Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-12-07
TELEGRAMS.

The United States marshal for the
/ western district OF Arkansas has reduced his
| force OF deputies in the Indian country to
fifteen, on account of the limited appropria-
tion by the department of Justice.
The safes of H. Hendrickson, and
| Nj chtH & Sons, Marion, Illinois, were broken
| olon by experienced burglars on Wednesday
night The latter lost two hundred and fifty
dollars. Hendrickson's safe contained a
much larger amount which the burglars fail
ed TO secure, as daylight interrupted them.
In quarrel about the occupancy Of a
house, between Clinton Seward and man
named McCully, near Rochester, Andrew
county Missouri, Tuesday evening, McCully
was shot and killed, and q young son Of the
latter wounded. Seward surrendered himself
TO the authorities. McCully Is said 10 have
been the aggressor in the ARRAY.
Several persons were severely injured
by the overturning OF passsuger-coac a.
lached TO a special train going into Nashville,
Thursday. The stove was red-hot at the time,
and the car was in imminent danger of talk
ing fire, which would have resulted most
disastrously. Timely application of a few
buckets OF water, however, aveFted such
catastrophe. Mr.. Charles A. Miller, OF Boil
var, in this State, received most serious in
jurles, which will confne him TO his Iooms
probably, for several days.
Mr.. A. NJ. Shook, of the Sewanee
mines, has Just returned from Port Royal,
South Carolina, where he has been In the in
terest OF the Tennessee coal and railroad COM
pany. An English company have established
line of steamers between Liverpool and
Port Royal, and Mr.. Shock contracted with
their agent for supplying them with Tennes-
see coal. The amount wanted will be about
one thousand tons per month. with a prospect
of increasing the amount 10 three or four
times that much. This company sent lately
the first train of coal ever forwarded from the
mountains of Tennessee TO thesOuthern coast. |
In a report made by the st. Louis
grand jury Thursday, they charge the street. |
cleaning department OF that city with gross
los NJ noe II
charges are: That some persons who apply for |
work are required to pay fee before being |
employed; that faYorttes get full pay for half
work; that an Unusual and totally unneees-
sary number Of overseers are employed; that
wo'k has been done for private parties and
paid for by the city; that the officers have
certifed to work beip,, perforr1 ed nv persOns
who never did any work in The department; |
that work which was let 10 contractors |
by the city has been done by the street-clesD- |
ing department, and the contractors received |
pay for work never done by them, The grand ]
ury also returned to the criminal court nine
separate indictments againstJ j. 81. Dufier, sll- 1
perintenjent Of the street-cleaning depart /
ment, but their precise natture has not yet
transpired.
At a meeting of the board of direct
Ors Of the Cumberland and FOhio railroad,
held at Louisville, Thursday, the president
Mr.. Delaney, reported that the work OF con-
was steadily progressing, and the |
company justified in letting new contracts.
The graduation and masonry OF ten miles from
Scottsville, Kentucky, to the Tennessee State
line, have just been let TO several old, ex-
perienced, and monied contractors, which
the letting OF the road from Gala
tin TO Scottsyille, Kentucky Work on the
road from Shelbyyille to Scottsville is well
advanced, and the engineer was dire cted 10
advertise for crossties Tor that portion of the
north end OF the road. The president was also
authorized to advertise for proposals of grada-
tion and masonry for twenty-four miles Of
road in Barren county. The prospects of the
road are regarded as very fiattering. Three
calls OF twenty per cent, aud one OF ten per
rent., were ordered to be made upon the in