New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-25
MISCELLANEOUS.


| side during the war, was assaasinated Will
at work in his field, about twelve mile
| above Savannah, on the Tennessee river
Mangum was Q desperate and determined
! man, and performed numerous acts of dsr
ing and cruelty. Two masked men rode NJ
to Q fence near where he was blowing. boil
being armed with ehotguns, and riddlet
| on horse and carried it away, perhaps
threw it in the river" The paper adds
"When the matter is solved it will be founG
Mangum was taken off for some atr0citJ
committed during the rebellion" Up tt
this writing the guilty parties have no,
been apprehended.
Death Of a Clergyman.
LANCASTER, Pa January 24.-Rev. B. C.
Suesseratt, pastor of St. John Lutheran
Church of this city and formerly professor
| in the Illinois State University, is dead.
Important Railroad Case Settled.
| PHILADELPHIA, January 24.-The case Of
! the Junction Railroad Company vs.. the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, was de-
cided in the Supreme Court OF this State to,
| day. The decision confirms on the Penn
syivania Railroad Company the absolute
ownership Of that section Of the Junction
| Company of West Philadelphia lying be-
tween Market and Haverford streets. This
opinion reverses the decree of the Nisiprin' e
Court.
Buchu Again.
A commission in lunacy has been ap.
pointed in the Helmbold case. The doctor
is out of the insane asylum again on the up.
plication of his father.
Philadelphia Board Of Trade.
Attic annual meeting of the Philadelphia
Board of Trade John Welsh was reelected
president. The annual report refers to all
avphs cd x~Aa
discussion during the year. Among the
more important matters considered we're
pipe lines tor transportation of petroleum,
the proposed usury laws, the action of the
National Board Of Trade, amendments to
the bankrupt law, the Texas Pacific rail-
way, improved form of bills of lading, the
Transmission of samples of merchandise by
the mails and the centennial exposition.
The report is very exhaustive and 10 an i'm
portant trade paper for reference.
Acquitted.
Boston, January 24-John N. Pierce,
formerly cashier Of the Lowell National
Bank. was tried for the embezzlement of
$4,000 and acquitted.
Malpractice.
DR.. E. g. Mcclellan has been held in
&15, 600 bail, charged with malpractice, the
body of . young unmarried woman having
been found in his rooms.
Misplaced Switch.
TRENTON, N. j., January 24.-The Cincin-
natl express from New York, Sunday even.
ing, was partially thrown from the track
here by a misplaced switch. The locomo-
tive and three cars were slightly broken; no
person injured.
Burned.
NoRwALK, c., January 24-The resi-
dence of Joseph Ingers0ll, chair maker Of
the New York Tammany ring, burned.
Loss, 500, 900; insurance, $4,000.
Stow Bound.
OGDEN, Utah, January 24-The Central
Pacific express train east is snow bound at
Wells Station.
b,nai Birth.
MONTGOMERY, January 24-The Grand
Lodge. District No. 7, Independent Order
B'nai Birth, is in session here. There is q
large attendance Of delegates from seven
States. Mr.. S. Wolf, Of Washington, deliv-
cred lecture on the influence of the Jews,
to . large audience last evening.
Steamer Carondelet sank.
ST. LOUIS, January 24-The steamer
cen miles below here. She had 700 tons of
sugar aboard. The boat will be raised.
The Mckee Case.
IN INC Achoo Case u uug0 hruW argued
the incompetency Of the evidence of accom-
plices when uncorroborated. The court
will give ito decision in the Mckee case to-
morrow on the motion to qussh on account
Of the ineuf6ciency of unsupported evil
dence Of fellow conspirators.
Probabilities.
Once Chief Signal Ofacer, )
Warrington. January "a. 1876. 40 P. n.
For the South Atlantic and Eastern Gulf
States, cooler, partly cloudy weather, and
9rly winds and rising barometer east of
The lower Mississippi. For the Southwest,
areas of rain, with nOrtherly to easterly |
Winds, probably shifting to southerly,
light rise in temperature and falling baro.
meter.
River and Marine News.
SOUTHWEST Pass, January "a, 6 P. M.-Ba-
'ometer 5000. Wind north, light. Weather
,loudy, thick and foggy. No arrivals.
at 2 A. NJ. Down-Hous-
en, at IA. M; Dean, at P. NJ; Fonte-
lelle, at 8 A. M. The Genevieve was on
ime. The Maude is in port. The Pargoud |
Irrived at 7 P. N.
MEMPHIS, January A.-River rose eleven |
inches. Weather cloudy and cool; mer-
ury from noon yesterday to six o'clock |
his morning has fallen ~. Arrived
Belle Texas, from Arkansas river; Illinois, |
rom Vicksburg; Miller, from Cincinnati. |
Memphis, for St. Louis;
iolden Rule, for New Orleans; Simpson |
d0rner, for Ohio river.
ST. LOUIS, January 24.-No arrivals or de- |
'artures. River stationary. Weather clear /
nd cold.
CINCINNATI, January M.-River forty-two
eet four inches and rising half an inch per
lour. Weather fair and cool. Arrived
;. b. Church, from New Orleans.
PIrTsBURG, January 24-River fourteen
cot and rising. Weather cloudy and cold.
LOUISVILLE, January "a. River rose
even feet Last night; now twenty feet in the
anal and rising. Weather cool and cloudy.
Ip-Robert Mitchell, from New Orleans to
,incinnati. Down-Sherlock, from Cincin-
att to New Orleans.
EVANSVILLE, January 24.-Riyer thirty
our and half feet and rising. Weather
Loudly and cold. DECENTRALIZATION, at 81
CAIRO, January M.-Arrived-City of
1elens, from Vicksburg, at GA. NJ; James
Toward, from New Orleans, 1T 2 p. M;
selle st: Louis, from st. Louis, at seven.
ePsrted-Helena, for st. Louis, at III
!. H.; Howard, for St. Louis, 1T 3 p. NJ;
!eile St. Louis, for Vicksburg, at eight.
liver tnirty SIX feet seven inches and rising.
weather. cloudy; mercury 800.
MARKETS.
Domestic Markets.
New YORK, January 24-Eveninp.-Ii