The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-22
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.


Trial Of Insurance superintendent myth.
ALBANY. N. Y. M rich 2t.-The trial for NAL
Bmyth was resumed by the State Senate this
morning, and after the introduction OF some
additional evidence In rebntta the case Sc was
M. when the counsel Will begin summing up.
Brewery Bnrned-L"ss S25O.OOO.
New .YoHK. March 2l.-A fire broke out IN the
Atlantic Brewery, .Slatlet"n. Staten Island,
owned BY Ruhsam d Harrepan. The structure
and outbuil1ings, covering two acres. we're de-
stroyed. The wind blew from all points dur
px siyipg ont The III ts Of The bremen we're
futile. The loss ia estimated at $3.50 GOO; In
suTed for s13o,ooo, placed by the Underwriters
panies. Rubsams residence. adjoining the
brewery, was also burned. Loss $40 600: incur
o ssvea s bsns IN the sge Tsr
at $3.50, Co., may be saved: s2oo0oe worth Of malt
and hops were destroyed.
schooner LOst-Crew Saved.
BosTon. March 2l.-A schooner from Wells.
y known. went ashore In Ipswich bay last night.
and as the sea has beer. heavy all night. she Is
probably . tot,l loss The crew were saved by
OF fish and other Eastern products.
Pulling n "Queer" Mandatory.
CfrcrrNATI. March 2t-- United States detec-
tives this morning pulled \ house In Newport,
Ky, and obtained q big pile OF, spurious ooin,
dies, etc. The parties arrested refuse to give
their names. The i.t. ctives are on the scent of
other crooks in that city.
suicide.
BALTIMORE March 21.--John Ruben Konig. a
German. aged forty years, applied at the sta
tion-honse to- might for lodging, and 1t being
apparent that he was suffering from the effects
where he died sh " alter IL O'clock He Is re-
specially connected. The Cause OF the suicide
Is not known.
Attempted Murder.
NEW YORK. March 21;-Miss Eva Harris. Of 81
nNa eAN rrnn efnh hnl fhr.h ftrrtnn In tt1o
head last evening. by James CLYDE. a former
lover, CLYDE called upon her at her room last
he teof h snd stabbed
10 the head. innicting severe wound. CLYDE
A warning to Murderous Lovers.
NEW YORK, March 2l-Thomos II. Clark. who
way Of her home on the sixth Of October last.
pecause she rejected his. proposal to make her
daY sy and
fenced him to the State prison for eight years.
Miss Holmes is still under charge OF her doc
tors. her condition being precarious.
A Defaultlng Canal Contractor.
MONTREAL, March 2l.--Great commotion has
been created among the unfortunate laborers
and workingmen on section one Of the Jachine
w M M tat secop had
to the United States vic imizing number OF
powder MERCHANTS and others Of this city. az
leaving about twenty five workmen six weeks
In arrears for WAGES.
tt appears ,hBt Phelan drew $4,000 from the
government. being the amount due him on the
contract. and afterwards drew up q supple
mentary estimate of $4,000. which he alleged
/ was required to. pay his men. This amount he
ting the $4,000 In Ottawa he left at once for
Prescott whore he crossed to Ogdensburg. and
that Ia the Last heard Of him. He leaves many
creditors In this city, as he has been getting all
the credit he could and paying no one. A num-
Der Of bills disoou nted have been taken in. The
amount OF his defacation is estimated at from
31b. 600 to $4,000.
A Brutal outrage.
MONTREAL. March 21-A respectable Eastern
township farmer was brutaly bsaten last night
while making his WY. to the Bonaventure de-
pot, by roughs who asked him the time of night
and on his telling them they set upon him. It
ts said the Unionists, password Is. What's the
time Of nfghtp and any one looking at his
ply, and iS attacked.
Life Insurance President in Jail.
NEWARK. N. j.. March 21-Benj. Meyers, pres
company. now IN the Essex county Jail In this
city, declines TO furnish the sis. 900 bail fixed by
Judge Depue, because his doing so might give
TO the public the impression that he intended to
evade trial again.
Sentenced for Life.
SYRACUSE. N Y. March 2l.-Wm Burns. who
killed Alonzo Y, West at Fayetteville. N Y, on
the seventh of October last. pleaded guilty to-
day to the charge of murder in the second de-
gree. and was sentenced to hard labor in the
Auburn prison for life.
American Ship Building.