New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-03
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Races mt Savannah,

SAVANNAH, Ca, February 2.-Large at
tendance at the races to-day. Weather
beautiful. Fine track. Busy Bee won thu
hurdle race. Time, 4O7. Van Buren, sec
the second race. Time, 3:47. Limestone
second Granger, who was the favOrite
third. Considerable money lost. Survivor
won the mile heats, beating Lettia. Time
1:5laa, Isl.
Death of nm Old Merchant.
Henry d. Weed, an old merchant, is
dead.
The National Grange.
CHARLESTON, February 2.-The officers
National Grange of the Patrons of Hus.
bandry, which meets here tomorrow, have
already arrived and it is expected all the
States of the Union, except three, will be
repre- ented. The proceedings of the bod
will ba very impOr tant in their bearing
upon he future course of the order. The
citizens give the delegates, especially those
ARA ngements have been made for a series
Of excursions and entertainments.
Row in the Pennsylvania Legislature.
HARRISBURG, Pa, February Upon
question of order, noisy Republican was
ordered under arrest. Republicans at
tempted to rescue him. In the broil pistols
were exhibited, and. in the midst OF commo-
ton, the Speaker adjourned the House.
Conservation of a Bishop.
BURLINGTON, N. j.. February 2.-Rev.
John Scarborough was consecrated Bishop
to-day. The ceremonies were impressive.
The crowd was immense.
FOukes the Murderer.
ALEXANDRIA. February 2-Foukes, the
murderer of the Herndon family, in Prince
William county, Virginia, was recaptured
five miles from the courthouse. He impli
Gates other negroes but is not believed.
A DastarcIy Attempt Mt Train Wreeking.
PHILADELPHIA, February 2.-The timely
discovery of a chain across the Pennsvl-
vania railroad at Paoli, Pennsylvania, pre-
vented a frightful Occident. 1t is probable
tie object was plumber.
The repeated tamperings with the
swite hes on the Reading railroad have
failed OF accomplishing disasters. The road
men have been doubled and are Goubly
vigilant.
Mills Stopping.
FALL RIVER. February 2.-The Granite
lad Crescent mills have stopped. The Mer-
chants mill stops to-day.
The Weavers' Union decided to send
thousand weayers back to England.
insane.
QUEBEC, Ca, February Twenty in |
mates of the BEAUFORT Insane Asylum are |
III,
Sale of n Railroad Postponed.
MOBILE, February 2-The sale of the
Alabama and Chattanooga railroad was
postponed to-day by special master com
mssioners until the second Monday of
March next.
Striking Miners.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, February EFF.
teen hundred miners of Brazil district are
out OF the mines to day on strike, because
q INV cad 10 l
eighty-tve to seventy cents per ton Or
orators say they will not yield.
1T. Louis Peoples Savings Bank.
ST. Louis, February 2.-TheOdOre Kslb.
'! o, president and acting president and +.
W. wake. secretary. made assignment to-
gay OF the Peoples Saving Institution. No
statement has yet been made of the con-
altion OF the bank, but it is expected c
the assignee will make an immediate
suit to the public. 1t is not even known
what amount of deposits the bank had. !
put II is supposed they were about 5000. OOO
III small sums belonging almost wholly to | :
very poor people. numbering perhaps 1000, 9
vi Naoiilties nothing has been made known =
yet Nothing has been heard of Wuerpel the :,
missing cashier, and no clue to his where.
abouts. He left behind him a wife and siy
children. "O Ola
Nebraska Storm. q
OMAHA, February "A heavy wind n
storm, accompanied by light snow n-a. II
rallied here tonight. Mercury below laro "
md rapidly falling lower. h.
Probabilities. k
WAR DEPARTMENT, b
Office Chief Signal Officer | f.
washington, February ?, 1875, A35 p N ( | n,
For the Gulf States. falling followed nv r,.irr a.
arometer. southeast winds veeripg to sontbnatt III
nd northwest lower temperature ciOuiv 80 | bt
AMY weather with norther extending over the X
outhwest "o L;
River and Marine News. O,
SourHwRsr Pass. February 2, 6 p M.-Barometar til
o:9o. Wind southsoutheast. strong Weather | n,
mex and hazy. Notwithstanding Deambre | -,
i, zo :, NJ, taylor master from BIO Janeiro. to T.;
~, Laurensen. master, from Liverpool to s. Oc
,eeks Co.; German bark Erneet Bsnno Welt | M
in master, forty four days from Rio Janeiro. No ~
vioSsBuRe, February 2.-Up-Glencoe at eight nc
'lock last night; &. W. Dugan at II NJ. to-pay. | ia
'wn-Susie Silver. at 4 A. NJ; John KYLE at2P | tir
Future city and barges, at p. M Frank Par. ~, i
ud. at p NJ; Natchez at Q P. NJ. Arrived nll
lptol CITY, at 10 A. Ii. Weather warm and rainy vO
e river risen eight inches. ge
AENPhiss February 2-Rver rising steadily | xii
aih ana rainy Arrved-Psrker from Cincin | ha
u, u, VepaTfed.Bee Texas for Pine Bluff Mary ne
70, tof " iite river. Painter. for Ohio river; Q2
nicola Tor Cincinnati City of Helena for vicks. NJ
'iscIssArl, February kentv.txo feet vei
zee inches, and falling. e1agGt ram. benartaSN pu
\ J. Hall, for New Orleans. shC
iTrsBuRG, February River five feet eleven | cor
hes and Ealing. ",
ouIsvILLR, Februagy River nine feet min. ind
aes ana RISING heasy ran. Departed ma
'ert Mitchell for New Orleans; Mary Houston the
'es tomorrow 1t WAS rpmored to night that | A.
Peytona was seriously injured by ice at the | 10Y
nth of Salt river. but the rumor can not he tive
led to O reliable source lSGS
'ATssiLLE, february 2MRiver sixteen feet kill
NJ Growing colder lee sbundsnt b a1h s sGee say