Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 4, 1873, Page 1

VOLUME 25, 5 “-Ul'. ' / a.(,’%fi%g‘ " J@@&’é v, 8¢ CHICAGO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1873, NUMBER 138. PAPER. RETURNED. Wo havo returned to our former locaiion, % 116 & 112 Fast Madison-st. Our West Side store will be kept open for the present. BRADNER, SMITH & GO, HANUPACTURERS & DRALERS, MERCHANT TAILOR. DISCOUNT TFOR THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS. We wiil make a discount, for ISI0 AT RNTHUBIART CASH, of 15 to 20 per centon all | - s goods ordered for FALL and WIN- TER wear, J. B. HALL, MERCHANT TAILOR, 130 Dearborn-st., Tuso daors north of Madizor OCELN NAVIGATI White Star Line. FEW YORK AND LIVERTOOT-Nuwand full-powerod” rgamehtys; {he s Luveort in tho warld C, GELE 0 OEANI ) REPDRLIO, TLANTIL, U210, ADRIAT 063 Tons Burdon-~2,000 b . each. Safllnz from ork un SATUR! rom Liverpool on THURS. 1 8, DAYS, calling ut Cork 1arbur the da; tho Whito 5Star Dook, Pavonla Forry, Passonger nccommeodations eombining El:ixluly. d y following. Erom Jersoy City, for all d comfor: Baloons, sta ouly, eh) ‘hatlizroosns i midship seo. on, Whor clt, Surgeon awl stoward- Resci accompniy theav st Lator—Saloon, el gol ), eurrency, Khose wishing to send fo c311 obinin ateeingo prop Passengers hooked v Pars, Hamburg, Nory Ching, atc. ' Taen: catos,” Drata from and other inform No. 10 roadwruy, Now York. Py Or to tho W] S cetadhe hite Star Ling tho'old country SPARICS, Gonoral Agor Oftien, -B'Santh Markerst, A. LAGREGREN, Agont. VWA LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, Wil sail from Now York as fllows: T NEW YORK... 2P M. SH\ Qi 1;'}:"51')%’1[ ¢ ':""1" QE:' ¥ 21y A 10, 2P, M, CITY OF MONTREAL SrIEAT M . 18, 9 Andoach succoeding 5, FUHS DAY, No. 43, North Itiver, fromw Plor No. i3y Xt A% assac To O from -Britinl) POrt8, vvv.e.eviosenees To or from Gorman Por To.or from Hiramon or & STGHTDITATTS Tor salo nt fow v FRANCIS O, BROWN, Genernl Westorn Agent, 86 South Market-st., Chicago. BUSINESS CA WRIGHT, RICKART & 60, GENERAL Commission Merchants CHICAGO and ST. LOUTS. Nos. 119& 121 Lasfl}a-s[.,'l{u. 108, Commercial-st, (Over Opou Guat o QHIOAGO, - - ILL| ST, LOUIS, MO. JOUN ¥, M'CLELLAN, LOTHROY 6, HODGES, McCLELLAN & HODGES, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS, 131 YoSall Ohicago. " coan. COAL! COALI 30,00 Hard Coal, all af; 12, et M. & J. . OLCOTT, Murko MR.S. . ORR, Lato with Tleld, Tolter & & mowbor of our firm. an. 1, 14 Co., §3 admittod from_ (his dnto CLIAVELAND & JOLINSON. Mr. Giles I Gline, for many yonrs head salosman in onr Boust b this dag udihitiod s partuor in tho sawo. - Lh firny nawo vl bo vontiied as herot HALLOCK f WigeLer o Wost Landoipbist, Clilenxa, Jan. 1, 15 , conteally Sur rapldly azconaliates 1S Moreantilo MISCELTANEOUS, CHAMBER OF COMIERGE. A dividend of two enpital tock: of 1 stticy of th Nocrolary, N N Lostas, RS T EAYS X, 1, -1 yetion holding lald sharcs of stoc! e n ut the el g Nk Tl Cal Bl AT WHOLESALE AND RETALL, At Oulver, l’ngu, Hoyne & Uo.'s, _Rand 120 Stonraost,, Ghleago, STOCEES IO S.A Taa. Pullman Palnco Ua t Distion itullwny 10 por cont Cortliloates, gier eent has boen declared on tho ) b7 0, Iln)‘nhlnnt ! { ordor of (OND, Snae K wiil pledse Raitway, X iy HAMMOND & WATSON, 6l Washingtol 1IANNIRAL, Mo, Da WIE HAVE THIS DAY APPOINTED Mosses, HENRY W, NIEDERT &00,, No. 2 Murketst,, Chiengo, i1, Dur !Iluln‘:mmjw l;llqlhu !"lll‘l'\ [0y lml"; l",uur, tho woll-known ulas isiis of SHaguolia and Dosis s e BWIGAL & PINDELL, 7, o3, 13 ARTISTIC TAILORING. 10 PER CENT DISCOUNT On all Garmonts ordorod of us dur- ing January and Fobruary 1873, BLY, Tailor and Draper. WEDDING QUTFITS A SPRCALAY, Shirts to moasuro, EXTRA DUR- ABLHE and PERFECT IN FIT. 657 Wabash-av. Aftor March1,1873, at Corner Momrog-st aud Wabash-av. ESTABLISHED 1854, Choirs, DMusical Classcs, Conventions, Acandemies, ATTENTION! To tho followlug Cholco List of NEW CANTATAS! ORATORIOS! ANTIHEMS ! Now nd Attractiso Cantatas, FORTY-SIXTH ISALM. , .Dudloy Buck, 81.00 FESTIVAL OANTAT. Tugono Thasor, 125 GOUNOD'S GHORAL MUSIQ. . W Wall worthy of carofal study. MUSIOAL ENTHUSIAST, Lo Howltt, 80 odious iUseaT bxXtrasaganza, NEW ORATORIOS. J. K. Palno, 175 Arthur Sullivan 100 Tina'sifoctivo compositions, ANTHEM BOOKS,. SABDATH GUEST. Emereon & Moroy, BUCK'S NEW MO LLEOTION. ..., BAUMBAOIT'S SACRED QUANTETTELS (Now)., IN PRESS---NEARLY READY, STRAUSS' DANOE MUSIO. Violin and Plago.... 160 260 260 1,00 OLIVER DITSON & 00,, Boston, OHAS, H, DITSON & 00,, New York, LYON & H'_E_E_ALY.. Ohicamz: TO RENT. OFFICES IN THE Triime Smldm Are mnearly finished. Scveral arc yet wuntaken. TFire-proof, with vaults. English tile {loorsthrough-~ out. No oflices in ths city equal these in every first-class respect. Plans of the Tribune Building can Do seen at the oflice of < W. C. DOW, Room No. 1, Nevada Block. TO RENT. Desirable Bank, Broker’s, or In- surance Office, at 122 South Clark- st., next door to Chicago Clearing House; has privato office, fire-proof vault, and all modorn conveniences. Also, fine now offices in various parts of the city. ‘WI. HANSBROUGH, Real Estate Broker and Agont, 131 LaSalle-st, STEAM WASHER. STEAM! STEAM! W. C. PUTT'S PATENT ADTOMATIC STEAM Clothios TWashior. ‘Not a hot water or bolling machino, hut tho only washer overinventod: tht perforiis 1is work by tho nioucy of stenm. Vory Hitlo (uel requirod to oporato §ti will wash 0y garment, from thy oaracst to tho finsst, textnro: no Iabor roquircd to apurato i1, and eaves threo fourths thy imo of tho old method. B anves nearly hadf tho sonp. 1t saves tho wear of 10 clothies on tho rubbing Doard and ‘washas cloaner than I?' any other mothad, Tt saves tho hoalth and pationco of houscwives, It lzhtons tho drudg. ory of housckoeping. _It Issimplo in construction and ean Lo uso IJ{ any o Solls rapldly whorover §ntroduced, giving unvorenl nu¥ conplote satistation. 1t oifors n vor: manent o crative business to partlos of largo or small . means, and county rlghts foreale, Ageuts wanted insll parts of the Unitud Hiates. Send for confidentinl clzcular. Gall op adirusp W. 0, PUIT, ost Lak: Chiicago, 1i1, REAL E FOR SALRE. No. 87 South Water-st., Third lot west of State-st., north front. 