New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-03
MISCELLANEOUS.
f,,rIroad Accident in New Hampshire.

Railroad Accident In New Hampshire.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., December 2.-Th'
81 sin leaving Plymouth at 7::0 A. NJ, raj
.sS tie track this side of Woodville, th
.faGs-.ing. One passenger car went over al
eIafacnkment. Fred Brown, brakeman
N-reons were seriously injured. one or two
NJ whom it is thought can not survive
Excitement In yics-bar.s
EacKsEURG, Miss. Decein Der :2,.--The tax
payers of the city and county NET at the
14ssaa1re in this city today to take action IL
reference to the robberies o. county officials
a.nd abduction and destruction .l the official
thu31s and records Of the county. The board
If supervisors called a meeting, but had nc
quorum. The taxpayers adjourned from
sAe theatre to the courthouse, where they
assembled en- masse and demanded the
resignation Of the dishonest officials.
Two Of the number, the sheriff and a
magistrate, offered their designations, but
tfsa Others were absent and could not be
sound. The immediate cause of this move
an the part of the taxpayers arises from the
fact that the sheriff has no bond and they
aWe unwilling to pay taxas, amounting to
100000 now due to the county, and to be
collected by the sheriff. to him without q
ssta,cr officers are under indictment for
fraudulent issue of warrants, embezzlement,
etc., end it is charged that the boDdless
sheriff packs the juries in their interests,
snd the clerks of court permit the abstrac-
tian and destruction of the papers and
records containing evidence of their guilt.
Colonel John ID. Baird took charge OF the
sberiff's office temporarily, and guard was
pat around the courthouse to prevent the
sNsaiing OF any papers or records.
Death Of an Army uarternnster.
I{nAvnN har - ~, ~
Tyler, Quartermaster, district Of the Allan.
ZIG, Is dead.
Strike on a Railroad.
HUNTINGTON w. ", December I-Sixty
employees of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
:,s5d struck 1or back wages. The engine
'SIth the mail was allowed to pass. Other
trains were detained The strikers declare
40 freight or passengers shall move until
their claims are liquidated.
Fleeing with Their Booty.
LONDON, Ont, December 2-Dauger &
Meyer, the absconding clothiers. have gone
30 New Orleans with their booty The
2ossds they took from their establishment
were packed in nine large trunks. and
amounted in value to nearly 100000, con.
-isting of Jewelry. kid gloves and other
expensive wares. The trunks were SNUG
lied across Detroit river as ordinary bag
gage. The customs officials are in pursuit
A Desperate Runian Disposed OF.
Memphis, December 2.-On last Saturday
;lgtt, Isaac Ruffin met Melissa Adams.
hoth cOlored, in the woods near Marion,
Arkansas. and after outraging her, at
sesupted to kill her with knife. In the
.a.us'le which cnsued, she knocked the knife
.sut Of his hand, and he was unable to find
1t in the dark. After beating her until he
shaught she was dead, he went to the house
II her father, near by, and told him Melissa
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young sister, to help her carry her basket.
Sic then left, and Maggie going to the gate,
sos1nd Rutfin there, who Selling her, viO
.aGed her person and fled.
Monday morning he was arrested in Mem |
istfis and agreed to go back to Marion with |
out requisition, and was taken back. After |
examination he was committed |
~ jail TO answer. the proof against him be- |
.n.g positive. On Monday night fifty or sixty |
negroes went to the jailer. and, fore I
M him to bring Rutfin out. took him a short
distance from town and shot him 10 DEATH /
.9Es body being literally riddled with buI. |
sss.
Crop Reports.
The Cotton Exchange crop report for No
.,.nlheE, issued this morning, gives the fol-
Ia wing summary. derived from lO7 responses
-azp West Tennessee, North Mississippi |
4Ha rkansas. north of the Arkansas river |
-lXty fuur report damage by frost and
ofty three 10 damage. Average damage
by frost three and half per cent; average
3asrease in acreage one and halt per cent.
toe excrtions are being made TO save the
.rop. The average closing of the picking
'sasou last year was January Ii; this year
{ will close about December :. The crop
. being arketed DpreceGentedly fast
tie corn crop of this district is about thirty |
No per cent short of the average of the
.a5t two seasons.
The aggregate Of responses does not