New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-15

fed that had the abscessss IN Carruths
wound Teen opened by surgical operations
he need not have died; further. that the
bullet was located in y favorable position
for his recovery.
SAVANNAH, January IA. The steamship
Dur ham, from New Orleans for Liverpool.
cam. out of the dry dock with q new shaft
supplied, and has commenced reloading.
Philadelphia Press Club.
PHILADELPHIA, January l4.-At the an
nnal meeting of the Phiiad.lphia Press
Club. to-day, Stephen NJ. Winslow was
| elected president. Unusual interest was
manifested because of the part the club m
tends to take in the centennial. The CLUB 8
new quarters are open to visiting Jour
nalists.
CINCINNATI, January A.-The will Of
| Timothy Kirby, leaving az estate Of over
| 81, GOO coo, was taken to the Probate Court
| yesterday, but, owing to the strange be-
quests, measures were taken 70 prevent
| probate By General Banning and Don
Piatr. 1t appears Mary Francis, motto
ricus character of Cummngsville, suburb
of the city where Kirby resided, claims to
| have been the wife Of deceased. She is left
by the will $4,000. Five bastards, whom
| deceased mentions as his adopted children,
| are placed on equal 1Ooting with his legiti-
mate children. The latter are made trus-
| tee S, TO- period Of fifteen years, OF the for
mer. A Mrs. Fox has also handsome be-
quest. 1t seems the entire estate was frit-
| tered away in this manner DR.. Thomas
| Wood testified that he had known deceased
| number Of years. He said thai deceased
was a mOuomaniac; that he was infatuated
with women. The will probably will be
set aside. The atfAir causes great sensa-
| ton.
Probabilities.
WAR DEPARTMENT
Odce Chief Signal Officer,
Washington. January IA. ls76. 40 F. NJ.
For the Gulf States and Tennessee, rising
| temperature. increasing cloudiness aud east
| erly to sOutherly winds during Saturday,
with falling barometer and areas of rain III
| the Southwest.
River and Marine News.
SOUTHWEST Pass, January II, 6P.N.-Ba-
| rometer 1910. Wind northeast, strong.
Weather cloudy and col Arrived-Ameri-
can schooner Theresa G two days from
Grand Ca,llou; Norwegian ship Trey, Bra
ger, master, torty-twO days from Antwerp;
German bark Bremen, Hellmur master.
forty two day from Bremen; Austrian bark
SatOr, Premuda, master, forty days from
Bristol; Norwegian bark New York, Sor-
rensen, master, forty five days from Havre.
SalleO-Sleamsnlp MlsSlsSlppl anu DaIh al
bion.
VICKsBURG, January I4.-Passed down
Future City, a. NJ. The Lee. Katie, and
Schenck will leave tl -night. Up-Clarks-
Vile, 3 A. NJ; Illinois, II NJ. The river rose
four inches.
MEMPHIS, January 4.-Arriyed-Legal
Tender, from Arkansas liver; Ruth, from
White river; Cherokee, from New Orleans;
City of Helena, from ST. Louis. Departed
Cherokee, for Cincinnati. River fell one
foot one inch. Weather clear and cold.
ST. LOUIS. January l4.-NO arrivals or
departures. The river has fallen one foot.
Ice thinning out rapidly. Weather clear
and warmer.
CINCINNATI, January II River nineteen
feet one inch and rising. Weather clear
and moderating.
P1rrsBURG, January li-Eiver six feet
seven inches and stationary. Weather
cloudy and cold.
LOUISVILLE, January H.--River rising,
with eight feet one inch IN the canal.
Weather cool and clear. charlottesville,
from Cincinnati to New Orleans.
feet two inches and falling. Weather clear
and cool. Down-Susie Silver, at 2 A. NJ.
CAIRO, January li.-Ar1ived-H. s.
Turner, from New Orleans. at noon; Bis
mark, from st. Louis, at p. NJ. De-
parted-Helena, for Vicksburg. at eight
o'clock last night; Turner, for Cincinnati,
at z. NJ. River twenty-five feet and fall
ing. Weather clear. Mercury 3So
Cotton.
NEW YORK, January 1.-THE following is
the comparative statement of cotton Tor the
week ending to day:
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