Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-12-14
THELATEsT NEWS,

Spain is pregnant with another minis
tsrisl crisis.
Six in 5hes Of snow at Saratoga ysster-
dsy, and more expected.
TIE strike among the English tele-
gTE 1bsrs proved failure.
Shares in the Ocssn bank sold at 20 yes
terdsy. against so the day befoTe-s slight
dehectiOl,
The fire ct Honesdsle, Pennsylvania,
on Tuesday, destroyed property TO the
amount Of s5o,CO0.
RB Phillips, of Princeton, New Jer-
sey, had his POCKET picked Of 5000 yester-
day, IN 2 Brooklyn omnibus.
Nothing o. special importance was de-
yeloped yesterday in the trial OF Mrs.
Wharton fOr poisoning General KetehuLn.
Reports received q. Havana from the
sugar districts, relative to the new crop, are
very favorable. The cane is yielding
vel.
judge Co1dozs, Of New York, has de-
cicsa thss an insane husband may bring
suit for divorce against bis vile by his
neX5 friend.
Another victory for the Minstrel party
in Arkansas: Mr.. J. s. Pollock was yes
terdsy nominsted for the postmsstership
At L.tBls Rock.
J, B. TarkI Ston, once San Francisc)
merchant and candidate tor mayor, was
found drowned in the Esss River 81 New
York lEst Monday.
The Oak Pail conapany's factory at Bel
mont, New York, Wss burned on Tussasy
night, involving s.ioss OF $40, go, most of
which is covered BE- insurance.
The commissioner OF internal revenue
states that 10 assessment shall be made
against distlliers for Christmas dsy, pro-
vIdsd that al work is suspended On that
dsy
Hon. VIM. Cox Ellis, ex.nember Of
congress. 6 prominent Mason and the old
est member Of ths LycOming county bar,
died 81 Muncey, P5unsylysnis, yester-
day.
The two parties charged with killing
wills TTimble, 1T Washington, Arksn'
sss, q few dEvs ago, have been captured.
B1tn were wounded before they EurTen-
ders5.
Edwin Foster. an inmate of the insane
ssylum nesr Hartford, Connecticut, es-
caped Tuesdsy evening, and was run over
by the cars and killed He b6!onged 70
Grsnd Rapids, Michigan.
Al his own request, th reception Of the
Grand Duke az Montreal will be iTle3gHitd,
and the proposed ball in his honor will be
dispensed wi h, on account Of the Illness
OF The Prince Of Waies.
A dispatch received in London by tele-
graph line from Southern / -dis and Red
Sea cable, announces the successful OBJ
servati0n OF the total eclipse Of the sun
in the southern hemisphere.
Advicss received at New York from the
West Indies state that vessels passing
Turks island, have been boarded and re-
dues ed 70 land their caTgCes there, duty
free, as the inhabitants were starving.
II g. I
ers-V and dramatic editor CT the Chicago
Times. will coon Iesve for an extended
tour through the South and West India
islands. He goes for the benefit OF bis
health.
Minister Catscszy telegrsPhs the mayor
of Milwaukee that the Grand Duke viii
visit Milwaukee about the Sd Of January
and suitable preparations are being made
in that city Tor his reception and enter
tsinmeEt worthy OF his tank ana the
country be represents.
The postofics st Bsllslrs, Ohio, was en-
tered Tuasdsy night between 10 and II
O'Clock by burgisrs, who gained sdmis-
sion Through a bsok window Ali the let
ters il the delivery boxes were torn open
and scattered over the f00r. The loss as
far as is known is trihing.
The party OF observers Of the totsl
eclipse OF tbs sun In the southern hem
isphere, report thst the photographs Of
she corona obtsined are perfect, and the
result Is conclusive Of several points re-
gsrded by modern astronomers as need
ang q more thorough demonstration.
The Baltimore and Boston delegates, en-
route from the National board Of trade
convention at 81 Louis, were present on
SchaBgs IN Cincinnati yesterday. Mr..
Roper. Of Boston. made q short address,
in which he referred 10 the convention,
and SAID he had no doubt much good
would come Of IL.
A London d!spatch announces that q
Epeeisl telegram has been received from
St. Petersburg in which is recOunted the
particulars Of an assault upon the Ger
man minister by the CZsrOvitch Alexa1-
der Friends intsrfered and the parties
were sepsrEtsd. The incident caused
much excitement, although there Is no
reason TO sppTshend any interruption Of
she good relations between Prussia and
Germany, ss the quarrel is believed TO be
wholly psrsOcsl.
Foreign papers, received at New York
Yesterday by the steamer Java, do not all
take the same view OF the reception of the
Grand Duke at New York and other points
throughout the country. The 81. Peters
burg iournals are delighted. and think our
folks have done just what the occasion re-
quired, while the French, English and
Gsrmsn papers unite in ridiculing the
whole affair, ,snd offsr to bsck the Yankees
against the word for an exhibition OF
snobbery every time g chance is offered.
4 new counterfeit ifty-dollar green
back bill, new issue, was passed In Little
Rock Yesterday by 3 man from the Indian
couutry, 5ut was detected at enc of the
banks. The bill is Ope-eighth Of an inch
shorter than the genuine, and on inferior
paper. Il is well executed, and cslculsted
10 deceive in commercial circles. II Is
not noted in the Ccunterfeit Deiec' or Of
December lst. Both vignettes are good,
but the eyes OF the female ngure In the
counterfeit look obliquely 10 the left,
Instead Of to the front.