Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-26
MINOR MAeNETIcs.

Spain demands satisfaction from
Venezuls. We win hear from it.
The drawiDg-roonl car Duchess was
destroyed by fire In Poughkeepsle
yesterday.
The literary convention between
France and the United States only
awaits ratification.
It is officially announced that the
bridge over the Missouri at Omaha Is
now ready for traffic.
Brooklyn, New York, reports one
hundred and six cases OF small pOx
and twenty-five Of meningitis.
The Belgian murder case, In New
York, was postponed until the arrival
OF an important witness from Brus-
sells.
The United States court, sitting at
st. Louis, decided yesterday the great
lottery case in favor Of the lottery
men.
Advices from Cape of Good Hope
report that sham diamonds have been
sent TO the colony from Birmingham,
England.
John Albert Bright, son OF the
British Bright, was introduced TO the
speaker OF the house OF represents
tives yesterday.
The board of police commissioners
and chief Of police OF Jersey City were
yesterday found guilty Of cheating
the msyOr and common council.
The supreme court of the United
States will adjourn from Thursday
next b the following Monday, and
from ths 9Th Of May to the 18th OF Oc-
tOber.
The congressional committee to in
vestigate the charges of irregularity in
the navy department have ordered
the attendance OF Admiral Porter as
witness.
The reservoir in New York threat
ems to fall short of water, as the fluid |
in the upper scqueduet is 50 low that
the supply to the parks had to be
stopped.
A man who was struck and turned
out Of 2 saloon at Jacksonville, Illi- |
nOis, returned in a few second, and |
shot the barkeeper, Claywell, through !
the head.
Notwithstanding the refusal OF Don
EsparterO TO become q candidate for
the CoTtes, he has been nominated |
for a member Of that body by the city
OF Madrid.
W. W. Graves, who decamped re-
Gently from st. Louis with several
Thousand dollars belonging to the
steamer Utah, was captured yesterday |
in Idaho City.
The armOr-pIated ram Tbunderer |
was launched yesterday in Sweden. |
The Thunderer is q turTet vessel, and |
viii carry four guns, each weighing |
tyirty-fve tons.
The Illness Of Joseph Mazzini, the |
Italian TeYOiutionist, was very sud-
den, having lasted only from mid
night SATURDAY to half-psst one O'Clock
Sunday morning.
Messrs. Littlej 0hn, Prentiss, Star
buck and Riley, were examined yes
terday as to the delivery of arms for
France on board the steamers Ontario
and Erie, in November, 1870.
Five new directors were elected to
the Missouri Pacific railroad yester-
day. Francis B. Hays, Charles J.
Morrill,, OF Boston, and Joseph Selig-
man, Of New York, are among them.
The chief Of the freedmen's bu-
reau says that the eXigeneies of the
coIored hospitals and the payment OF
bounty claims to colOred soldiers re-
suirs the continuance of the institu-
tIOn.
Judge Barnard, OF New York. or
deTed the discharge Of Robert Bun
ker convicted of stealing package Of
newspapers from the pOstofhce, on the
ground that he stole two seperRte
newsps Offense not covered by
the statute.
The annual budget was submitted
10 the British house of commons yes
terday. The total expenditures for the
last fiscal year were s72, ,736, 600. The
setual expenditure fell s1, 600, 900 be-
low the estimate. The estimated re-
eeipts were E 2, $50, 900; the actual re-
ceipts were Ell, ,535, 600.
Reports from st. Louis say that the
sale Of the Democrat was confirmed
by decree Of the supreme court yes
ferdsy. The paper is to be enlarged
30 ten columns. Mckee q Hauser are
90 start a new paper within q week.
The Stats Zsitung is 10 be purchased
in order to get the Associated Press
A bill was introduced in the Ohio
legislature yesterday providing for the
establishment Of a board OF control in ,
each county, who shall have control
Of ail money matters in the county. A
bill was also introduced allowing
widows aud minor children five hun
dred dollars worth Of property ex.
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