Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-04
NEW YORK.
Developments of Payday.
InsOlvent Railroads by the Hun
dred.
Millions of Interest I'm

Twenty-Seyen Millions of Interest I'm
Default.
NEW YORK. Jan. 3.-The entire num-
Der of railroads in default is more than
lis, representing an Indebtedness on inter
est account of more than S27,000,000.
Buried i'm the POtter's Field.
Nathaniel French, prominent member
of the Masonic fraternity in Nassau, y. H.,
has been missing since his arrival in this
city nearly six months ago. After careful
inquiry by friends and the authorities. the
discovery has been made that within twen-
ty-four hours after French reached this
city lie was brutally beaten and robbed,
and carried to Bellevue hospital when he
died from his injuries, and being UnrecOg-
nized and unclaimed, was buried in the
Potter's field.
COnseience-SHlitfen.
A man giving the name of Andrew Don
men and saying he wa a broker OF Austin,
Texas, and that on Nov. ID he had alb
seconded with $1,000 worth of United
States bonds which had been intIusted to
him by Radike d Co., tinsmithS of Austin,
surrendered to the police yesterday. He
says he has squandered his money and is
ready to be returned to Texas for trial and
punishment.
Consolidate! CONSOLIDATED
1t is expected that by the close of the
present month all arrangements will have
been completed for the consolidation of the
WilkeSbarre, Haneybrook and Lehigh
Coal Companies with all their tributaries.
If the consolidation is effected the new
concern will be known as the Lehigh Il
WilkesbarTe Coal Company and viii begin
business with a capital of ten million dol
lars. The stockholders of the Central
Railroad of New jersey will be largely in
terested in the new organization and
though that Company will not be merged
in the combination a close relation will be
established.
Victims of the Vile du Hayre.
The contributions for the families of the
late Prof. Pranier, of Geneva, and Rev. A.
CarrascO, of Madrid, Evangelical Alliance
delegates, lost by the Vile du Havre disaS-
ter, amount to $1,000.
One Of Them.
Jno. W. Norton, formerly Superintendent
of the Money Order Department of the
poStOffice, has been recommitted to await
the action of the grand jury on the charge
of embeZZling moneys entrusted TO him, a
former Indictment having been quashed
owing to vagueness.
We AraPiIes.
The Spanish steamer Arapiles has been
foated from the mud bank on which she
stuck yesterday, but was prevented by the
fog from shipping her guns at the ordnance
dock.
4 Divorce Suit
which occupied the whole week in aTgu-
ment before Judge Davis in the Supreme
Court, terminated to-day. The plaintiff,
Mrs. Sarah b. Hunt, is daughter of Jacob
Barker, the well known Wall street banker
and broker, who died two years ago. The
Vim. II. Hunt, is distinguish
ed lawyer residing in New Orleans. De-
cision reserved.
Refused To Testify.
Mr.. Shanks, city editor of the Tribune,
was before Ex-Judge Greenwood, in Brook
lyn to-day, by order Of the Supreme Court,
to testify to the authorship Of alleged libel
lous articles against Judge MCue, Of
Brooklyn, he declined TO give the name Of
the writer of the Objectionable articles, and
the investigation adjourned.