Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-17


York club rsadszyoused at Slater
Island yesterday, to be In readiness &
accompany the contestant with tht
Livonfa this morning. It's expected
that the yacht Cambria will De the
| American contestant.
| A New York telegram, Of yester
day, reads Thus: "George Wander
ho0f, eioeutionist, was buried yester
day. Two men were killed and two
more fatally bErned by the explosion
of a fire-damp, in the Brentwood col
lieFy, Saturday"
The grand lodge OF Kentucky Of F
and A. NJ. met at Louisville yes
terday. also the lodge of r. A. Chap.
ter. An of the grand officers of botf
bodies were present. About four hun
dred delegates are in attendance: AL
parts of the State are represented.
The invited guests and council o.
Wheeling, West Virginia, leave on q
special train at five O'Clock to-day tc
| visit Baltimore, on invitation from
that city. The viii meet the Pitts,
burg delegation at Cumberland, arriv.
ing st Baltimore at eight O'Clock pm
to-day.
The New York State Attorney Cen
eral, Champlain, says, in a letter, that
he will exert all the powers OF his Of
fee to vigorously prosecute every
person implicated in the great frauds
in New York city, when he is proper
ly applied TO TO bring action against
them.
Colonel Eastman, postmaster, an
nounces that the money order depart
ment of the Chicago postoffiee Is in
operation and Is ready to pay all or
ders promptly. POstmasters making
deposits should remit national bank
drafts on New York or send currency
by registered letter.
Ths New York Tribune states that
secret meeting OF prominent Poles
was held yesterday, in New York,
who took steps 10 avert the c0nspira-
-cy, said to be on foot by some of their
rash countryBaen, to assassinate the
Russian Duke Alexis. The police
have no knowledge Of any such con-
spiracy.
The executive committee of the re-
lief fund OF ST Louis, yesterday re-
solved to send to Mayor Lnddington,
of Milwaukee, a large amount OF
clothing, and to Alexander Mitchell
twenty five hundred dollars for the
Wisconsin sufferers, and report the
donation to Senator Perry. of Grand
haven, for the Michigan sufferers.
The first of O series of races for the
Queens cup has commenced from
New York. The yacht Columbia was
selected to represent the New York
yacht club. A start was effected at
1925. The Columbia got away with
the lead, with she still holds. The
weather is hazy, with light breeze.
i is the general impression that the
Columbia will win.
Says a telegram from Madrid Spain,
yesterday: "The political party Of
which Sagosta Is the head has issued
a manifesto document, in which it
acknowledges the sovereignty of the
national government, as now consti-
tuted, and insists upon the mainte-
nance of the integrity of the national
dominions." This portion Of the man
ifesto has reference to suppression
of the insurreetion in Cuba.
The schooner Levant was wrecked
off Sheboygan, Michigan, during the
gale of Saturday night. She was dis
covered by the schooner d. P. Dob
bins, which manned and sent yawl
from her vessel, but found only two
men alive-one named Peter Branch,
of Chicago, who lived only few min
utes after being rescued. The other,
named Peter Larnum, of Chicago, is
the only survivor. Others were found
dead still cliDging to the rigging. The
names OF the dead left on the wreck
are, the captain and mate, Robert
Brown, passenger, and three seamen.