Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-30
WAITS FROM THE WIRES.

1t is thought that the late wreck Of
the Coliseum at Boston, will not neces-
sarily postpone the musical festival.
Senator Hardenburgh died yesterday
afternoon At Albany, New York Clerk
Underwood of the Assembly is not eX-
pected 10 live.
The Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad
company have selected a site fOr the pro-
posed railroad bridge across the Missis-
sippi at Lacrosse.
A Racine, Wisconsin, dispatch says
that the body OF August Obzen, who has
been missing since April 18th, was
found i'm the river yesterday.
New troubles seem TO he growing out
of the TichbOrne case on account OF Or
toms faculty of resembling people. A
Mr.. NeterVille iscOnstantly annoyed by
being taken for OrtOn.
Hon. n.SWyllys King, State Superinten-
dent of Insurance, of Missouri, an old
and prominent citizen, fOrlnerlya MEN,
l,eF Of the firm of D0ane, King a Co,
died i'm st. Louis yesterday.
A destructive fire broke out at War
rem, Pennsylvania, yesterday, destroy
ing the Germania hotel, Union school
house, Methodist church, and four or
five dwellings. The loss will amount 10
over five hundred thousand dollars.
A thief in st. Petersburg recently
dressed himself in the attire of the Chief
OF Police. and succeeded in obtaining
diamonds to the amount Of forty thou
sand rubles. The bill was presented
10 the bona fde Chief, who proved an
oii5i. The rObbeF succeeded in making
good his escape.
Governor Moves to-day appointed
John G.. PEBBLES, Of Portsmouth, Ray
mond Burr, Of Columbus, George Howe,
Of Lancaster, George w. Steele, Of
Painesville, and Humphrey III. Leayitt,
a. a committee 10 attend the Interna-
tiOnal Prison Congress, TO be held in
London July Sd.
A grave question has lately been ex-
ercising the minds of the government
and people of Russia. Ii is whether the
candidates who enter the National Uni
versity he first qualified 10y classical
education. The Globe, an opposition
journal, went 50 Ear in its advocacy Of a
non-elassical education a. TO cause its
suspension for six months.
A MINNEAPOLIS dispatch states thai
adv,ees from Oakdale on the NOrthefn
Pacific railroad, OH Saturday eve last,
Announced the wholesale murder of a
family named Cook, brother Of Franklin
Cook of Minneapolis. The house was
burned TO the grslnd and the bones
found in the ruins. il Is supposed TO
have been committed By lDdians-
The Cincinnati ClsrORicLe's Celunbus
sDeclal says: A sensation was created
here b,otbe discovery that the famous
Adair Liqaor law is Imperfect, mas
much as the enaeting clause reads, :" Be
ID enacted by the State Of Ohio" in
sfead of. as the constitution prescribes,
q Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly OF the State OF Ohio" The question
~ 10 whether the error makes the law
invalid or not, viii be tested within a
teW days.
Mount Nesuvius, now In q state of
active eruption, has already destroyed
many lives and threatens 10 oYerWhelm
a town OF one hundred aBd thirty
thousand inhabitants. The town is
situated on the same site As the one
which was destroyed in l5S3. The
fondness on the part OF the people 0f
that region for nesting UP 10 dangerous
volcanoes is not appreciated ia this eoiiR-
fry. In Italy il Is probably the result OF
an oyererowded population.