Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-12-27

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are so slow, that they are not very an2:-
ious to resume operations, even though
the weavers should agree to work at the
proposed reduction.
Mysterious Murder Investigated.
LOUISVILLE, KY, December 26.--
About five years ago John Oman was
murdered in Henry county, Kentucky,
and his body thrown into the Kentucky
river. Oman was blieved to belong to q
: kuklux organization, and it was sup
posed that he was murdered by menl-
bers of the gang to prevent him e.I-
posing their bloody deeds. Several days
since eight citizens of Henry county
, were arrested, charged with the murder
of Oman. The examining trial was held
at Eminence to-day, and special to
the Courier Journal reports the acquit-
tai of the accused on the ground of Lack
ef sufficient evidence to convict.
The ScanEau Murder.
ST. LOUIS, December 26.--The cOro-
ner's jury in the Scanlan murder case
returned verdict this evening of mUlr-
der in the first degree against Michs.el
Seanlan, the husband of the woman
killed. The testimony on which the
verdict is based was given by two chill
dren, seven and nine years old, whu
stated that both their father and moth er
were drunk; that their father struck
their mother several times with his fist,
kicking her in the side and back, aud
then struck her on the back of the neck
with q piece of board. Scanlan denied
this testimony, and there is no eviden ce
to convict him, as no one saw the muir
der save these children.
| A Liberal Donation
LOUISVILLE, December 26.-HonoIa-
ble Shakespeare Caldwell, formerly a
member of congress from this city, hut
now of New York, turned over to the
poor of Louisville, on Christmas day,
a handsome building for hospital pllr-
poses, which he has had erected at a
cost of eighty thousand dollars. The
edifice is to be called the hospital of ST
Mary and st. Elizabeth, and is to be un-
| der the charge of the Sisters of Charity,
of the Nazareth community, but is to
be open for the reception of patients Of
every denomination. The gift is made
| in memory of Mr.. CaldWelps wife,
only daughter of Colonel James d.
Breckenridge, a distinguished lawyer of
this city. The building is furnished
with all modern cOnveniences, and will
accommodate several hundred patients.
Fire at NashvIIIe-S2O,O 900 Lost.
NASHVILLE, December 26.-At half
past nine o'clock last night, the whole
sale .drughouse of McColloch, Hager &,
Co. was discovered to be on fire. The
origin of the fire is unknown. The
stock and building are a total loss OF
twenty thousand dollars, the stock be-
| ing estimated at thirteen thousand dol
lars. 1t was insured in the Royal
for twenty-five hundred dollars; in the
Merchants, of Louisville, FOR twenty
five hundred dollars; in the State for
three thousand dollars. The building
belonged to the heirs of John Baird !;
loss, from six to seven thousand dOllsrs.
1t was insured in the Niagara for TWEEN
ty-five hundred dollars; in the Georgia
Home tor thirty-five hundred dollars,
and in the Franklin, of Philadelphia,
for four thousand dollars.
Notes from the National Capital.
WASHINGTON, December 26.-Secre-
cations into the Polaris disaster, is to-
day examining the three last memFeTs
of the expedition, who have very re-
Gently arrived here. There is no Iar-
ticular interest in the facts derived.
Comptroller Douglass, of the internal
revenue bureau, left Thursday to spend
the holidays at his home in Pennsylva-
mia.
There was no business before the cabi-
net to-day. The session was merely in
formal. The usual New Year reception
will be held by the President on the first
of January.
As there is no absolute necessity for
| heavy appropriations for the improve
ment of harbors, rivers and fortifca-
tiOns, under the engineers bureau of the
war department, the estimates for slIch
improvements, amounting to twenty
millions of dollars, will probably be re-
duced to three millions.
The statement that the First national
bank of Washington will soon pay an
other dividend is without authority from
the receiver.
How Christmas was Celebrated al South
| Bend, Indiana.
! SOUTH BEND, IND, December 26.-
Christmas was celebrated in grand style
in South Bend by introducing water
! into the city. The waterworks consist
of three sets of pumping machinery,
discharging into stand-pipe two hun
dred feet high, and were constructed un-
der the supervision of Messrs. BirlIen-
beine, the eminent hydraulic engineers
Of Philadelphia. Three tests were
made. At the first five streams were
thrown upon church spire for twenty
minutes, the purpose being test to
show the reservoir power of the stand
pipe. The streams averaged one hun
dTed and twenty-five feet. At the Sec
Ond trial nine simultaneous streams
were thrown over one hundred feet high
with one hundred and fOrty-five feet OF
water in the stand-pipe, and two pumps
in operation. At the third test six
streams were thrown far above the high
est buildings in different parts of the
city at the same time, with the stand
pipe running over and one pump in Op-
Grafton. All the streams were thrown
through acknowledgements nozzles
The day was beautiful, and one of uni.
versal rejoicing.
Another Letter from Captain Sur.
mount, of the Willie de HaVrea
NEW YORK, December 26.-The Lon
don Telegraph, of the thirteenth, has 8
letter from Captain SurmOunt, OF the
steamer Vile de Havre, denying IN toto
the assertions against himself and his
sailors of cowardice and neglect of the
passengers safety on the occasion of the
| ulSdStSIi anu ludhiuS COuutSA CudIS'5Si sts
follows:
Captain Robertson states. according
to you, that the Vile de Havre is alone
responsible for the disaster which befell
her. When speaking in my re-
port of the respective movements
of the two vessels, had guarded
a reserve which every man of honorable
feeling will appreciate, but if, indeed,
Captain Robertson dared to solve sc
peremptorily in his own favor this
question so grave and among all so OBJ
scure, death having snatched away the
greatest part of the witnesses, and es-
pecially the principal one, the officer o.
the watch at the time of the collision
/ shall repeat then, without fear Of
contradiction from any one skilled
in such matters that the captain
of the Loch-Earne, sailing close
hauled, could, by a swift turn
: of the wheel, have gone to windward
and so prevented the catastrophe; thai
, he could have done so, up to the very
{ minute of the collision, at the very last
; moment even, and that he did not do so
/ should say, above all, that according
to the testimony of the survivors of tht
4. Vile de Havre, the lights Of the Loch
Earne were for some reason or Other no
I visible from my ship, either because the!
D were not In their places, or because, q
: frequently happens after q long night
: the wicks of the lamps may have beel
e allowed to burn down. hH