Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-09-06
Texas Democraey-Killed by Foul
Air in a Mine-State Of AZ.
fairs in the Spanish
Republic.
Revenue Affairs-Kiiled by Light.
ning-HOrribIe Accident
California Elections.
The Cholera-BOiler Explosion
Fires-Crimes-KansaS City
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Gus Items.
NEW YORK.

:stoundtng with Regard
20 the IssnaEement Of the ;City's
FinaEsees
NEW YORK, Septei5tef San an
alysis Of the municipal finances, pre-
gented by Comptroller Green in his an
,1ual rep0rt. shows that the permanent
det't Of the city is increasing with fright
mi rsFiditf. and that taxes and assess
meuts are IS enormous as they are
-otallv inadeduate 20 meet them. The
,.eeeints from taxes and income for the
,oast yeas were thirty-two million two
hundred and Any Thousand dollars, and
he amount extended fifty-two million
three hundred and ninety thousand doi-
lars, 1t is said that the system Oh DOCK
keeping in the comptroller oepSrtn
is designed to conceal the actuai nnAh.
ciaI condition of the city. The report jus.
made shows how necessary it is that
the new commission of accounts should
have clerks to help them comprehend
the chaos Of the city and county &C.
counts.
Mail Steamer Beached.
Information has been received that
mail steamship plying between Hong
Kong and Yokohama has been beached
at Swatow, and will prove a total loss.
Her mails and passengers were saved.
A mysterious Fire and Dead Body.
A slight fire occurred last night at No.
L99 Ninth street, Williamsburg, and
when the flames were extinguished the
dead body of Margaret Hammill was
found burned, with piece of BEDFORD
tied around her neck. The occupants of
the apartments have been arrested.
An Important witness Escaped.
John Broderick, who was wounded in
n quarrel in which his father killed
James, another son, has escaped from
Bellevue hospital and fled the city, in
order to avoid testifying against his
father, who has been indicted for MUIR
der in the first degree.
An Unknown Up for COunterTeitIng.
The police have had confined at head
quarters, for some days past, an IN
known man, accused of being concerned
in the counterfeiting of the bonds of the
Buffalo and New York and Erie rail-
road. The police refuse TO give his
name or proofs of his alleged crime.
The ST. Joseph and Denver City Railroad
A majority of the board of directors of
I. j
company have resigned, and Jose F.
,Navara, George J. Forrest, Lawrence
Wells, Thomas Smith, Augustus ]. Mil
Ter, Edward w. Mealey and Henry H.
ButterwOrth have been elected to fill the
vacancies. A committee has been ap-
pointed to make a thorough investiga-
tion Of the affairs of the company, and
TO confer with the bondholders. The
officers Of the company have rendered
their designations, which take effect on
the election of their successors.
,rhe DenOmfnafiOnaI school Question.
Representatives Of the managers of
fifteen corporate schools attached to the
orphanages and other institutions in this
city, appeared before the committee Of
the board of education this evening to
state reasons why they should not be
excluded from the receptions of
grants from the school fund in accord
ance with the section forbidding grants
10 denOminational schools. The atten-
ton of the commissioners had been
called to the section in a letter from
the comptroller, and a committee was
appointed to inquire of the representa-
tives of the Catholic orphan asylum.
The admitted object is to aid destitute
Catholic children and bring them up in
chat denomination; but they claim
rhe grant as there are no religious teach
ing whatever in school hours. All
others admitted that the scripture is
read, the Lords prayer recited, and in
some Of them psalms are sung; but all
affirmed that school teaching is entirely
undenominational. The committee win
report to the board.