New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-18
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Race ON the lee,

The Race on tho lee.
GLENN's FALLS, N. Y, February 1.-THE
trotting stallion Joe Brown won the race
on the ice at TicOnderoga to-day, in three
straight heats, making. the remarkable
time of 2:27, 2:l8A, 22l.
Quiet Election in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, February 1.-THE elecs
ten is very quiet. The vote will be larges
and the contest is regarded as close.
Details of the election come in slow, but
the indications are that StOkely is elected
by 10000 majority.
The Boston ColIectorsi,itss
Boston, February 1.-THE Adrertise,s
says the nomination of William A. Simmons
to the Boston cOllectOrship is Objectionable
from every point of view and ought not to
be confirmed.
Boiler Explosion. a
BALTIMORE, February ia boiler exc
plOsion ut Calacton furnace killed three nes
groess
Taxpayers' Convention.
COLUMBIA S. c., February 1.-THE take
payers convention met at noon today. Two
hundred delegates were present. In his
opening address, President Porter said that
the bad faith of the State government and
public corruption and extravaganza made
! the reassembling of the convention neceso
sary; the taxpayers are in despair they
have no civil freedom, but are subjects of q
plain and naked despotism.
The preponderance of political power is
| in the hands of non-taxpayers, who refuse
| the Taxpayers fair representation for their
protection. The proprietary interest. re-
| presenting $l7O,000,000 of property, is taxed
| ad libitum, without its consent, by those
who bear no burden, and enjoy the spolia-
| tiOn; that while the taxable property of the
| State had declined from $500, 900 900 to-
10000 900 the taxes had risen from s40O,e
| 600 to over 81, 100000.
Great Fire Mt Sing Sing.
PoUGHKEEPsIE. February ia large
| fire is raging at Sing Sing. Two blocks, in
Guiding Olive Hal, are burned and another
block is now burning. Engines have been
sent for to Peekskill ana YOnkerse
The fire at Sing Sing was got under conc
| troll after destroying twenty,six places of
business, principally ON Main, Spring and
Leonard streets and Central avenue. Most
| OF the buildings were of wood. Olive Hall
was new brick structure, four stories high.
The fire originated from the heater in Olive
| Hall. Loss $l25,OOO
Killed by a Runaway Horso.
| ATLANTA, Ga, February 17.-John Jones,
familiarly known as Cotton Jones, was
| killed to-day by horse which ran away.
Mr.. Jones was an extensive cotton planter
before the war.
! Tho Richmond DuelIist Pardoned.
RICHMOND, February H.-GOvernor
Kemper has pardoned Page McCarty, SEN
| fenced te confinement for engaging in a
duel. Physicians certified that further con
| fnement would be fatal.
Evans, the New Hampshire Murderer,
Hanged.
CONCORD, February II. - Franklin B.
| Evans, the NOstwood murderer, was hanged
here to-day. He made confession, admit
| ting the killing Of Georgiana Lowering, his
neice, young girl, in the fall of 1850 and
| in the detail tells the story of his useless
| and licentiOus lite.
| Death Of Lunalilo-Struggle for the Sue.
cesslon.
SAN FRANCISCO, February 1.-The
| steamer City of Melbourne brings particu-
lars of the death of Hawaiian King Luna.
lilo on the third instant at his palace on the
island of Hawaii. His demise has been ex-
pected for several days. The members of
the Cabinet were called together at once,
and ordered a meeting of the Legislative
Assembly on the twelfth of February to
consider the condition of he affairs of the
government at Kahoolama
On the fourth instant mass meeting de-
clared in favor Of David Kalakao, the most
powerful chief In the nation, as Lunalilos
successor Queen Emma, widow of Kane
hameha, is, also named for the succession,
and there will probably be several contests
In the legislature over the question.
Illegal Railroad Bonds.
CHICAGO, February 1.-THE Supreme
Court of Illinois has given decision which
declares 1886, 900 of bonds, issued to the
Paris and Decatur railroad, illegal.
Mnrdi Gras at Memphis.
MEMPHIS, February H.-Raining continu-
| ously since three o'clock this morning, but
despite the i6clemency Of the weather the
streets are filed with maskers and citizens.
| The city 10 crowded with visitoGs, but unless
| tho weather clears of tho procession of tho
/ Memphis Mistick Krowe win be post-poned
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