Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-30
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.


Murder In lIlinsIs.
ST. LOUIS, August 29.--The body
of q man with q bullet hole through
the heart was found near Atlanta,
ILL.,, on Saturday. He. is supposed to
have been murdered.
A Bold SwindIer.
WASHINGTON, August 29.-An at
tempt was made to-day, by man
named Thos. S. Cassidy, to sWindle
the Metropolitan bank and Lewis,
Johnson d Co., bankers, out of $23, 600
by means of raised certificates Of de-
posit. Cassidy has fed.
Man Killed in a General Row.
ST. LOUIS, August 29.-Saturday
night fight occurred among num-
ber of country men, who came into
SandOval, H., on the o. and M. II. r.
in the morning and remained there
tall night. They fought among them
selves, and one man, named Stephens,
was killed, ana three others seriously
wounded.
The 0rangemen at It Again.
NEWARK, August 28.-The Orange
men of this city paraded to day with
music, banners and regalia of order,
escorted by forty-four policemen. No
attempt was made to interfere with
the procession, and though large
crowds witnessed it, not hiss or a
groan was given. The festivities
closed with picnic in the evening.
Ocean Steamers.
New YORK, August s9.-The steam
ship Prussian, from Quebec, ran down
the steamer Abeer, in st. Georges
channel. All aboard are believed to
have been taken off the vessel before
she sunk, though that was but the
work of q few minutes. The steam
ship City of London, from New York,
touched at Queenstown; the Liver
pool, Ohio and Baltimore touched at
Southampton.
Cattle Slaughter on the Louisville Road
LOUISVILLE, August 23.-The freight
train on the Louisville and Nashville
railroad was thrown from the track
to-day by detective rail. Seven cars
are of and badly damaged. Twenty.
two head of horses and mules were
killed.
A young colored man, a passenger
|
road, put his head out the window to-
day, struck the fence over the cattle
guard and was killed.
Murder in Kansas.
ATCHIsoN, August pa brutal
murder was committed near Hum
bOldt, Nebraska, on Friday night last
Two men took position in the corn
field of a man named Bair, one with
a cow bell and another with a shot
gun. The bell kept ringing and Bair
went to drive out what he supposed to
| be cattle, and as he approached, he was
shot and killed. He leaves a wife and
eight children. A Hollander named
Chrest and five others have been ar
rested as the murderers and accessO.
ries.
Crimes and Accidents in Chicago.
CHICAGO, August 28.-This fore
noon two boys, named VIM. Turner,
aged nine years, and Frank Bum
stead, aged eleven, whose parents re-
side at II and rs COrnelia street, got
into a quarrel, when young Bum
| stead drew knife and stabbed Tur.
ner, infiicting dangerous wound.
This afternoon little girl, named
Susanna Miller, two years old, while
playing on veranda in the rear OF
her parents residence, No. 362 Mil.
Waukee avenue, fell a distance OF
twelve feet on a picket fence, one OF
the pickets entering her neck, caus-
ing almost instant death.
A MOnastiC Calamity.
LOUISVILLE, August 2S.-The Mon
astery Mills, belonging to the Trap.
pist Monks, at Gettsmore, Nelson
county, were destroyed by fire Satur-
day morning. Loss $4,000. The
monastery building was one of the
largest and finest in the country.
Near mills narrowly escaped burn
ing. A large sum of money recently
started from France to this cOmmu-
nifty was lost, and the Monks are left
without means to rebuild. The fail
ure of the crops and this calamity
leave the Monks in a very needy con-
ditiOn, and they appeal to the public
for contributions to aid their subsis-
tence until next years harvest. Even
the wool for their winter clothing was
destroyed.
ShIpwreCked Mariners.
| NEW 1ORh ,AuBuSC ZJ.-1n0 SteaIn-
er Wilmington, from Galveston,
picked up on the Goth in latitude 266
24N, longitude 790 5l>, boat contain
ing Francis Munte, first mate, Men
ard Simmons, second mate, and
Lewis Schlader, seaman, belonging to
the bark Linda, of Philadelphia, from
New York, bound for New Orleans,
which foundered in hurricane on the
25th, lat. 250 34', long. 790 32>. A boat
containing the captain, steward and
four seamen left the bark, and was In
company with the boat containing the
mate until dark, on the night of the
25th, when they got separated, botf
boats were to steer northwest fol
the Florida coast. After taking or
board the mates boat and crew, the
Wilmington searched in different di
rections for the boat containing Cap