The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-22
From New York.
DRY DOCK CRUSHED DY BOSTON SHIP.

rTludy niBnt Nv Tue weight OF the Boston
ship Thomas Way, and there are fears con-
corning the vessels safety. The vessel
stood on her keel amid the wreck of the
dock Friday night. The greatest precau
tons were taken to prevent further calamity
from any subsequent slipping or settling of
the vessel, and experienced men were set
to work to get her off the wreck, but this
was very difficult undertaking. 1t was
feared hole had been stove In her bottom
aud that If extricated she would sink
Darkness added to the complication of
dangers. The accident was attributed to
the faulty construction of the dock, which
was said to consist of only five sections.
Tie ship was too great weight for the
stays, and they gave way under the load.
The dock was constructed during the war
and cost $l,200.0O0. A large portion of
the stock is owned in Boston and other
parts of New England. AT present the
dock presents scene of destruction the
unshapely ends of splintered beams pro-
ject from the water and under the ships
bows, while the ship stands upright, her
bowsprit reaching over the bulkhead into
the street.
THE OLD PosToFFICE BUILDING.
is TO be torn down within few weeks.
Since the change to the new structure in
Broadway, the old building has been unoc-
cupied. The building is century and a
half old, and bears witness to its great age.
The pillars that support the galleries are
rotten. 1t has been used as church,
theater, riding school for British dragons,
prison for revolutionary patriots, then as a
church again, and finally as a postoffice.
The chamber of commerce will petition
congress, next month, to sell it to them for
$780, 900, that being the same sum that it
was bought for by the government from
the Middle Dutch society.
DESTRUCTION by A TEXAN FLOOD.
Au official report, prepared by the Gal.
weston chamber OF commerce, more fully
describes the devastation by the late great
flood and storm in Texas. The loss of life
from the foundations and gales was 32l.
The largest number was at Ipdianola,
where 200 persons lost their lives. Prop
erty to the amount of $4,000 900 was de-
troyed. Indianola was the chief sufferer.
This unfortunate town. which formerly
had population of 1900, is now reduced
to 600 inhabitants. 1t is proposed to re-
build the place, az the situation is consd-
cred good one except in case of storms of
unusual severity. The disturbance was the
most violent known on the Texan coast for
half century. There is reason to sup
pose that the foundations, extending as
they did over considerable land levels, will
make the country unhealthy for q long
time to come.
FAILURES.
The following are failures announced
yesterday Rosenheim e. Libman, laces
and fancy goods, 406 Bowery; Union braid
ing works; Philip b. and Dennis B. Mar
tin, and Mahon & Murray.
THE WHISKY FRAUDS AND DRFRAUDRRs.
A Washington dispatch sums up the re-
suits of the contest with the whisky ring,
as follows: The amount already assessed
on distileries for unpaid taxes, most OF
which has been collected by distraint the
rest being secured by distillers. bonds, is
$745,S01. The value of property now un,
der proceedings for forfeiture, and against
which the evidence is conclusive, is 81 :
! 1886 This is in addition to the fines
and suits on gaugers' bonds aud against
rectifers to recover double the amount OF
taxes. The amount which will ultimately
he collected will undoubtedly reach tive
million dollars. The officers of the de
partment here think Mcdonald will Ger
hinly be convicted, but on the street there
10, for some reason, a feeling Of doub
about the jury, but the same doubt was
expressed about the jury in the last cast
tried at Milwaukee, wherein after "a hour
of deliberation the jury agreed on yer
dict of guilty.
CONFIDENCE swINDLRRs
The Times gives the following history o
Two confidence swindlers, adding that nj
effort has been made thus far to bring then
10 punishment
Charles B. Orvis and Dexter A. Reid
TWO dealers iu hardwood occupying room
in 90 Center street, have abscOnded leav
ing debts behind them aggregating from
S75, 200 to 100000. Orvis is an oil
swindler. A few years ago he had al
office in King street, Toronto, Canada
where he ostensibly dealt in Kansas lands
His real business, however, was to adver
tise in daily papers for clerk with $40
to $500 cash. He employed all persons
offering at high salaries, and gave them hi
own worthless notes for their money
When the first of the month came aroun
he was in Chicago, where he played
similar game until that city became TO
warm for him, and he came to New Yorl
HIS first venture here was in the hotel lin
at Eighth street and broadway. lie faile
with twenty thousand dollars in judgment
recorded against him. He next set up {
private banker In the Stuyvesant built
ing, but his only success here was ma
+ rage which he contracted with lady
respectable family. After his marriage
went Into the hardwood business on cor
mission. He received number of col
signments from the west, but was so slo
in making his returns that his princlpa
, made an investigation, the result of whit
' has been his absconding. Reed can
. hither from one of the most respectful
Boston houses In trade. He was esteem'
I an honest and upright young man, and e
joyed tirst-class credit until he m
Orvis, who, It is believed, led him astra