Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-17
TELEoRAPHIc SUMMARY

London is in telegraphic commune
cation with Japan.
The London journals are all talking
about New York finances.
News from London says: "Minis-
terial crisis imminent"
7. A line Of steamers to Antwerp is
being agitated in New York.
The Emperor and Empress of Brazil
have arrived at Brussels.
A produce exchange has been es-
tablished In Pittsburg.
Luthur Farrar, an old citizen Of
Wisconsin, hung himself yesterday.
At Louisville they had festival in
the Masonic temple in honor OF Scott.
Two coloreds were killed in Wash
ington, yesterday, by a rock from q
blast.
| The subscriptions to the new loan
inWashingtOn yesterday amounted to
$4,000.
The Sons of Scotia, in Washington,
celebrated by an excursion down the
Potomac.
The French Assembly yesterday
reelected Grevy President Of the
Chamber.
The smallpox is epidemic in Pitts
burg. Only few weeks since it was
epidemic In London.
Berg has been appointed sanitary
inspector of horse and COW stables In
New York. No salary
The miners strike at South Wales
1 L. w % lsukx1
ances have taken place.
General Gsrabaldi is very i'll, and
his son RicciOtti has been summoned
to his bedside at Caprera.
DObson, an American, was found
guilty yesterday, in London, of scut-
ting ship while at sea.
J. Mclaughlin, working on the
st. Louis bridge, fell from it yester-
day and was drowned.
The heat in New York yesterday
and to-day was excessive. Several
cases of sunstroke were reported.
A narrow gauge railroad is to be
built Immediately from Denver City,
Colorado, to LeavenwOrth, Kansas.
The Scott centenary was celebrated
at Belfast, Ireland, with q banquet,
over which Lord Duferin presided.
A steam canal boat started from
Buffalo for New York, yesterday,
laden with two hundred tons freight.
A brilliant tornament will be given
in New York shortly, for the benefit
of the sufferers by the Westfeld ex-
plosiOn.
Terry, a negro deck hand, shot and
killed Porter, another, upon the
steamer s. Merrill, at Keokuk, Iowa,
yesterday.
The Tennessee Press Association
arrived at Washington Tuesday night.
They visited the public departments
yesterday.
Bush fires are becoming very fire.
quent ana destructive in many neigh
borhoOds in Canada, in consequence
of prolonged drouth.
An immense meeting was held las
evening at Dundalk, Ireland, in favor
of home rule. Fully twelve thousand
persons were present.
On the 18th, the Festival Of the AS
sumption, the dome of st. Peters, at
Rome, besides many private build
ings were Illuminated.
The Yale College exploring expedi-
ton has been so far a success. Fur
nished with a guard from the Fifth
infantry, they will continue.
The Gar has. informed General
Leflo, the French ambassador. that
no treaty of alliance between Russia
and Germany is in existence.
The House of Commons is rapidly
dispOsing of the accumulated business
before it. The customs and inland
revenue bills were passed today.
There is some prospect of war be-
tween China and the Western'powers,
growing out of the COrean difficulties.
The United States may have to take
a hand.
The bodies of Thomas DeRumsey
and McGee, were found in the debris
of the fire at the corner of Washing
ton and Montgomery streets, in Jersey
City, yesterday,
The proceeds of the Scott celebra-
ton at st. Louis will be devoted to
the purpose of a marble bust of the
poet, to be placed in the mercantile
library Of that city.
A special from Petroleum Centre
says that Adam Hatfield, an engineer,
was killed to-day by a smoke-staek
falling upon him. Eight derricks
were blown down by storm.
A heavy typhoon at Kabe, Japan,
on the 4th instant, caused loss of
four hundred lives. Several vessels
were wrecked, including the Pride of
the Thames. The Captain, two mates |
and the steward were drowned. The
damage to property is estimated at |
$500, 900.
The Indiana conference that is to
meet on the 18th proximo, at New
Albany, Ind, will be gathering of |
importance. Three hundred or more
ministers and laymen will be In at. |
tendance, and many distinguished |
preachers from abroad will also be |
present.
Difficulties have arisen on the /
question as respects the evacuation of |
the four departments of France still |
held by the Germans. The French |
Government has in consequence re-
fused to admit the Alsatiaus produce |
to French markets until after the Ger
man troops leave France.
Staten Island has lost nearly all its |
Sunday pleasure-seekers by the ferry |
disaster. There are few visitors week |
days, and are falling of very fast |
Sundays. Central Park has now be-
come a great Sunday resort for New
Yorkers; over eighty-fve thousand |
persons having visited 1t on Sunday |
last.
Six hundred thousand baskets and /
crates Of Delaware peaches were sold |
in the New York market during the /
past week. The crop this year Is /
enormous, and the fruit never better,
both as to size and flavor. The crop |
of Long Island is the most plentiful |
ever known-the fruit rotting on the |
dealers hands.
The Coroner's jury in the case of the |
Westfeld explosion, find that the |
accident was caused by a defective |
boiler and careless engineer, and that |
the company are responsible for both. |
The Coroner has issued a warrant for |
the arrest Of the President, Superin-
tendent and other officers of the Ferry |
Company.
A statue In bronze, in honor of Sir |
Walter Scott, to be erected in Central |
Park, New York, will cost $4,000, |
and will represent the bard in sit. |
ting posture, his favorite stag hound |
sitting by his side. It will rest on a |
pedestal of Aberdeen granite. The |
site Is one Of the most prominent in |
the park, being on the central drive |
0r oroon east Of tha mineral anFiuOo