New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-06-25
MISCELLANEOUS.


teNa The outermost line Is five leagues
from the city.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Masonic Celebration.
MEMPHIS, June 24.--St. Johns Day was
observed by the Masonic fraternity with
grand picnic at James park. The colored
MasOns paraded the streets, then picniced
at Alexander's park.
The Hide Thieves on the Border.
GALVESTON, June 24.-The Ners Browns
vile special says: Deputy Hide Inspector
Rock ia in the northern part of Cameron
coun..y with a email party. He has seized
265 stolen hides, and asks for help from the
military to prevent the thieves from recap
turing them. He reports much thieving.
A large number of hides are secreted in the
woods.
The Calamity at syracuse-Further Par.
ticulars.
SYRACUSE. N. Y, June 24.-Nineteen,
mostly young ladies and children, were
killed. The accident was caused by the
giving way OF the joist that supported
the floor. The joist ran from both sides
of the room ana crOssstringer, the mid
die of which was supported by iron rods
from the roof The striuger gave way,
pulling the ceiliug and roof down upon the
people and precipitating them into the
room below. The work of recovery was
exceedingly slow, as it had to be done IN
the dark. and it was feared every moment
that the walls would fall in.
The Central Baptist Church disaster
proves to have been fully as serious as tele-
graphed last night Bodies of fourteen
persons killed have been recovered, and
further Guest this morning shows that this
| is the number of persons killed outright.
Several other persons are so seriously In
jured that they will probably die. There
are number of minor casualties. There
are about one hundred persons with broken
limbs and ribs.
The cause of the disaster was the defect
i've construction of the building.
Up to one o'clock this afternoon two ad-
ditional deaths have occurred. Some Of
the injured will be crippled for life.
Escape Of Convict.
CINCINNATI, June 2i.-An Enquirer, Lam
caster, Ohio, special says George Black
burn, an old Penitentiary bird, was arrest
ed in Dresden this morning and locked up.
He induced the town marshal to enter his
cell. and drawing revolver shot him twice,
killing him instantly. Blackburn escaped.
Congressman in a Row.
RICHMOND, June 24-A street rencontre
took place this morning between Hon. j.
Amber Smith and Mr.. Andrew Washburne,
| pension agent. Washburne accosted Smith
and charged him with making false state
ments about him knowingly. Smiths re-
ply was blow over Wasnburne's head
with an umbrella. The two gentlemen
then cl'uched and scufied until separated.
| No serious damage done. Washburne's
charge of false statements probably arose
! from stat ,ments made by Smith in the
House of Representatives few days siuce
! in regard to the granite contract tor the
| new State Department, in which Wash
! burne was charged with defrauding the
| government out of &6O, 1000.
! Womans' State Temperance Convention.
PITTBuEG, June 24-The Woman's State
| Temperan Convention met this morning.
There was large number in attendance.
| Massachusetts Liquor Law.
| BosroN, Jane 24.-The liquor license law
passed the lower branch of the Massachu-
sets Legislature to-day by vote of 72 to 50.
| Iowa Anti.NIOnopolists.
| DEsMoINEs, Iowa, June 24.-The anti
Monopoly State Convention met to-day.
| After temporary organization and appoint
ment Of the usual committees recess was
| taken.
Republican Congressional Nominations @
| PHILADELPHIA, June 24.-The Republican
convention is ju session to day to nominate
| candidates in the congressional districts.
! Harmer is renOminated in the fifth dis
| trict. His competitor was Leonard Myers,
| the present incumbent from the third dis
| trict, the new apportionmenth having thrown
| them both into the fifth district.
| In the second congressiO district
| Charles O'Neill was nominated.
In the Seventh Senatorial Convention
Benz. V. Thomas was nominated.
| sale Of Racing Stock.
LEXINGTON, June A.-Alexander's sales
of thoroughbreds and trotting colts came
off today at the farm near Spring Station.
| large attendance was present. Colonel
McDaniels bought the finest animal sold,
full brother to Harry Bassett, for $4750.
Thoroughbred yearljngs were sold at an
average Of $626 each Each trotter sold for
about $4O0. The total sales amounted to
about $4,000 The sale Of thoroughbreds
continues every day this week.
| Races at East Saginaw.
EAST SAGINAW, June A.-The attendance
at the Driving Park was larger to- day than
yesterday, and the races were all closely
contested. The first race was for a purse
| of $4,000, for horses that had never beaten
| three minutes, $1,000 to first horse. $500 to
second horse, 5000 to third horse and s200to
fourth horse. The first money was won by
Fox, the second by Frank j., the third by
| Kittie Wells and the fourth by Bill Linn bers
| Time-2304, 2304; 2:30.
In the race for purse of $500 for horses
that have never beaten 2:34 the first money
was taken by Belle, second by Capitola,
third by Young Wilkes and fourth by
Capital. Time-2:30, 2:2SA 2:29h.
The third race. for horses born in Saginaw
and Bay counties, was won by Bertha in
three straight heats. Time-2:3Sk, 2:33As
237.
| Probabilities.
| WAR DEPARTMENT,
l Office Chief Signal Officer, ,
Washington, June "a, 1874, f35 P. MY
For the Gulf States, areas of rain, southeast TO
| southwest winds, continued high temperature and
| high barometer.
| River and Marine News.
| SOUTHWEST Pass, June "a, P. M.-Barometer
1880 Wind east, fresh. Arrved-Steamship St.
| Mary, at $3.50 p NJ. from Indianols and Galveston
| to a. Whitney CO.. s.eamship Harlan, at $40
l PM. from InaianOlA via Galveston, to c. A. Whit
| ney L Co.; brig J. L. B0wers Hall, master nine
| days from Havana; schooner Gertrude Howes
| Ward master i've days from Ruatan; schooner 3.
B. Locke, Cchrever. master. five DAYS from RanacS.