The Phoenix herald., 1882-09-15
Assaulted by Isougils.

l <AcsA~AA >C~- DS -~OtAS>A-o s DEs MONIES, September H. T Henry s. Scribner, an old man, a brother of the New York publish | CTS, was assaulted by roughs on Fri day night. The perpe rators escaped t but Scribner died from the injuries. Crimes of this class are becoming frequent. Citizens contemplate or
 ganizing vigilance committee. Fire.
 SAN FRANCISCO, September H. An Auburn, California, dispatch
 says: Yesterday afternoon the smelt-
 ing works of the California Iron
 Co. caught fire and were totally de-
 destroyed. No one was hut. The
 fire is supposed 10 have caught from
 gas escaping from the furnace The
 works cost about one hundred and
 fifty thousabd dollars. The loss is
 very heavy.
 The Rio Grande.
 LAREDO, Texas, September H.
 The Rio Grandc has risen twenty
 two feet at this place and is still ris-
 ing A large part of New Laredo
 on the opposite side of the river is submerged and houses are hourly being swept away. Communication between the two towns is suspended, and the full extent of damage is not known A large loss has occurred above.
 Stood Up.
 ST. LOUIS, September 1.-The stage coach which runs between Ze- legman, on the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad, and Eureka Springs, Ark, was stopped last night by two masked men, heavil armed | and the ten passengers in the stage of about $900 and considerable jew elry. The mall pouch was also robbed of registered letters. There is no clue to the robbers.
 The Star Route Cases
 WASHINGTON, September 11.-At ten A. M. the jury entered the court room and through T. Cough, the foreman, reported to the Court that they had reached conclusion as 10 four of the defendants, but stood as on Saturday as to the others, being unable to agree as to them. The Court declined to receive the verdict and took recess until P. NJ.
 Arrest for Arson.
 PUTNAM, Conn.,, September H. Intense excitement is created by the arrest ot G F. Willis, trial justice and deputy United States Marshal on charge of burning a block of stores to defrand insurance compa- nies, Detectives have developed the fact that the accused for years has been connected with gang of bank thieves in Boston. He confessed that almost from hls cradle he had been an incendiary and thief.
 Pensacola. PENsAcoLA, September 1.-The storm last night was the severcst ever experienced. A quarantine l dispatch boat caDsized and Richard t and Jabez Martin were drowned. I The British b TX Rolla also cap sized, but the captain and crew were -escued. Several vessels went tshore near the quarantine station T md on Santa Rosa Island. The in ' erior wall oi the new opera house s vas blown down. Ten cases of vel . ow fever in the rast 24 hours and ' wo dc ths.
 The Browns CHICAGO, September 1.-The cid |, st son of John Brown, of Ossawat- = annie, is en route for MaItinsvillc, o 0 investigate the rumor that the +1 preserved remains Of his brother ,l Watson, who was killed at Harper's - 'erry, are in possession of pr. J. K. ohnson. He is convinced that the .,, eport is true br. Brown will take ,- le sacred remains and place them eside the corpse of his brother at forth Elba. The Tribune has ev of a war nurse, which P; lys there is little doubt that such de Ody is at the place named. tn
 Tidal Wave. Sa NEW ORLEANS, September H. tu ews from lower coasts shows en rcat damage from high water. At br; e quarantine station the ground fir as entirely submerged aud the un sople took refuge in the second els Ory of the Government warehouse. H. -ater from the Gulf was driveh by tid e gale entirely over many lower hil ast rice fields and the crops en- a ely destroyed where not gathered. on ne extent of the damage is not Tn town. he
 Yellow Fever.
 Tex, Sept. H. va orty-two new cases of yellow fever ui g reported and three deaths. lere were thirty cases at Point Isa- l and five deaths. The sick at oe 'rt Brown are doing well. The l,,- arantine against Ma amores will on, II be raised tomorrow and com lnicatiOn between both cities will - open to travellers by a system of .,o The fever is about ex- +;o, usted in Matamores; no new cases .d , reported and but two death s. -o le weather is clear and north I.:- nd is blowing. D.
 Political News.
 oHIADELPHIA, September 11.-A L V interesting bit of political news you ; leaked out. The men who have yea 'n the leaders of the Republican anu -ty have concluded that Beaver her T., son