Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-20
An Irregular Cotton Transaction
at st. LOuis-ChOlera Still at
Cincinnati - st. LOuIs
Death Report.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad Sale
Ebj .ined-The West Virginia
Penitentiary Case
Decided.
Another Wife-ButcheF - A Big
Land Suit-Knights TempIar
ExcUrsiOn-Etc Etc.
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Two Cholera Victims at CtzcjnR&ti-
! CINCINNATI, July 1.-two deaths
from cholera reported in the city to-day.
The Yale Exploring Expedition.
CHEYENNE, July 19.-The Yale ex-
ploring party celebrated, last night, the
victory Of their college at the Spring
field regatta, and to-day they leave for
Fort Badger, where they spend the next
six weeks in investigating the geological
formation of the Wasatch mountains.
An "ErreGusar" Cotton Dealer.
ST. LOUIS, July 1Sth.-John A. Pic
ton, OF the firm of y. r. Picton & Co,
commission merchants, was arrested to-
day at the instance of Sterling Price &
Co., on charge of obtaining from them
three hundred and four bales of cotton,
valued at ten thousand dollars, on false
pretences. PictOn was released on q
bail of fifteen thousand dollars.
The West slFginta Penifenttary I'm
brssIaO.
WHEELING, July 19.-The supreme
court Of appeals Of this State decided the
penitentiary case to-day in favor OF
Bridges the claimant under the author
ity of the board OF public works, and
over Shallcross, who held the position
under the appointment of Governor ia
cob. The court was unanimous in the
opinion delivered by Judge Hayward.
Weekly AOFtuary Report Of 81. Louis
ST. LOUIS, July 19.-The moFtuary re-
port this week gives the number OF
deaths as one hundred and ninety
one, being fifty more than last week; of
this number fourteen are reported as
cholera. and siXty-nine as chOlera-mor-
bus. One hundred and thirty-three are
reported as under five years Of age.
Sale of the Missouri Pacific Railroad
EDjOIned-
ST. LOUIS, July ia letter from
Judge Dillon, Of the United States cir
cult court, sitting in chambers at Daven-
port, Iowa, was TeAd here, stating that
he has granted temporary Injunction
in the case of the Missouri Pacific rail
road company against Governor Wood
son, Of this State, restraining that Off
cial from selling, or offering for sale
the Missouri Pacific railroad to satisfy
the alleged balance on the State lien,
amounting TO about eight million dol
lars.
Contested LaRd suis-IOO, geo Acres In
yOIEed.
PARSONS, KAN, July 19.-In the con-
tested land case between the Missouri,
Kansas ard Texas railroad, Judge Can
felt, of Davis county court, decided that
the lands IN contest belong to the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas company.
This case involved the title to nearly
one hundred thousand acres of the best
lands in Kansas, and are worth eight
hundred thousand dollars.
The wheat crop is all secured, and
makes better yield than was first an
ticipated.
knights TemPlsr Excursion.
PITrTBURG, July I9.-The Knights
TemplGr excursion Of the grand Off
GERS of the grand encampment of the
United States, and the Templars of Pitts
burg and Allegheny, arrived at Mays
vile, New York, and all seemed de-
lighted with the trip. Those from the
west are enthusiastic over the mag
nificent scenery Of the route up the Al
leghany river, it being an entirely new
sensation TO them. Judge English, OF
Arkansas, John w. Simmons, of New
York, General Frank Gurley, of st.
Louis, are OF the party. 4 large num-
Der OF Pittsburg and Allegheny Sir
Knights and their ladies accompanied
the excursion.
A wife FOuIIy Murdered By her Hus-
band.
LOUISVILLE, July 19.-James Cannon,
formerly q barkeeper in this city, but
lately policeman in New Orleans, shot
and killed his wife in this city to-day.
His wife had separated from him some
years since on account Of ill-treatment,
but Cannon came from New Orleans 8
month or two ago and persuaded her t.
come back TO him. She lived with him
three weeks and again left him. This
morning Cannon went to the house
where his wife was staying, and after
conversation with her pulled a pistOl
from his pocket, placed it against her
breast and fired. The wife fell to the
floor, when Cannon fired again, the hall
entering her breast a second time. She
died almost instantly. Cannon was
arrested after brief chase and lodged in
jail.
An Interesting Batch from New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, July 19.-The great.
Galveston arson case is being tried be-
fore Recorder Collins to-day. A maf
calling himself Thomas Corrian, and
hailing from New Orleans, has been ar
rested by Special Detective Mccormick
as the ringleader. He has implicated
some half dozen members Of the fire
and police force.
The schooner Pasline with O cargo OF
shingles and dressed lumber, from New
Orleans to lndianOla, went ashore on
Galveston island in a storm, on the
seventeenth instant, having lost her
deck load and rudder.
A fire at the town Of Hearne yester- /
day destroyed property to the value OF |
forty thousand dollars. The sufferers
are J. Bibb, s. N. Hearne & Co., Charles |
Kraft, II. Lorb & Co., Charles johnson,
Jacob Mowery and Barney Dolan. |
Hearne & Co. lost everything.