Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-12-16
WAITS OF THE WIRES.

dead.
John Ware was hanged at Philsdelphia yes
terday.
The Chinese embassy has sailed from Mar
seilles for Shanghae.
A destructive fire occurred In Paterson, New
Jersey, yesterday morning
Pitts 4urg lost her oldest inhabifant n Mr..
Wainbiddle, who died Thursday night.
A ten-inch fan Of snow astonished tho good
people of Richmond, Virginia yesterd&f.
English papers comment severely upon the
reported attempted bribery OF rev YORK
jury.
Lady Charlotte BurgOyne, wife OF Field Mar
shal Burgoyne, OF the br1tish army, oled In
London Thursday night.
A feeling OF profound relief seemed 20 spread
over London when the change for the better
in the Princes COZ dttion was made public.
John smith has been heard from. a negro
was convicted Of murder in the second degree
IN Cleveland, Ohio, yesterday, for killing one
Of him.
Miss Avonia Bonny, an American lady Of
cesSful debut as AngiHd in s'SOnnambula,n y at
AlesSandTta, Italy.
London has quite a sensation over the TACT
that certain extreme ritualists refused 70 pray
foE the recovery Of the Prince without special
orders from their bishops.
A negro was convicted Of murder in the
INST degee, in Cleveland yesterday, in three
hours from the time the case was opened A
good example TO courts hereaway.
Ku-klux trials stin go on in Columbia, South
Carolina. The defence yesterday asked time
70 produce evidence whereby they could show
that the Ku-kiuX w=s only organized for self
protection, and had ceased to exist
Yesterday the danger in the case Of the
Prince OF Wales had 50 lessened that the mes
sage which Ia been sent to Princess Victoria,
at Berlin. requesting her immediate presence
at Sandringhsm, was countermanded.
4 new combination Is forming in London 70
rescue from the fangs Of the Fisk-Gould blood
suckers what is left Of the Erie railroad The
new ring viii require all the tact and energy
promised 70 be brought 10 bear 70 achieve their
design.
Colonel Lawrence, a wealthy old gentleman
from Elgin, Illinois, while temporarily insane,
yesterday, Jumped from third-stOry window
Of the American house, Boston, and was so
severely injured as to put his life in serious
danger.
= bill was Yesterday introduced IN the Cali
fornia legislature to allow Cyrus W. Field and
his associates 10 construct telegraph Lines, and
toiand cables for an lnter-oceanlc telegraph TO
China and Japan-either direct or by way OF
the Hawaiian Islands
At CookevLle, Putnam county, In this State,
lasI Saturday, J. =. Crutcher, Taylor hcktn-
uey and u. A. Dulard. all armed, attacked
Charles BurtOu, who defended himself, shoot
ing and wOunoing Crutcher mortally and Nc
Kinney slightly. Burton was also wounded
slightly. Whisky and scandal caused the dit
6eulty.
A Washington dispatch says that Charles |
MeIlen, Of the bostOn hrm Of Mellen, Ward &
Co. who was, in 1868, with other persons, con-
vfcted Of der udiBg the government and |
sentenced % i've years' m pr1sOnment end TO |
rzy nne OF SlO9l000, was yesterday pardoned |
by President Grant and the fine against him |
Fsmittsd.
Dispatches from London say that al the !
srbitrators appO nted under The Treaty. OF |
" a. hington 10 attend the Geneva conference, |
were 70 have met at Geneva yesterday for or |
sanitation. The case made mp by the |
United states on one side, and OV Great |
Britain on the other, win be delivered to each |
Of the arOitrators to-day Saturday.
Yesterday morning the mayor OF Montreal /
kreg Rfasted with the Grand Duke During the ]
meal The Grand Duke expressed great mpa- |
thy r tue Prince OF Wales, and trusted that /
the favorable reports now beng received /
would be confirmed. On the afternoon the /
Duke drove OuE 70 LaChein- No ceremony
was observed in any OF bis proceedings.
The evidence and rulings OF the court in the /
great VI harton-ketl hum murder cGse still bur Il
den the wires Of the telegraph, and Will con- |
Ttnue 70 do 50 Tor some days yet, Is there /
we're IN ali, nearly one hundred and any Il
witnesses 10 examine. The feeling IN Balt- Il
more, wnere the lady IS well known, Is that i
she Is innocent OF the fearinl crime laid al her Il
door, and will be so found By the jury.
A Auational chess association has bean formed i
a. Cleveland. Ohio, Of which Mr.. p. WaEe, OF Il
Boston, is president, Mr.. John q White, OF i
Clevelana, secretary, aud AR. J. :. Turner, OF Il
New York, treasurer. An executive c. mmit-
tee and q number OF Yice-presidents were also Il
named The American Chess Association was 4
agreed upon a. a name. A chess tournament /
Is to be held each year at such time and place Il
IS may be agreed upon by the executive com
NutEGea.