26 8-12 feot by 100 fect to privato alloy. Terms casy. WM. HANSBROUGH, 131 LaSallo-st. WONEY T0 LOAN Can uso numbar ono morcantilo HAMMOND & WATSON, Fiuancial Agonts, b4 Washington-st. Money to Loan On first-class Chionga roal ostatos 83,000 in hand. MIEAD & COF 7 Wost Madlson-at, REPUBLIO INSURANOE OERTIFIOATES Twill sold 4,0 and buy at warkot prico. R. D. STILES, 13 Howih Glaricat. oo 5, " Ciicago Plae ad Bar Ml Crupany, Manufaoturors of Shoot Iron and Boiler Plato,.Offlco 752 Wabash-av. L purclnso b on or ourlond.lut Ot aud Wroushe K i Hgriuns, - 1oy Wiguiht Srap. - TR AN S O SCALES. 3. FAIRBANKS KIANDARD SCALERES OF ALL BIZKB, FAIRBANKS, MORSH &00 < 63 WEST WASIINGLON-81. MEETINGS, Masonice. Mombore of Howpneln Lodyo, No. 411, AT, &AM, arg horoby notiflod tiat tiaro will ho a shecial “comumni= i of tholrladga this (Saturday) over M, Jan. 4, a ey WASHINGTON. Sensationial Stories About the En- forced Aunexation of the Sandwich Islands. The Credit Mobilier Investiga- tion to be Probably Open to the Publie. William M. Evaris’ Suggested as the Text Secretary of State. Important Post Ofice J.lmlng. Speeial Deapateh to The Chfeago Tribune, TILE OREDIT MODILIER INVESTIGATION, Wasmvarox, Jan, 8.—Thoro sooms to bo little quostion among thoso who havo intorestad thomsolven on tho subjeet of tho investigations of tho Credit Mobilier Cowmmitteo, that when tho mombors chiarged with that inquiry roas- semblo on the Oth inst., & rosolution will bo passed opening the doors of tho Committeo Room to the public. That question at:all ovonts will bo tho first ono considored by tho Comimitteo, snd {ho ntatomont is mado that throo of tho mombors, viz.: Niblack, McCroory, and Morrlok, will votoIn favor of such . roso- lution, nnd, they being n mnjority, It is oxpeoted the ™ proposition will succoed, It is thought tho inquiry will nok contimio more than o fortnight from tho timo of tho reassem- Dling of the Committeo, but a roport is not ox- poctod until tho last of January, ns tho tostimony will require much time in fho printing, The mout omphatic statomonts continue to Lo mado regarding tho facts nlrondy elicited, and if hndf of thom aro trwo, and their truth is afirmed by rospoctablo porsous, tho investigation will show ho most stupendous corruption over witneseed in connoction’ with logislation, It s eaid that tho public thus far does not know the important dovelopmonts thut have boon made by the Com- mittee, and that the whole will nover bo known unless an open investigation is hold, TIE APROPBIATION DILLS. The Ilouss Appropriation Committcs con- tinuos in session during tho recoss, and by tho lattor part of noxt weelk it is oxpected all of the Lills will Lo out of tho Committos, To-day was taken up mostly with the forlifieation anpro- priaticns, althoigh the Navy bill was considered until finighed. TOST OFFICE SPECIAL AGENTS. ‘Thie spocial ngonts of the Dost Oftico Dopart- mont Lavo all” beon roappolnted for tho year 1873, including *R. A, Long and Thommns B. Long, fathor and son, both stationed at Salia- bury, N. ¢, BANDWICIL ISLANDS ANNEXATION, ¢ Information received hero to-day indicated hat tho British Governmont has concoived tho iden that the Govornmont of thd United Statea will aveil itsolf of tho prosent condition of affairs in tho Sandwich Islands to scize and annex them. What foundation England has for this slory io not known, bub it in_nupposed to have comu from this country. While the Dritish Governmenu would not objcet to volun- tary nunexation on tho part of the Hawniins, it "is undorstood that it would Iwroleu& tho peoplo of tho Sandwich Isles, i called on, againgt any filibustoring M.tom{n. to seizo tho inlands. However nbsurd tho idea may appear, it 18 manifost that it in believed in England tha -| somo such movo is contomplated in thiscountry. This may bo tho oxplanation of tho failing of o couplo of the Brilish war vesself for Honolutu, So far ag the, Administration is concerned, it mey bo stated that there is no foundetion for the opinion which appears to provail in Great Britain on this subject. DLCLINES. _Tho story in ourront among the Virginin poli- ticians that the United States District Attorney- ohip for the erstorn part of that State was ten- doved to ox-guerrilla Mosby just after tho late campnign cloked, ut that tho lutter doclined it, on the ground thiat woro o to ncoept_tho posi- tion his motive might bo misconstruod. NO MONE NAZING. Young Congors, the colored naval Cadot nt Annapolis, who was at one time supposcd to faro rathor roughly from his companions at tho Acndemy, meots now with very kind trontment, 80 far ns civility is concorned, "The young mon had & mooting i ono of tho Inrgs roos of tho Academy, and dotormined to dosist from any treatment which could be constiued in disro- spoct or incivility, and Congers sinco has on- _foyed an ontire cossation from the hazing ho ‘ugod to enjoy so froquently. LAND OFFIC ERECORDS BURNED, . The Commissionor of the General Land Offico is in rocoipt of despntches to-day roporting thnt many Land Oftice records at Lincoln, Neb,, wero dostroyed bfi' firo thore ; also all the records of tho Land Offico nt Dardenelics, Ark., Woro con- sumed in the fire which destroyed about half that town about a weak ago. TIE BECRETARY OF STATE. New Yonx, Jan, 8,—A spacial to tho Iferald from Washington says that, “Tho purposo of Becretary Fish to leave tho Cnbinet on the 4th of Murch is unaltorablo, and_that not long ago tho Prowident, weooing this, had & conversation with Willinm' M. Lvarts, awhon that gontle- mun was in Washington, on tho subjeck of (ho Bocrotaryship. = Aftor oxpross- ing his opprecintion of Mr. Evarts' cailon of thol Tig n'eluck, b= lustallati, f otlicors. 1) 1 G M S RN, Rlorotary, servicos in the Goneva Conforenco, tho President romarked thint ho know of no ono hottor fitted to succead Scoretary Tiah, Mr, Evaris did not de- clino. Sinco then tho Presidont hns confiden- tinlly informed him thnt he could bo appointed Becrotary of State on March 4, and Mr. Livarts is now making prparations to fill his new digaity r:ulas Lo lenvo no repining aftor Mr. Fish's hospi- ality.” [To the Associated Press.