Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-30
MINOR MAeNETIcs.
Chicago has smallpox.

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Snow on the sierras is Eve feet deep.
The Hudson river st Csstleton is closed
by ice.
The cholera has disappeared from New
York hsrbor.
The Erie canal was probably closed by
ice last night.
Extremely cold weather was reported
/ from all points north and east last night,
The Mississippi is entirely closed above
the oridgs se Dubuque and points farther
south.
Z dredgebost for the mouths Of the Mis-.
sissippi, was launched yesterday st New
| York.
The Republicans Of Boston have nom
mated Newton Talbot as a candidate for
tho mayOralty.
An expedition OF Catholics TO teach the
natives Of Ecuador the mechanic arts and
farming. sailed from New YORK yesterday
in the Ocean Queen.
Petitions for the Communication of the
| sentence OF Bolts, the murderer of Pet
Helstaad, viii be presented 20 the New
Jersey court OF pardOns.
Investigations chow that one hundred
and seventy-nine thousand dollars of the
money furnished to the BROOKLYN water
board hss not been accounted for.
Judgment has been entered in ths Sc
questration cass against CITY Treasursr
Msrcer, Of Philadelphia for four hundred
and seTentY-eight thousand dollars. the
amount Of the cefalcstion.
The police of New Orleans report a
large influx Of thieves and losfars Of high
and low degree into that city, TO witness
tho pounding match between Mace and
Coburni which comss on to-day.
Philsdelphiss were yesterday advanced to
ninety-three cents per hundred; 20 Gin
cianati, 81; TO Chicago, 81 20; to st, Louis
and other points proportionstely.
Charles Il. Wallace, clerk in Tiffanv's
iewelry store, New York, was committed
for trial at the Jefferson market pOlice
court yesterday on the charge of stealing
sixteen thousand dollars worth of lew
elry.
The supreme court of New York,
Judge Spencer presiding has decided thst
q marriage followed by cohabitatioa of
parties. snd 8 mutual public acknowledge
mens rs husband and wife, is a valid
marriage in that State.
The Spanish government yesterday re-
ceiV6d dispatch from Havana announc-
ing the execution OF the medical students
for profGning the oemstery where the re-
mains OF CastanOn was Inferred, The
news crested profound sensation and the
ministry was Immediately convened to
see what action to take in the matter.
A dispatch from Madrid to London
gives an account of the marriage of Gene
raj Sickles, minister from the United
States. The ceremony was attended by
q brilliant and distinguished company, |
Among those who honOred it with their |
presence, was Marshal Serrsno, late regent |
Of Spain. The dispatch gives the name of
the bride as Miss Creigh. General Sickles
and wife left Madrid the day after the
marriage for Liverpool, where they were
TO take the steamer for New York. Some
OF his friends say he will not return.
The New Orleans Times, of Yesterday.
very properly says: Unparalleled in
fanny and brutality are tine words which
the whole civilized world will bsstow
upon the deed Of unexsmpled ssvsgery
sno bloOd-thirstiness Of the authorities
of the Island Of Cuba in the execution Of
sight young medical students charged
with desecrsging the grave of Spanish
officer, and says that the government of
Cuba has placed itself beyond the psle of
the Law of all nations, and that It Is ss-
pectslly Incumbent on this republic to
Take into serious consideration the Ques-
ton whether such a government shall be
permitted to hold sway over an island al
most within sight of our shores, and to
insult, by s1ch hagrsnt acts, the chris
tislity and civilization Of our age"