New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-02
MISCELLANEOUS.
Reducing the Force Mt the Philadelphia
Mimi.

M1SCELL4ANEOU9.
Reducing the Force mt the Philadelphia
Mint.
PHILADELPHIA, August 1.-Yes+erfay
eighteen clerks and employees of the mint in
this city were discharged ON account OF the
desire to reduce the force Among tbose
discharged is Colonel William NJ. RnnsIe a
prominent politician and writer. This dis
charge has OccasiOned considerable remark
1t is rumored that a still further reduction
of the force will take place during the pres
Ell. month.
Affairs of Jay Cooke & Co.
Mr.. Lewis Teal, trustee of Jay Cooke &
Co.'S estate, received yesterday another
| dividend from Captain Ainsworth. presi-
| dent of the Oregon Steam Navigation Com-
pany. amounting to SIS, ,639 gold, which. re-
duced to currency, produced $20, 1882 So,
| which, added to previous dividends received
few days ago, amount to SCI SIG already
received on the $l50,000 worth of stock in
that company held by the estate. Other
| dividends will follow.
Trouble About the Postal Cars.
| Mr.. Bangs, superintendent of the railway
mail service, was at the postotfice early
this morning in consultation with Postmas-
| ter Fairman.
They called on Mr.. Hinckley and learned
| that he had consented not to withdraw the
| cars to-day and that the question of their
continuance should be decided ut the coz
ference to be held Monday. Mr.. Bangs is
| clothed with authority in the event of the
withdrawal Of the cars from the Whining
ton line To enter into a few years contrae.
| with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
for carrying mails in the postal cars from
Baltimore to New York via Lancaster.
This line is twenty seven miles longer
| than that Of the Philadelphia, Wilmn gton
and Baltimore Railroad Company. Mr..
Bangs and Postmaster Farman held also
this morning an interview with the officers
of the Pennsy lvania Railroad Company,
about the service, but what conclusion
they arrived at is not known.
| Fire Record.
MUsKEG AN, Mich, August IA fire oripi-
| mated in Harts boot and shoe store. at the
corner of Western avenue and Terrace
street. The flames swept away everything
up to the Chicago and Michigan and Lake
Shore depot. Over 200 places of bueiness
and 100 dwellings were destroyed. No es-
innate of the loss has yet been made Ia
surance comparatively light.
ST. LOUIS, August What appears to
be large fire has been raging in East St.
Louis since midnight, but telegraphic COM
municatOn can not be obtained with that
city, and no information can be given at
| this hour.
DETROIT, August IA fire broke on. in
| MushegoH dt al early HOur tn1S morning,
and has destroyed nearly half of the city.
The fire is in the eastern portion of the city,
and it is believed that a number of mills
have been destroyed. About ten squares
were burned.
BATHURST, N. B., August l.-Ritchie's
steam mill, at New Castle. was consumed
by fire yesterday. An employe of the mill
persisted in the flames The loss is very
heavy.
ST. THOMAS, August ALI the ware
houses of the London and Port Stanley
railroad, five in humber, together with a
private dwelling, were destroyed by fire
last night.
The Chemists Convention.
NORTHUMBERLAND, Pa, August lin
the Chemical Convention this morning, Pro-
lessor Smith, of Kentucky, made an ad-
dress relative to the Liebig memorial to be
erected either in Munich or Glassen
After the transaction of some routine
business, and vote of thanks to the ci.i-
zens' Of Northumberland for their hospi-
tality, the convention adjourned.
The War Path.
OMAHA, August l.-Company I, Third
| Cavalry, Lieutenant King commanding,
has been ordered from Fort Mcpherson to
join General Pope's command in Kansas,
and will march to Grnnell station on the
Pacific railroad. The object is to protect
the Kansas Pacific railroad, which is now in
danger from rowing bands of hostile South
| ern Indians. Captain Vessels command
has come into Fort Steele after an unsuc-
cessful pursuit of Indians who attacked the
Seminole miners about twenty miles down
| the Sweetwater.
! ST. LOUIS, August John Elliott. a
cO.ored cook at the Commercial House in
| this city, was found dead in the lower hall
of the house this morning, having been
| 1nf,. had S,t t6a h..r
| colored man named Lawson has been ar
rested on suspicion Of being the murderer.
though the character of the evidence against
| HIM has not been made public
A Railroad Suit.
Attorney General Ewing and State Audi
tor John b. Clarke left for Davenport,
Iowa, to-day, to defend the State in an in
| junction suit instituted by the Chicago and
| southwestern Railroad Company to restrain
the collection of taxes based on a recent as
sessment by the State board of equalization.
| An application will also he made for iniupc-
tiOns by the Atlantic and Pacific, ana Mis-
sOun Pacific, and perhaps other companies,
which protest against the action of the
| board of equalization. A very large amount
OF money is involved in these cases. Appli-
cations will be made before Judge Dillon, Of
| the United States Circuit Court.
scuIl Race on the Hudson.
PoUGHKEEPsIE. August LIN three mile
! single scuil race, at Peekskill to day.
| Ieneyck beat Dickman only half a length,
in twenty eight minutes and fourteen sec
onds 1t was very exciting contest
LiviAgstone' the Confidence Man.
RICHMOND, Va, August Ivan Ness.
alias Livingstone, arrested here three weeks
ago, on the charge OF forging the name of
Commodore Vanderbilt, to large amount
and attempting to utter the same as true,
was to day discharged the prosecution
| failing to get witnesses from abroad to
appear against him. His family. who have
been confined in Jail as vagrants, we're re-
leased, and the whole batch ordered to
leave the city in twenty four hours.
Livingston few days ago attemo oted sui
eide by hanging, having twisted strips of
clothing into rope and fastened it 70 a hook
IN the cell, but was frustrated by timely
discovery.
This is the same individual who figured
IN New Orleans as the brother-iulaw OF
Colonel Thomas A. Scott, and thus succeed
ed III obtaining contributions from several
OF the railroad men in the way of drafts
payable BY his brother-inlaw.
Pugilistic.
PITTsHuRG, August IA large number
of sporting men have arrived, expecting TO
Witn-ss the Edward,- Collier prize fght.
Efforts are being made to charter tow
boat and steamer for the excursion TO the
fighting ground, but have SO far proved
unsuccessful. The fight is expected to take
place on the eighth of August.
Sail Boat sunk