Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-11-25

paly to-day reached no nnal decision
on the resumption of business, but di-
rector states that the company expects
to resume Monday next.
The German Fleet Reinforcing In Span
ish Waters
. BERLIN, November 24.-Eive addi-
. tiOnal irOnclads are to be sent to the
German fleet in the Spanish waters.
British Finances.
LONDON, November 24.-It is the gem
eral impression that the bank Of Eng
land viii lower the discount rate on or
before Thursday next.
One Of Our ships Destroyed by Fire.
ANTWERP, November "A. - The
American ship Westmoreland, which ar
rived here October 18th, from Philadel-
/, phia, was destroyed by fire to-day.
:AnOtber British Railroad Accident.
LONDON, November pa serious
railway accident is reported near Birm-
iDgham, and many persons are said to
: have been injured. No details have
been received.
/ The Fort 81. Phillip Canal.
NEW ORLEANS, November 24.-The
board of United States engineer officers
appointed to deliberate upon the feasi-
bility OF the proposed Fort st. Phillip
canal have arrived here.
Fatal Accident
CINCINNATI, November 24.-Harry
Rich, fireman on the Marietta railroad,
was killed by his engine falling off the
| track and down: an embankment, this
morning, at Norwood station.
specie Payment.
!
secretary of the treasury announces that
hereafter silver coin will be paid only
fOl fractional part of a dollar, instead
of sums not exceeding five dollars.
$4,000 Damage By Fire.
TAUNTON, MASS, November a. i
! The Taunton car cOmpany's shops and
! forty thousand dollars by fire last night,
! fully covered by insurance. The main
| building was saved.
| HOggish.
| CINCINNATI, November 24.-AccOrd-
| ing to the report of Superintendent
! Maxwell, Of the chamber OF commerce,
| the whole number of hogs slaughtered
| in Cincinnati, from November first to
! last Saturday, was one hundred and
! thirty-seven thousand two hundred and
eighty-One.
Mexican Railroad Project.
| MATAMORAs, November 24.-The
! concession to construct a railway from
| the Rio Grande frontier to the City of
! Mexico, aDd thence to the Pacific, has
been granted to a company of Mexicans.
| This defeats both the Plum and Rosen-
krantz projects, aud leaves the matter
in the hands of the Mexicans, who viii
doubtless interest Otner parties in the
enterprise, or dispose of their concession
to the greatest advantage to themselves.
Canal Taxes Protested.
| LOUISVILLE, November 24.-The tax
bill fOl city taxes against the Louisville
and Portland canal company amount
! ing to one hundred and five thousand
nine hundred dollars for twenty-five
years, has been presented to the canal
company, who decline payment. 1t is
1 understood that on account of their re-
latiOns with the government authorities
they consider them not taxable, and
suit will probably grow out Of the affair.
From Prussia.
BERLIN, November 25.-The explana-
ton given by the French government
in regard to the pastoral of the bishop
of Nancy ordering prayers for the re-
covery Of Metz and Strassburg, are re-
garded as unsatisfactory. The bailIffs
entered the residence of Archbishop
Ledochowski last week, in accordance
with the decree of the court, and seized
the furniture. The archbishop main
tains an attitude of resistance, although
surprised at the severity of the measure.
ExPress-RObbers Arrested.
CINCINNATI, November 24-M. E.
| Spivey and James Spivey, two brothers,
from Patriot, Indiana, were arrested at
Woods theater tonight, charged with
robbing the Adams express ten days
ago, Of five hundred dollars. Three
hundred and ninety dollars were found
on James, and an envelope which the
express agent identified as the
one containing the money taken. NJ.
+. Spivey was clerk for the agent at
i Patriot, and is charged with abstracting
the money envelope when taking it,
with other packages, to the train.
Tightening the screws On the Canaan
ches.
WASHINGTON, November 24.-The
commissioner of Indian affairs to-day
sent the following telegram to Hay
worth, United States Indian agent at
Fort sill, Indian Territory: tissue no
more snnuities to the Camanches
The demand for the five raiders and
murderers is not remitted, and if not
complied with In ten days after the re-
ceipt of this dispatch, you will stop their
rations entirely, and if they still refuse.
they will be handed over to the mill
tary to assure the Indians that the gov
ernment is in earnest, and that arrange
ments are already being made to COM
/ pei the Camsnehes to do right"
miscellaneous.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS, November "a
Samuel a. Hitchcock, of Brumfield,
general benefacter OF several colleges,
died last evening, aged eighty years.
He leaves an estate worth three million
dollars.
OTTAWA, ONT, November 24-Sir
Robert HOdgeson has been appointed
, Acknowledgements of Prince Edward
island.
LIVERPOOL, November 24.-The three
steamships Cimbria, Alexandria and
King Wilheleim, from New York, and
, the Circassian, from Quebec, have az
, rived.
TROY, n. Y, November 24.-Mills in
this city, employing over five thousand
persons, resumed work to-day.
| Pinsburg Finances.
PrTTsBURG, PA, November PA
meeting OF the uQaDcS cOulmltlee OF the
, city council was called this afternoon to
: investigate the rumored irregularities in
r the finances of this city. A sub-com-
e mittee developed the fact that there has
= been an informal issue of water-b0nds.
, The secretary Of the commission hav-
:. ing effected certain negotiations with
E the national trust company Of
: this city which suspended a few
1 DAYS ago without the knowledge
D of the commission. A letter from the
. city attorney, addressed to the chairman
; of the finance committee, states that the
e facts thus far aseertained are as follows:
t Money proceeds of the bonds sold, on
: deposit with the National trust COM
5 pany, S22S. 900; bonds left with the bank
{ for negotiation, for waterworks, S254, 600;
J, bonds left with the bank for registration,
9 for Thirty-third street Improvement,
t $4,000, less a credit Of $4,000. The
q water loan and the street bonds have
! been, to the best of the city attor-
: nsy's information, hypothecsted by the
Q bank in Philadelphia as collateral Sc
e eurity for the payment Of the obliga-