Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-08-05
EASTERN.

Disseminating Of Greeley and His
| Comrades = Great Dcm0mstra-
tion by the CITY or Ports
mouth.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Aug. AT
l:20, amid considerable enthusiasm,
Commander Sohley, Lieut.. Emory and
| Commander Coffin disembarked. Fol-
lowing them We're the other officers of
the Greeley expedition of the Thetis,
Bear and Alert. They were enthusiastic
cally greeted as thy landed. The crowd
pressed forward to shake their hands
A roar OF welcome went up, when, at IL
o'clock, Greeley was discovered with his
| comrades coming towards the landing in
the Admirars barge. AT 1920 the pro-
G, ssion began to march. The streets
were packed. Great applause greeted
the sailors of the relief squadron. The
ovation continued throughout to the end.
Commander Schley, Lieut.. Emory and
Commander Coffin were received with
tremendous applause As the head of
the procession neared Rockingham,
where Lieut.. Greeley and the survivors
were waiting to review, the pressure of
the crowd became so great that the col
umn was delayed several minutes.
Lieut.. Greeley and his comrades were
seated upon balcony. Cheer after
cheer greeted him. As the crews of the
| Thetis, Bear and Alert passed, Greeley
bowed very low and seemed TO look his
| gratitude to the men who 30 recently
rescued him from an Arctic grave.
Among the prominent men on the stand
were Secretary Chandler, General
Hazen, Governor Hale, Mayor Lathrop,
Of Dover, the Mayor of Newburyport,
SamuelJ. Randall, Congressman Robin
sou, of New York, officers of the relief
expedition and North Atlantic squadron
and members of the city governments of
many New England cities. The roces.
sion was dismissed at o'clock, and short
ly after the invited guests were enter
tained ut dinner by the City of Ports
mouth.
IIonors TO Lieutenant Greeley.
PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 4.-The meeting
of citizens in Music Hall this evening, to
extend the official welcome of the city to
Lieut. Greeley and his surviving COM
pauions, was largely attended and was
characterized by unbounded enthusiasm.
Loss by Fire In July.
New YORK, Aug. 4.-The Commer-
ciaI Bulletin. on August 5th estimates
the lire losses for July in the United
States and Canada at IS. SOC, 900, the
heaviest July loss since the Portland
fires in July, 1866. The aggregate fire
loss since january is S62, $50, 600 an in
crease of about $40, 100000 over the
corresponding seven months Of 1883, a
year OF extraordinary fire waste.
Fatal Di sputcs on Election Day.
LEXINGTON, Ky, Aug. 4.-The cleo
ton to-day resulted in Democratic
majority for Sheriff. AT the Court
House dispute arose between George
| Stewart, Democrat, and j. G.. Geers,
Republican, resulting in Geers' shooting
Stewart through the head, killing him
instantly. Another row occurred be-
tween Jack Cleary and Dick Murphy in
which Cleary was disembowelled and has
since died. This resulted from an old
difficulty, and was in no way the result
OF the election.
A False Rum0r.
BALTIMORE. Aug. 4.-The story OF the
lynching in Northampton county is alb
solutely false.
Further Particulars of the Fire.
NEW YORK, Aug. 4-ll:45 P. M.-The
fire at the Pennsylvania Railroad depot
ut Jersey City is spreading, and the
heat is so great that the iiremen and
employees are prevented from saving
anything on the shore, while the tug
boats cannot get near enough to tow out
the ferry boats and the freight boats,
and they must go in the general destrue-
ton. The depot piers are also burning,
and this involves the loss of all freight
aud cars upon them. The wind is light,
| yet sufficient TO give the fire q northerly
direction. The loss will be very heavy.
1870 A. M.--The Pennsylvania Rail
road depot and ferry houses are destroy
ed. The flames, however, burn furious.
| ly yet and have attacked the Adams
Express Companys pier, and that por-
tion nearest to the shore is on fire. The
iremen are laboring hard to save it, but
fear the shed which covers it will carry
the flames throughout its length aud
breadth. The entire fire department of
jersey City is at work pouring water
upon the flames, while the river boats
are contributing number of heavy
streams. The Pennsylvania Railroad
depot and ferry houses being of wood
and stocked with every sort OF combusti-
BILE material, the flames made sure
and rapid work, mocking the conpanys
fire department, and an organization of
employees, and defying the labors Of the
city fire department while there was
stick of wood standing for the flames to
feed on.
One o'clock-The fire was caused by
the explosion of gas in the ferry en-
trance. The flames spread rapidly to
the ferry slips and railroad depot. Tay.
lor's Hotel is saved thus far by the fa-
! voring wind. The Brooklyn annex slip