Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-04-10
Floods in New York, Indiana,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,
and Michigan-RailrOad
Damaged.
Falling of Several Buildings---A
Number Of Men Killed---Fires,
Storms and Serious
Mishaps.
The Late ElectiOns---LegislatiVe
PrOceedings--Brigham Young
1.-The Oregon Indians--
The Strikes and
Strikers.
A Pri.on.Keeper Fatally stabbed.

D PriAOn-KeePer Fatally Stabbed.
BOSTON, MASS, April 9.-John E.
Shaw, keeper of the Charlestown prison,
was probably fatally stabbed this morn
= ing by VIM. Patterson, a convict.
} First Through Train.
: PoUGHKEEPsIE, N Y, April 9.-The
first through train from the west, in
thirty-six hours, passed here at nine
: O'Clock this evening, containing west
f ern and California passengers.
? Serious Eow in Ireland.
r LONDON, April 9.-In a conflict this
, morning in kinsale, Ireland, between
fishermen on a strike and the police,
two of the former were killed and sew
: eral injured.
Rivers Rising.
PHILADELPHIA, April 9.-At Dan
vile the river is very high and rising.
At Wilkesbarre the Susquehanna is
twenty-three feet high and rising. The
people living on the banks have been
compelled to move.
Fresset I'm Pennsylvania.
WLKEsToN, April 9.-The Susque-
hanna river is twenty three feet above
lOw-water mark this morning. The
, river is falling at Easton. The Della
ware river is still twenty feet above low
water mark and rising.
The Rochester Catastrophe.
ROCHESTER, n. Y, April 9.-Search
is being made for the bodies at the scene
of the calamity last night, but none
have been recovered. Some Of those
who went down are known to be saved.
Several are reported missing.
New York Le1iaEature
ALBANY, April 9.-In the assembly
: to-day the public justices bill was or
dered to its third reading. 1t provides
for the removal Of the present justices
and the appointment of their successors.
The senate to-day rejected a motion for
the retention of Comptroller Green, of
, New York city, till the end of his term,
and determined that there be q new
election in November next, and every
four years thereafter, the term of the
incumbent to commence January 1st.
Political.
COLUMBUS, O., April 9. - Returns
from the various counties in Ohio are so
few of them official that it is impossible
to definitely state whether the Republi-
cans or Democrats have a majority in
the constitutional convention. From
the most reliable returns received up to
this hour, the political complexion of
the convention will be fifty-one Repub-
licans, forty Democrats and seven Lib
erals, with seven counties yet TO hear
/ from.
1hievins Indians.
OMAHA, NEB., April S.-Thieving
bands of Indians, numerous in the
western portion of this State, have made
several raids for horses within the last
few days. On Sunday party attempt
ed to run off the stock near North Platte
station. They were fired into by the
heTder, who killed one Indian, and
captured two pack mules. From the
Indian killed was taken a bill that had
been in the possession of Hildebrand,
one of the men who was found muir
dered on the south fork a few days ago.
Ohio Legislature.
COLUMBUS, April 9.-In the senate
;. this morning bills were introduced to
regulate and control the leasing of rail-
ways, and to allow municipal corpora
tiOns to appropriate lands lying outside
OF such corporations for sewer purposes
The following bill was passed: House
bill to enable publishing companies in
cOrpoTated under the laws of Ohio to in
crease their capital stock. A message
was received from the governor commu-
nicating the resignation of H. p. Gage,
senator from the thirty-third district.
Two Fatal Accidents.
! LOUISVILLE, April S.-Last week T.
\ G. Skinner, son-in-law of Governor
Charles Anderson, while riding down
a steep grade from the latter's mines, in
Lyon county, with a carload of ore,
jumped off and had his arm broken and
shoulder dislocated, and sustained other
severe injuries. A party went out from
Eddyville on a hand-ear after Skinner,
and yeung man among them named
| Stubs was knocked off the car, which
run over him, infiicting such severe
wounds that he died Friday morning.
From Salt Lake.
! SALT LAKE, April 9.-The Mormon
! conference was largely attended to-day.
This evening Brigham Young addressed
the saints to carry on the work he had
commenced. He wanted seven coun-
sellOrs TO aid the first president. FL
nally, he resigned the position of trus-
! tee of the church, and on his recon-
mendatiOn President George A. Smith,
\ now in Europe, was elected in his place.
/ Mr.. Young has retired generally from
business of a spiritual and commercial
| character. It is understood that he
cOntemplates going to Arizona with
| the San Francisco mission.
From The Scene of the Wreck of the
Atlantic.
| HALIFAX, April 9.-Five bodies were
recovered from the wreck to-day, four
| steerage passengers and sailor, all un-
recognized. A plate was torn from the
vessels side, but it opened into a coal
/ bunker and was of no advantage. The
detectives discovered a few stolen arti-
/ cles to-day. A collector goes down to
| the wreck tomorrow to investigate the
smuggling. The court of inquiry will
be postponed until Saturday. Rev.
| Mr.. Amerant takes charge of the burial
of all except three who are identified as
Catholics, and were taken to the Catho-
lie cemetery at Terra.
From Chicago.
CHICAGO, April "A post-mortem
examination to-day, in the case of Mrs. |
Hall, a lady who died suddenly on Sum
day last, at Grand Central hotel. in this |
city, showed that abortion had been |
committed; the case is still under inves- |
tigation.
Thirty of the Inflated steamer ATTAIN
tic passengers arrived here this morn
ing.
I,earsboro, Iowa, committed suicide by |
hanging.
Dispatches from Minnesota and Iowa /
report snow storm this morning.
Floods ia tIeU York.
ALBANY, April 9.-The flood on the
Central railroad track, west Of here, is
causing serious damage to business in
terests. No trains have reached this
city since yesterday morning. The
track from Spraker's to the Palatine
bridge was entirely submerged in some
places to the depth Of three feet by ice
and water. A freight train was thrown
from the track above Spraker's by the
suddenness Of the flood, and number
OF cars were damaged. A large section
of the track is also reported washed |
away. No trains from west of Pala-
tine bridge can pass the distractions.
A large gang of men were sent to the |
obstructed part, and will repair the
trock as soon as the water subsidies. A |
heavy passenger train left for the west |
at two O'Clock this morning, IN hopes of
getting through all right.
RRtaa storm.
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