Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-11-30
TELEGRAPHIC EPITOME.

The internal revenue receipts for the
month are s6,73l $50. For the fiscal year Sis,-
gl3, 49,
A Washington telegram says that the
! first part of the Presidents message is In Tie
hands Of the maniiolderS.
All the upper Hudson river boats have
| gone into wInter-q uariers on account of the
| closing OF the river by Ice.
The secretary of the navy is il con-
sultation with the chiefs OF the bureaus re-
sarding the hitting out OF vessels.
BY an accident yesterday morning on
I the Neidlang railroad, near Leicester, En-
gland, fifteen persons were injured-one
| fatally.
+. 5. Jones was held in five Thousand
dollars bail, in New York, yesterday, on the
charge OF selling forged Buffalo and New York
| railroad bonds.
AlonzO Ellis was adjudged, by a
Cleveland corOner's jury, yesterday, the mur-
derer Of Thomas Cannon, found dead day
or two previous.
Frank L. Taintor, defaulting cashier
OF the Atlantic bank, was sentenced, in New
ork- yesterday, TO seven years In the Al
bany peniteniiary.
The Democratic members of the
house were in caucus in Washington, last
night, for the purpose OF nominating Repre-
sentative Cox tor speaker.
A POlander named John c. Zolkesky,
In a drunkeA spree, shot another named Mar.
tin Sasse in the head, killing him instantly,
at South Bend, Indiana, Thursday night.
Firing was renewed, fiercely, yester-
day, al Carisgena, by both sides after the ter
mination OF the forty-hour's armistice, OBJ
tanned by the officers Of the foreign squadron.
A fire occurred at Parker's Landing,
Pennsylvania, last night, and twelve build
ings were consumed. Loss, twenty-five thou
sand dollars; insurance, five thousand dol
lars.
Three children were drowned by the
sinking of a canal-bOat in the Delaware river
near BOrdentOwn, New Jersey, Thursday
morning. The captain and his wife saved
| themselves.
Secretaries Belknap and Delano, and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Sheridan, had long con-
| ference in Washington yesterday on the gov
ernment OF the Indians. Sheridan gave his
views at length.
speaker Blaine is forming standing
! committees, and declines to receive numerous
| callers. Much anxiety is expressed on the
subject, especially by those who aspire to
chairmanships.
| Robert Porter, "a Juror in the Stokes case,
who violated the orders of the court was SEN
1 fenced yesterday by Judge Davis to two
months imprisonment and pay a fine OF one
/ hundred dollars.
Bishop r. S. Foster, Of the Methodist
Episcopal church, arrived at New York yes
| terday from Liverpool. He will remain a few
days in that city, before leaving Tor his future
home in Cincinnati.
Questions between Spain and the
United States are freely discussed in congress
sional army and navy circles. The only fear
| expressed is that the Castelar, cabinet will
not be able 10 enforce It's agreements.
Several members of the plasterers'
union entered a building in Brooklyn, where
some non-society men were working, and
beat them severely. one man is believed 10
| have been fatally injured. No arrests.
The number of hogs slaughtered in
| flsaN,
| four hundred; whole number since Novem-
| Der LIST, two hundred and eleven thousand; !;
number same time last year one hundred and
/ forty-sIx thousand.
Robert Melvin, lawyer in Nash
| vile, committed suicide yesterday afternoon
at his mothers residence, on Spruce street by
pistol-shot through his head, killing him
almost instantly. No reason is as vet Known
for the act. He was man of family.
At Titusville, PennsyIvania, yester-
day, ]. W. simpson. a resident Of st Peters
burg, Pennsylvania, committed suicide by
shooting himself with revolver. The ball
entered over the right eye. No reason can be
assigned except temporary insanity.
The following is yesterdays showing
of the New York bank statement; loans,
decrease SI45yOUO; specie, increase S24U,OOO;
legal tenders, increase sly5OO,O0O; deposits, in
crease S6,JO0O0; circulation, decrease Ssi OeO
The statement of the Bank OF Commerce is
left out
A Louisville telegram states that the
total number of hogs killed around the falls
to date this season IS one hundred and three
the corresponding period las year was one
hundred and twelve Thousand one hundred
and seVenty-four.
AT Plttsburg, yesterday, a receiver
was appointed to take charge OF the affairs of
the National trust company of that city
PromtsSory notes amounting to one hum
dred and fourteen thousand and thirty dollars
are missing from the institution, and are sup
posed to be lost or stolen. A number of these
notes are said, by the indorsers, TO be forge
ries.
A dispatch from Boston states that
Anson J. Crane, OF Burlington, assistant
collector Of internal revenue for the third
district OF Vermont, has been declared de-
| faulter TO the amount of seventeen thousand
dollars. Senator Edmunds is one of his bonds
men, who are amply able to make good the
amount embezzled. Crane claims that levitt
a former collector, embezzled the money
AT half-past two o'clock yesterday
afternoon, William NJ. Tweed was
the Tombs eRro,.te TO ne beni- I.glil
tentiary on Blackwell'S Island, in charge OF
Deputy Sherifs Shields and Gale. He was
accompanied by his son, General William NJ
Tweed, and his SOn-ln law, William McGin-
mis-, of New Orleans. A large crowd witnessed
his departure.
A Montreal telegram yesterday saws
that four additional victims have been added
TO the accidental poisoning case, making the
total number OF deaths seven. Five persons
are still in a precariOus condition. 1t appears
that one Of the men dead took from the sleiRhs
standing in the street bOttle con ntaining wine
colcicum, which he supposed to be sherry
This he shared with the inmates of the tene-
ment in which be lived, and some of the neigh
Oors, with the result mentioned.
The Rdil10ay Ne1Os, the English organ
OF the Erie railway company, says a London
telegram, publishes a proposal for the is sue of
twenty-five millions more of ordinary shares
at thlrty-hve cents currency, instead OF issu-
Ing bonds. This, the proposal says, will be on
a measure OF greater financial sOundness and
will make the total shares a capital OF one
hundred millions, which is not too large when
the vast amount of lines now leased by the
Grte company Il taken into consideration.
IngersOll having been convicted, il is
reported that Conan, Norton, Jenet, and the
brought up for trial at the next term, which
begins on Monday, when, 1t Is probable, j udge
lngraham viii preside. The counsel for In
gersoll and FarmingtOn, late this afternoon,
The sheriff yesterday stated that Twee,i
would shortly be taken TO the peniteutiary on
Backwell's island.
Between twelve and one O'Clock YES
terday morning, a fire broke out in the ex-
tensive plsning establishment OF j. b Lfy-
1ngston Co, East st. Louis, and in the course
of couple OF hours the mill, a large lumber
yard belonging TO the same firm, the wagon
and cabinet shop of Fl. L. Drumm, the black
smith shop OF the st. Louis transfer comps-
ny, and several small tenement houses, were
consumed. The loss is estimated at from one
hundred TO one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. The insurance Is not yet ascertalned.
Judge Davis, of New York, Yesterday
ilned Messrs Graham, Fullerton and Bari
lett, senior members of the counsel in Tweed's
late trial, two hundred and fifty dollars each
after SuhieCtiDa them To a Sharn leCff1r,a for