Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-26
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

On Ae-os a INV vi nEn DbAAA
ings under construction in Brooklyn,
N Y, fell in with a great crash, while
fifteen men engaged on them were
about quitting work. Singularly
enough, all escaped but one, a German
named Bonner, who died from the In
juries received.
There was a brutal dog-fght in New
York last Tuesday, which ended IN
one being literally "chawed alive,
and the other coming out best IN
torn. bloody and beastly condition.
All the bull-necked, big-jawed and
snub-n0sed two-legged beasts OF the
great metropolis were on hand.
The Sharon (Wis.) Mirror, of the
18th inst, says: "Enoch henoall,
the late Treasurer OF our nelgho0rlng
county of Boone, has been found to
be a deiaulter TO the amount of some
SO. 600 Our information is obtained
from the Belvidere Standard, which
publishes a lengthy report from the
eOmmittee-sieSSTS l.. .. Gilman
ana {. ). Loop-WbO were appointed
70 examine accounts of the delin-
Quent Treasurer.
The New York Herald of Wedne5-
day says of Gotham; there is plenty
of fresh stabbing, pounding, poison
ing and shooting. Five new cases are
now under investigation involving the
crime of murder. One is q wife muir
der !hv stabbing; another common
IVhiskv murder, death resulting from
Injuries reeeived in drunken row;
and the third Is 2 case Of free-love
shooting, etc. All the kinds OF lrreg-
ular life have their penalties.
Another sensation in New York!
An individual of loose morals visited
an establishment where the cunning
ones OF Venice most do cOngregate-
called for bottle of ''the rOsy"-in-
vited all the "la1ies" of the house 10
uartake Of his hnspitality-and as the
~ and festive females crowded
srS,,,o, he discovered, in the midst OF
the ojddv In -ong, his OWN wife! Then
came a scene in ourtIIecrliLll lLAl!on
harsh language-aL,-- al q + pii'--' 'IO--
for divorce.
TIaupmaun, the murderer Ol 'H0
Kinck iamiiy, WAS executed in Paris !.
Saturday Ii orning. His last words
We're, - persist L had accOmplices."
This i not generally believed in Paris,
rs Traupmsnn, on the 18th day of No
Vember lasT, made ii confession, in
which he acknowledged having COM
niJted the murders and denied that .
be was aided by any one. The execu-
ton was witnessed by a great crowd
OF peOp e, v no iaunttd and jeered at
the murderer as he mounted the scat
fold.
A bartender named Miles was ar
rested Ia New York few days since,
charged with writing indecent letters
to a young Miss COlburn. One OF .
many was produced at the trial. 1t .
was written in pencil, in very bad
style of handwriting and Oi OrthOgra-
phy; but its indecencies were OF so
gross q character that ii is only chari-
" to suppose that the writer is affict-
ed with q form of insanity that as
sumes g mUnOmania of beaStlineSS.
NJ les, who acknowledged the letter
was n, his handwriting, was commit
ted To the Special Sessions to answer.
One Barnes, for thirty years head
gardner to Lord and Lady ROLES, in
Devonshire, England, has recovered
$500 from Lady ROLES in suit for
defamation of character. She wrote
two letters, last summer, complaining
OF Barnes neglect Of his duty. De
demanded an apology, which was re-
fused. Then he brought suit, and
Lady ROLES did not sPpear-there-
fore a verdict By default was given.
The plaintiff is siXty-fOur years old,
and il l. represented that Lady ROLES,
VINO IS advanced in years, was irri-
tsted at the sudden departure Of her
gardner after long service.
= horrible hanging affair took place
in raif,yro, North Carolina, on FRI
jsv ,,egrO man, named Lewis
9inas wa hanged for outraging
1rbite woman While he was seated
on the scaffOld d E2lored preacher
stood by his side anG Fresched to the
crowd, holding Hines up as a terrloIe
warning, and considerably iDcre&Slng
the { iscOmiorts Of his situation. iFhen
the drup fell the knot worked arO,1uS
under the condemned mans chin, and,
catching it with his hands, he man
aged TO get his feet again on the plat
fOrIn, whereupOn the Sheriff tripped
him up and he fell again. How long
before we shall have a skilful hang
mau2
The New York Times sOf January
18th, says: One week ago yesterday,
Martin smith, young man twenty
ssix years Of age, in the employ of Mr..
Jac0b COnklin, of Westbury, l.. /,
was the victim Of an accident which
terminated fatally. as the young
man stated TO the physician, he went
% 2 shelf. on which was come knitting
work. to obtain something, and accl-
IDENTITY stuck q knittlng-needle into
Ms face. below the ball of the eye,
1n,Nking not the least mark, drawing
no Rood, and, at the time, causing
s'im n1 pain. AS the needle did not
enter deep, it gave him no trouble.
FarIv mex day the physician saw him,
but. finding no wound, anticipated no
tronble. On Thursday Smith was de-
iirious. and died ate o'clock that even
ing. The physician is under the i'm
preston that the needle passed
through the passage TO the nose and
pierced the brain.
The Cologne Gazette, TO hand by the
European mail of the 6th OF January,
relates Ii hOrrid story as enacted at
Schrimm, in the government OF PO5en:
A country girl living not far from that
l1iace had received her inheritance Oh 1
400 thalers from the authorities there. 1
On her return home she spent the night |
in 2 village; having no acquaintance
there she took relage at the house OF
fbe village justice, to whom, in virtue
of his position, she gave her whole
Confidence and Informed him Of the /
Object of her Journey. He was ready |
20 take her in ard advised hsr to 90 TO |
he'd with his wife. When all Leg in a
deep sleep the eOvetous host got up, 1
went into the garden and dug deep [
hole there. He then took a sharp 1
knife, went up to the bed where the |
two were asleep and with q steady |
hand cut the throat Of the person Iy-
ing furthest from the wall, took up his
victim and buried her in the garden.
When he came hack he found the bed 4
emuty. He had murdered his own /
wife instead ofthe stranger. The wife /
bav close 10 the wall during the even
iug. but had afterwards moved 10 the 4
OVER side of the bed. The girl had |
got out Of bed after the murder and |
FASTENED away with her money.
The New Yorl; Herald Of the 18th |
says: "rhe shooting atfray at No: y |
Blocker street on saturday evening |
last, by which Russian named Leo.
polsky or Balasl;y, formerly prOprie- |
tor OF the assign,ltion postofiee at No.
2 Amity street, was shot by young |
fiddle Is still the topic Of cOnversa-
In r,flfaa md cnnrftnu circles j