Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-12-27
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The wharton. Ketchum trial was re-
Humed yesterday.
Alexis was cordially received yesterday
by the Clevelanders.
A negro was accidentally shot and
killed, near Camden, Arkansas, q few
days ago.
The Nsw York gas works are being re-
paired, after numerous complaints from
consumers.
Cincinnati enjoyed her Christmas in q
style at once respectable snd joyous-lots
Of fun, but no blfckgUsrdism.
The National Inventors exposition viii
commence at Cleveland, Ohio, to-day and
cOntinue the bolsnce OF the week.
A man named Bucham, willis resisting
the sheriff, was shot and killed in Lafay-
cite county, Arkansas, on the 18th.
No formal meeting Of the cabinet was
held yesterday, several members being
absent from the city. A few visitors only
called on the president.
The ship Pslmerston, from Hamburg to
New York, reports nine deaths on the
psssaRe-sl children under ten years of
age. There were i've births.
The Soldiers Home at Knightstown,
Indiana, wsg burned Christmas morning.
the inmates we're sent to the home st
Dayton Ohio, for the present.
The Sublime Porte, backed by Russia
and Austria, Is sharply pressing the gov
eminent of Dsnubisn principalities for
settlement Of their railway obligations.
James W, Kennedy, Pittsburgh stock
broker, shot himself yesterday in his
office. he had been unsuccessful in stocks
and speculsiions which is supposed to
hEve unsettled his mind. His affairs
were found TO 6s not badly involved.
A. Buffalo, New York, yesterday morn
ing, the Grand D1ke Alexis presented
Psreps- Rosa with magnificent bracelet
which be had brought with him from
RussiC as 5 soksn OF the pleasure he hsd
enjoyed 81 the opera Christmas day.
Christmas WSs observed In New York
and Brooklyn more generally than for
wears psst. Connolly, the sx-cOmptrolier.
WIS visited at Ludlow street iail by
number Of personal friends, who united
in making the day ss pleasant for him as
possible.
Tom McGehsn, lately acquitted of mur-
der st Dayton, Ohio, returned to his
home st Hamilton On Christmas dsy, but
the citizens OF the village notified him
that he oould not remain, and he shook
ths dirt OF Hamilton from his feet, de-
parting within an hour after his arrival |
The employees of the Chicago Journal |
ofics vestsrdsy presented TO Mr.. Wilson, |
the pr0pts stor, as token-of their esteem,
the first coy OF the Chicago Evening |
Journsl printed after the great fire. l. Is |
contained in an srcb and massive frame /
Of gold and silver. A fow of soul followed. |
Tbs Twelfth Night Revellers, a mas
ouersds society Of New Orleans, will give |
Iheir third annual representation on the |
the night OF Friday. January 9th, instead |
Of on the 9th, as heretofore announced, |
A grand procession through the streets /
and ball at the opera house viii be the
programme.
The Rsv. v. G. Wallace was shot and |
killed at AtlSHts, Columbia county, |
Arkansas, on the 20th OF December, by |
man named Shelmsn. The latter was /
drunk, snd usesi some insulting Language |
70 the family Of ar, W, when the latter |
reproYsd, snd Shelmsn shot and killed /
him. Shelman inside his escape.
The Spanish authorities at Hsvans give |
. positive denial TO the report thst the /
Spanish msn-of-War Fasco de NGnez fred /
blank cartridge st steamer Florida, when
she Wss leaving s.. Thomas. Constance, s /
newEpsper OF this city, SAYS that orders /
hsd previously been issued to vessels of
the Spanish squsiron to csess annoying /
the FlOrids, and 20 retire from The vi
cinity.
Thomas Hawkins shot snd killed Bart.
JeltOn at q festive party on Christmas
night, naar COwan, on the Nashville and /
Chattanooga railroad. They had during
the day quHrreled, and, on meeting AZ
night, Hawkins Immediately attacked
Jelton, the second shot passing through
his heart, killing him instantly. Jeitou is
the seventh Of his family who have met
violent desths, One brother was recently
killed in Nashville for resisting the
police.
At Florence, near Ccvinsbon, Kentucky,
Sunday night, the negro population had
Christmas tree at their church. Among
the visitors was white man. Henry Sny-
der, who being intoxicated, was disorderly,
and took unwsrrsnted liberties with fe-
males. Pstsn Ayler, one Of the negroes,
remOuErrsted with him. Snyder drew q
pistol, and shot him in the head, inHict-
ing a wound which probably will prove
fatal. he thsn shot thrse others; two OF /
whom are seriously wounded.
Al Cambridge, Ohio, Saturday night,
three brothers, named George, Thomas
and Milton MeNsnEWsy, msde an attack
upon parties in the house of John Will
Hams Stones were thrown through the 1
windows and pistols shot through the /
door. The IRE was returned by the men
inside the house, and Milton McMsna-
way WEs shot through the heart and in
etsntly killed. Ths McMsnawsys were
desperate men. and public sentiment is
favorable TO the men who did the shoot
ing.
A dispatch from Little Rock says that
Conway Barbour, the negro assessor of
ChicOt county. who arrived there yeeter-
day, was st Lake Village when Wynne
and the three parties charged with killing
him were shot he left there on Friday,
End says everything was quiet when he /
LEFT; that no exoesses had been committed,
. nd that the officers Of the law hsvo CON-
Ilete control Of sffsirs. The governor has
rot yet been heard from, and his sojutsnt-
Rensrsl viii wait for a report from him
before taking sny action.
A special TO the St. Louis Democrat,
yesterday, from Sedalis, Missouri, says
fhRt Christmas day witnessed prscOn-
certod outbreak of ku-klux at Marshall,
Saline county, Missouri, and vicinity.
& large number OF armed men turned out
in pursuit of negroes. Patrols were
placed near the town, and every traveller
was halted and questioned. An business
was suspended, and the mob snd violence
rsiRned supreme. II is not known how
many negroes were killed, but Edward
Wildsob, who lsft Marshall at IL O'Clock.
saw the dead bodies Of i've; two hanging
by the neck, three lying in the road, and
one terribly wounded, having his shoul-
der shot away. At the latest accounts
crowd Of armed men were starting out,
swearing that they would clear out every
negro in the county.