Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-04-29

/ o. A. Hadley, whose duties in the
society are becoming irksOme, but who
have little chance for expulsion.
Associated Press Dispatchl
RIOt in New Hampshire.
KEENE, N. H, April 28.-A riot oc-
CURED here last Saturday night. A
number of citizens came to the assistance
of the police, and the rioters were dis
! persed, four of them being subsequently
arrested. The chief of police was badly
! beaten.
First Civil Rights Case in Rev York.
ALBANY, April 2S.-John T. Yayne
and wife, cOlored, complained of Aaron
Richardson, proprietor Of the opera
I house, for ejecting them from that place
Of amusement, and warrant was issued
| for the arrest of Richardson. This is the
! first case under the civil rights bill
passed by the present legislature.
From the ModOe..
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2S.-A special
courier from Yreka late last night, saws
the opinion prevailed at headquarters
/ that the Modocs will not make another
stand, but will break up into small par
ties, and will have to be hunted in de-
tail, making work for the cavalry all
summer. General JEFF. G. Davis and
staff reached Yreka yesterday afternoon,
and proceeded Immediately to the front.
Drowned.
CHICAGO, April 2S.-On Saturday last
Arthur NJ. Arnold, aged fourteen only,
and son of Hon. Isaac n. Arnold, of
this city, was drowI ed in Rock river, at
Dixon, Illinois, by the capsizing of
small boat which he had built himself
and was making a trial trip with his
father, who was in the skiff near by, but
was unable, on account of the swift cur
rent, to rescue the boy
BlackTeef Indian War.
TORONTO, April 2S.-A special dispatch
from Fort Garry, Manitoba, says reports
from the interior state that there has
been fighting between the American
troops and the Blackfeet Indians, and a
large number of Americans killed. 1t
is feared that this is the beginning of
trouble in the Blackfeet country. The
Indians of Fort Sully are those who
crossed the line, to the number of seven
or eight thousand, and threaten the in
terror settlements of Manitoba.
HurderSus Robbers in the Guise OF In
diaBs.
VIRGINIA, NEv., April 2S.-The stage
from Hamilton for PrOche was robbed
last night near Hamilton and the driver
killed by three men painted as Indians
and having gunny sacks over their
heads. The stage had five pas
sengers, none Of whom We're mo-
Tested. No resistance was offered.
The driver stopped when ordered,
and handed out Wells, Fargo & Co.'s
treasure box. 1t is supposed that the
fatal shot was fired unintentionally
through nervousness Of one OF the rob
bers. The loss Of the express company
is small. A number of Indians accom-
panied parties of whites in trailing the
robbers.
shocking Disaster ut a Fire.
Iowa CITY, Iowa, April 2S.-At six
O'clock this morning a fire broke out in
the third story of Market hall, and five
persons were buried beneath the falling
walls-Robert Love, w. p. DOty, +.
NOlkringer, Mr.. Hart, and George An
drews. Love died in half an hour, and
Andrews, who is colOred boy, will not
live. Mr.. Hart, university law student
from COmanche, Iowa, will not live
The Others had limbs broken, but are
not seriously injured. The less of prop
erty is about twenty thousand dollars,
and was insured for twelve thousand
The building Was occupied as family
apartments aud McClaim's commercial
college, in addition to the market house.
There was a rain storm at the time.
otherwise the destruction to property
would have been great.
A CadetshiP WOFthiIy BESTOWED.
CHICAGO, April 2S.-This morning
committee consisting of DR.. Moses
Gum, president of Rush medical col
lege, J. l.. Packard, superintendent of
the schools of Chicago, and J. o. Glover,
United States district-attOrney, selected
by Hon. J. b. Rice, of the first con-
gTessiOnal district, met for the purpose
Of selecting one of class of fifteen
young men for the cadetship at West
Point, which was at the disposal of Mr.
Rice. Their choice fell upon a young
man named BENJAMIN F. Murphy, who
is just twenty-One years of age, and who
passed a close and thorough eXamina-
ton in the most commendable manner,
although he has never attended school
but two years, having been obliged to
labor from early youth for his own sup
port and that Of two sisters.
Horrible Batehery-seVen Persons Per-
1sh an "A burnfDg Building.
ST. LOUIS, April 28.-Information |
from Madison county, Illinois, has been
received that negro named George |
Burke, living on the farm of Henry Nair, |
about three miles west of Collinsville /
and some two miles from here, went |
home drunk Saturday night, and with |
an ak chopped off the head and one arm
of Maria Bowman (colored), and threw |
her body into Tavine. The woman /
was living in Burke's family, and |
jealousy is said to have prompted the
deed. At last accounts Burke had not |
been arrested.
Specials from Lafayette, Indiana. sayl
that a house situated some two miles /
south Of the town of Otis was burned |
Saturday night, and a man named |
Klees, seventy years old, and his daugh- !
ter and five children, perished in the |
flames.
Terrible Result of CaFeIessness.
ST. LOUIS, April 2s.-A special from
Decatur, Illinois, states that last week, |
while a family named CoOpe:, living |
twelve miles from Decatur were attend |
ing the funeral of a son, they left their |
house in charge OF Mrs. Metcalf and two !
children. The children becoming hun |
CRY Mrs. Metcalf gave them some milk
taken from vessel in the pantry, and
drank some herself. Shortly after they
were seized with violent parOxysms of
pain, aud when the family returned
they were almost in the agonies of death.
Physicians were Immediately sum-
moned, who succeeded in relieving the
children, but Mrs. Metcalf died. Inves-
tigation proved that Miss Cooper had
put a large quantity of strychnine in the
milk to kin the mice, and when she
saw the result of her carelessness she
was 50 shocked that her life Is despaired
of.
Anxiety in regard to the pOpe's eondi-
finn has haen renewed on account of