Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-07
TELEGRAPHIC MORSELS.

The fire in Constantinople has bee1
stopped.
Two Communists were executed a
Satory, in France, yesterday.
George w. ingalls, has been appointe,
agent for the Piute Indians in South.
western. Nebraska.
Sol. w. Weidell, Of Kentucky, hai
been elected Professor Of Mathematici
in the Virginia Military Institute.
Mrs. Drake Mills, who fell from {
window at the Metropolitan Hotel in
Washington Friday, died yesterday.
A complimentary dinner was given
the French band in Boston, yesterday
The band remains in that city till mex
week.
Seven or eight sudden deaths have oc-
cuEred in Washington City during the
past week, only two Of which were from
excessive heat.
Ben Mickey, a convicted murderer,
who escaped jail a year ago at st. Louis,
was re-Captured yesterday in Jackson
county, Indiana.
The Pork Packers Association of st.
Louis yesterday passed resolutions Of re-
spect 70 the memory Of the late William
Smith, Of Cincinnati.
A gravel train on the Central railroad
in Georgia backed of a bridge over
Spirit creek, killing one colored man
and injuring four Others.
a looking-glass manufactory, owned
10y Sanford d Bond, in Syracuse, New
York, was burned yesterday evening.
Loss between sixty and one hundred
thousand dollar.
Nearly all the mills and manufacto-
ries throughout the country, lately closed
on account Of the strike, are commenc-
ing work, the strikers returning to their
posts on the old terms.
Mayo's tobacco factory at Richmond
was destroyed by fire last night. Loss,
sixty thousand dollars. During the ex-
citement OF the fire, a young lady
dropped dead in the street from fright.
Thespanish Republicans have resolved
10 send a dispatch TO the American peo-
pie, through the United States Minister,
cOngratulating them upon the recurrence
OF the anniversary Of neutrality-suspicious..
Anegro, named Smith, was sentenced
in Philadelphia yesterday TO fourteen
years in the Pennsylvania penitentiary
for attempting to poison the family Of
4. G.. Morrison, in Germantown, Penn
sylvania, a few months ago.
Seven hundred and sixty-four deaths
occurred in Philadelphia during the past
week, being an increase Of three hum
dred and fifty over the week previous.
One-half the deaths are reported to be
children under one year old.
The Spanish Republicans have recon-
sidered their determination 10 abstain
from all elections while the monarchy
exists IN spain, and will participate in
the voting for members of the COrtes on
che twenty-fouFth Of August
A train boy named Usher on the
White Water Valley railroad fell from
the train at Harrison, Ohio, yesterday
afternoon, the cars passing over both
legs and cutting them OF below the
knee. He is in a very critical cOndi-
tion.
Some two or three hundred thousand
young shad passed through st. Louis
yesterday, in charge of gentlemen who
are en- route 20 the head-wateTs of vaTi-
Gus Western rivers 10 stock them with
these fish, at the suggestion Of s. q.
BOrdus, Commissioner of Fisheries.
The POSTMASTER General yesterday Or
deTed an extension Of the mail service
on the Atchissn, Topeka and Santa Fe
from Newton TO Hutchinson.
Kansas, thirty-thTee miles, at three thou
sand two hundred and eighty-fiye dollars
per annum-tO commence the sixteenth
instant
A party Of fifty BOstOnians went TO
San Francisco with swindler who pre-
tended that he had discovered a rich
gold mine in portion Of Oregon inhab-
tied by Indians, and were ahandOzed by
him IN that city after he had got twelve
thousand dollars from them. Some Of
them are without funds % return home.
ST. Louis is taking subscriptions for
the purpose of purchasing a copy Of
''Nenus de Medici" from Rome, for the
Industrial Exposition in that city. Nu-
merOus other works Of lesser note viii
also be obtained in Europe. Great pre-
partitions are being made to make the
Exposition compare favorably with any
hat have occurred in the country.
One Wideman, in letter TO the London /
Echo, offers 70 sell pamphlet written by |
~ataeazy, late Russian Minister TO the |
United states, containing terrible reve-
atoms relative to the administration Of
President Grant. WidemRn aeknOwl- /
sdges that Catacazy engaged him to sell |
.he pamphletin America, and he had al /
'eady treated with New York paper for |
Is publication.
The French National Assembly, yes
.erday, with but four dissenting votes, 1
'atified the treaty recently concluded by |
Count de Remusa and Count Won Ar /
lims providing for the evacuation Of
France by the Germans. The commit |
zee % which the treaty was referred, /
iatteFs the Assembly for the efforts ii 4
las made to relieve the country from 4
he presence OF the Germans, but stu I
liously avoids giving any credit to /
rhiers
The Raleigh, North Carolina. Ne,rs Of
yesterday published a dispatch from Tar
,Oro, which says: "Fhe Fourth Of July
vas observed here by large crowd Oh
Captain Biggs, editor Of the
was present as a reporter.
he was assailed By many negroes. and
aved his life with difficulty. After hav-
ne exhausted all bis weapons he escaped
With a few slight scratches The Net0s
ienOunees the outrage as a brutal, cow
.rdly attempt 70 mBrief a Democratic
itizen of the State ON account Of his
,Olitioal sentiments.