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Marshal,, Bazaine has" escaped' 'from his prison ak.st; Marguerite.:' It is."'supposed that he Uftjflfi by* i" vessel tytijuftto' Italy. His escape'was planned' by his' wife. 0 He descended the oHffi| fea kmffltißStiHus Was cqtiveyed"awayToy it V&aelH^ich'Hyafl l in wafting, iftid'taftf&fc airthV'f brttess have 1 -' »t« s % • T '■.,'■ '>.• ('. . «■» —-. ;■"" , ! SAN FRANCiSCdr MAIL. 'j •' ; •■• Aittiii!fcA»f)»tifMMiSfe¥-." - :.-;". •".. : ._• • . ( SAjrFftAKcisco, July 27. The ship Warrior <sieen, front Ofogoy went ashore at 6 p.m. oft the' 20tH of' July; ;: fdur miles norttt',of; "Point Reyesj near San Franeisco. • The boats!'-were got'oitt immediately. The Captain remained aboard all night, and at 4 a.m. the following day all hands left. The! wreck' was -sold 'the -following day for 760d015., but up to the present time nothing has been done towards saving property in consequence, of the; state of the weather. The accident' occurred 'during a-dense fog.. i, ' Remarkable charges.have been made by Theodore Tilton against the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher; the celebrated preacher at' Plymouth Church, a brother to Mrs Harriet Beecher Stdfre. Tilton chaiges him'witb criminal connection" with"'Mrs Tilton, the time and places being specifiel. Mrs Tilton published a card denying the'thing intoto. Mr Beecher is preparing a statement defend-, ing himself, and totally denied the charges. The whole is before a committee of Mr Beecher's friends, who the charges. ■" r ' ''"' . ■ ''' " '
Another jjreat conflagration his devastated Chicago'.; The fire broke out * 4 p.ni. on July 14, and continued with uiabated fury until 2 a.m. oh the 18th, during which time it swept down some of the finest juildihgsof the city. • About 16 -blocks were burned. The loss is estimated at 3,000,000 dollars, covered hy about "800,000 dollars insurance, A terrible storm broke over tie eastern fart of Nevada, near Eureka, withfull force. n addition to a water spout, whichhad- been gathering for hours, and burst anc deluged the town, twenty-one lives were lost The Government intend to prosecute all Mormons at Salt Lake who have gme into polvgamy since the passing of the Polygamy Bill.
Eleven persons have been murdend in a house'in Spencer County by persons vho intended to'rob it. to ' The floods in Pennsylvania deluged several towns, and miles, of co'un'try were submerged. Two hundred lives were lost, and a million dollars' vv» nrth of property was destroyed. In Alleghany city the sewers burst, and the water rushed down the streets to a depth of 10 feet, sweeping away houses and drowning manypersons. Pittsburg suffered most. V
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Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 251, 1 September 1874, Page 7
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