Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-08-01

OAhA1UGA, July OI.-lne LlDerG
Republican State committee met here tC
night. Fifteen members were present
and the only action taken was to an
point committee of six, with Genera
Cochrane chairman, to determine upo
the time, method, etc., of calling tn
State convention and report to the gen
erai committee tomorrow.
Through Trains from Shreveport, La
10 Dallas, Texas.
MARSHALL, July 3I.-The railroa
from Marshall to Dallas was complete
yesterday, meeting sixty miles east q
Dallas and siXty-four miles west of Long
view. Through trains will soon be pu
on from Shreveport to Dallas, distanc
of ninety miles, the running time Q
which will be twelve hours. ShreYepOr
gives barbecue in honor of the event.
Tragic Result of Family Difficulties.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, July 31.-Cyru
McCarty, living about a mile from
Rochester, Fulton county, Indiana, shO
Mrs. Wright, his mother-in-law
through the chest this morning, inflict
ing a probably fatal wound. AfterwarC
he fired five times at his wife, withou
effect, and then shot himself in the fore
head. There are no hopes of his re
covery. The affair grew out of the sepa
ration of Mr.. and Mrs. McCarty, which
he claimed, was caused by Mrs. Wright
The Cave city, KY. DImcuIty.
LOUISVILLE, July 31.-The affray a
Cave City, Kentucky, mentioned few
days since, was between d. S. Graves
the lessee of Mammoth cave, and Greco
Tucker, his partner. The parties were
making a settlement when the dispute
arose, resulting in Graves being Gu
several times with a bOwie-kAife in the
hand of Tucker. Both parties fired pis
tolls several times, Tucker missing eaet
time. Young Tucker, a brother t.
CreedTUcker, jumped between them ,anC
was seriously wounded by an accidental
shot. Both men have been arrested.
The Chicago Wheat.COrner.
CHICAGO, July 31.-The excitement
over the corner in wheat was not so grea'
after the close Of regular 'change thii
evening, and the price dropped to 81 40
which appears to have been the mini
mum price for settlements. A gooC
many shorts settled at this price, but
few still hold out, and will perhaps try
to make a market tomorrow morning
upon which to settle. The amount o
short wheat was much less than usua
in corner, and though some parties
have been squeezed pretty hard, there
are no failures reported, and it is not be.
lieved there will be any.
The Railway Bridge at AtebIsOn.
GrETn T111xr Tho ~ s,,c-
concluded by the American bridge com.
pany, Of this city, for the railway anC
wagon bridge over the Missouri river al
Atchinson, Kansas, provides for struc.
ture twelve hundred and seventy-sever
feet long, between abutments consisting
of q draw three hundred and sixty-tWC
feet in length, and three fixed spars o.
three hundred and fifty feet each. The
superstructure will be supported by two
abutments of solid masonry, and six
piers of masonry and pneumatic iron.
piles. The work is expected to be com.
pleted within a year from the com.
Miraculous Feat of a Drunken Fool.
FORT WAYNE, IND, July 31.-Last
night man who was half intoxicated
performed the dangerous feat of climb
ing to the top of the timbers which have
been erected for the purpose Of complet-
ing the towers on the Catholic cathe-
dral. These towers are already one hum
dred and twenty feet high, and the tim
bers made an additional eighty-five feet,
or two hundred and five feet in
all. The space on top is not larger than
the head of beer-keg. A large crowd
a occar,11Dla1 oxvroafiRncr fn
fall; but he offered to bet dollar that
he could stand on the top. He finally
reduced the bet to glass of beer, but
finding no takers, came down in safety.
Another "seeesh'' Failure.
FORT WAYNE, July 31.-SOme time
since the people of the southern part of the
city, to escape the city taxes, petitioned
the county commissioners for incorpora-
ton as an Independent town. The petit
ton was referred, and an appeal was
taken to the circuit court, Judge Stack,
of Huntington passing on a change OF
venue. The case was thoroughly argued
last week, but the judge reserved his de-
cision till yesterday. 1t was against the
appeal and in favor of the city. The
case will be carried to tie supreme court,
but the joke is that South Wayne, which
would probably have remained outside
the city limits for several years, has been
by the city council, and
has to pay its share of the city taxes.
The Kansas state Grange.
LAWRENCE, KAN, July 31.-At a
session of the Kansas State grange to-
day resolutions We're passed deprecat-
in GtFn farrD1g tho
given to horse-racing at State fairs and
calling upon the farmers to support the
fairs more literally, so that there may
be no occasion for depending on racing
as a means of making money Res0lu-
tiOns were adopted on the tTanspOrta-
ton question, the most pointed of which
is one demanding that farming property
be taxed as railroad property is, upon a
basis of its income; or that railroad prop
erty as well as farming property be taxed
ON basis of value, Independent of in
come. A resolution also passed express
ing sympathy with the settlers on Usage
eeded lands.
The virginia Republicans.
LYNCHBURG, July 31.-The conven-
ton reassembled at noon, when Colonel
the nominee for governor, ac-
,epted the nomination. The committee
1n platform announced the principles
which would govern the party in the
canvass. They reaffirm the
platform of 1872; indorse the adminis-
ration of President Grant; favor an dd
DdlOren1 system of taxation as set forth
n the constitution; sfavor the total
abolition of taxes on tobacco as soon as
It can be done without detriment to the
national finances; advocates internal
not only in Virginia, but
N the whole country as a means of
cheap transportation, and therefore fa-
vor the completion of the James river
and Kanawha canal, and call upon con-
yress to make the necessary appropria-
ions at its next session, believing it a
national necessity.
Race News.
SARATOGA.
SARATOGA, July 3l.-The weather to-
lay was fine. In the first race for a
purse of $500, one mile heat, the follow
pgThorses started: Quits, Sunrise, Min
nie W., Watson's filly, and Sue Rider.
Minnie w. was the favOrite in the pools.
The race, however, was won by Sun
rise, Minnie w. second, and Quits
third. Time, IA.
In the two-mile heats, In the
second race for a purse OF $500,
for all ages, Boss Tweed, John Me-
Cormack, the Nurse Mate, Joe Daniels's
and True Blue started. Nc
Daniels's entries were the favorites in
the pools, and Mate second choice. The