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Show GENERAL. Fire at Hartford, Hartford, Conn., 29. A fire broke out at the lumber yard at Bridgeport, yesterday, and destroyed $40,000 worth of lumber and several adjoiuiug buildings, build-ings, including a grocery and confectionery confec-tionery store. The fire raged all day. No further particulars cat) tje learned. Colf&x Better. New Tork, 29. A Washington dispatch dis-patch late last night says, Colfax seems much better. Yesterday he was able to leave his bed for several hours at a time. There is no cause for anxitty in regard to his recovery. Hun FratlelNco Kiwi. San Francii-co, 29. Tho response to invilaliims of thu Grand Army of the Republic to various military companies to turn out tu-inorrow, fur tho decoration decora-tion ceremonies, bus not been us general as desired. Thus far only one Irish and the two colored regiments havo accepted. Jos. Murray Mitchell, a blacksmith, committed suicide ou a novel plan at the houso of a friend near Lone Mountain (his morning. Ho nearly decapitated himself with a knife, then jumped from a window and ran to a well, jumped in and drowned himself. Supposed cause delirum tremens. Mallory, who was shot yesterduy by Sherlock, is reported to be in a hopo-less hopo-less condition. The readiug of the affidavits in support sup-port of a motion for a new trial in the Fair case will commence in chambers before Judgo .Dwindle at two p. m., to-morrow. Tho Hibernia Bank has obtained judgment I'or $10,h4ii.70 aud the foreclosure fore-closure of a mortgage ugaitst Daniel Murphy, to-day. Bonds 11 li dj) 114. Greenbacks moro plenty, 90); selling, 90J (as '.Hij. San Francisco, 29. In the Police Court to-day, tliecase of Manuel Obbe, charged with robbery, , the complaining complain-ing witness being a Chinaman, Judite Sawyer decided he would adhere to tbe decision of the Supreme Court of California, Cali-fornia, and declined to admit Chinese testimony, taking his chances of prosecution prose-cution under the Ku Klux bill. The charge was accordingly dismissed and the prisoner released. There is an immense attendance at the funeral of Charles D. Carter at St. Mary's Cathedral. Mrs. Fair appeared in the Fifteenth District Court, accompanied by her mother, this morning. The female women's rights advocates were at their usual places. The affidavit charging charg-ing Beach, one of the jurors, with expressing ex-pressing an opinion against Mrs. Fair before the trial, etc., were subjected, and Judge Campbell desired further time to prepare counter affidavits. Cooke said he could produce half-a-dozen other witnesses to substantiate the affidavits for the defense. The sentence is postponed till Thursday next. It is stated that Beach will testify tes-tify positively that he never made any such statements as are charged upon him. The friends of Governor Haight worked up a much larger assured vote for him than the press generally will concede to him, and are very confident that his chances for nomination are number one. The rain yesterday was sufficient to damage considerably the hay in the tields around the bay. |