} YOST OFFICE NULING, ‘Wasnixaron, Jan. $.—Tho DPostmastor Gen- oral has decided that familios, firms, or compa- niod cannot combino to ront Post Ofiico boxes concortly, but that one hox ront must be colloot- ol for ench firm, family, or company onjoying such facilitios. TITE COTTON GRioP, E Tho Inst statomont of tho genoral and ‘full catton crop returns of tho Dopartment of Agri- oulture was mado on the 23d of Novembor. The Decomber returns do not include cotton, and only a fow clomontary slatoments woro ro-. coived, which do not essontially chango tho No- vember viows. ¢ % ARNY MATTERS, A gonoral order just issned by Goneral Sher« man announcos that Major William D, Whipple, Assistant Adjutant Genoral, and Major O, M, oo, Unitod Ktatos Enginoor, have beon appoint- ©d ‘Aides doCamp on tho porsonal staif of tho Gonoral of the Army, viceColonola F, ‘T, Dont and Horaco Porter, resigned, Colonol O. M, Poo will romain ns now at Detroit, until relieved of his prosont dutios, Colonel William D, Whip- plo, in’ nddition to his dutios s Aido do Camp, will Jotform tho dutics of Adjutant Gonoral to tho Genoral of the Army, In addition to tho usnal reports and returna to the Adjutant Goneral's office ut Washington, tho Division und Dopartmont Commanders will send copios of tholr monthly roports and returns to Qolonel William Whipplo, for the information of the Genoeral, and ull correspondonco and roports dosigned for the use of the Goneral will bo ad- drostod to Colonel Whipple, and all ordors mado to tho armny by the General will bo medo by or through him. INTEDNAL REVENUE, Tho aggrogate of Intornal Rovenuo rocoipts for the lnat quarter of tho ealendur year of 1872 I8 $26,330,025, » dooreaso from tha quartor ond- ing Doo. 81, 1871 of 3,032,592, AGAIN CORDIAL, The ofiiolal relations between Secrotary Bol- kllfl{) and Gonoral Bhierman have Intoly boon tho matter of comment, and rumors have existod of o serlons dilforanco botwoen thom ay to how ordors shall bo iwsued, But this differonco lLsy been ono muoroly of opinion, which, it 1s gaid, has boon sottlail to tho sulintaction of all concerned by tho promulgation of an army ordor Issuod by Gonoral Bherman today. Sonthorn Diroct Trade, Bavavan, G, Jan, $,—Tha Comnittoo on ““Dirogt Lrade Innuguration " appointed hv tha Qoorgin Commoroial Convention met In this city to-day, and insod an addross, of which tho foll owlufi Y8 o briof nynopsiss Tho Commitieo inyitos tho colton-growing Biales to meot by dolegation tn Cohvention at Augusta, Ga., on tho 21 of TFebruary. It noxt rofors to tho common interest of.tho Weat and South, and nuka dolnynunnu nlso from Oincinnatl, Bt. T.ouls, Toulsvillo, Memphis, and otlior cltios, to attend. It thon notes the importancoof thegrent through luca by rail and’ water with tho far West, and olso tho nocessity for somo combined, organized, aud sustained effort to moke known abroad ' tho advantages which the Honth offors. Tho wholo country s interosted in tho inorensed prospority of tho Bouth, ns woll 08 in enabling the Weatern farm- ors to work thelr landy profitably. Millions of peoplo in tho Bouth and Wost lmfi tributo to the onrichod Enst. In tue hopo of linstoning pros- pority by coutitolling togothor In tho trus apirit of American followship, delegations aro oarnost- R invited from tka Southorn Biatos and from o West. —— WALL STREET. The Erle Railway Rceported to Sue Commodore Vanderbilt==Roview of the Money, Hond, Gold, Stocis, and Produce Murkots. Nrw Yonrx, Jau, 8,.—The roport that the Erio Company aro to sito Commodore Vanderbilt for about $8,500,000 is considered part of Jny Gould’s programmo of revengo. Tho ox-Prosi- dont of Erio has not forgiven tho Commodore for his contompidous oxprossions, oud pos- sibly hopes to mako- a good profit on bis 200,000 shares by ‘‘squoezing’ tho Commodore, Whothor tho suit will rosult as favorably aa-that against Gould isn question, for tho “ Railway King " will probably glve Prosident Waison n lively fight boforo ho gots through, - Thostock advancod to-day, which was doubtless just-as gratifying to Gould as if ho had won n logal victory, It is #nid that ho iy ranpl‘:ug most of his profit in the London market. MONEY, Monoy 'was active and stringont during tho groator par of tho day at 3 to 116 per- dient, although just previous to 8 o'clock’ the rato dropped to 7 por cont gold, and nfter that hour some loana wero made at §and 8. Primo dis- counts were dull, and 12 por cont was the mini- mum rate for tho best. Lor fully five wooks tho brokers havo pnid from 1-82 to 4f of oo por cont per diem, or from sbout 1154 to 270 por cont per aunum, Potitiona aro in eireulation for thoe ropeal of tho Usury law by the Logislnture, and the offort will doubtloss bo succossful, Foroign advices continuo favorable, tho Lon- d:an marlkot for monoy being casy and soouritios strong, Lnfiiak\nn haa just beon ndded to the list of Southoern States in default on their iuterest. ‘The Bank of Americo has recoived n tologram from New Orlenns, that the paymont of interost will bo discontinued for the presont, in consc- quonca of the delny it collecting taxos, This telegram nx})mamm tho hopo that tho intorost ln\ymuut wifl bo renowed at an carly day, Fol- owing closo in the wako of Loulslnna, some countiey in Missourt havo also gouo to protest, The announcoment is ‘mado that the interest on Lhe bonds of Buchanan and Lafayetto Conn= tics, and nlao that of tho Inob Nostor school bonds will not bo poid at prosent. STOCKH, Btock speculation coutinues tame. Somo of tho largo and contralling dealors aro nob in sym- puthy with the highor prices, mid it romaius to bo soon whother tlo prosont holdars of stdcks, who comprigo tho grent majority of the wmall professionn! operators, have power to advanco tho market withoit .Oaintance from the wealthy denlors. Tho expected Jaumary yiso has nob arrived to any satisfactory oxtont. Tho stock market to-dey, howover, was firm. GOLD AND RIGHANGE. (l)lolld waa hoavy sad lower, renging from 1113¢ Foroign oxchange was dull. : 1I0KDI, Qovernmont bonds wore firmer, with light transactions. PRODUCE, Flour ruled very firm, but, owing to the bad ronds, little businoss can bo dono. ~ The atock is bolng’ stondily reduced, and couslsts largoly of flour, valued at 88,00@9.50. 