Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-06-03
NEWS ITEMS.

NEWS ITEMS
FoUGHT.-Two members Of the Cincinnati
Citg Council had fight during the last session
Of that body. The sggressoT spologized to the
BOss6. sfE
;IuTIyY.-A Rio Janeiro pilot boat recently
feii an win an English rsssel at sea it was
loaded with coal and deserted. An entry in
The log book indicated mutiny and murder.
RIsKT.-There is an Insurance Company in
Baltimore, which takes risks on rents Of houses
and stores, We should like to see one venture
some enough to take risks on printers bills.
CREvAssEs-Five times has the city Of New
Orleans bsen-partislly submerged BY the Gre
vasse-in l7S5, 1871, 1879, 1916 and 1919. At
the reealt food, the Mississippi attained a
higher elevation than i. has stood at since
1919, and the Consequences is a number OF Gre
vases in Louisiana aud Mississippi, the
most formidable OF which are the Bell and the
Lsblsnche erevssses, the first three and the
latter twenty miles above New Orleans. Dam
age to the amount Of millions Of dollars has
been caused by these breaks but the city OF
New Orleans has not been reached BY the
waters on account Of the unusual precautions
taken since 1s49 to strengthen the embank-
nsnts which protect it.
MURpER-At Brandenburg, XIV, on Wednes-
day last, Stanley Young shot Wn. Marsh.
The act was One Of revenge. Marsh killed
Young's father seven years ago. The murderer
escaped.
LExINsToE.-The assessment Of the city Of
Lezingtons KY, just completed, shows there
are . 246 Inhabitants decrease Of 606 popu-
lstiOn since last year. The total valuation Of
property is S4,13s,s0e.
A BAEK.-A bank is about 10 be established
in Cairo, Ill. Capital one million, In ten thou
sand shares. All the shares have been taken
By Etatus Niles, Esq.
AQtATIc.-The Cairo folks are nearly
droWhed out, vet misfOrtuns does not teach
them mercy, for the Cairo Gazstte thus ridi-
cules the misfortune Of the neighboring town,
Mound City: A" The poor devils that have been
ssduced into living in that frog pond have Wis
tied every town and hamlet within a hundred
miles, buying up all the quinine in the country,
hoping by taking an extra dose to escape a
shake on the day Of sale. Several passed
through Cairo yesterday, on their way to Mem
phis, where they understood was a large sup
ply. They s<Fere all web footed, and had
scales growing upon the exposed portions OF
their persons.
INDICrED.-Judge Nelson, Of Campbell coun-
ty, Kentucky, has been indicted in the United
States District Court for the district of Ken
tucky, for assisting a soldier named Beck tC
desert from the garrison at Newport.
IHE kOU RTH--At Boston, on lne Fourth OF
July, there viii be a regatta, balloon ascen-
sion, and display Of fireworks at the city'l
eXpense.
BowLEGs.-The New OrleaES Courier de "a
EJuisiGae says while Billy Rowlegs was in that
/ city he drank a teal, but, thank God, he did
not eat anybody.
1 STKIKEs IN RHODE IsLASD.-A portion Of
the operatives in the mills at Valley Falls anC
LOuisdale struck for higher wages on Monday
and psraded through the streets in procession
I Tie operatives at Waterman's steam mill, a
I Oneyville, have gone 70 work at an increase O.
wages. The spinner and weayers al the Geor-
gisville Mill have been offered an advance, bu
refused 70 20 to work unless the other Depart
ments receive a proportionste increase.
TrRED.-MT. Ztba johnson, havirg Teache,
the age Of IS years, and becoming tired Of be
I ing the oldest man in Newfane, Vt, eommitte'
suicide last week.
DEEPEEED.-Ths Patapseo river at Baiti
more has been deeIened by dredging, so as t.
allow vessels to pass up to the city wharves
The depth is now tWeHty-three feet at the ebl
tide; five miles in distance is gained.