The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-09-23

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JACKSONVILLE Fla, Sept. CA
part of the stern of a vessel, with
the name Camden on il, and quar-
ter board of another vessel with the
name Umea have been picked up on
the beach near ST. Johns bar.
ST. LOUIS. September 20-Dayid
Frieber. member of the firm of Brei-
stock. Frieber & CO.. commission
merchants, has been arrested on the
charge of unlawf0lly disposing of
fifty thousand pounds of wool for
had warehouse receipts. The wool
was valued at ten thousand dollars,
but the bank probably does not lose
more than four thousand dollars.
The case is quite complicated. and
everybody connected with it is very
reticent. Frieber was admitted 10
three thousand dollars bail.
Boston. September 20.-Governor
Davis of Maine, telegraphs here
from Augusta, the following: a
shall be elected by three or four
hundred plurality without a doubt.
New YORK. September 20.-Judge
James Il. Sinnot, of the New York
Marine Court, who has been i'll since
Friday, died to-day of heart dis
ease.
NEW YORK, September PA
dispatch was received at the head
quarters of the Democratic national
committee last night at Fort Kent,
Maine. giving Plaisted 100 majority,
making his majority in 497 towns
la. and five towns still 10 be heard
from, gave in 1876, Talbot, Demo-
crat, 81; Conner, Republican, "a.
Portland, Maine, returns of all but
one town (Sheridan) have been re-
ceived, proving plurality of lie
for Davis less 20, which Sheridan
gave the Fusionists last year, but
partial comparison made with the
returns made to the secretary of
state shows error enough in tele-
graphic returns TO give clean plu-
rality TO Plaisted. These returns
will have to be compared with the
returns TO the secretary of state in
order to establish their correctness.
and as soon as the secretary is heard
from the comparison will be tele-
graphed.
Boston, September 81. = The
journal of Augusta, Maine, tele-
graphs statement of the voting by
counties, and says there are AIS scat
tering votes. and Davis has 100 over
Plaisted. Seven towns or planta-
tons are yet to be heard from, be-
sides the uncertainty about the vote
of the towns yet TO be received in
determining the result, there is a
possible and probable inaccuracy of
some of the figures already given,
also question about other inacu-
racies which appear in the returns,
all of winch, with q close vote, rem
der the result so doubtfllthat IL can
only be determined by an official
canvass of the returns at the OPEN
ing of the Legislature.
PORTLAND, Me-, September 21.-
Errors having been found in the tel
egraphic returns TO the net amount
of two-tenths of one per cent, copies
of the official returns have been care
fully footed up and compared with
the footings received from Augusta,
an error is found of one hundred in
their footings of Penobscot county,
seven back towns are added and the
final result is, Davis, 1850; Plais-
ted 1874. Plaisted's plurality,
ia. The scattering votes We're
not received here, but Angus
tn the footing $50 is probably
correct and this result must be very
near, although some towns arc not
officially Democratic. The state
committee agree that they will come
out very near this. The official can
vass is notmade until January when
the legislature meets and only that
body takes cognizance of errors in
them.
MILWAUKEE, Septembr 21.-A
special from Green Bay SAYS dis
astrous fire there Yesterday after
noon DESTROYED sixty dwelling
houses. thirty barns and the Presby-
terrain Church. The residences
burned were among the best in the
city. The fire departments of
Oconto and Depere responded to n
call for aid. The fire broke out in
store and mill, and the flames were
only stopped when they had reached
the river. Loss estimated at $780,
600 to $4,000; insurance light.
New YORK, September 2l.-The
Anchor Line steamship Alsatia,
which sailed for London, Saturday,
has returned. When $50 miles east
of Sandy Hook, the coal in both
bunkers was discovered to be on fire.
In short time terrible explosion
occurred before the fire could be ex-
tinguished. A greater part of the
coal was consumed. The extent of
the damage could not be found out,
and the vessel returned for examina-
ton.
Later-The Anchor Line steamer
Alsatia, for London, which returned
last night with the coal in her bunk
| ers on fire, is expected TO sail again
tomorrow. The officers of the yes
sci say that about seventy-five tons
of coal are burned, and that the ex-
plosion nearly lifted the bunker
lids from their position, and il was
anticipated, as a result, that the
state of the vessel is not damaged.
MEMPHIS, September 21.-In the
United States Circuit Court this
morning Judge Hammond overrnled
| the motion for dismissal of suits
against certain railroads of the state
made by the attorney representing
the holders of the Tennessee state
bonds that the defendants were en-
titled TO hearing on the merits,
and set down the cases for trial on
next Monday. These cases bring up
the question of the responsibility of
the railroads of the state for por-
ton of the state debt, and practic-
ally involve the same questions that
were argued before Judge Witty at
Nashville last May, and still had un-
der advisement by him.
NORFOLK, Va, September 2i.--
Thomas ii. Webb, agent at this
place for the Old Dominion Steam
ship Company, died to-day.
CHICAGO, September 21-Mrs. Haz-
zard, of Monticello, Illinois, gave
birth TO five babies on Saturday.
They are all alive.