'Thoe light stock at Liverpool on the 1sb inkt, has induced much con- fidence. Tho market closos strong onall grades, but business is light, For good No, 2 and super- fine thero ia n f;ood domand at rathor bottor prices, Holdersof whoat aro nuhiu%‘hlglmr prices. "Tho light arrivals and limited stock at Liverpool coupled with the continued hoavy rains there, make holders indifforent about aomn%. Tho market closcs firm, bub t}uiut; the demand chiofly for oxport, Tho millora aro not buying to any oxtont, Pork was highor at $13.00 i for now mess, cnsh on wholosalo lots, and $11.76 @14.00 is askod, Righty brls sold at $15.50 for uningpected. Cut meats aro gonerally quiot. Tivo thousand Ibs light pickled ~ bellies #old at 7%e. Dry salted shouldors aro quoted firm ot 4¥c on spot. Dacon iy quiot aud rather unsottled. 100 boxes short rib sold at 637c. Long clenr I8 quoted at 63{c, and_short do ab 7e. Lard ig firmer for futuro. Salos of 1,000 tiorcos Westorn at 79{c for January and 8o for Fobruary. i FIRES. Dostruction of Property Yesterdays Spectal Despateh to The Chicago Tribune, DunuQug, Iowa, Jan 3,—Ex-Governor Dowoy's rosidonco, in, Caskvillo, was destroyed by fire, Inst night. It originated in the socond story, Tho caus is o mystory. Loss, 975,000 ; insured for $85,000. M. Dawoy had beon’ through tho houso o ghort time before the firo was discov- orad, showing the workmen about somo ropairs being done. 'Tho rost of the family was alsont on s visit. Tho building was of brick, and said to bo tho finest residonco in this soction of the country. Mr. Dowey had exponded lurge suma in ombollishing and adorning it. NasuviLLe, Tonn., Jog. 8,—Tho logses by tho iro last night aro osfimatod st 370,000, Of this amount 315,000 foll upon Mosurs. Worthman, who nro insured for ©20,000. Tho loss on the building and the damage to Winstead's shoo stock by wator are fully covered by insuranco. Itis belioved that tho firo originated through tho operations of burglars, who Lad got into Worthmsn's store, I'roy, N. Y., Jon. 8.—Coon & Van Valkon- bergh's collar factorywas entircly destroyed, and somo adjoining buildings were partlially burned, Iast night. 'Tho louzos aro about $23,000, Derns, Ind, Jan, 8.—A fire, which seomod at one atago to fhroafon tho dodtruotion of tho town, originated in Potorson & Condin’s bakory, about 6:80 o'cloals this eveniug, sud has burn out all the framo buildings betwoon tho bank and Bowens' nuildin% The firo i8 now nearly out. T'ho losers are Dinter & Dixon, boots snd shoos ; Cushwa & Bro., coufoctioners ; ‘L. Io- g boots and shoes ; B. Morrick, restaurant; . Smith, storen and tinwaro; G. H. Bost, mor- chan tailor, The contonts of the buildings wero mostly saved in a damaged condition, "Pheown- ors of the buildings aro Abner H, Bowon, John LGtlu'op, ond N, Swith, whoso loss will bo about Burr, N.Y., Jan, 3.—The largo buildingy 185 and 187 Maln stroot, ownod and oceupied by Taukom, Bons & Co., manufacturers of patont modicines, was destroyed by firo, this afternoon. Lows, £70,000 ; insured. Speotal Despateh to The Chicago Tribune, Dernort, Jau, 8.—A fira ab Rookford, a day or two since, dostroyed 1L, & ‘I, W, Colby's hard- wara ostablishment, . . Blakoly's drug storo, the Magonic Lodge, tho raoms of the Young Mon's Assooiation, and ono or two other bnild- ings, Lows, ovar lusnrance, 314,000, 1w ORLEANS, Jan, 8.—Tivo stores on Maga- zino stroot, known as Aurich's Row, wero burned, Loss, §75,000 ; iusuranco, $60,000. OmvorysaTy, Jan, 8.—Doxy & Co.'s hoading faotory at Auderdon, Ind,, was burned to-day. TLows, $7,000 to $10,000 ; partly inwured, This faotory has boon burned three times and blown up onco, Torera, X, Jan, 8.—Tho Nobluson Iouso, tho principal hotol in Emporis, wae ontirely de- #troyed by fire yoatorday murulmf. Lous, 326, 000." Instirauce, 7,000, It Is botloved to bo tho work of. an incendlary, au sovorn! inoffeotunl at- :Ir.:’l?‘ylu hinve horotofuro boou wmado to burn the 0. Aw’/ St "Wonnousee Flnnncos. Nesuvitie, Jau, §,—~Tho State Comptrollot's roport has boon writton, It will rocommond that; tho antiro outatanding Btato dobt, includ- |l‘lg ‘the unpaid ocoupons aud wareants on tho Tro xsury, the old fssuo of tho Banlk of 'Tennos- oo, and wll dobty, oxcept thoso proforrod by Inw, bo funded futo ono unifofin sorios of bouly, having thirty yoars to run, with somi- "Spgs} {aboronk oguuops altavhed boaxjpg O por cont intorost por annum. Ifo nlio rocomi- monds tho pasieage of a lnw for_tho rogietration of all tho Slato bonds in the oflico of the Hecre- tary of Btalo, nnd changes in the system of taxa- tion, o that nll doseriptions of proporty may bo roachod and the regonrees in Lha Stato front this sourcq Incrensed, The object in to place the Btato Ina condition to rosumo nt an carly day tho paymont of intoreat upon her deht, "NEW YORK. The Fifth Avenuo Thentros=Mlore Dentitute Ik "Tho State Conals ==Another Erie Suit--Xarnum Roh- Deide=A Donse Foge=Ferry RRont Cols liyslons=«The Fast IRiver Iirddjrces Clty Financcs=-Will Sienm Ripes Communicato Fire le«dlurder Stittive tics, Speetal Despateh to The Chicago Tribune. New Youg, Jan, 3.—The controversy betwoon tho Firo Marshal and soveral practicnl engineors, in rolation to tho possibility of suporhented steam causing firo, a8 it 1o supposed to bave dobe at Barnum’s Musoum, i bocoming ox- citing. Tho Marshal does not soem to have thus far got tho bottor of his oppononts. In ordor, howover, to bring about n sottlemont of thio quostion, homnkesasuggestion that huildors, oporators, ownors, or lusurors of boflors slinll consult togother as to the propriety ot procuring o hall for a lecturo and dlscussion on tho pubjoct; and ho will procuro the attendanco of oxperts and ondoayor to have his thoory practically demonstrated that wood can bo ignited by contact with & steam pipo, gtntlsuca of murdor in this city during tho Iast threo yoars show an alarming increaso, 'I'hore wero forty murdora in 1870, committed by sixtoen Irlsh, ton Cormuns, ton Amoricans, throe English, and ono Norwegian; forty-five murders in 1871, by twonty-thrco TIrluh, nine Americans, four Englieh, four Gormans, one Itnlian, and ono Bwiss; fifty-six murdors in 1872, by twonty Irish, ninoteon Amoricans, olght Gormans, threo English, two Swedes, ono Ital- inn, and ono Froncli. (7o the Associated Press] Nrw Yonx, Jan. 3.