Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-10-03

/ will wear Grape ON the left arm for the
usual period Of thirty days.
! (signed) WILLIAM REYNOLDS,
Acting Secretary OF the Navy.
Dexter Park Eacea,
| CHICAGO, October AT the Dexter
park races to-day the attendance was
better. The first race was for horses
| that never beat 2:45, for a purse OF
$1,000. Five started. Professor won the
first, third and fourth heats and the race.
Amy B. took the second heat, but was
distanced in the third, Marion taking
the second money and Nettie Collins
the third. Time, 2:32t, 2:35, 2:34, 2;38l.
| The second race was for horses that
never beat 2:27, for purse Of $500.
Five started. Brother Jonathan won IN
three straight heats, B9dger Girl second,
and Thomas L. Young third. Time,
2:25, 2:24, 2:25.
signal Service and weather Report.
WASHINGTON, October 2-The vi
! emma congress has decided, by a unaui-
nous vote, TO the proposition that it is
| desirable, with view to their exchange,
/ that at least one uniform Of observation
| of such a character as to be suitable for
/ the preparation of synOptic charts be
/ taken and recorded daily and simultane-
I ously at as many stations as practicable
! throughout the world. The formal an
nouncement of this principle, with
such sanction, tends directly to
the exchange of signal se-vice and
weather reports between all
| civilized nations. 1t is interesting, in
reference to American reports, that the
Chinese government is preparing to es-
tablish 2 system of storm-warnings and
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nese coast on the Pacific.
The sum OF one million six hundred
and eighty-one Thousand dollars was
placed to the ereditof the third assistant
pOstmaster-general in New York to day
for disbursement in payment of the va
rious expenses of the postal service.
Three of the banks in the certified
| check combination have resumed busi-
ness TO the extent of paying small
! checks in currency.
Washington Finances.
WAsHINGToN, October 2.-The finan-
/ cial condition is most encouraging. To-
/ day petition was filed in the supreme
court for the District OF Columbia, in
| the name of Clifford Avick against Jay
/ Cooke aud other members of the firm
/ 10 force them into involuntary bank
/ ruptcy. The petitioner sets forth that the
| firm is indebted TO him to the amount of
I ten thousand five hundred dollars on
| certificates of deposit bearing five per
Ger cent. interest, and charges, among
/ other acts that Of bankruptcy; that on
the eighteenth ofSeptember, being then
I bankrupt, they did make payments of
money to certain parties to petitioner
unknown, on the plea that they were
ar,aafal ffararcfff.rc in, fNrf4ar
/ preference over other depoeitOrs, and to
defeat and delay the act Of bankruptcy.
Judge Humphreys granted the usual
warrant requiring the parties to appear
on Friday, October 10th, and answer
why they should not be adjudged bank
rupts.
Indian Carriages.
DENVER, Col, October 2.-There is
intense excitement among the settlers
and stOckmen in the Arkansas valley
south of Pueblo, on account of depre-
dations committed by rowing bands of
Cheyenne Indians, who have already
wantonIy killed several hundred head
Of cattle. The Indians say that white
men killed the buffalo last winter and
let them rot on the prairies, and now
they are going to kill all the cattle of
the whites. Thus far no murders are re-
ported, bat the Indians have visited a
number Of houses, carrying away blank
cts and anything else they desired, and
destroying other property. Many fam
lilies have sought safety Ia Pueblo. The
schools have been dismissed, and scouts
are going over the country collecting
men, arms and ammunition, and the In
dams viii be severely punished il they
are overtaken
Foreign News.
ENGLAND.
LONDON, October 2-Dispatches from
st. Petersburg report that a rupture has
occurred between the governments Of
Russia and Japan, growing out Of the
question as to the proprietorship of a
portion of Sagahahain island.
PORTUGAL.
LISBON, October 2.-The mail steam
ship from Rio de JaReiro, September
Sth, arrived to-day. The anniversary
of the independence of Brazil was cele-
brated on the seventh ultimO in Rio.
There was a festival, and the city was
Illuminated in the evening.
SPAIN.
MADRID, October 2.-Dispatches from
all sections represent a much better
feeling prevailing. The re-estsblish-
ment of discipline in the army gives
confidence in the ability of the govern
ment TO suppress all instructions.
PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, October "A cOurt-martial
has been ordered for the trial of Captain
Werner, of the German war steamer
Frederick Karl, for seizure of the Span
ish steamer Vigilante while flying the
red flag of the commune.
Another Failure.
NEW YORK, October 2-George By
rell Grinnel q Co., who failed to-day,
were successors of George B. Grinnell d
Co. The house has been in existence
only a month, Mr.. George B. Grinnell
being a special partner in the sum of
one hundred thousand dollars. They
were largely interested in Lake Shore
and Western Union, and it is UNDER
stood that their failure is owing to heavy
shrinkage in those stocks, which they
are carrying. The late II. +. Clark was
special partner in the old house, and
it is said that within q few days the
widow Of Mr.. Clark will place a large
amount Of securities in their hands to
enable them to go on, but they were too
badly pressed by creditors and were OBJ
ged to close. The creditors Of the firm
have been enioiDed, and the laws tedious
delay will probably lock up about forty
one thousand shares of Lake Shore for
at least three months, because parties
holding these shares for this firms ae-
count are enjoined from selling or dis
posing in any way of the stock in their
possession. Although the immediate
effect Of this failure has been to make
the market stronger, yet the injunction
on the holders Of collateral securities
will increase the difficulty of brokers in
borrowing hereafter. and render buying
on a margin nearly impossible. Mr..
Grinnen says the firm can and will pay
every dollar, and that their failure viii
not affect other houses to any great ex-
tent. Il is uncertain whether the firm
will resume or not.