Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-01-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Mung Man, a Chinese convert to
Christianity, who has long been promi-
nent a a missionary among his coun-
trymen, died in san Francisco on the
first instant, and was buried with Chris
tian rites, being probably the first Of his
race whose body cOnsentingly lies in for
eign soil.
Mary Ann Name, a widow woman
aged fOrty-five years, was killed by
John Murphy, her son-in-law, during a
drunken row on Thursday night at q
grOggery kept by Jatterett, in Newark,
New Jersey. Murphy escaped, and is
supposed 10 have fed to ChillicOthe,
Missouri, where he has relatives re-
siding.
The Greenville (Pennsylvania) Argus
8 says: ''It is e timated that two million
dollars worth Of pig. iron, within the
limits OF Mercer county, is now being
held awaiting a market. This calcuia-
tiOn is based upon metal at forty dollars
ton. 1t is a perplexing time with fur
nacemen and bankers, and has its effect
upon the general trade"
The Wichita (Ka.) EAGLE saws
Thousands upon thousand OF buffalo
hides are being brought by hunters.
In places whole acres Of ground are COW
cred with these hides spread out with
the fieshy side up todry. 1t is estimated
that there are, south of the Arkansas
and west Of Wichita, from one TO two
Thousand men shooting buffalo for their
hides alOne.n
The latest sensation in California is
the confession Of Miss LOhry that she,
sometime in 1869, witnessed q fratricidal
murder near COrliss Ranch, which the
murderer, under threats Of death, swOre
her not to divulge within four years.
That time has elapsed, and she now
tells her tale. 1t is very sensational, but
smacks too much Of makeup" for Gre
dence.
A private telegram from New Or
leans received at Washington yesterday
says that all the CustomhOuse employ
ees who are members Of the leg;sla-
ture, have resigned, been removed or
suspended. The course taken is ant icipa-
tory Of the event of an order soon to be
issued fOrbidding the holding Of any
State or other Office by Government
officials.
A special to the ST. Louis Democrat,
from Decatur, Illionis, says that q
family, consisting of seven person, were
taken violently sick Immediately after
breakfast, Friday morning, the symp-
toms being those Of poison. DR.. ChenO-
with Investigated the matter and found
a paper containing arsenic in the pump,
water from which had been used in
making coffee for breakfast The family
are very sick, but at last accounts they
were out Of danger. There is no clue as
10 who put the arsenic in the pump.
The New York Tribune yesterday con-
tanned the following: sEpyious
editors, one in New York the
other in Brooklyn, who apparently
spend their working hours in inventing
stories about this newspaper, instead of
looking after their own, have recently
published unusual fiction rs malicious as
il Is prepOsterOus concerning the busi-
ness ownership Of the Tribune. Libel
proceedings, 1t adds, are to be instituted
unless retracti0ns are Immediately made.
Henry G. Bowen is mentioned as the
Brooklyn editor"
The Committee on the Inauguration
of Direct Trade appointed by the Geor-
gia Commercial Convention met at Sa-
vannah Friday and issued an address.
Of which the following is brief synop-
sis: The committee invites the cotton
growing states TO meet by delegation in
convention at Augusta, Georgia, on the
second Of February. 1t next refers TO
the common interest Of the West and
South, and asks delegations also from
Cincinnati, St. Louis, Louisville, Mem
phis and other cities to attend. It then
notes the Importance of great through |
lines by rail and water TO the Far West, |
and also the neceSsity for some conn.,
bined, organized and sustained effort to |
make known abroad the advantages
which the South offers. The whole |
country is interested in the increased |
of the South, as well as in |
enabling Western farmers to work their /
lands prOftably. The millions Of people
in the South and West pay tribute to /
the enriched East. In the hone Of
Fastening prosperity by eOunseIing to-
gether ia the true spirit of Americas /
fellowship, delegations are earnestly in
vited from the Southern States and nom
the West.