—Auguatin Daly, Menngor of tho lato Fifth Avenuo Theatre, lng nogo- tiated with A. ‘I Btowart, who places tho ront at & nominal sum, for the Globe Thentro, which ho will shortly open. In tho monntime tho atock comprny are to give porformances in the country. T'ho Troasurer of tho theatro thinks thet the firs was. tho result of incondiarism. Daly's logses will rench $100,000, 1o loscs ovor $£16,000 in drossos slono, At tho investigation Dy | tha Tiro Dlarshal, yosterdny, tho testimony of tho Trensurer “and watchman was ‘taken, Nothing was ellcitod, howover, which has not beon alrendy stated. Tho Tire Marshal nddresses o communication to the morning papers, proposing, iu view of the dif- forouces of ol])inlnn on the subject, that a publio consultation bo had to practically test tho thoo- ries concarnlug the arigin of fires by sapor- Liontod stonm-pipos. T'ho steamship Erin, yeatordny, brought an additional number of’ dostitulo” ftalisn” immi~ grants. Choy complain that they weve unable 1o pubsist in their own country, and had recoived favorable inducements for immigrating. A spo- cinl mooting of the Commissioners of Immigra< tion will ho hold to_considor what will bo dono ng to tho influx, Thoro wero sovon deathe on the Erin. 'Tha ChamborFof Commerco, ab itn meoting yosterdny, passed resolutions tirging the Legin- inturo to onlargo the Erio and Onwogo Cannls; uh\‘oj asking Congressional action on tho samo subje ; _ Tho Lrio Directory is-prosslag the old anit in- aitutod by Tomos Fiak, Jr., ngainat Commodoro Vanderbilt, for tho recoyury of 00,0600, - Showman Barnum had his 31,000 diamond pin stolen, while riding on tho cars, on his recont trip from tho Bouth. "he fco has closed a1l nivigation on the Mud- son River. Forringo is still groatly delnyod hero by ico in tho East and North Rivors. Tho fog this morning, which lnsted until 11 o'clack, was the heavieat known horo for yorra. ‘Tho obstruction in the forriago caused much loss to business pooplo in tho euburbs. Tn tho Stokes murder_trial to-day, Mra. Morao danied that Figk showedany pistol whon visiting ler houso, or that she had any washerwoman whatover, * Sho also contradicted cortain of tho statements of tho girl Jonnie Turnor. After conaidorablo moro robutting testimony was talen, both sides rested, autl the Court took a recess, After recoss, Lyman Tremaino com- monced summing up for tho dofenco. IIo snid that tho only detinition having application to tho caso was that of murderin the tirst degree, or from promeditated design,ancharged in thoindiotmont. Counso! maintained that, in view of tho law, thore is uo fair and honorablo man, leaving tho defonco of juatifiable homicido aside, who could aver find, a8 o fact that,tho prisouer Lad any pre- meditated design to kill Jamos Fisk whon ho fired tho pistol. Thero will bo no countroversy that on tho evidonce tho prisoner cannot bo con- victed of manslaughtor in tho first or secoud degree. If the killing in this case was done in the height of passion, and thoro way no justifi- able homicide, it would bo manslanghter in tho third degreo. ''ho point of the defence would bo that undor no reasonablo interprotation of the lnw could o verdict of wilful premeditated murder bo rondored on the evidence in this caso, Mr, Tromaino continued his argument to ad- journmont. 2 T'he denso fog which provailed all day, still coutinuos, causing gront doluys to tho forry- Doate nnd te dering tho passago ovor tho Lnst and North 1 4 dififenlt and dangorous, Tho forryboats L. 8. Grogory and Pavonin came into collision on the North River. The lattor was so badly damaged, that sho was in dangor of sink- ing, aud it wos with difloulty that sho was final- Iy towod nshore. Tho passengers woro greatly frightoned, but none were injured. The boat now licson Jorsoy Plats, Tho nmount of dam- ngo is })menbly 10,000, The Dircctors of the East River Dridge Com- o, mot to-day, to tako action on tho raport of ho~ Committeo appointed to invostigato tho chargos_of fraud againgt tho managors of tho work, Domas Darnos, who made the minority roport charging fraud, asked to bo allowed to withdraw his allogations, and roviso his report, which was grantod. As the mooting wns socrot, it is unknown what aclion was fiually taken. The majority report oxonerates tho managers from chargos of fraud, ity Ohamberlnin Palmor hes written o reply to Comptroller Groen's lotter, rolative to tho transfor of city monoys from tho Union Trust Cum}mny and Park Bank to the Brondway Bank, in which he rofused to comply with tho” Comp- troller’s roquisition. Oharlotto aud Margaret Doll, two of the vie- tims of tho Centro stroot fire, woro buricd to- dn{. The funeral was largely attondod. tls stated thab thoimmonso towor, oighty foot high, which still romains stunding on tho ruing of tho Contro stroct firo, is in imminent dangor of toppling ovor, oithor ou tho foot-pus- sengors pnasing along tho streot or on tho ad- jolning tonomont houses, containing bwenty-five familios, The Coroner's jur{, in the caso of Ella 0. Onmpboll, killed Ly the oxplosion of a kitchen rango, to-dny, rondorod a vordict consuring Mr. Darrali, the Iandlord, for pormitting o dofactive range to romain in {he building. LA SALLE. Drowned—RBroke Xis Leg, Special Depateh to The Chicago Tribuné, La HaLtE, 1iL,, Jan, 3.