New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

Collision on the Old Colony Railroad.
/ BOSTON, January 26.-By a collision on
| the Old Colony road, local train carrying
passengers bound for this city to attend
various amusements, was demolished and
several passengers seriously injured No
lives lOst.
Destroyed by Fire.
KINGSTON. Ont, January 26-Radford g.
BarstOws elevator and several thousand
bushels of wheat were destroyed by fire.
The Freight War.
CHICAGO, January 26.-The freight fight
on freight hence to New York grows fiercer
The fight is general and involves passenger
rates to outlets.
BUFFALO, January 26.-Gleason Fillmore,
Q Methodist preacher, is dead He was
eighty-fve years of age.
Failure.
PHILADELPHIA, January 26-The failure
is announced. Liabilities $5OO,OOO. Fulton
e. Co., iron dealers at Conshohocken, also
failed.
Tho EdEefeld Troubles.
CHARLESTON, January 26.-Judge T. j.
Mackey, Republican, who was sent by
Governor Chamberlain to investigate the
recent troubles in Edgefield county, has
made his report, in which he lays the blame
chiefly upon the gross abuses in the county
government, and recommends the lmmedi
ate disbandment and disarming of the mi
litia. 1t is said Governor Chamberlain will
act upon this recommendation.
Probabilities. .
WAR DEPARTMENT
Office Chief Signal Officer !
Washington. January 26, 1875. AS PM
During Wednesday, in the South Atlantic and
Gulf States, falling barometer. rising temperature
weather will prevail but followed in the Wa.te1y
Gulf States by rising barometer. falling tempera-
ture. northeriy winds and clearing weather.
River and Marine News.
SOUTHWEST Pass. January 26, P. M.--Barometer
mssser GsS. 4Sa
Hamburg; schooner Gertrude Howes, Ward mas
ter. ax days from Ruatan: schooner Jennie Wood,
Havana. in ballast, to Avendano Brothers: steam.
city 1f lett At Cru M s.
with meEehandise and passengers to J. NJ Wifther.
board all well Sailed-Bark Halcyon and schooner |
B; ": Hin; i'll
light. Weather very lay. ArrvedM4ust sas1,
bark, TOloneo, Gadulich. master. ffty.three days
from Liverpool Norwegian bark. Ernst and Marie, |
schooner Jefferson Borden Patterson. . master.
thirty dsys from New York. with general cargo. |
to George W. Hynson l. C0-she lost her main top
mast and cr0ss trees; German bark Aguste, Won
Harten, master, sixty five DAYS from Bremen In |
ballast, for orders: Sailed-Brig Caroline Gray,
schooner Elizabeth Edwards. |
vIcKsBuRG. January 26.-Passed up-Exporter at
) P. NJ. Down-Belle Lee. at I A. NJ; Glencoe, at
Il A: NJ; Natchez, at 8 P. N. Weather warm and |
aiming. The RIVER fell six teen inches.
MEMPHIS, January 26.-River fell five inches |
Weather clear and pleasant. No arrivals or de- |
'artures
CINC1NNArI January 26-River about unchanged.
The gorge is still firm, but the ice Is rottng fast
Weather fair and mild. |
CAIRO, January rs -Arrived-Jobn B. Maude. |
rom New Orleans at A. NJ Departed-Garrett,
or Cincinnati at A. NJ. River five feet five |
nches and rising. Weather clear Mercury 49, |
CINCINNATI, January &c. River six and tive |
enths feet on gauge, rising slowly, and cutting |
ut below. Weather clear and warmer Up
ebert Mitchell ct noon; Sherlock, at P. H.;
!. The sherlock turns back from here
L0UisvILLR, January 26-Rver five feet al K inches |
the canal and rising. The gorge still holds |
boye.
WHEELING, January 26-River twelve feet ak
lches and rising. The break from above com.
enCed gOrging at Portland, and now extends
Eteubenvile, thirteen miles, gwhere there il l
ghtoen feet of water and rising The gorge |
said to bo very heavy.
PITTsBURe, January 26-River stationary with /
ght feet in the channel. Allegheny rot vet
Oke up. /