The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-21
MISCELLANEOUS.
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Charleston, South Carolina,
Fired. Robbed and Sacked.
Ten Inches of Snow In Mem
phls Yesterday.
General Babe0ck Is interviewed at
Lawrence, Kansas.
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beecherism In the German Lutheran
church at Davenport, Iowa,
Threatens 10 Disrupt the
Church-Markeis, Etc.

CHARLESTON March 20. - A fire
broke out at three o'clock this morn
Ing at the corner Of King street and
Rogers alley. No water being In the
neighborhood and the wind blowing q
gale from the southwest, the whole
block from Columbia to Line streets In
the east and west side Of King street
was soon destroyed. About I o'clock
the fire crossed Line street. The
sparks and tlmbers being carried by
the gale three quarters OF mile up
King street road, the houses and farms
along that road were burned Heart
rending scenes were witnessed, and to
add to the confusion, bands of negroes
robbed and sacked every house to
which they could gain admittance.
Later In the morning Mayor Cunning
ham took command and some order
was restored. Half past ten the fire
had burnt itself out. Hundreds Of per-
sons are homeless and pennies, the
loss is at leaft half million; very lit
tie insurance is reported. The boun-
daries of the burned district are on the
South Columbus street and Rogers al
ley on the north to the race course, on
the east to the South Carolina Rail.
road, on the West street to Phillips
and Perry streets.
MEMPHIS, March 20.-Since seven
o'clock last evening ten inches Of
snow has fallen, and 1t IL still snow
ing. Street cars are unable to run, and
trains on all roads are delayed. The
streets are full of improvised slel CHS.
Such a snow storm was never Witness
ed here before, the one Of last March,
which was unprecedented, only meas
uring about eight inches. The tele-
graph lines are Frustrated, and 1t is
not known how far south the storm
has extended.
CINCINNATI, March 20.-It has been
showing since midnight, the heaviest
of the season.
New YORK, March 20.--Henry Muir
ray returned to his home in Baltic
street, Brooklyn, last Saturday night,
and finding there an acquaintance,
Henry Higginbottom, charged him
with being too intimate with Mrs
Murray, his wife. A quarrel followed
during which Murray was fatally stab
bed by Higginbottom.
1t Is not certain that Winslow, the
Boston forger, will sail from Liverpool
for Boston on the 2lst. The warrant
for his surrender has not yet been re
ceived from the British authorities
Detective Dearborn received letter
from Boston which seems to throw PEE
cuniary responsibility on him II he
takes Winslow's family home. II is
uncertain therefore wha. will be done.
A decision will be probably arrived at
to-day.
DAVENPORT, IA, March l0.-There
is a Beecher case in the German
Lutheran church here. Some time
ago there was a division In the mem
bership of the church on account of
the acts of the pastor, who was accused
of very improper intimacy with a
young lady of the church. In conse-
quence, he was forced to resign. The
pastor who succeeded him took up the
quarrel and now there is trouble az the
worst kind. For weeks the controversy
has been carried on in the columns of
the German papers, and such terms as
liar, swindler and seducer are applied
to the pastor and some of the mem
bers. The quarrel win probably dis
rupt the church.