—Honry Smith, for the last oight or ninoe yoars driver of & beer wagon forEliel & Co,, browers, in this city, attompted to ford the Little Vermilion Rivor, just south of tho nequeduct, 1agt evening, and was drownoed, The span of mulos that ho was driving were found soon after, on an island nenr by, but the drivor and wagon passed undor the ico, and noithor has yot boon found., Mr. Bmith was about 60 yoars of age, and & good citizon, 1o leaves & wife and fivo childron. A lad nbout 13 yoars of ago, name unknown, Lroko his right log bolow the lmoo, in consting ou Lho strool in thie uppor pavt of this city, this worning. P S — Burned to Dontl: Spectal Desputel to The Chicago L'rtbuns, ZANgSVIGLE, Olio, Jan, 8.—Anna Fox, agod 0 yoars, was buimod to doath yostorday, Bho was stauding in front of the firoplace, making figuros on tho mantol, whon hey apron took tho. e b ‘Fho BIiblor Muarder Trinl. Speelal Despatel to The Chicagn Tribune, TFort WAYNE, Ind., Jan, 8,—Ia the Iliblor murdor trin} to-day, Agatha Cuseort tostiflod that the defendan( liad. in August, 1871, stood in tho dooxway ef b uwse with o plytol py Ly hand and nttempted to keop hor out, Ife pointed it at hor; vlio unying that sho wanted to stay in in hor own bowsio ono night moro, This tosti- mony was. given to provo melice, Michael Iohior teatifiod that on emo oceasion, fourleen montlw befaro the murdor, the daeonsed visited his houso, nnd shortly nftcr Ifibler eamo in, anying, “IT tho — —— don't como homo VIl v tho nent ovor lor Lond.” Hhortly afbor the slraw stack was discovorad to ho on firo mnoar tho lonao, A considorablo timo wns ocoupied in tho _prolimiunry oxamination of Justico Ryan and L'olicaman MuCaoloy, Who wero prosont ab tho wigning of tho docuinent, called the d_\'iu% declaration. "Fhe ovilonce givon wont to ahow her unconseious- nown at tho timo, The ytatemont of br. W, IL Myors ws Lo tho offect that ho left her & fow moments Lioforo sho beeema delitions, T'o-mors row, Drs. Girogg, Beck, nnd Virgil will be called Ly the Htato, '}‘lm caso will probably Lo sub- mitted Lo the jury by noxt Tucaday. il RIVER DISASTERS. Destruction 6f Properiy from Eeces Gorges on the Ghid, Alleghuny, nud Monongaheln Riverse Speeiat Deapatels lo The Chicago Tribune, Crxonisars, Jan, 3,—Tho golitary topic of abe sorbing intorest, sbiarod with Cincinnati by tho wholo Olifo Valloy, has, sinea Monday, beon the breaking up of tho ice in tho xiver it this place, Tho move of tholco on Tuosday night did, it might Lo eaid, all the damngo suffored, amount- ing to £200,000, porhaps more, with n baro posaibllity of folling bolow that sum. Before that move of ice, tha river in front of the Jand- ing, whera 500,000 worth of steamers aud other river craft wors moored, was clear of ico. Aftor tho movo, for an_ lour or two, it stoppod and gorged tho open spaco, crossing tho rivar from bank fo banlt, with o mass of ico tilted forward and piled up often six or cight feet highor then tho sur- faco. 'This indicatod tho great thickness of tho general mags, ‘I'ho apprehonalon was groat, tho Fusponao intonso, aud tho oxcitoment whon tho sounding of thirty stonm whistlos, Inst ovoning, slgnalled tho starting of tho pgroat frozon mass, was gront, Through tho mud lust night and to-day thou- sands havo thronged to witnoss tho grand spec- tnclo ot this point. It started in o mass tho wholo broadth of tho river, moyving in tn un- broken body, houndod Dby linos of frac- ture parallol’ with the ~ shiores, and far onough nway to leavo the stonmors in the unbrokon ice, whiol fringod tho shore, but tho Finm of the bridge at Nowport split the fiolds flonting down from abovo, loskon- ing tho dangoer to craftm Wo-day tho Licking camo out strongly. The danger from this river formorly has boon that, coming in from Ko tucky, fho shoots hor foating ice fiolds right in acrofd the Ohio River, and into the hoats at the Cinginnati landing. ~ Tho conditlons of this dan- gor aro that the Licking should rise firat and como out beforo tho Lroak in the Obio, and not . simultanoously with it. This timo tho riso and break caimo first in tho Ohio by several hiourn, No harm hing bosu dono from this drondodvourco, and the dangor i3 past. Intolligonco from up tho riverindicates o groat flood coming down, aud 20 feot of water na beon reported in the Monougnhola, All the othor tributaries of the Ohio above thin point aro riking and coming out with ro- markable rapidity. lor threo thouennd foot, along tho river front, and from ono to throa squares bucl, tho city is subjoct to mora of less ovortlow in high stagos of water. This portion of tho eity is dovoted almout exclusively to busi- ness houses, most of them wholesale. The most oxpnuod have commoncod rowoving goods, to-day and to-night, E Arino of 461 50 feet fo catimated for this hoint, but tho Troozing woathor snd wind may l(uop it 5 or G feot bolow this haight. Such & risio will overflow moro or leus of ncarly all tho Olio River towna, ‘I'ho damago by the break-up, already roported from Pittsburgh to Louisville, iy roughly esti- mated at near thrao hundred thousand. At Beaver, to-day, just bolow Pitlsburgh, private advicos stale the einking of tho towboat R. J. Grace, o fotal loss of £10.000; in- Buraneo, 6,000, Tho litlo stoamor Valid' at- Tachestor, Pa., was sunk below Dittaburgh, All along the river conl bonts, mout of them oupty, have beon torn looss and carried awny, Empty conl barges aro worth 21,600 each, and Tonded barges aro worth Lwice thiat amount, and it is gafo to estimato that. 125 such barges have boon lost between Louisvillo and Pittsburgh, A very emall proportion contuinad any coal. From tho fow telographio stations nlong the tiver, and the impossibility of obtaining intolli- goneo from intermodinto points, tho collection of complate news of tho oxtent of the damngo is out of tho quostion. Very few wrecks have beon #oon passivg here, whish is o favorablo in- dicntion. At Aurora, Ind., thirty-throo conl barges have been observed floating down with the ice. "Tho broak-up was nob simultancous along the river. It appoars to have begun horo twalve hours gooner thau at points both above and below this city. "The effect on business hes been stimulsting. ‘Thoro was great netivity among shippers this aftornoon. To-morrow the landing will prosent an oxcoedingly busy sceno. ‘Tho mntimum rike will probably not be here before Mon- doy, A million bushols of coal aro rordy to como down from Pittsburgh, and threo millions from tho Kunawha River, and most of tho Pittsburgh coal will probably go on down the river past Louisvillo. Tho heaviest losers in tho hundrod conl barges awml)t away from the Cincinunti landing were £ho Dittsburgh dealovs. CINoINNATE, Jan. 3.