Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-04
CONDENSED LIGHTNING.


the Ninth district
CONDENSED LIGHTNING.
Senator Schurz was in Washington
yesterday.
The Straightouts held q confab at Al
bany, New York, yesterday.
The Sioux Indian delegation are
"doing" all the Eastern cities.
The rinderpest continues to make sad
havoc among the cattle in England.
The Masonic bodies completed their
sessions at Columbus, Ohio, yesterday.
A man named Dalton was choked to
death with a piece Of meat at Evansville
last night.
The annual meeting of the American
| Bible Union was held in New York
yesterday.
It is rumored in Paris that Thiers will
urge the establishment of a permanent
republic for France.
A colOred wife-murderer, named Jeu-
kins, was yesterday convicted of murder
in the first degree at Washington city.
The Fifth District, ,Democratie-L Liberal
| Convention Of Massachusetts yesterday
nominated n. P. Banks for Congress.
A man fell off the platform ofa car
| into the river at Albany, New York,
yesterday, and was drowned. Name
unknown.
Alden Maison had an alteration with
his son in a drunken row at East Pitts
ton, Maine, yesterday, in which the
former was killed.
An explosion occurred in the Hoosae
tunnel, at Springfield, Massachusetts,
yesterday, killing one man and seriously
injuring several others.
Joseph Kingsland and Nicholas Kel-
ley, two convicts, escaped from Sing
Sing prison a night or two ago, and have
not yet been recaptured.
In the Eleventh New York Congress
siOnal district yesterday Clarkson n.
Patton was nominated to Congress by
the Democrats and Liberals.
There were fifteen bids for gold at
New York yesterday, amounting 81, ,303,-
600 at 1880 and 114.47. The amount ad-
vertised was 81 100000, it sold at 1l4.57.
Rev. Benjamin R. Hoyt, the Oldest
ordained minister of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in New England, died
yesterday at his residence in Salem,
Massachusetts.
Right Honorable Sir James Shaw
Welles, one of the Judges of the Court
Of Common Pleas, committed suicide in
London yesterday morning. Supposed
temporary insanity.
The GRANTEES made things lively in
Dayton, Ohio, last night with a torch
light procession and numerous speeches,
in the latter of which Senator Wilson,
Judge Allen and Mr.. Gunckle were the
leading spirits.
Patrick Kelley and Albert Ringler,
two men injured by the boiler explosion
in Fulton & Co.'s roIling-miu, at Phila-
delphia, few days ago, died yesterday.
The cause Of the explosion is being
looked into.
The Strasbourg Gazette says that four
hundred Alsatians are now serving as
soldiers in German garrisOns, Of whom
one hundred and twenty-five are volun-
teers. The latter will be liable to mill
tary duty only one year.
The attendance at the Cincinnati Ex-
position yesterday was very large. The
total number of visitors will be half a
million, and one hundred thousand dol
lars viii be realized, which will leave q
small balance after deducting the ex-
penditures.
a passenger train on the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern road, night be-
fore last, ran into the rear of q freight
train at Cleveland, Ohio, seriously dam
aging the engine Of the former, ana
severely scalding the engineer. No
others injured.
The Finance Committee of the May
Jubilee Festival, which Theodore Thorn
as is 10 lead, in the first week Of next
May, resolved to raise fifty thousand
dollar guaraftse fund. The festival is
to last six days-the last one to be de-
voted to picnic.
Three passenger coaches ON the East
Tennessee and Virginia railroad yester-
day fell through bridge, three miles
west of Greeneville, by which a brake
man was killed, and seven passengers
seriously and twenty others slightly in
jured. No names given.
a collision occurred on the Chicago
and Alton railroad yesterday by an ex-
press train running into the rear Of
freight train, completely demolishing
both trains. After the accident the
wreck took fire and was consumed.
Three train hands were slightly injured.
Sir Charles Alderly, Conservative
member of Parliament under the Sec
retary of Colonies in the last Disraei
government, in a speech night before
last in London welcomed the Geneva
decison, and declared the parties who
fitted out the Confederate cruisers ought
fo nav for thair daDradafionG
Butler, in his speech yesterday at
Indianapolis, attempted to defend him
self against his "spOOn-thieving" opera
tons at New Orleans by telling a
beautiful story about what he did for the
widows and orphans of Confederate
soldiers during his reign of terror in that
unfortunate city. 1t is good story, and
was well told. No tears.
Captain L. Norten, formerly of the
Cuban steamer Pioneer, yesterday, at
New York, caused the arrest of Ward &
Shepard, ship brokers of that city, for
alleged unjust Hbeling Of that steamer
at Newport. Norten claims that the
libel, which is based on mortgage claim
against the vessel, was effected to more
etfectually enable the United States
authorities to proceed against the
Pioneer.
At indianapolis, last night, the RAIDS
got up a tremendous blowout, at which
Butler, Boutwell, and Wade were the
prominent torches. 1t is telegraphed
o. er the country as being an immense
affair. A letter was read from General |
Seigel, in (which he "makes troubles |
init DEM Cincinnati Convention nomi- |
nees. If GrSJt should be his own sue
cessor, Seigel may fool himself by think |
ing'he had-a hand in it, and everybody |
else VIII smile at his folly.
Yesterday, at Lyons, New York, a
team hitched to a farmers wagon ran |
away, throwing the driver out with tre-
mendous force against the paving, kill /
ing him outright. In the afternoon a |
relative, named Fox, drove the same /
team to the village 10 procure coffin |
for the dead driver, when, in crossing |
the railroad track, a locomotive ran over |
the wagon and team, killing Fox and |
bath the horses, and throwing the en-
gine and two or three cars into the |
ditch. None Of the passengers were in
jured. a..
The accident which occurred on the
Louisville and Nashville railroad few |
DAYS ago was most remarkable, from the |
fact that only two persons were killed
Mr.. l.. G. McLemore, Of Tullahoma, |
Tennessee, and Mr.. James NJ. Smith, |
late of st. Louis; and onlyfiye wound |
ed-George w. Smith (fatherof James
NJ. Smith, killed. and a man named |
Harrison, badly, and General Z. w. /
Pettus, Of Selma, /. A. Shanmcnt, and !
Mr.. King, the sleeping-ear conductor, |
slightly. The cars were thrown down |
an emhankment fifty feet high, rolling /
orer and against each other several /
times before reaching level ground.
Hon. Felix r. BrunOt, Chairman, and /
Thomas r. Kerr, Secretary Of the Board /
Of Indian Commissioners, arrived at 1
South Pass from the ShashaRees end
Bennock Indian Agency yesterday to Sc |
to the East hy way of Bryan. They /