Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-04-19

Railroad InteIllgenee-spOrting News
Cincinnati POrk-packing Statistics
New Terk in Broken Doses.
Result OF the Investigation into the At
lantfe Disaster-The st. Lawrence
on Bender-Aa0ther English
F0rger Arrested.
CerIists in Possession OF Spanish Rail-
Ways-MOre WOrF Of the GaIIOWs
Suicides, IeRts, Etc.


ways-MOre WOyt Of the GaIIOws
Suicides, a Ients, Etc.
CHICAGO, April 1S.-James McHenry,
of North Britton, Connecticut, commit
ted suicide by cutting his throat, at the
Adams house, in this city, this forenoon.
Cause unknown.
Another Murderer Hung-He Died
Game.
SYRACUSE, n. Y, April Is.-Henry
Frollich was hung this forenoon for the
murder Of Peter Schaffer. He made a
speech denOuncing the Judge and dis
trict attorney.
MONTREAL, April ia rapid rise in
the st. Lawrence river has flooded st.
Paul street, in Point st. Charles. The
Inhabitants are using boats and RATS.
The farms along the Lachine road are
submerged from three to eight feet deep.
Carlist OPerAt1Ons In Spain.
MADRID, April 16.-The railway be-
tween Barcelona and TarragOna has
been cut by the CarIists. The suthOri-
ties of Gamarite, in Hensea, have been
seized by the Carlists, who will hold
them until the sum demanded Of the
town is paid.
Another English F0rger Arrested.
BOSTON, April IS.-Charies Sugard,
supposed to be an English forger, was
arrested at the Adams house last eve
ming. He had in possession a number
OF forged checks. Sugard arrived in
New York from England in February,
and losing his money at faro, adopted
forgery as means Of raising the wind.
Railroad Aeeideze-Murdered.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, April I8.-A train
on the Iowa Eastern narrow-gauge rail-
road ran off the track at Beaulah juno
ton to-day, wrecking the engine and
iDjuring the engineer and Timothy
Lyons, the fireman, who had his leg
broken and his head 80 badly bruised
that his recovery is impossible.
At Amboy, Illinois, tonight, Ed.
Egan, a drayman, was stabbed and
almost instantly killed by John Nc
Graw, with whom he had quarreIed in
a saloon. McGraw was Immediately ar
rested.
Ths Atlantic Investigations Ended.
HALIFAX, April IS.-E. Mcdonald,
of the customs here, gave judgment in
the Atlantic inquiry to-day in open
court. He commended the conduct of
the officers after the ship had struck,
but condemned her management from
the time she bore up for Halifax at one
o'clock in the afternoon of the thirty
| first of March; especially the captains 9
conduct in leaving the deck at midnight.
His certificate might be cancelled, but
in consideration Of his efforts to save life
it shall be revoked for two years. John
Brown, fourth officer, is to be suspended
for three months.
spsrts Of the Turf.
yEw On1nA1ss, Al nril I9.-The IOl-
| lowing are the results Of the Louisiana
jockey club races, for the fourth day (:
First race miles, all ages, club
purse $500; first horse $3.50, second 500,
third $50. Won by Village Blacksmith
by half length, beating Flora McIver,
Mary Louise and Sir Rufus, in the same
order. Time, 3:42. Pool, Blacksmith
500, Louise and McIver S11O, Sir Rufus
| SIS.
| Second Tdce-Mile and a half selling
race, club purse $500. Won by Tom
Leathers by three lengths, beating Belle
| Buckle second and Louisa third. Time,
2:47. Belle Buckle let down during the
race. Pool, Belle Buckle $3.50, Louisa
Sll0, Leathers $50.
| Third rdce-Mile heats, best three in
| five. Club purse $1,000; first horse $500,
| second $500, thIrd 500. Nellie R., 1, l,
/; John Mcdonald, 2, 2, 8; Saucebox,
3, 3, 2. Belle Buckle was withdrawn.
The first heat was won by length; the
others by a neck. Time, 1853, l AS,
AIT. Pool, Saueebox 800, Nellie R.
80, Mcdonald $40, Buckle $l5.
The weather was fine, the attendance
good, and the track in good condition.
Cincinnati POrh-Paekiux Statistics
Annual Statement.
CINCINNATI, April 1S.-The official
report Of Sidney d. Maxwell, superin-
| tendent of the chamber of commerce, on
pOrk-packing for the year ending March
l, 1873, embracing both summer and
winter packing, was promulgated to-
| day. 1t shows that the whole number
| of hogs packed from November /, 1872,
to March /, 1873, to be 5, ,456, ,004, an
! actual increase over the preceding winter
| of 621, 468. The hogs this winter were
equal in the hogs Of last winters aver
age to 5,597, 900 pounds increase; gross
average over last year, $40 pounds in
crease; aggregate net weight, 172, 900, 600
pounds. The aggregate production OF
lard was 2lS, 500, 600 pounds, an increase
over last winter Of 100000 pounds;
average increase, 4O-1O0 pounds; total
cost, $50, ,S41 900, showing an increase OF
50, 400, 600. Mess pork produced,
345, $40 barrels; prime mess, Sl,602;
clear, 1920; rump, 16, 1858. These figures
are exclusive of California. Summer
| packing last year were 495, 900 hogs, OF
an average of 2S9 pounds, net. The re-
port also shows the receipts of hogs in
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and
Baltimore, for the periods correspond
ing to the winter and summer packing
as follows: The receipts in the four
cities for the four months ending March
l, 1878, 1 1856, 900, an increase over the
corresponding period of the preceding
year of 294, 900. The receipts for the
eight months ending November l, 1872,
2, 400, 900 hogs, and increase of 543, 600.
Railroad HteHuns-
| CLEVELAND, OHIO, April 1S.-A
meeting of the directors of the Valley
railroad was held in this city yesterday.
/ Tha fOliOXTinO officers yrarn alaofad .