—There is nothing new in river tattors horo since the break-up last night, oxcopt that tho mammoth wharf-boat bolonging to tho Sonthwostern Transportation Company ig loft on shore, cansed by « sudden fall in tho rivor. An offort is being mado to pull hor off. Tho gorge nt Madison, Ind., gave way this morning, carrying tho steamor Goneral Buell ha)f & mile below, and sinking her. Tho ico nt Wheoliug nlso gave way, sinking tho atoamer Carrio Brooks, ‘I'ho gorgo nt Now Albany broke ahont midnight, doiug no damago. ] ‘lu% chaunel at Evansville is comparatively clear to-day. ‘I'ho Chronicl'’s Louisvillo epecinl pays that nbout two hundved conl boats, barges, and wrecks aro moving with tho ico bolow Madiron, All the gorgos botwoon Madison and Louisville havo broken. ‘Pho river is rising fast, with ulghl feot on the Falls, o ico in tho Licking Rivol hna just started. C1x0INNATI, Jun. 8.—Nows from ebove indi- catos o vory high river comingdown. Tho Lick- fng Rtivor s running out howvy ico, and n lirgo numbor of looso saw logs thisafiornoon, hut the ico is soft and broken, ~Thoro are no additional damages to thoso alroady roported, Two or threo little stonmors huve been thrown rground without injury, but will Lo atloat by tho riso of the river, T'he rumor that the conl boats had broke looso Iast night at Conl Haven, a short distanco above hozo, is not confirmod. No bonts has baen float- ing past horo, Tho rumor, last night, thab tho Loonors went down with the ice, is fulse. Sho issafo in tha lower part of tho ¢ity. Tho rivor iu protty near clear above the mouth of the Liching. Hpecials to the Fazelte say tho Kanawhe is 18 foot at Olinrleston, and roso in twenty-four howrs 7 foot ut Ivonton, and correspond: ingly high at Mariotts, Wheoling, sud_othor poliits, Privato dospatohos report the Monons geholn rising with an almost _unparalleled Tapidity. In anticipation of tho flood, tho peo- plo in tho Iawor part of tho eity ara removing mu;‘u{mud‘lfl) from collary, and placing it higl and dry. A Gazette spocial from Zanoaville aays that th 1ee wae moviug in the Muskingum this mornin, throw Granger's Mill off its_foundetious, aud sunlk tho small steamor Wm, Fox. A special to tho samo from Middloport roports tho sinking of tho stoamor LEmmn CGraham, valued at $0,000, Loss total, togothier with n 28,000 oargo of flour ; no insuranco, “ho stoamens up the rivor aro roportod runs ning, Tho boats horo are londing, Somo of them oxpect to stark ont to-morrow, Loutsvinue, Ky, Jun. 8,~Tho"gorgos nbave brolo looso this” morning, T'ho ice 18 coming down in vast flokls, but no damago lLias boon dono as yot. Tho stoamboab mon are all pro- pared for dangor, LoutsviuLy, dan, 8.—Tho ico hns baon run- ning vory houavy sinco 10:80. ho rivor Is full of orushed fco, rnd ¢ largo numbor of iminonse floos aro pussing down, 'I'ho walor is shallow on Woltzol's Dam, ut tho head of the canal, snd tho feo flooy_are thoroughly brokon in passing ovor it. T'ho flolds which aro’pasging down tho chuto, botween tho wings of tho dam, ave broken In plseos against tho piors of the brilia, or crushod up n (1o Lally, Tho ico i gonerally porows aud bolonging to Hyalt & Stono, was out down at tho wharl this aflornoon, Lons, about £4,000, A bargo was towed up towards the head of the canal thin morning, to mupply customors. "L'io hull of tho old Dick Tulton and one fla broko looso from the towhoad this afternoon, and deiftod down, when the tug Magnolia rose cucd thom from {holce. ‘Iho wator rouo 414 font to-dny, No reliablo nows “from tho conl flnot at Pumps Burli Patel, Lut tho goneral Imprension i that’ tho floct will nob miffor much, it any, dunngo, "I'ho {co serapon boats lying ot Lhe up}mr portion of tho river front, but passos clear of tho honts at tho lovoo, i Caplain King, of tho Dovo No, 2, atrived thig aftornoon from Mndison, 1o says the gorps thore broko at 4 o'clock a. m., taking tho Gone eral Buell down ¢ mile and ginking hor, Bho lg n totnl lony, 1t broko tho Nat, Willlarus to piccos and sunk her; alwo, somo ferry-bouts, and pushed o Jargo mimber of empty coul barges audt onto londed ones on tho banlk, making a total! oK. 'I'ho river roso thera n(fiht foot from 8 o'clocle” Jast night up to 6 o'clock this morning, *Los about ag follows: Gonoral Bucll, 210,000 5 Nub Willinng, £2,000; forrybont, 37,0007 con sud Ugrpson, 530,000, Total, 374,000, t ‘I'hio wonthor hero is turning coldor. It cloared up during the doy. R Xt s supposed £hat tho Madison gorgo will ha horo about 0 o'clock to-night. It s looked foxt with considerablo anxioty. LoumvinLe, Jui. 3.—-6;: to miduight tha {ca a8 running vory hoavily. The river was full of, it for milon, About 10 o'clook largo floe crushit on Woitzol's Dam, nonr tho Keutucky whcio, and the feo mpidly acemmuiated, backing up to Tirst streot, a distanco of hnlf milo, By 12 o'alock, the fiold thus fori: tonded one or two hundrad yards into tho 1iver, flllilli u¥ tho Liarbor_and throwiug floaiing ice ovor to the Indiana shote. ‘Weather clear, cold, aud freozing, Nofurthor accidonta roported, ‘Tho Intest nows from Pumpkin Patclt I4 thet all I safoin that quartor, and tho lighls seon ub that place from tho loveo conflrm tho roport. Evansviiir, Ind,, Jan. 8.—Cloar, bluste and cold, Morcury 80 to 42, The river ix clining a littlo, Tho ico is running all clex for g8 wo honr from, Chore is w border of along thio shoroe yo. Prresnunoy, Jan,8.—A largoamount of icohas been mnninfi in tho Monongoholn, hut hng enusod little damago. Tholarge number of coal borges at differont points above aro now ot of. dangor, and, should the prosont favoraile weather coutinuo, will bo rondy to loavo for lower points by tho firs} of noxt week. - The Potrolin, an old Alloghony tow, was struele” by ico this aftornoon at tho wharf, and sunk ho-' 1o Smithflold strect bridge. It i probahly ine jurcd boyond ropair, Lo nob aseortained. 