Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-31
ELECTRIC CURRENTS.

Boston reports the horse inalady SUBJ
siding.
Mrs. Horace Greeley died at four
o'clock yesterday morning.
Mrs. Greeley's funeral will take place
on Friday at twelve o'clock.
Boss Tweed made his appearance in
court at New York yesterday.
The horse fever has appeared, in mild
form, in Concord, New Hampshire.
Pork packing has commenced in Kan
sas City, and hundreds of hogs are be-
ing slaughtered daily.
Norwich, Connecticut is fearfully ex-
cited over the arrival of vessels reported
as having yellow fever on board.
1t is reported in New York that fifty
cows have recently died of the horse
disease at East Orange, New jersey.
The horse epidemic has made its ap-
pearance in several localities in the
State of New York hitherto unaffected.
Savageis carpet factory at Amherst,
Pennsylvania, was destroyed by fire yes
terday mOrning-twenty thousand dol
lars.
Grant yesterday affixed his official
signature to the document imposing
discriminating duties on articles from
France.
The New York Times says that
Davenport and his men have already
discovered four thousand names fraudu-
lently registered.
Ex-Consul Butler, who recently acted
so outrageonsly in Egypt, writes that he
is in London under his own name. Bad
thing to be caught with in this country.
E. d. Williams. proprietor Of the Huff
House at Milwaukee, was instantly
killed by the explosion of gas with
which he was experimenting yesterday.
E.A. Abbott, for twenty years railroad
agent at Cambridge, Ohio, yesterday
committed suicide by shooting himself
/ through the head. Domestic troubles
supposed cause.
Strakosch, who, with others Of his
/ troup, was on the train which met with
an accident at Evansville, Canada, on
Tuesday, had his right arm sprained,
aud was otherwise injured.
The effects of the horse disease in
/ New York is becoming serious matter
| to the longshoremen and laborers gen
/ orally, many of them complaining that
they are penniless with no work.
In New York yesterday, there were
/ eleven offers for bonds, amounting to
| SS6S, 500, at 1886 and 1888. The gov
eminent authorized the purchase Of ST.
900, 900, but only bought $3.50. $50.
Seventy-five thousand tons of Scran-
/ ton coal sold in New York yesterday
as follows: Lump, s. 65t87 so; steam
boat, So S24a,3 923 CRATE, SO 90(93 923;
I egg, 81 l5; stove, S4 621td4 20; chest
nut, So 723@S so.
! Texas correspondence appeared in the
/ st. Louis Republican yesterday morn
| ing giving an account Of an Indian raid
| into Hood and Parker counties, killing
one woman and wounding several
Others. The citizens are organizing for
/ defense.
The horse epidemic in New York is
reported to have reached its crisis.
| There is no visible increase in the num-
/ Der Of new cases or fatal results. The
stage and car lines are increasing their
/ trips, and oxen are being generally sub
stituted for general transportation.
Self-propelling fre-steaners are the
! great modern idea in New York, pro-
/ duced by the crippled condition OF the
1 fire department., ana no doubt the pres
4 ent horse epidemic win inaugurate some
/ great improvements in that branch Of
city machinery.
Bergh, the humanitarian In New
/ York, has announced his intention to
/ employ every means at bis command
to prevent the working of horses affiict-
ed with the prevailing epidemic. he
/ has been sued by some of the companies
for meddliRg with theiF business, and
| the alaonnl 81 damages claimed Axed at
4 twenty-five thousand dollars.
The New York Worlds London cor
respondent says that Earl Russell, who
( Is now upward Of eighty years OF are,
4 has addressed him a letter in connection
with a scheme which he proposes intt0@
digging AZ the aonlgg sFsaion Of Parlia-
ment -fot home rule in Ireland, and in
which he says that he wishes to promote
Irish Improvement and bring about Irish
prosperity; but be fears that L an Irish
Parliament is set up in Ireland her
energies win be wasted In contention.
He thereiore wishes 10 divert al fnrpes
tending toinfiamahility. 7te ieArs, how
ever, that wisdom wiz be wanting, both
10 England End Ireland.