldon, from New York for Brunswick,
Georgia. snrung leak of Cape Fear, and
goes in dry dock.
A Connecticut Horror.
HARTFORD. July 24-Eihu Spears k'iied
Charles Davis in West Suffolk last night
bv striking him with an Ak, nearly severing
bis head from his body. Spears afterward
cut his own tn coat, but is still alive. Spears
was attempting to kill his wife and Davis
interfered.
Last Days Wiekedness Of the Bird Muir.
derers.
CINCrNNATI, July 24.-The fourth and last
day of the tOurnamentlof the Shooting and
Fishing Club closed tonight, in q regular
match for ten single birds. There were
eighteen entries. Zigler, Mclaughlin, Cory
and Watson, Of Cincinnati, took the prizes
in the order named. The main sweepstakes
of the day was for four prizes, fifteen single
birds, twenty .one yards rise.
Hail of Toledo, Terrell of Chicago. Thorn
ton of Cincinnati, and Horn OF Detroit,
each killed their fifteen birds straight, and
took the iirst four prizes in the order
named. HascalI, of Grand Rapids, earned
the fifth shooting of the ties:
In the double bird shooting Long. Ter.
rell Horn, LaDgd0n, Sherman and Gilman
made clean scores.
The tournament will be repeated next
ycac on q grander scale.
Probabilities.
WAR DsPAefnsNf,1
Once Chief Signal O66cer, :
Warrington, July "a 1879. G3s p. N.Y.
For the South AtIsutic and Gulf states and Ten
nessee generally clear nd fair wea her with high
temperature. except on the South Atlantic
coast. southeast TO southwest winds, and no
decided change in the barometer
River and NIarise News.
SOUTHWEST PASS, July "a, lM.-Barometer 1880
Wind west, freth. Arrived-Steamship Jamaican,
al 1850 A. NJ, Watson master, from Tampic0 and
Bra zos Santiago. to PIN, Forwood 4 Co. No de.
P4ssAEor5rx., July ar M1W " 3D., Ses' sad
Steamship Yazos, Barrett, master, ION Phisdel-
phia. to E. a. Yorke. sailed-steamship Cordova,
barks Tamesie, and Rosarfa.
vlCKsBUkG, July 2s.-Passed up-Julis at II 4. NJ
Down-Susie Silver, at 8 a. NJ; Katie, at p. NJ.
Weather warm and clear River falling slowly.
MEMPHIS, July 1.-THE river fell one inch.
Weather cleAl. Mercury 93o. Ar,ived-Fort Glib.
son from Pine Bluff. Departed-St. Genevieve for
vicksburg Future City, for st. Louis.
PITrsBURG, July 24-River thirteen inches and
falling Weather clear and VAIN.
CINCINNATI, July 2i.-River six feet two inches
aud falling. Weather hot and sultIy wish heavy
rain tonight.
EylvsvlILE, July A-Weather clear aud hot.
The river has risen seven inches. DOwn-PaIagon,
At 4 A. II.
CAIRo, July A.-Anived-Tom JASPER, from St.
Louis, at 9 p. M Great Republic. from New Or.
leans, at P. NJ Capitol City, from vick 'br-g, at
at p N. Departed-Mary Alice, for New Or,eahs,
at p. NJ; Jaspor, for New Orleans, at a. L.; R
public for 81. Louis. at 4. NJ: Maude for ST.
LOUIS, at noon Capitol City for st. Louis, at P.
NJ. River ten feet four inches and st 4tiOr al =.
Weather clear and hot.
ST. LOUIS, July 2.-No arrivals or departures
River about stationary. Weather clear and in.
tepsely VAIN.
LousvILLK July 24-The river 10 falling ia b. with
three I. ct ten inches the head of the e1ral
Weather cloudy aud very warm.
Cotton.
New YORK, July 2i.-The following 10 the CON-
parative cotton statement for the week ending
to-day:
Balea