Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-15
Another Car Murder.

HhuiHbT IaF muTu6F.
NEW YORK, August l4.-Thomas
Ovens, who had his leg crushed by
being pushed of a Second avenue car
at the same time that John Diltour
received fatal injuries, died at Bellevue
Hospital yesterday.
Fire-Three Children Burned to Death.
CINCINNATI, August l4.-The block
of buildings known as the Burnett
row, in which eight families lived,
in Youngstown, Ohio, burned on last
Saturday night, three children of
John Williams perishing in the
flames.
A Ships Grew Lost.
MILWAUKEE, August Il "A Keno
sha dispatch states that the schooner
Campbell arrived there with
wreck of lumber of the sc0w Scottish
Chief, which was picked up between
Kalamazoo and st. Joseph. The crew
is supposed to be lost.
Railroad Collision in Spain.
MADRID, August 1.-THE express
train from Barcelona to Madrid
dashed into standing train which
contained Marshal SerranO and a
number of officers. The shock was
terrible. Serrano was slightly hurt,
many Others wounded; nobody killed.
Great Fire in GoIdsbOrO, North Carolina.
GOLDsBORo, n. c., August 14.-Last
night fire broke out in the Exchange
hotel of this place, destroying two ho-
tells, ten stores, Outbuildings and rail-
road car sheds. The loss is estimated
at eighty thousand dollars; insurance
thirty thousand. Supposed to be the
work of an incendiary.
A New Psstime.
MILWAUKEE,, August IA special
dispatch from Minneapolis, to-day, re-
ports that two brothers, named Hard
wick, attacked party of twenty
ChippeWas, near Lake Darling, kill
ing two of them. The Indians were
accused Of thieving. The HardWicks
delivered themselves up to the au-
thorities.
ExplosiOn-Twenty Men Killed.
PITTsBURG, August 14.-A fire.
damp explosion occurred this morn
ing in the Eagle shaft, by which Ben
jamin Davis was Instantly killed and |
twenty WOrkmen imprisoned behind |
the debris with no means of escape |
until cleared away. The men are |
probably dead or will be before they
are reached.
The Case of BOrgia No. 6.
COLUMBUS, o., August 14.-Mrs. R.
L. OOlburn will be arrested tomorrow
on the charge Of poisoning BufIen-
barger. She will immediately be ad-
mitted to bail, until Monday, when
the preliminary examination will
commence. This arrangement was
made between the counsel of all
parties to-day.
A Sheriff Killed.
MILWAUKEE, August 1.-THE st.
Paul Press of the 18th instant says an
outbreak took place on last Friday at
the junction Of the Lake Superior and
Northern Pacific railroads, in which |
John Garrill, the sheriff, was danger
Ously shot. The trouble is supposed |
to have originated from the suppress
sl0n OF the liquor traffic along the
road.
Shocking Attempt at Suicide.
ST. LOUIS, August 14.-Frank Han
sler, while supposed to be laboring
under the delirium tremens yesterday |
in Baden, six miles north of this city, |
stabbed himself in the abdomen and
otherwise mutilated himself most hor- |
ribly. He then cut his throat, but |
failed to sever the iugular vein, how
ever, and is still alive, but cannot re-
cover.
Mysterious Death.
ST. LOUIS, August Several DAYS |
ago a stock dealer from Illinois was
picked up on the street in drunken |
condition and taken to a house on |
Fifth street. The next day he re-
turned to st. Nicholas suffering from a |
terrible beating he had received, and |
on yesterday he died. A mystery en-
velopes the case, which may probably |
be unraveled at the coroner's inquest. |
A Sheriff Kills Bad Character.
MILWAUKEE, WIS, August A.
Two suspicious characters, named NJ. |
B. Wright and John Smith, of Me- |
nominee. Wisconsin, were ordered by
Sheriff Wade, Of Franklin county, to |
surrender. He was answered BY a
volIey OF shot. Sheriff Wade shot |
Wright through the head, killing him
instantly, and also wounded Smith.
They were suspected guilty of various
robberies.
Confession ofMurder.
ST. LOUIS, August 1.-THE Cape
Girardeau Argus says that one day last
week Sheriff Albert arrested William
T. Pickering and his two sons, James
and William, a short distance from
Cape Girardeau, the three men accused
having killed a man named Austin,
near Harrisburg, Saline county, Illi-
nois, on the 18th ultimO. The father
has made a full confession to Sheriff
Albert.
Dreadfu! Visitation.
LONDON, August "A dreadful
has visited the small island
of Togolandi, in the Malay archipel-
ago, about fifty miles northeast of
the island of Celebes. An Outburst of
the volcano Of RuWang was secOm-
panied by a convulsiOn of the sea, and
waves forty yards in hight swept all
the human beings of COate and Lorres
from the island. The number of per-
sons who perished is stated to be four
hundred and sixteen.
Explosion and Loss Of Life.
NEW YORK, August 14.-An explo-
sion, followed by a FIRE, occurred last
night In the liquor store of Thomas
Dnransey, on Montgomery street, in
Jersey City. The FIRE spread rapidly,
and the following stores were COM
pletely destroyed: A. II. Wilson,
real estate agent; Abraham III. Poole,
watches and iewelry; j. w. Ellison,
stationer, and Mrs. Haines, dry goods.
The cause Of the explosion, which car
ried the doors and windows of the
liquor store hundred yards, is un-
known. Hank Smith and family oc-
cupied the apartments above the store.
Mrs. Smith was burned to crisp and
one other woman is missing. Mary
Martin jumped from the window and
broke her leg. The total loss is s7O.-
600. Three lives were lost, viz: Wife,
niece and son Of Hank Smith. The
bodies Of the two former have been re.