New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-07-15
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Vinegar Factory Seized.
BosToN, July 1.-THE vinegar factory o
E. n. Pettengill was seized today for man
ufscturing distilled spirits.
Falling Of Hotcl-A Woman Crushed "a
Death.
LYNcaBURo, July A.-About four O'CLOCK
this morning the rear portion Of the City
Hotel fell with . great crash. Fortunately
the FIVE or six rooms destroyed were not
fully occupied. As far as known only three
persons weSo in the wrecked rooms. Mrs.
l.. Brown was killed; =. e. Farris, commits
sion broker, was badly injured, q negro
man was severely bruised and negro
child is missing. Mrs. Brown was dead when
reached by the fremen. Ths building was
old but was considered safe.
suicide.
| ATLANTA, July A.-Tom Wells, formerly
. commission merchant in this city, COM
mitted su5cide to-day. Cause, financial
troubles.
The Parker Trial.
CHARLESTON, July l4.-Evidenos for the
prosecution IN the case of ex.Treasurer
Parker closed yesterday, and the defence
declined to put up any Witnesses, and
claimed thereapon the reply in argument.
which was denied by the court. Today
| was occupied with argument for the State
by Colonel JaC1 ii. Ryan.
| Japaneso Csnsennfag Commfssf0ncrs.
| PMLADELPHEA, July A-The Japanesel
commissioners to the centennial have sr -
| rived, and are preparing to put up centeu-
nial buildings.
Tno Orange Riot in Lawrence.
LAWRENCE, Mass, july A-The mayor
has published card, claiMing the recent
| Orange riot was caused by the floating
| population drawn here by the building of
I the new WaterwOrhs.
+ Death IN the Flames.
A boardin2house used by the waterw0rkS.
hands burned. Tvs men persisted in the
| flames.
Dallet-Ppssf NIemDhian.
MEMPHIS, July N.-George Mc6auinn,
who was shot three times last Sunday.
cace in the neck and one shot through the
| chest, and > third shot breaking his right
arm, was On the street to-day apparently
| unhurt.
Fears fa1 Overflow.
There have been some fears of An over flow
| in upper streams, but the indications at
| present are that little or no damage will bor
done in the Mississippi bottom, a. the water
| is still eight and . quarter feet below high
water mark, while the st. Francis, Arkansas
| and White rivers, as we'll as all the lakee
| and bay0us, are at q low stage.
The Gsrcenbsei Party.
DETROIT, July 14.-A convention in the
interest of the Greenbaek party is called to,
meet at Detroit August 25, and B. y. But
ler. w. D. Kelly, Moses w. Field and
others are expected to address the meetings
Base. Ball.
HARTFORD, July l4.-Philadelphias moth. 4.
| ing. Hartfords g.
New YORK, July H.-St. Louis q, Allan
tics l.
Heavy Fnil'ef Rain-ASDrehossiens 81 .
Hreshos.
CINCINNATI, July 14.-A dispatch from
Shawneetown, Illinois, says: There was the
heaviest rain here yesterday that has fallen
for years. The track of the Springfield
| division of the Ohio and Mississippi rail
road in the vicinity of Mill shoals is GOV.
| cred with water from three inches to two
feet deep; 1t put out the fire of an engine
to-day as the train came through it. The
i people in the bottom lands along the Ohio
and Wabash rivers are seriously alarmed
on account of threatened overflow. A great
many farmers have lost their entire crops
by the food.
! Horse TAlevos q. Work.
A dispatch from Topeka, Kansas, says q
daring band of horse thieves, numbering
100 or more, is operating in the Arkansas
valley. along the Kansas borders Of tho In
|
organized. One of its leaders is q noted
frontier robber named Burnett, who
was recently recaptured down in
the Territory and brought up to Wichi-
ia, but escaped from Jail at
that place Sunday night, and is again at
large. On Monday ten more of the band
were brought into Wichita by q party of
eighty miles west Of the Cheyenne agency,
with . lot of stolen stock in their posses.
sion. At Dodge City there is great excite
ment among the citizens, and they will un.
dOubtedly lynch q number of the outlaws.
Beoksellers' Cenvention.
| NIAGARA, July IA. The book trade con. {.
ventiOn, in session here, adopted q resolu.
ton, that none but members of the associa i.
ton be allowed to participate in the book
fair, either as buyers or sellers.
resolution requesting publishers To
lessen discounts to persons who persist in
underselling is under consideration.
| Probabilities.
| WAR DKPARrnaNf.t
once Chief signal Ofacer,
Warrington, July H. 1875, 4:3O P. MY
For the South Atlantic and Gulf States.
Tennessee and the Ohio valley, stationary
to falling barometer, stationary to rising.
temperature, south to southeast winds, and
clear or partly cloudy weather will pre-.
vail, except possibly rain in the two laat
and the Carolnas.
River and Marine News.
SOUTHWEST Pass, July ID, 6 P. M.-Ba.
rometer 1870 Wind west-southwest, fresh.
No arrivals. Sailed-Stesmship Morgan.
PAss-ALOUTRE, July IA, 6 Z. M.-Wind
westsouthwest, light. Weather clear. Ar.
rived-Bark Elliott Richie, Hutchinson.
master, twenty-f days from New York,
with general cargo to George A. F0sdick;
g. Co. Sailed-Steamship Margaret.
VICKsBURG, July A.-Arrived-City Of
Helena, at p. M. No boats up or down
to-day. River rose two inches. Weather
warm and clear.
MEMPHIS, July 1.-THE river rose eleven
inches. Weather generally clear; mercury
92o. Arrived-Chester, from St. Louis.
Robert Mitchell. this afternoon, for New
! Orleans.
CINCINNATI, July if.-River twenty-nine
feet eight inches and rising rapidly.
/ Weather sh0wery and waJm.
PrrsBURG, July H.-Rivef three feet
two inches and falling very slowly. Weather
cloudy and warm.
LOUISVILLE, July l4.-River rising fast:
with ten feet in the canal. Weather
sh0Wery and warm.
CAIRO, July l4.-Arrived-Julia,f from Sc.
Louis, at noon; Future City, from New Or.
leans. at2P. N. Departed Julia, for Vicks.
burg, at P. NJ; Future City, for St. Louis,
at P. N. River thirty-five feet ten inches
and rising fast. Ram last night and this
morning; clear;to-night; mercury &?..
| EVANSVILLE, July H.-River twenty ono
feet two inches, and rising. Weather clear.
| Up-Thomas Sherlock. at A. NJ.