The Morning herald., 1878-12-24
THE LATEST NEWs.

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THE LATEST NFVs.
The smtes Flour Nifis, Just outside the
city limits Of Baltimore, On the Frederick
rad. owned BY samuel III. Hazelhurst &|
Sons. were buE0ldka Il I'm sariys hcur
Yesterday morning. Estimated loss,
$50, 900. -
A despatch, from HsyTe saygf. that, the
Hamburg American Line steamer anevia,
which WAS 10 haze eseiled yfrop that place
on the 2lst instant, did mot leave until .
O'Clock yesterday morning, her departure
aviDg been delayed on account Of snow
storn- Ka
Bssa.en two sad thrss feet Of spss Savs
fallen since Saturday morningin WAteftown.
Il Y, and It 10 still showing. All trains on
the Rome, eWatertown, and the Utica and
Bi.cf RiVer Railroads ars BADLY delayed.
NntF.sps have srrived at Hetsrtown since
turday, II
Q Credit Industrial and the Societe
r nanciese conformity, with q fsrt class
syndicate, have saken mp The concession Of
. cable betwesn France and ,Anerica,
frasted' to- NJ Ponysr Quertier By the
French Government. Y gf vnDJyab
JOSEPH Der 18th nsn II families, st sns.
mokip, Pa, became inyelyed IN g aqasrrsl
:, senhard drew la'rtvolser and shot Deer
i,,the, neck Deer js nov lying In . critical
eynditfoa. No arrest has yet been made.
james L. Chapman, formerly cashier of
the Farmers and Mechanit Nation q
Bank, Of Hartford, Conn., who was SEN
need to the State prison in Wcthersfsld In
May, 1872. for i've yesrs, for emoe.zleneni
,fthe bink's funds, has been pardoned by
esident Hayes on petition Of numerous
items.
The heaviest snow storm since 1871, Wis
led Buffslo,N T., Sunday night, and % still
>.glng. The snow is fully thrye feet deep
"a level apd\ badly dsifted.s Trsins on
1. the roads running to and from the sity
sre delayed, and it lis uncertain whether
any trains leave before night. The weather
is very cold No serious casualties are
reported.
An immense fssure, extending from the
middle fork of the Rapfdsn % t6e ShenAn:
doah, distance OF about fourteen miles,
as been diseeyered in the Blue Ridge
fountains. It 10 said that the cleft 10 the
lnountainis quite wideand dssP tAat cat
Te have e-fallen ipto tie opening sAd gone
down to unfathomable depths In the bowels
of the earth.
Judge Davis, Of the NsS 1orE suprene
Court, has dismissed the writ OF hAbcas
corpus in the case of John Leary, held for
xtradition to Massachusetts, for completely
Il the, Northampton Bank burglary, and
I~as5 5dsuisd cthh Istay | 70 eettorari. The
risoner cannot be removed pending q
ecision on the hsbessf corpus, rsturnabie
In the United States Court today. -. VI
The venerable Archbishop Purcell, whe
has had charge of the Catholic iDtsrests of
Cincinnati for many years, announced 10
the Cathedral congregation yesterday that
he had written to the Pope asking 10 be re-
leved on account Of the tnfrmities of old
sge., In his remarks he alluded to financial
matters, and evidently convinced his hear
ers that NO fears need be felt as to invest
ments made through him Is they were
secure, and would be made in due time.
Felix A. ssvin, who was cas- hier of the
Union Banking Company, Of Baltimore:
which failed some time since, and Marcus
D. savin, his brother, Of New York city,
who were indicted for conspiracy to defrsud
Sargent Boos, OF New York, BY fraudulent
certificates of deposits of the Union Banking
Company, and who were convicted and
sentenced to one years. impi isonmsnt In the
City Jail, were yesterday pardoned BY Coy.
Carroll. Their term of Imprisonment
would have expired March next.
The package of money drawn from the
Treasury at washington, on Saturday. fer
the payment Of clerks in the City Pest
Office, and lost by Wm. ], Brown, was yss-
terday morning recovered in ito entirety.
The package was taken to Postmaster
Rdmnnds' residence, and he received it upon
PromIsisg to ask no questions. Judge
pocket picked, and is positive that the
money was beyond bis (Brown's) reach,
and that he was not party to the transacs
tion.