New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-21

DETROIT. February 20.-Ex-county treas
urer John F. A. ThOn committed suicide al
his residence in Wyandotte to-day. 1t
il reported he was $85,000 short in his
accounts, and that this was the cause Of the
act.
Omaha State Prison.
OMAHA, February 2O.-The investigation
which has been in progress for several days
past, by the Legislature, into the manage
ment of the penitentiary shows that prison
ers have been subjected to extremely cruel
treatment, and clothed and fed miserably.
The report will ask for q change in officers.
Mysterious Crime.
MEMPHIS, February 2O.-Tuesday last a
hunter found in the woods near Grenada,
Mississippi, the body of an Irish ped der
named Pat X. Lsferty, with bullet hole
and his body almost entirely eaten up by
hogs and dose. No clue to the murderer.
Arrest of a Train Wrecker.
On Wednesday night negro was caught
in the act of fastening cross tie on the
trestle work over Hickahola bottom On:the
Mississippi and Tennessee railway. After
his arrest he confessed to having thrown q
train off near there recently. This time he
expected the train would be dashed to
bodies of the passengers.
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CHICAGO. February 20.-Three years ago
the msngled remains of q man were found
in the south branch of the Chicago river.
No clue to the murderer was discovered
until last night, when young man named
Daniel Hassett was arrested at the instance
of his IA her, Patrick Hassett, and locked
mp over night. He sent for the sergeant of
police and made q statement, which he
afterwbrd swOre to, that his father had
NhOyvb u m IN
remains in barrel, threw them into the
river. Hassett has been arrested on the
charge Of murder.
The Fishing Fleet In the Ice.
Boston, February 20.-The condition of
the feet in the ice in Cape Cod bay is uu-
changed. There are signs, however, of the
ice breaking.
Gas Explosion.
Another frightful explosion Of gas, which
had accumulated from leaking street pipes
in the large sewers on Beacon street, Long.
wood, occurred this morning.
While two wOrkmen were testing the
pipes with lighted matches, a hole fifty by
twenty feet was made in the street by the
explosion, and both men were thrown q
long distance. 1t is believed they will die.
Will be Hanged.
Jesse Pomeroy, the boy murderer, was
sentenced to death this morning.
Flood in tho st. Lawrence.
MONTREAL, February 20.-Owipg to the |
accumulation of ice in the river at the foot |
Of the rapids, the water has risen about two |
feet over the locks of BeauharnOis canal, |
flooding several houses. The inmates had |
to leave. The island OF Aux Chevaux is |
completely submerged.
Corn and Cotton for Liverpool.
PHILADELPHIA, February Gothic Man.
haitian, chartered by the American line,
sailed to-day with $4,000 bushels of corn,
17lO bales Of cotton and large quantity OF
provisions.
Kind to the Poor.
BALTIMORE, February 2O.-During the
500 loaves of bread were distributed to the |
poor, white and black, from the office of the
German Correspondent newspaper.
From the Black Hills Explorers.
Sioux CITY, February ia letter has
been received by the editor of the Times
direct from the party that left here last |
October for the Black Hills gold mines.
The party. numbering thirty. are comforta-
bly, quarted near the centre of the hille;
had have no trouble with the Indians: have
plenty OF provisions and are prospecting
with success. .
This is the first reliable information from
his party. Various rnmors have been {
afioat Of the party returning with gold dust {
,ut they are probably untrue. Ia
Burglars Killed. t
CINCINNATI, February 20.-The Enquircr's q
lancaster (Ohic) special says it is reported t
here that two burglars were killed last :
sunday night near Mooresville, Hooking J
county, by MIR. Mohr and peddler who
vas staying ut his house. One of the bur |
glars was shot dead and the other was l
wounded and escaped, but was tracked and
to be Mohr's brother-in-law. He
lied Monday morning. l..
Georgia ludorses the Texas Pacific.
ATLANTA, February 2O.-The Legislature .
o-day passed resolution indorsing the | !.
'exas Pacific railroad, but leaves the sub. | =.
,ct Of federal aid to the discretion and :,
alignment OF the Georgia Senators and Rep y
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Probabilities. u
WAR DRPARrxKxr | =,
Once Chief Signal Oficer | II
Washington, February 70, 1875, 4:3s P. II. | &C
During Sunday. in the South Atlantic and Gpls hs
ates, rising barometer. westerly Winds and | RI
lder, partly cloudy or clear weather. W
RjvoF and nlarlne News.
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