The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-03-30

ana o,Zol over all. TOTAL vote. Cneney Al
668; Marcy 37,975; Kendall and scattering,
420. The two towns to be heard from gave,
last year: Cheney, 81; Roberts, l49.
General George Lewis Cook declines the
Democratic nomination for Governor in
Rhode Island..... Mary Ray, an actress at
the Eagle Theater, New York, and her in
FAINT child, were fatally burned, few nights
since, by an explosion, caused by the care
less use of q lamp.......A correspondent of
the New York Herald arrived at Louisville
from Diem Pau Springs, and confirmed
everything that has been telegraphed con-
corning the recent shower of flesh. He was
sent expressly to interview the butcher who
ate some of the flesh, and to talk to other
eye-witnesses, whom he says laugh much at
the incredulity OF some writers on the flesh
fall.
The 18th, 10th, Goth, and 21st of March
were days to be remembered on account of
the peculiarly of the weather. There were
unprecedented snow-falls in various parts
of the country, and in the South the storms
and freshets did much damage in OBTAINING
railway trains, prostrating telegraph wires,
and drowning out farms and villages. A
New Orleans dispatch says that the water in
Lake Pontchartrain was higher than it had
been since the great flood of 1871. In the
bayou st. John the water from the lake
meeting the flood of rain water from the
city, overlooked the west bank, doing much
damage to gardens, ETC., on the outskirts of
the city. Nearly twenty miles of the New
Orleans and Mobile Railroad were sub
merged and doubtless greatly damaged;
Communication with Mobile by this road
was entirely suspended. Several lives were
reported lost on Lake Pontchartrain.
IL Al Ii. .xl.t 81
March 81, was driven ashore near Sandy
Hook, and all hands lost. The Life Saving
Crew lost all the boats they launched in the
attempt to reach the schooner. .... The storm
of March 20 was very severe in the East
Numerous disasters to shipping, much dam
age to property, and considerable loss of
life are reported. The storm in New Eng.
land was very violent. Fifteen inches of
snow fell in some portions of Maine, New
Hampshire, and Vermont. Trains were de-
layed in all directions. All along the New
England coast the storm was most violent.
The damage to shipping was very great.
The Sound steamers were unable to leave
their docks at Fall River and Newport.
Reports from various points show that many
vessels have been wrecked, and it is feared
a large number of lives have been lost.
Houses were unroofed, and fences and trees
ucmOllsucu.
The Pennsylvania Democrats met recently
in Convention at Lancaster, and appointed
delegates to the Democratic National Con-
vention. A resolution declaring that this
Convention presents to the Democratic
party of the United States the name of the
Hon. j. s. Black as a candidate for Presi.
dent was laid on the table. The platform Of
resolutions favored retrenchment and econ
omy; a general amnesty to all persons inn
plicated in the late rebellion who have not
already been relieved; opposed the appro.
priation of school funds to sectarian uses
favored the repeal of the present resumption
act; and expressed the opinion that gold
and silver are the only true basis for the cur.
rency of the Republic, and that Congress
should take such steps for the resumption OF
specie payments as will most surely and
speedily reach that result without destroy
ing the business interests of the people.....
Caleb b. Marsh arrived in Washington on
the 2lst, and on the 22d was taken in hand
by the committeeman General Schenck,
shortly after his arrival at Washington, had
long interview with Secretary Fish, and
also with the President. To these he de.
tailed his connection with the Emma Mine
matter from the first to the last, and pre-
sented his defense at length. He expressed
entire confidence in his ability TO make Il
clear case for himself before the committee,
was fully prepared with documents to cor
robOrate his statements, and declared that
he desired and was prepared for the
most searching investigation that could pos
sibly be devised.....The powder mill of the
Bronx Manufacturing Company, at Wash
ingtonville, in the northern section of New
York city, was recently blown to atoms, and
four men were killed and seven wounded.
Patrick Ward, of Trenton, New Jersey, aged
sixty years, sentenced to be hanged on
March "a for the murder of a man named
Myers, has secured Communication of sem
tence to imprisonment for life.....A Dublin
dispatch says that the members of the Irish
Rifle Association have unanimously agreed
to accept the invitation of the National
Rifle Association of America, to compete for
the championship of the world. They also
agreed to challenge the Americans through
the Amateur Rifle Club of New York, to
shoot return match at Creedmoor in Sep
TENDER, after the Centennial match, on the
same terms as the Dollymount match.
The Governor of California has approved
the bill Furnishing wife.beaters by public
whipping. 1.-The Bank of Camden County,
at Utica, New York, owned by A. Curtis,
Carman d. Co., has closed its doors. Liabil.
tiles, $4,000; assets, about SOC, O00.......T The
name of VIM. b. Beach, lawyer of Provi-
dence, has been placed on the Rhode Island
Democratic ticket for Governor, in place of
General Cooke, who declined nomina.
tion.....Allan Ingraham, a prominent lum-
Der manufacturer of Bay City, Michigan,
was killed at a camp on Pine river recently
by log rolling off sleigh, crushing him
against the corner of bridge. His parents
live in Brooklyn, New York.........The an.
nouncement is made that Bayard Taylor is
to be the Centennial poet The New York
Republican Convention has recommended
Roscoe Conkling as their candidate for the
Presidency.
Notes from Abroad.
A Paris dispatch to the London Daily
Telegraph says an arch of the railway bridge
over the river. Ill, near Lutterbach, gave way
under pressure of the flood. A passenger
train from Mulhouse for Strasbourg, which
was crossing at the time, was precipitated
into the river. The carriages fell on top OF
one another, and were dashed to pieces.
Owing to the violence of the stream, none of
the passengers could be rescued. Thirty
corpses were recovered.
The steamer Isabel, from Rochelle for
Bristol, was wrecked Saturday night, March
10, on Pendever Rocks, between st. Ives and
Lands End. Six corpses have been washed
all of whom undoubtedly persisted, as moth.
ing remained of the wreck Sunday evening
except few shattered planks......It is feared
that the British ship Lake st. Clair, from
New York for Glasgow, and the bark
Walton, from New York for London, have
been lost, with all on board. .... Charles
Brent, under arrest for frauds on the Falls
City Tobacco Bank, at Louisville, was
arraigned at London, Canada, on Friday,
March IL, and was remanded until
the following Friday to await the
arrival of the American officer.........
King Alfonso's entry into Madrid was made
on Monday, March 20. There were three
days of public festivities, the King entered
at the head of twenty-five thousand troops,
the TIE Deum was sung in the Cathedral,
and triumphal crown presented TO His
Majesty. In the afternoon dinner was
given to the soldiers, followed by fireworks,
Nominations, bull fights, and distribution
of medals and crosses to the wounded.
Masses were said for those killed in war.
......A telegram from Naples reports that the
long expected eruptions Of Mt. Vesuvius
commenced Friday night, March IL. The
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