Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-01
TELE6RAmS.
Colfax continues to improve.

COlfaX continues to improve.
During q heavy storm at Cincinnati
last night J. F. Forbes, well-knOWn
citizen, was killed by lightning.
Mrs. Margaret Lucas, OF England,
and sister Of John Bright, spoke at the
WOman's Suffrage Convention at
Boston yesterday.
The Italian government has in
structed its projects throughout the
country to capture all Parisians who
may enter Italy.
Martin Benda shot Catharine Nick
allow at Chicago yesterday, then shot
himself, which caused double murder.
Both were BOhemians.
A society has been organized in
| Havre, whose object it is to prevent
the resumption OF intercourse. between
Frenchmen and Germans.
Gen. Fitzpatrick in a speech, yester-
day, strongly denounced Hon. Jeffer-
son Davis for his recent speeches in
Georgia, and was loudly applauded.
Charles r. Frebesh, a POlander, shot
at his divorced wife and her daughter
in Chicago yesterday, but missed
/ them. He then shot himself in the
| head.
The Rhode Island Legislature or
IganiZed yesterday and elected officers.
| Newport, was elected Lieutenant
Governor.
A terrific storm occurred last night
in the region of POughkeepsie, Kings
ton and ROndOut, New York, doing
immense damage by lightning, wind,
rain, food and hail.
A convention for reduced ocean
/ postage will shortly be submitted to
Sweden and Norway, with a pTOvi-
sion that Denmark may enter into
| the arrangement.
President Grant requested the Aus
! trian Government to allow Baron Won
] Ledrer, its minister to the United
States, to preside over the arbitration
| of the Cuban claims, and imperial
permission has been telegraphed to
| Washington.
The Director Of the Swedish Foreign
| Office has gone from COnstantinOple
to st. Petersburg, taking with him
/ the insignia Of the Imperial Order Of
Osmanli for Emperor Alexander, and
q corresponding distinction for the
| Russian Minister.
The cOrOner's jury in the case Of the
| West PittStOn disaster rendered a YER
/ dict that the miners met their death
| from the improper ventilation of the
mine. When the breaker took fire,
| there was no means Of supplying the
men with fresh air.
The Belgian Chamber of Repre-.
sentatives rejected a resolution of re-
/ gret for the expulsion Of Victor Hugo.
/ The ministers IN their speeches before
the House severally condemned the
/ completely of intellectual malefactOrs
with the crimes Of the Commune.
The marriage Of Arthur o. Magen-
mis-, merchant of New Orleans, and
! Mary A., daughter Of VIM. NJ. Tweed,
| took place yesterday evening. 1t
was largely attended by the friends Of
| both parties. The presents amounted
to seven hundred thousand dollars.
The Internal Revenue Bureau has
under consideration the case of the
! Cleveland, Toledo and Michigan
| Southern railroad, involving the pay.
msnt of a tax to the amount of $516,-
600. This and other similar cases are
to be considered severaly on their
own merits, irrespective Of questions
| previously decided.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has
finally notified Jay Cooke d Co. that
the proposition made on behalf Of the
combination of banks and bankers,
and themselves to take the balance Of
the two million loan, is declined, for
the reason that the Secretary doubts
his power to accept soLle Of the con-
ditiOns proposed.