New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-10-17
MISCELLANEOUS
Frost ut Pascag0ula


Frost at PascagOuia.
PAsCAGouLA, October Is There was
frost here this morning.
Marine.
HALIFAx. October l6-A storm occurred
on the Magdalen Islands on the tenth. The
schooner Martha j. Pike was lost The
brig Pierre Noosque was wrecked On North
Beach on the twenty-eighth ultimo The
crew were lost The bodies OF the captain
and cook have been recovered.
Arrival OF the Hartford.
FORTRESS MONROE, Va, October To-
The United States trigate Hartford, which
sailed from Lisbon September 49, arrived in
the Roads last night. All well on board
Burning of Bingham's Distiilery.
CINCINNATI, October l6.-The Eagle dis
tillery at Paroka, Indiana, formerly owned
by the Bingham Company. is burned.
Incendiary Fire.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., October l6-An at
tempt was made to burn the mansion of
George c. Ballou, in Woonsoeket, at a late
hour last night. The fire destroyed the
Woonsocbet High School, with valuable
chemical and philosophical apparatus.
Iadinns Driving off WOrkmen.
SAN FRANCISCO, October l6.-A dispatch
fr1rl Portland. Or, gon, SAYS the Umatilla
1nGisns hagh driven OF the wo,kmen on the
Eeruda ard Northern Telegraph extension.
threatening t, kill tien if they continued
the work.
Tie Run gu the lame Savings Eank.
BC SION, October l6-Tte run On the
Home Savings Bank continues to-day, but
sieDns tors exhibit more confidence. Com.
missioner Gatcbel has examined the bank,
anu certiies it is perfectly safe and able to
pay all depositors. Offers of assistance, if
needed, were made by several city banks.
Meeting of Creditors.
At a meeting of the creditors of c. & NJ.
Cox, wholesale boot and shoe dealers, to.
day the assets of the firm were shown to
be $l05, 425 and the liabilities $225, Sos. The
firm offered to pay forty cents on the dol
lar, which offer was held in allegiance.
To be Hanged.
JAMESTOWN, N. Y, October l6.-Nelson
Carl, convicted OF the murder of Charles
Whimple, in Little Valley, last March. was
to-day sentenced to be hanged on the TWEEN
ty-sixth Of November.
Went Ashore.
CHARLESTON, October 16.-The British bark
NJ. Wood Wilmot, sixteen days from Sid
ney, Cape Breton, went ashore on Pumpkin
Hill shoals last evening. This morning a
tug got her off and brought her to the city.
She leaks badly and the water is up to her
decks.
The Fishery Question.
OTTAWA, October 6-Mr. Rogerson. re-.
ceiyer general of Newfoundland, has ar
rived here to confer with the government
respecting the fishery claims. Newfound-
land is not, under the Washington treaty,
entitled to representation in the fisheries
commission, but the interests of the province
will be watched by the receiver general,
who will make any representation deemed
necessary through Sir A. T. Gait.
A Possible Democratic Candidate for the
Presidency Swinging Around his Little
Circle.
RALEIGH, N. c., October Ex-senator
Thomas f. Bayard, OF Delaware, was eer-
enaded tonight at the Marlborough House.
He was introduced by Mayor Manly to a
large and enthusiastic crowd He did not
enter into partisan politics, but asked the
people of North Carolina in 1876 to act
upon the principle that party triokery was
not politics, but that duty to the country
was next TO devotion TO God. He wanted
the men of the South united, not for South
ern preponderance or Southern control, but
to secure the first great principle of
happy union and the equality of the States. |
He urged the people OF North Carolina to
cultivate good will between the sections, |
and hoped the people of all the States |
would do likewise. He concluded amid
great cheering, and was escorted to the
depot by music and the two military COM
panies Of this city, the route being illumi- |
mated with b0nfires.
Suit Against Railroad.
Sr. Louis, October l6.-United States
District Attorney Dyer entered suit to-day
against the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
Company to recover $50, 900, alleged to be
due as unpaid revenue tax on the net earn.
ings Of the road from January, 1868, to JAN
uary, 1872.
Championship Scull Race.
PITrsBURG, October 16.--The five miles,
single scull raCe, for $1,000 and the cham
plOnehip Of America, between E5au Morris |
and Henry Coulter, was rowed over the
Hutton course this evening. The race was
won by Morris by one length, in thirty-fiyo
minutes and twenty eecOnde, which is
claimed to be the best time on record. The |
attendance was fair and betting lively.
Put in for CsaI.
NORFOLK, Va, October l6.-The steam
chip Strasburg, from New Orleans, for Liy- |
erpool, put In Tor coal.
Frost mt Memphis.
MEMPHIS October 16.-There was kill.
some damage to late cotton in the bottoms.
a Fatal Array.
MEMPHIS, October 16.-An appeals Sena.
fobia, M,ssissippL special to night says:
tween Colonel j. H. Cooke, \ prominent |
merchant of this place, and b. .McHenry.
Several shots were fred By both parties.
McHenry firing first, one Of which severely,
II not mortally, wounded Colonel Cooke,
who then drew knife and cut McHenry
aeveral times, killing him almost instantly.
TIE eanse Of the difficulty was political dif-
sse& Murder IN Georgia.
AueusrA, Ga, October 16.--MeFris n.
1In1ey w. shot and instantly killed this
evening neng WcBean station, ON The
CentrsI saiben1y ~ Alphsus Tillsx who