New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-15
WHOLE NUMBER 2l3O.

house of the Legislature the local option
bill, which occupied the forenoon session
and entire night session, was defeated, a
motion to postpone consideration of the bill
until the sixth of April, when the Legisla-
ture adjourns, having been carried, and
motion to reconsider this vote being laid or
the table.
Billiard Tournament.
BosToN, March l3.-The first game this
evening, between j. Dion and Maurice DAILY,
was won by Dion by l57 points.
Inc next game, between Cyrille Dior
by 253 points
In the evening the first game was be-
tween ubassy and DAILY. Ubassy won by
66 points
The next game in the evening was be-
tween Cyrille Dion and Albert GARNER,
which was for the first prize, and was won
by Garnier by l55 points.
Fanueii Hall in Mourning for Charles
Sumner-The Obsequies.
ranueil Hall has seldom been the scene
of such popular demonstration of love and
respect to departed worth as at noon to-day.
One hour and a half before the exercise
commenced ladies were admitted to bal
comics, which we're filled Immediately after
the doors were thrown open to the public
The hall was also instantly filed.
1t was elaborately hung with emblems of
mourning, and on the platform were Vice
President Wilson and large number of
distinguished men. Opposite the platform
was portrait OF the late Mr.. Sumner, with
date of birth and death on each side.
Mayor Cobb presided. Among the vice
presidents were Wendell Phillips, r. {.
Winthrop. Richard II. Dana, B. r. Curtis,
sidney Bartlett, and William Lloyd Gar
risOn.
Reception Of Mr.. Summers Remains-Tvhe
Body Lying In State mt the state
House.
The remains of Mr.. Sumner arrived here
to night at seven o'clock. An assemblage
of people numbering 10000 was in waiting
at the depot. A committee composed Of
the mayor, the aldermen of the city, mem
bers OF the Legislature and of the Board of
Trade received the body and were escorted
by detachment of the First Battalion of
Cavalry and sixty policemen to the State
House, where the remains we're deposited in
Doric Hall, which is draped in mourning.
A detail from the Shaw Guards will do duty
as guard of honor over the remains al.
the hall. The body will lay in state during
Sunday, and until Monday afternoon, when
it will be removed to Kings Chapel, where
the funeral service will take place.
Liquer Dealers Indicted.
CINCINNATI, o., March H.-The grand
jury OF PomerOy, Ohio, adjourned last even
ing, after finding two hundred indictments
against liquor dealers.
An Editor in Jail.
John K. Mclean, one of the proprietors
of the Cincinnati Enquirer, was sent to jail
by Judge Marchant, of the police court to-
day, for persisting in refusing to answer a
question prOpOunded to him yesterday.
'Phe CaSe before the court was ono IN,
which Thomas Quinn and ex-Judge Hoeffer
were plaintiffs and X. L. ScOwler, engineer
of the water works, was defendant. The
charge was libel in causing a publication
affecting plaintiffs character. Mclean was
asked who gave information on which the
publication was based and he refused to
answer.
The Races in Augusta.
AUGUSTA, Ga, March li.-The first race,
handicap hurdle, over six hurdles, one
mile and half; first horse $3.50, second
$50. Weldon entered Midnight; Bacon en-.
tered Jim Hinton. The latter won easily.
Time 3:63A.
Second Race--Two mile dash first horse
$3.50; second horse $50. Hitchcock entered
Limestone; Bacon entered Granger. This
was the best and most hotly contested race,
resulting in Granger being the winner.
Time-3:44&.
The Jockey Club presented Messrs. Bacon
and Jones with silver cup, in appreciation
of their efforts to revive amusemente of the
turf in the city.
Everything passed of pleasantly. LIE
A Strange Frenk.
ALTOONA, March 4.-An engine standing
in the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's
yard here got started in some way without
any person being on it, and ran through
the roundhouse and across an open space
into large machine shop, running the en-
tire length of the shop, over 300 feet, in
which were over 500 men at work One
named HUFFMAN was killed and another
named Bradley had his leg taken of, and
can not survive The engine smashed
every thing in it's course.
Burglary and Arson In Canada.
WOODBRIDGE, Canada, March I4-Early
this morning the office of the Woodbridge
agricultural implements and machine
works was entered by burglars, who blew
open the safe and rifed it of it's contents,
which consisted of promisOry notes and
other papers to the value Of upward OF
100000. They then set fire to the buildings,
which were entirely consumed. Loss on
buildings and manufactured stock will ex-
ceed 100000 About 100 men are thrown
out of employment by the event.