Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-21

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About tie most sensible eXhibl-
/ ton to be seen in Boston at the pres
/ ent time is the baby show. II is COM
posed Of 300 cooling, ,dimpled-cheeked,
dro0ling, fist-gnaWing infants, in the
1 various stages of lacteal culture and
I effiupia. NOdoubt their united squalls
/ are nearly as musical IS the yells of
I GilmoTe's monster chorus.
The trial of Henrietta Greer, the
! Young negress who murdered q white
} girl named, Nancy Wright, In March
/ last, for three dollars and twenty cents
| near MacOas. Ga, took place on We'd
nesdSy. No testimony was offered for
( the prisoner, and on proof positive the
/ Jury. after an absence of fifteen min
utes, returned 9 verdict Of guilty OF
murder. E.
A st. Louis dispatch Of the 18th
says: Madame Kenyon, one Of the
lady riders in RObinsOn's circus, ex-
hibiting in Allegheny, met with Sc
Ti0us accident. She was about jump
ing TRrough one Of the Papar hoops,
Whet her clothing caught on the hoop
and Ne was thrown violently 10 the
ground, striking on her head and
breast. She was painfully injured, aud
had 10 be carried from the ring.
The compo-itors employed in the
Government printing office, Washing
ton, held meeting Friday evening,
in reference TO the application ofyOung
Douglass, the cOlnred cOmpOsitOT, for
admission into the Printers union. A
resolution was submitted, giving a
history OF the applicant, and recOm-
mending his admission and denOunc-
ing the action the National Typo
graphical Union Mt Albany. A large
meeting Of typos will be held on Tues
day next, for further consideration of
the subject.
"A death from cUrpulencc Is re
corded Mrs. Eliza Ogden, who died
Of Suffocstion from excessive corpu-
lence, near Philadelphia, Georgia, on
Tuesday, weighed siN hundred pounds.
Owing to her great weight, She was
Obliged 10 sit on a sort OF box, a no
chair could be found large or strong
enough TO bear her. In diving, Mrs.
Ogden fell to the fCor, and II was the
utmost that -iX stout men eOlild do to
raise her, by means Of the carpet, on
the bed. Five tried, but failed. 1t was
then thought best to remove the body
to the ground floor OF the house, and
some eight CT ten men required for
that service, The coffin was three feet
wide, and there were twelve pail
bearers.
Attorney General lOar indOrseS
the action Of District Attorney Pier
pont, and only regrets that il has not
.ffosnf Eaf-.11g. L Ia.
If the Juula would eventually involve
the nation ia trouble with spain.
Mr. Rensel, the Cuban agent here,
had q private Interview with Secre-
tary Fish last night On the subject,
but the Secretary i understood to have
given him no encouragement. The
Spanish Minister demands g vigorous
prosecution Of those arrests. Il is said
ex-Attorney General EVarts Will de-
iend the Juuta. Their arrest viii Sc
riOuSly Interfere with the sailing of
one Or two expeditions which they
hoped to get of from New York
within week.
The fUll particulars Of q bloody
affair between the y hites and negroes
at Sparta, Ca, 0E Wednesday, have
been received. After e circus per-
fOrmance, two negroes insulted a
white man, who drew his pistol and
fred, killing one Of the negroes, named
PiersOn, leader among the negroes.
Upon seeing the fall Gf their leader,
the negroes fred q volley into the
whites, but did 80 execution. A ball,
however, from one Of their pistols
struck negro named Marshall, who
happened TO be in the way, in the abb
dOmen, and infiicting 2 mortal wound.
Tie white man, as soon rs Pierson
fell, He'd from Sparta into the country,
pursued by the negroes. The pursuit
had not been continued a very great
distance, when II Is said the whites
rallied and fired a VOlley into the Dur-
suers, which, though no one was in
\ jUred, caused the negroes 10 turn and
take to their heels.
"A dispatch from Boston Of the
18th says; While forty thousand peo-
/ pie We're idside the Coliseum yester-
! day, ST least one hundred thousand
were outside and in its immediate
/ vicinity. There was q great rush for
/ tickets, and spectators sold at 800 per
cent. premium, The Jubilee has not
brought any trade to storekeepers.
! People will not buy. hut cCme only
! for pleasure. The stores where q cDf-
lation had been provided for the
clerks TO save their going 10 dinner
/ were empty, and prOpriet0Fs closed
up In disgust Hotels, railroads and
side shows are making money. Only
10000 people attended the ball last
night, but il was a brilliant gathering,
and was considered q success. This
mornings rehearsal was largely ct
/ tended, and passed OF timely. Eight
+. thousand sch0Ol children rehearsed
1 this morning, in the Coliseum, for to-
morrow. They sang very evenly.
/ Horse and steam cars are crammed,
( coming from all directions, and if
ladies faint they are left at stations, as
Trains can't wait. tits estimated that
100000 visitors are in the city to-day.
/ The Spiritual Convention now in
I session at Indianapolis has brought
J out some queer revelations. a Mr..
Z Keigwin, Of Jeffersonville, gaye an
. secogHt vi tue wonderful operations
of the spirits in that locality. His
wife became q medium and the de,
mOnstrations in his own family were
! wonderful. They could move with
spirits, hear their answers, shake
I hands with them, end they travelled
about the house night and day, play
ing all kinds of pranks. His wife
could put a blank slate In a drawer,
close Il, and the pencil could soon be
heard writing, and when it was taken
out would be covered with intelligible
writing. be was not a betting man,
but he would wager $1,000 to $500 that
It could be done II the elements were
favorable to the test. This bet was