Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-12-09
ESTABLISHED 1910.
BRIEF TELEoRAMs.

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Boston did the right thing in the way o
receiving Alexis yesterday.
Cockneys will regret to learn that thu
Argyle Rooms have been burned.
Telegraph operators in the principal
cities OF England mediate "strike"
Kelly, of Dublin, viii not be tried fol
shooting az policeman until January.
Betting in London on the TichshornG
csse is ten to one against the claimant o.
the property.
Charles Hsrtshorn, of Cincinnati, was
killed 10 Chicago yesterday by passing
railway train.
Colonel NJ. B. Tabor is building cotton
factory st Bankstone, Montgomery coun.
ty, Mississippi.
The Republican msmbsrs of tho Mis-
souri, legislature urge the calling of q Re.
publican State convention.
Representatives Of the tobacco interest
were before the congressional committee
Of ways and means yesterday.
Mrs. Wharton, now on trial al Annspo-
lis, Maryland, for the murder of Kstch-
um, by poison, will very probably be SC
quilted.
Tne National board OF trade, In session
at St. Louis, yesterday discussed Missis-
sippi levsss, another railroad to the Ps-
Citc, and other matters.
The loss by the burning Of Mcknight &
Co.'S rolling-mill, st Birmingham nesr
PutsbGrg. yesterday morning, was about
Ss5, 600. Insured for SO 900
Governor Hoffman, Of New York, will
on the part Of his State, contribute large
number Of gorka on law to the members
Of the legal profession Of Chicsgo.
Tbs Chiesgo Times csme out in qusrto
form and an entire new dress" yester-
dsy, and, the telegraph tells US, ''nearly
fac smile Of the Times before the fre."
The stesple-ehsse Yesterday over the
Mstsiris track at New Orleans was q
rather exciting bit OF sport. Three entries
threw their riders, and fourth refused TO
take the distractions At all.
The anniversary Of the Apprentice
Boys a. Londonderry, Ireland, wss cele-
brsted on Thursday snd passed Of quiet
". An effigy OF Lundy was burnt amid
the usual deris0ry demonstrations.
The Illinois house Of representatives
Yesterday gave power 10 the United States
Governments to condemn land in Chicago
Tor public buildings. There were only
four votes sgzinst the proposition
Saltillo and the forts near it are in pos
session OF the insurgent Mexicans. TIE
government forces espitulsted on the
evening OF the 5th. Ths insurgents are
preparing 20 march upon Ssn Luis Potosi.
Cortins. the wbilom Mexicsn bandit, is
now 8 general IN the service Of JuareE and
is so very loyal TO the murderer Of Maxi
milan that he imprisons sll foreigners
who speak or sot in sympathy with the
revolutiouists.
Twenty five lives we're lost on the Nova
gcotis coast in the gales Of last week
eleven BY the wreck Of the Hscke,t
(scstooner) in Ar0n river; nine by the
Tah IN FnG
Of Osnso, and by the schooner Catherine,
in Yarmouth sound,
Yesterday q mustang msTs belonging
to Colonel Diokey, of San Francisco, elec-
trifed the fast men OF that fast city by trOt-
ting twenty miles In 1882 Her owner,
at the close OF the test, offered to bet that
she could 20 another mile Immediately in
2:55, but the offer was not taken.
A motion wss msds in the French par
uamsut Yesterday TO transfer the sest or
Government from Versailles to Paris.
Though decided opposition was shown,
Il is thought that those in favor OF the re-
movsl are in the majority, and that the
motion will uitim ately prevail.
The Winons (Mississippi) Democrat has
been requested by several influential and
substantial planters 70 call convention
70 meet in tEst town about the 10Th OF De-
eember. to consult in reference 70 the ls-
Dor system another year. In6y want JnS
eolored people and all lsboreTs to meet
those who own the land, and counsel to-
gether for the good Of both.
The emperor Of Brazil had An interview
with q newspaper correspondent in Egypt,
sud expressed himself much pleased with
tbs reform which the present khedive
Syes effsctlng in that cCnutry, and stated
that the Brszilisns expected much from
tie steamship lines between Brazil and
the United States. The shipping interest
OF Americs ne considered Of more import
snoe than the revenue gsined by taxation.
= Australia is now brought within s min
ute's distance Of the continents by the
successful laying OF new cable between
Batavia, ths capital Of java, and Port
Darwin, tbs northsrnmOst point Of Aus
tralis, Thence two land lines lead 70 the
main Australian cities; one south to
Adelaide, Melbourne and Sidney, the
other along the eastern coast. From Mel
bourne there is a cable TO Tasmsnis. THIS
communication by telegraph is completed
throughout the Australian colonies, and
from there to the ustwOrk Of speech
transmitting wires over the world.