Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-20
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day.
Carl Schurz was in Nashville, yes
terdsy.
The Kx-Klux Com mittee meets IL
Washington to-day.
They are trying q man for polyg
amy in Utah. What next?
General Mcclellan declines tbs
ComptroIlership Of New York.
There were ten deaths from yellow
fever in Charleston on Monday.
Mike Shennagin fell and broke bis
neck in Louisville last Monday.
The State fair Of Pennsylvania
opened in Philadelphia yesterday.
The hog-breeders of Illinois have 8
fair in progress at Dexter Park, Chi
cago.
The Quebec boat-race has been post
poned until to-day, on account of bad
weather.
Senators Wilson and Sumner are
against Butler as candidate for gov,
ernor Of Massachusetts,.
A Radical member of Congress
one Buck has been appointed collect
or of customs st Mobile.
Four lives were lost by the capsiz
ing Of a pleasure-bost on Lake Men,
dOta on Monday evening.
A New York forger was lately
Arrested in Dubuque, Iowa, and taken
to the scene of his crime for trial.
The Indian Commissioners are try.
ing to herd the Apaches In a valley
twenty miles wide and thirty long.
The triennial conclave Of the knights
TempIar OF the United States, at Bal
timore, was most enjoyable affair.
The negro acknowledgement OF
South Carolina is opposed to the de-
claration of martial law in that State.
One man was killed and three
wounded by the falling of portion OF
new msrket-house in Philadelphia,
last Monday.
A fellow successfully got away with
an express wagon and contents at Du-
buque, Iowa, the other day. He l.
still missing.
Edward Renfro was killed by q
railway train on the Nashville rail-
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county, Kentucky.
Mrs. Teale, who murdered hel
husband, "a newspaper carrieF) In
Cincinnati, the other day, is now or
trial for the crime.
A raid Of robbers on q silver anal
gam mill, at Reno, Nevada, resulted
| in loss of one hundred and eighty
pounds Of the "truck."
The annual meeting Of the Western
Union Telegraph Company will bt
held in New York on the second
Wednesday in October.
There were not three murdered men
/ found in sink-hole near st. Louis the
other day, as reported by telegraph
The story was a hoax.
Connolly says that he believes thC
Hall Tweed Sweeney ring paid some
desperate burglar to abstract the miss
ing vouchers from his Office.
Witnesses in the Hodge defalcation
case at Washington were tn have ap
peared before the grand Jury yester
day. He will be tried by court mar
tial.
J. G. Whitmore, a swindler, was
arrested In st Louis yesterday. HC
said he was not q whit more q swind.
Ter than his accuser, but 1t was too
thin,
The authorities of st. Louis found
an abOrtiOnist, for whom they had
| long been in search, among lot of re-
cruits for the United States army
He is now in jail.
Six men were killed and twice as
many seriously injured by the gun
powder explosion at PinOche, Nevada
the other day. The loss in property
amounted to $3.50, 600.
A New York wife asks Judge Daily
TO be allowed to take her insane hus.
band to Bombay. His relations are
opposed to the arrangement, and the
Judge holds his decision back for 8
short time to look into the matter.
The project of starting new Ger
man morning newspaper In New
York, which was suggested some
time ago, will shortly be carried into
effect. It is said that sufficient capita
has been pledged to insure the sue
cess of the enterprise.
The grand lodge Of Odd Fellows, o
the United States, is In session 81
Chicago. Maryland, Massachusetts
New York, Pennsylvania, District o.
Columbia, Delaware, Ohio, Louisiana
New Jersey, Kentucky, Virginia
Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Con
necticut, Texas, Tennessee, South Car
olina, Alabama, North Carolina
Georgia, Maine, New Hampshire
Michigan, Wisconsin, Vermont, Iowa
Arkansas and Rhode Island are rep
resented.
All the fools are not yet dead. The
champion turned up the other day in
| Iowa. He lives at Dubuque, and wa
looking about for a chance to lose his
money, when he was approached by
a fellow representing himself as for
uner officer in the United States Min
AT Philadelphia, and offered the suckel
a chance to buy nickels at the rate o
ffty cents on the dollar. The Ole
haymsker took the bait speedily
and was led out In the country few
miles to q cave, where were stored
large number of boxes. One OF thest
was opened, and contained hundred
dollars in nickels. The gudgeon theE
paid two hundred and Hfty dollars
/ giving bis note for the same amount
and sook home with him ten OF tht
bOxes of nickels. He opened them II
his cellar and found they contained
nothing but sand. He aiS tn hlI