Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-08
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Three drug mills in Boston weF
burned yesterday. Loss about fort,
thousand dollars.
The Superior Court Of New York, a
Albany, has denied a new trial to JohI
Gaffeny, under sentence Of death.
John C. Thompson, a well-knowI
author of horticultural works, died OF
Staten Island yesterday morning.
Patrick Short, charged with burglary
broke Jail at Buffalo, New York, Sunday
night, whileheavily ironed, and escaped
The ChuyclHan, weekly Episcopa
newspaper of the High Church per
suasion, printed in New York, has de
ceased.
A man named James Hays died il
New York yesterday from the effects o
shock received at the hands Of high
wayman in Central Park few evenings
! since.
The civil suits against Tweed, Con.
| molly and others were before Judge Bar
rett, in New York, yesterday, on de
murrer, and argument postponed tive
weeks.
/ The celebration Of the twenty -fiftf
anniversary Of the establishment Of Ply
mouth Church commenced in New York
yesterday.
In New York yesterday Joshua D
Miner was held to bail in the sum Of
fifty thousand dollars, charged with
counterfeiting.
The Reading Room Of Cooper Insti-
tute in New York was thrown open to
| the public Sunday, and was visited by q
very large number Of people.
The damage by the late fire to the
Monastery and Palace Of Escurial, in
Spain, will not exceed one hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars.
A dry goods store in Detroit, Michi-
gan, was burned yesterday morning.
Loss, eighty-fve thousand dollars; in
sured for seventy-five thousand.
The cornerstone Of the monument to
be erected in Boston to the memory Of
Miles Standish, was laid yesterday with
Masonic, military and civic honors.
Rev. George F. Hastings, an eminent
Catholic priest, and founderof the House
of the Angel Guardian at ROxbury, Mas
saehusetts, died in BsstOn Sunday.
A Savannah, Georgia, telegram says
that reports received continue tOincrease
the Democratic majOrities, which, from
present indications, will reach fifty-hve
thousand.
A man named Henry Campbell was
sentenced in New York yesterday TO one
years imprisonment and fine Of five
hundred dollars, for mailing improper
publications.
A freight locomotive exploded on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad near Pied
mont, Saturday, killing the engineer,
fireman and two others, and fatally
scalding another man.
The funeral Of Don Francis Leiber
took place at the Church of Incarna-
ton, on Madison avenue, New York,
yesterday, and was largely attended by
the friends Of the deceased.
A Washington telegram announces
that the government will shortly O.
take rigorous and decisive action for the
protection Of the Texas frontier from the
incursions Of the murderous and thieving
Mexicans.
The new law in reference to reglstra-
ton Of voters in New York requires that
the applicant shall make oath as to his
own status, as well as to the status Of
those he knows to be voters, and to in
form against all he knows not entitled
to vote.
1t Is reported that W. B. Duncan de-
clines to run for Mayor of New York,
and that A. B. Lawrence will probably
be nominated. The Democratic and
Liberal committees will convene to-day
to nominate candidates for the various
city offices.
A dispatch from London says that the
British POstmaster-Generalh has received
orders forbidding the registration Of
BrddlGUgh's Journal for transmission
abroad through the mails. Mr.. Brad
laugh protests against the act as yiO-
latiOn Of the liberty Of the press.
Jesse Upperene was arraigned yester-
day, in Baltimore, before Judge Gil
more, on a charge of having willfully
murdered his aunt on the seventeenth
OF August last. He pleaded not guilty.
The prisoners counsel announced that
he was ready and anxious for trial.
A Little Rock telegram announces
that the new Liberal ticket is the alb
sorbing theme, and that it is TumOred
that Mr.. Brooks, the recent candidate
for Governor on the Liberal ticket, will
resign, leaving the field to the new is
sue and the Radicals.
The negro John Williams, who is
as an RccOmplice in the outrage
and murder Of old Mrs. Wise, near Aus
tin, Mississippi, one day last week. has
been arrested and is now in prison at
Austin, and it is said that the evidence
will undoubtedly fasten the crime upon
him.
The campaign in Indiana was closed
at indianapolis last night by a large
meeting Of the Liberals and Democrats,
with stirring speeches by distinguished
leaders of the party in the State. The
Radicals also closed with a demonstra-
ton, at which several members Of Mr..
Grants cabinet were the leading fea-
lures.
In consequence of the imposition Of q
tax on showbills in Madrid, Spain, the
yesterday closed their
stores and made a demonstration in the
streets. In the evening Alcade adj
dressed the shopkeepers, promising that
the authorities would reconsider the OBJ
jeetiOnable tax. The cafes last night
were reopened and all was quiet.
Judge Ingraham, in New York yes
terday, granted writ Of error in the
case Of DR.. Rosenzweig, who is now
serving q term in the Auburn prison, to
have the general term Of the Supreme
Court hear the argument Of exceptions
taken by prisoners counsel during the
trial, for causing the death Of Miss
Bowles by malpractice.
A Washington telegram says that q
number of the chiefs of bureaus and
heads of divisions, and nearly all the |
clerks in departments who still hold |
heir residences in States in which cleo |
ions occur tomorrow, have left here |
for the purpose of voting at the elections. !
The excitement is on the increase, and |
money has been staked on
he result.