The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-09

CHICAGO, March 8.-Last night fire oc-
CURED In Nos. 165 and 1857 south Water
street. occupied by number Of commission
firms, which completely destroyed the inside,
with contents. The losers are William +.
Settle & Sons, E. G. Rechwold, Fordham Il
Co., Wayne & Howe, and McClay & Tucker.
Loss, S250,0O0.
AUBURN, n. T., March s.-William Mitch.
ell. of Troy, was drowned this morning.
with two lads, whom he was attempting to
rescue. .... ....
New YORK. March s.-The jury in the
Sc, 0O0. 900 suit us. Tweed have found YER
dict for the people for S4,719, $40, principal,
and s1,S17177, interest, from September,
1s7O-total, s6,557,117.
ST. LOUIS, March s.-P. j. Schenck, cashier
OF the Iron Mountain Bank, committed sui.
eide by shooting himself with pistol. His
| wife coz mtted suicide in the SINE manner
q few days ago,
New YORK, March S.-President Orton's
report to the directors Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company shows that on the 1st
of April, 1874, there was surplus of S514,-
| 5S4; net earnings from that date to Deem
Der 31st last, So, 0,577-tota, 6G,245, 161.
Dividends, interest on bonds paid and &C.
crued, and the sinking fund, amount to
1860 ,01G leaving a balance of $3.50, 145.
TO this balance add proceeds Of sale Of
bonds issued in 1875 in excess Of the amount
required to redeem the bonds which ma.
tured November /, 1876, making total of
sSS3,347.
The directors to-day voted to postpone
the consideration Of dividend till the next
quarterly meeting.
NEW YORK. March S.-William E. Darden,
ex.appraiser Of the port of New York, and
formerly secretary of the Third.Avenue
Savings Bank, and Spencer K. Green, late
president of that bank. were held to-day at
the Yorkyille Police Court to answer for
wilful perjury in having as officers of said
bank sworn to false statement of its affairs
to the superintendent of Ban king at Albany.
BosroN. March s.-The annual meeting
of The Union Pacific Railroad Company was
held to-day. ~ 9I5
: MIR. Gould offered resolution that the
contract between the company and several
parties who are or have been beneficiaries or
trustees on what is known as the Cakes
Ames contract, and the j. W. Davis con-
| tract, and the assignments thereon, and VINO
may execute the same, be assented to by the
stockholders, and the treasurer is author
lied to execute the same. Adopted.
Another resolution by Mr.. Gould op..
posing the contract between the road and
the stockholders Of the Credit Mobilier OF
America was also adopted. It ,
81 The treasurer was authorized to execute
in behalf of the company the draft OF bill
in equity against the Credit-Mobilier OF
| America, advised by counsel, for the pur-
pose of asserting the claims of the company
| against said Credit-M obilier, and enJofniDg
the prosecution of q suit by the latter cor
poraton against the Union Pacific railroad,
now pending in the Supreme Court OF Mas
sachusetts. ........ .,1y
ST. LOUIS, March 8.-Mabel Hall, an Eng:
lish balet-girl at the Theatre Comique, was
shot in one of the refreshmentrooms tonight
| BY Edgar NJ. Moore, who then shot himself In
the head. The girl was shot ia the temple,
and will probably die. Moore is in critical
condition. Cause, unrequited love.
WEST CRREK, N. j., March S.-A ship
loaded with cotton [name unknown), pro-
bably-the ship Ontario Of London, went
ashore on Long Beach, near Little Egg Har-
Dor inlet, at 1 O'Clock this morning. Two
of her boats with portion Of the crew have
landed. A third boat still remains outside
heavily loaded. Her ere ", are afraid to land.
The ship; lies nearly opposite Life-StatioD,
No. o. Boats have gone to her assistance.