'Tho Alleghanoy at Oil City is rising, with al fair prospect for a broal. Toeporta stato tho river at twalve foek nt Roch< estor. 'Tywo stosmboats woro sunk thero to-doyy by 1 gorgo. : ! WresLia, Wost Va., Jan, 8.—The river this place started about 11 o'clock lagé ovouing,, but soon stoppod. Ab4 this morning tho ico' from tho uppor ond of tho wharf down run out., Tho ico from the wharf up to Stenbenvillo stari< od at 7 n m. The elarting probebly resorvod thio hoats hiero from groator damzgo. o forrybont at Martinsville was cerricd doviy to thie upper point of tho city and pushed ushovo. She luys in o very precerions situation. Tho wtenmor Coryio Brooks was cut down by ice, s sunk to her gunrds, waloly, sl.o lnid ‘vory utraight, und tho river falling wome threo foof,: plio suecseded in covering the bronk, and by thal o of syphous, succoaded in raiging horacif, "T'ho gorges at Brown's Ielwd, Bmith's Ferry, © and Rochestor, gave way this witeruoon, anda oxpected hurfl)y midnight, ars Are entel tninod that the boats may enfler gerious- damaga. 8r. Loura, Jan. [ faot tho river bognn to fnll olowly this aftornoon. . ‘Iho ce abovo thio bridgo s wfill wtrong, anl’ podestrinns continuo to cross, but tho gorge tb Oerandolet is weaker. A largo fleld broke of Inst night and wsunk four bargos, threo of _ them laden witi irou ora. Ono of tho herges bolonged to tho Ohbio River gnlt Compamy. Tho othors weroe owned' hioro, Althongh tho weather twrned. calder Inst night, aud w nharp froozo took place, which was continued over sinee, tho opening of navigation below hero is considered so noar at/ hand that tho crows of several of the stcamory havo gono to Cairo and other points to bring up: Jonts. Sovoral reprouentatives of Terry and Pucket Compenies held & *meoting to-day to considor the question of removing tho ice ho= tweon here and Cnrondelot. Tho owners of tha Great ltcyubliu mado n proposition to break aaunguh:au{,’h thoe gorgo for £3,000, Partioy Eutomalnd will o to Carondelot to-morrow aui viaw the situation thoro, and thon decido < shall bo done, In tho menntime, iho tow Tishor is butting awny bolow, and is snid to ba making fair progrees, ’ Sr. Touts, Jan. 3.—A riso in the river Des pores to-day undormined ono of {no sbuime of tho Tron Mountain Railroad Dridge, cro: that stroam six miles bolow this cily. o'clock this afternoon the bridge fell. struoture was short, and its fall will not travel on the rond. ' Loss about $23,000. RAILROAD ACCIDENTS. A Train on a Pittshurgh &- Forl! yne Branch BRond 'Throwa Down bankment=lnnuy Peryons L fualwo Cars ISurned--Mizox Cadastrophiess Emx, Da,, Jan. 8.—This afternoon, tho train bound north on the Beaver Valloy Branch of tho Pittsburgh, Fort Wayno & Clicago Railrond struci o broken rail near Moravia, Pn., nbout fivomiles south of Newcastlo, and tho traiu, consisting of n baggago car and fhreo conchos, was thrown off and down an embankment. Two of tho coaches wora burned, taking fira from the roar ear. Nouo of tho passengors were burnod- The injured woro as follows : S¢rtously—Mrn. Eliza Huntor, MoKeespot, Pa; leg broken ; M. Tellows, Youngstown, badly lurt ' aboub hio he y injured—Tohn Dally, Toungatown, 0.7 lark, Youngstown ; - Wililam Sowroy, Younge: town; Chas, Carbaugh, Johustown, ¥a,: Johu Tlinn, Powers Statlon ! Gea, Peal, _Jolmalown, 1a,; Chas, Tagsavant, Plitkburgh's John Bolt, Green. burgs J, 1, Hammond, Now Hamburgh ; Enos Ev: Mury O'Neal, Slinron ;- 1), Strong, % B, Yntoman, Diltshurgh 3 Phil, Usx fiunle Winters, Nowcastle; O. C. 3 Carolino Mulligan, Sharpaville, . P, Howitt, Bharpeviflo; Geo, Woodruil, Kow. and O, R, Phipps, brakeman, Neweastle, Spectal Despateh to The Chicago Tribune, Davro, 0., Jan. 3.—This moring, at 1 o'clocl, s . . {haifrieh nud daughiter wevo roturning from & church fostival, and whilo crogsing tho track at Prairio stroot, llw{ werg_struck by o lo- comotive backing up, and Inatanily killed.” Hel- frich wag carrying his daughtor in his arms when tho ongino struck him, kuocking tho child from his grasp and crushing it so it diod, in five min. utes aftorwards, Ho was knocked down and caught in the ashpau and carried sote distanco, his body beiug litorally torn Lo picces. Th ons ginoer, & young man named Gus. Prosslor, w arrastod, ‘nud gave bail to appoar for viol the city ordinauce by running over six miles un hour, I'enre MavTe, Ind,, Jan. 8.—Williom Eddy, of this city, an old and faithful employe of tla Vandalin Riatlwny, was killed whilo couphng cavd at Arno Btation, this aftornoon, Iiy lhead wud crushod, cauning instant denth. p Spiecial Desputeh to Tha Chicago Tribvne, Drrrorr, Jan. 3.—A trackman named Lafforty, on tho Michigan Contral Rnilroad, was killed this morning by being run over at thoe Graud Trunk Junction. s ————e ‘The Balthmore Musdoers Banrroug, Jan, 8.—The Coronor's jury in tho caso of Mrs. Mary Ann Tapley, who wi murdered lnst night, coneludod their invoetiza. tion this avening, with tho vordict thut tho du- consod oamo to hor death by violenes at tho hands of some parly unknown Lo the ‘]ury. "ho post morlem oxamination failed to discover tho ({imct cauro of her doath, n4 1o marks of violonco were found upon thy bud, oxcopt o fow slight bruisos on tho abdon 'l'hullhour advanced In rogard to tho caso iy that the old Indy was smotlicrod to death by & picoo of carpol, which was found lying by her gide, nnd that tho robbesy was nftorwurds pes- potrated. o o £fter vising aboub threo’ \\'ellnl and wife, Sharon Newenatle, Pa, 1 T, castle, g o Cnitle Disenwo in Coatral Ohto, Special Despatel to The Chicago Pribune, Cumuicorsis, O, dan. 3o—A catilo diseuio hna apponrad In Feanklin Townolip, thin county, Which provos futal in w vory fow moments, Ons wian s lost Biteon ek, Tho dinoass ok o form of spummu. Bloslc mon socm Lo il hicuvy, and tloats deop. A conl bugke, Conining alouk 8000 busholg | jug zapidly iw ho ueiglhoshoads tho disonse will become opidemio, p it Iy toxouds