The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-09-16


about $4,000. The building
insured for 5000, stock $500.
IIvERPooI. September 10.-T
weeks circular of the Liverpool q
ton Brokers Association saws lC
ton quiet early in the week: W
nesday the demand increased 4
there was some advance in prid
which were fairly maintain
American improved in demand d
ing the last few days. and quotatid
for low middling and uplands rails
a sixteenth of a penny. The Sea
land business was moderate, d
prices were unchanged. Futu"
opened quiet and declined ones
teenth TO one-thirtysecond of a pi
ny. Since Monday the tone of
market has been steadier, and pri
have gradually hardened. The III
rates show an advance of one-tl.
tysecond 10 one-siNteenth of u
ny.
LoUISvuL.E. September 10.-1H
Democrats of the tenth district
nominated +. c. Phister for reel
ton 10 Congress.
BosToN, September 10.-A ID
gram from ST. Johns, Ncwfou
land, reports the loss of the Ancl
Line steamship Anglia by coils
with the bark Trongate ON Septd
Der 9Th. The crew are all safe.
LOUISVILLE, September 19.5
half-past two O'Clock this mornin'
fire broke out in Finer Bros,
bacco works. The contents bel
highly combustihle the engiI
failed to extinguish the flames u
the brick building, five stories hi
burned out in a half hour. Ii
filled with leaf tobacco and Lad.
quantity of manufactured plug
bacco was also stored in the b.
ding. Several sharp explosit
from the bursting of barrels iii
with gasoline was heard during q
fire. Finer stated that the esti
lishment as il stood was worth |.
wards of 100000 but he could Il
say how much stock was IN 4
house but thought that there N
somewhere between 100000 n
100000. The insurance was So
600 or $4,000. Several small hui
ings adjoining were burned.
CHICAGO, September l0.-11
Journals correspondence from l.
tie Rock, Arkansas, states the dd
repudiation amendment To the sti
constitution is adopted by seve
thousand majority. The reverse "
previously reported.
JERSEY CITY, September 10.-1I
large floating grain elevator Scot
of the International Elevator Col
pany, lying at the Red Star steal
ship dock Mt the foot of Grand strt
took fire this morning and burnt F
the waters edge. Loss $500
fully insured.
New YORK, September 10.-1f
following extracts from letters
ceived by Charles Davis, secretsN
of the New York Board of Undl
writers from Henry Il. Titus, repE
sentative of the board at Titusvit
Fla. and vicinity. reached the Off
of Alexandra x Sons early a
morning and were given for pull
cation September I'd, 1880: II
persons, one of them a negro. cad
ashore with life preservers and
ported that they left n steamer frt
New York bound to Havana whf
off Cape Canaveral was strul.
by a gale. The cabin was takI
overheard with many passengeI
These two persons came ashore
the aid of life preservers. Il
white man was so much
jured and exhausted that
could not give any information. nj
steamer City of. Alexandria, cod
manded by Capt. Dakin, and viii
is q sister vessel of the Inflated Ci|
of Vera Cruz, left-her pier at M
city for Havana and Mexican pod
yesterday afternoon, but in acc0r!
ance with orders received fro
Messrs, Alexandra a. Sons, her con
mander, dropped anchor in the loj
er bay on account of bad weathd|
and the vessel laid there until a
this morning, when she resinned hi
journey.
PARIS, September 1O.-The dead
is announced of NJ. Jules Nicolet, 4
eminent French lawyer. at the ad
cf sixty-one years. lie had been II
tanned as counsel for the .Iesuits
their action against the governmei
in the courts.
CHICAGO, September 11.-Geord
II. Davis was renominated for Col
gress by the Republicans of the sci
ond district in this city to-day.
READING, Penn, September III
j. Howard jacobs was nominatd
for Congress to-day by the Republ
cans of the eighth district.
SADERsvILLE, Tenn. Septemb(
11.-The body of 5. $. Iaprode, d
aged bachelor, living alone on III
farm, near here,was found yesterda
in a sink hole, half of mile froI
his house. There was bullet hoI
through his heart and his throat clI
lie had been missing since last Fr
day. Two negroes are suspected
the murder.
WASHINGTON, Septembr 1l.-TlI
National Board OF Health have ae
vices that an epidemic of the dengfl
prevails at Charleston, South Care
lima, and also prevails at New Oh
leans.
= FALL RIVER, September H.
meeting of the manufacturers wa
held at the board of trade room
this forenoon, at which commiffe
was appointed to consider redue
ton OF wages in view of the pre-.
ent low prices OF print cloths. Prol
ably the result will be n general re
duction Of ten per cent.
BEAVER Dam, KY. September Il
A large store house belonging 4
o. p. Barnard, at this place, togethe
with a large lot of dry goods, clotl
ing, hardware, etc. was consumes
by fire yesterday. Loss On hous
and goods 5000 TO $4,000: insurel
for $4,000. II is supposed 20 be ri
incendiary.
LITTLE Rock, Ark. September II
IL is believed that the propose,
10 the constitution Is de
feated. An official count is neces
sary 10 determine IL.
NEW YoRR, September ll.-Thl
funeral of j.. J. OReilIy, well an,
widely respected Journalist, VII,
was connected with the Eepress an,
Times, and at different times wit
other papers, took place to-day a
81. Bernard's X. e. Church. Rev
John j.. Stewart, Of 81. Mary
Church, Rochester, assisted by Rev
Gabriel A. Healy and otiier clegy
men ofIiciated. Mayor Cooper ans
almost all of the prominent ofIiciall
we're present. The pall-bearers wcrs
OF the press. The remaiIsi
we're inferred in Caloery Cemetery