Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-30
Supposed Whereabouts of the
Railroad RObbers-The Bal
timOre Fire-FOrest
Fires Checked.
Livestock Dealers and Western
RailrOads-SurVeyOrs At
tackled by Indians
Bloody ARRAY.
The Union Pacific Railroad and
the State Taxes Salaries
Of POstmasters, Etc.
On Track Of .he Railroad Robbers.

| KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 29.-It is
reported that the Iowa railroad robbers
crossed the Missouri river some twenty
J or thirty miles below here, and are now
at their rendezvous in Jackson county.
FafaI Accident.
MORRISON, I'LL, July 29.-This even
ing at five minutes Of seven o'clock, NJ.
@. H. Dimick, farmer residing half a
mile east Of town, while driving across
the railroad track with hired man, was
run into by a freight train. Dimick was
killed and the man seriously hurt. The
vehicle was smashed to pieces, but the
team escaped -unhurt.
POstmRsters' Move for More "Sfamps.-
WASHINGTON, July GA large num-
of pOstmasters, holding minor offices,
having failed in their efforts for gen.
eral readjustment Of salaries, will appeal
to the court of claims. A number of
claims have already been filed there, to
be followed by many others. It is sup
posed that the aggregate sum claimed
will be at least half a million dollars.
Bloody ARRAY.
LOUISVILLE, July pa special to
the COurier-Jo1THdl gives an account of
a bloody affray this morning at Cave
City, eighty miles below Louisville, be-
tween D. l.. Graves and c. +. Tucker,
! two citizens of that place. Both parties
exchanged pistol shOts3 and Graves was
cut in the chest and groin with a bowie
knife in the hands OF Tucker. Huston
Tucker, brother of G.. F., was accident
ally shot by Graves.
Official Report OF she Baltimore Fire.
BALTIMORE, July 29.-The official re-
port of the fire inspector places the num-
Der of buildings destroyed by fire on Fri
| day last at one hundred and thirteen,
Of which sixty-three were tbree-story
| brick houses, thirty-two two-story
brick houses, two churches, three
schools, four restaurants, three board
inghOuses, and four stables. Official es-
innate Of losses not yet made.
Forest Fires ExtInguIshed by Rains.
PHILADELPHIA, July 29.-The rains
of yesterday extinguished the fires rag
ing in the woods along the line of the
Camden and Atlantic City railroad.
For distance Of twenty miles the raw
age of the fire can be seen, in the black
ened trunks of trees, burned corDfields,
and orchards. Farm houses escaped
through the exertions of the people.
surveying Party Attacked by sioux In
YANKToN, D. T., July GA survey
ing party, in charge of NJ. T. Wooley
arrived here last night, having been
fired into by a war party of about fifty
Sioux Indians, of the YanktOnnai band,
from Fort Thompson, under the lead OF
chief named Quilted Fan. This oc-
CURED about two hundred miles directly
north of here, on James river. The In
dians charge that the lands belong to
them, and would not allow them to sur
vey it.
Livestock Dealers and the Railroads
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 29.-Live-
stockholders held a meeting here yes
terday, at which the recent action of
the Missouri railroads, in abolishing re-
turn-passes for stock-shippeIs, was Free
ly discussed, and a decided disposition
to ship stock by steamboat was mani
tested. A committee was appointed to
confer with steamboat officers and
agents in relation to transportation, and
with railroad companies regarding re-
turn-passes, and to report at the regular
meeting Monday next.
Great Britain Can't See the POstaT-Card
Exchange.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-The CORES
pondence between the postoffice depart
ment and Great Britain, with view to
establish an exchange of postal-cards at
low rate of postage, has closed. The
British authorities declined the PROPOSE
ton on the ground that they are op-
posed to any lower rate of postage than
that now paid on letters. The PROPOSE
ton of the United States was to have an
exchange Of postal-cards, by the addi-
ton of one cent postage, the same as
we now have with Canada.
The PhIIadeIphIans I'm POrkOpoIis.
CINCINNATI. July 29.-The delegation
OF PnIladelphia eOuncilmen, after wit
Messing an exhibition of the fire depart
ment, spent the remainder of the day in
the suburbs at Clifton. They were mag
nificently entertained by the citizens at
Clifton hall. Mayor Bugher presided. |
At Eden park, where the festivities
closed, a collation. was prepared, under |
the direction of the park commission |
ers. Speeches were made by President |
Henszey, Of Philadelphia, and others. |
The party returned to the city delighted |
with the reception, and took the evening |
train over the indianapolis, Cincinnati |
and Lafayette railroad for st. Louis |
They will take the Vanda1ia route after |
leaving indianapolis and will hereafter |
LDdht uO hlOkS DclOTc TSdcuIIR Nat-
ifornia, excepting Denver and Salt Lake, |
where day will be spent at each. San |
Francisco is their objective point.
Union Pacific Railroad Matters.
OMAHA, July 29.-The Union Pacific |
railroad company has applied to the
United States judge, Dandy, for an in
junction to restrain the collection of the /
taxes levied by the State authority upon
lands granted in aid of the construction
of its railroad. A temporary Injunction
has been allowed, upon an application
based upon a decision of the United |
States supreme court in the case of the
Kansas Pacific railroad company UersuS
Prescott, holding that such lands are
not taxable for the following reasons:
First-That the company has not per-
fected its right to patents by the per-
formance Of all the conditions of the
grant, such patents being withheld by
the interior department till certain ex-
penditures, recommended by commit
tee Of eminent citizens, appointed in
1859 to examine the road, are made.
Second-The power of State taxation
would defeat the right OF the United
States to require such lands to be sold at
a dollar and quarter per acre, after
three years from the completion of the
road, as provided by section three of the
oornD nDanvis charter The cOmnany has