The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-10

second hoorand. opened all the doors
of the building and SCATTERING tho
glass and splinters of the wood
work; q number of windows across
the street were also badly broken,
the place at first was thought to be
on fire., but no damage resulted
from il. The alarm created by tho
explosion probably prevented the
burglars from getting anything.
ST. LOUIS, February 6.-The ex-
tensive Wholesale house of Greelv a.
Burnham Grocery Company, on tho
south-east corner of Second street
and Christy Avenue, caught fire
about 10 o'clock last night, and with
in fifteen minutes the building was
totally destroyed. The fire extend
ed to the large candy factory of o.
III. Peckham Il Co., which was also
totally destroyed. and the paint and
oil store of Leon Baucher, the adj
Joining store, was badly damaged,
south of the Greedy 4 Burnham
were saved. and the groceries south
OF them were Long Il Hall, gen.
eral storage, both OF which sus-
tanned a loss. The stock of the
Greedy & Burnham company was
valued at S250,000, aud insured for
$4,000. The building, which was
entirely new and had been occupied
only about month. cost 100000,
and is. insured for $45,000, it was
owned by Carlos S. Greedy. Sale q
Co. estimate their loss at $60,OO0.
Long & Hall had about $4,000
worth of coffee, rice, molasses, etc,
in. storage. the insurance is not
known. B. Baucher's loss will not
be large. The fire was caused by
falling off the platform, erected
about midway between the ceiling
and floor of the shipping room in
the rear of the building, upon which
were piled about a thousand cases
OF matches, these ignited when they
fell, and in two minutes the whole
building was in flames.
N,7W ORLEANS. February THE
gale (which set in Yesterday con-
'tinued all night. The wind from
the east at 6 o'clock this morning
changed To the southeast, and at Z
this morning il reached velocity
of AZ miles. At 10 il changed 10 the
east, velocity 40. At 10:45 it veered
again to the southeast and had in
creased TO 81 miles per hour. At
this city little damage was done as
far ms known. About II O'clock this
morning the 1iremans' lookout tower
at l62 street, fell, crushing in the
roof and buildings on 1874 and 1876
Julia street, doing $1,000 damage.
The tower cost $1,000. The gale
from the east to the southeast which
had continued for twenty-four hours
carried the waters Of the gulf over
the low lands along the route of the
New Orleans 81 Mobile railroad.
1t is reported tonight that a portion
of the track between Michon and
Lookout Station is submerged, and
several miles washed out. and no
train passed over the road since 2
O'Clock this. morning. A freight
train is reported wrecked between
MichOn and Chef Menteur. The
telegraph wires to day all down.
New ORLEANS, February L.
Storm yesterday, the heaviest re-
corded at this signal office. The eau,
tionary flag displayed at the custom
house was torn to pieces. Several
breaks are reported in the levee
along Bayou st. John and Old Basin
this morning. Water is pouring
through French Market, and that
quarter of the city is partly flooded
The Democrats Orange, Texas,
special says the steamboat Bertha,
heavily loaded with merchandise
while laid up for night at polar mar
rows, took fire and was totally DIES.
troyed. No lives lost. Boat and
cargo valued at $4,000; insured by
New Orleans and Galveston agen.
cies. .4...'a-
NEW YORK, February THE land
league excitement ran high in
Brooklyn this afternoon. The fourth
ward branch of the league held @
large meeting at Hancock Hall
The meeting was addressed by Rev
Father Mackey, n Catholic priest
who has lately arrived from Ireland
He said he was glad to find that
Parnell, Dillon, Davitt aud all other
Irish representatives in Parliament
have acted honorable and well
When Davitt was arrested they
stood up like men, and gave the
representative ofthe English gov
ernment to understand that they
were not only Representative ofthe
Irish nation; but that they were,
heart and soul, Irishmen. The Irish
will never go back on these men.
Mckay declared that the Irish will
never submit to coercion, and
they, will yet achieve national
independence. If Mir. Gladstone
were wise, he would yield in time.
Mckay further said, to use Peter
Cooper's words, they might as well
die fighting as to die starving. The
applause and the excitement that
followed this remark was so great,
that the speaker was forced tC pause.
The thirteenth ward league held
a meeting and appointed a
committee which reported resolu-
tiOns denouncing the arrest of Dav-
lit by the British government as an
act Of vindictive tyranny deserving
exccration OF the civilized woIlI.
The Irish National Land Lcaeur.
which, ii is proposed to amalgaDlatr
witlf-the ParDcll league, held large
injecting here to-day, when The ser
reIart repnrted that since the 2Sih
Of March. last Year, $3.50 had been
rirelved, Of which $2765 lad been
sent Ia ireland, and there was IL bal
anre df S641 on hand after de-
the expenses at the mec,in.
Of the National Land Leagu,'. Ia
Brooklyn last night. it was raporte,
9l099 had recently been raised IRON
various leagues. ...
WASHINGToN, February s.
HoUsE Frye, from Committee on
Rules, reported that the resolution
that whenever the morn
ing, hour shall be dispensed with
that. the House shall be set apart for
the purpose of allowing members ia
move to consider bills ON the Gale =
dar,. on which motions shall prev Il !
unless five objections arc made. The
resolution was, under the rules, laid
oyer for one day.
Reagan, eX-chairman of Commit
fee on Commerce, reported back the
river and harbor appropriation bill,
and il was referred TO committee OF
the whole. Reagan stated that he
would move 10 go into committee
on that bin Immediately after the
hour, but Atkins, of Ten
nessee, gave notice that lie
would oppose il with the
executive and judicial
bill, which he thereupon reported
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