Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-04
8 Lager" in New York and Kassa-
chusetts = Another Wife
Killed-COnnecticUt
and Back Pay.
New York GsOssin.

=
] and his cousin, Edward BUehler, were
2 in love with the same woman, young
5 widow, and as both could not marry
? her, and one did not wish to deprive the
other of her possession, both agreed to
! commit suicide, and Nader succeeded.
THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION-BAD SIGNS
ALREADY.
A Washington special says the second
expedition to the Arctic regions prom.
ises already to prove as signal a failure
as the first, and from the same cause.
J The Juniata commander, Braine, is
hardly under way when Commander
J Green, who is to have charge of the
} Iigress, writes to Commodore Ammen: +:
81 will be in Annapolis Thursday, and
hope you will have instructions there for
me to the effect that when I fall in with
Braine he shall not, without my con-
sent, interfere with the personnel of nv
vessel. l care nOehing for newspaper
articles, but thus far the public mind
seems to center on Braine, entirely omit
ting the Tigress and its officers. Now,
| don't care to have other men steal my
thunder. If l find the Polaris before
BIaine comes home, wish to have full
charge of her, and power to detail such
officers as / may deem fit to assist in
bringing her home. | hope, under
Providence, to have a safe and prosper
Gus voyage"
COLONEL MOsBY's SISTER A GOVERN
MENT CLERK.
a sister of Colonel Mosby, of Confed-
crate fame, has been appointed a clerk
in the dead-letter office.
LITTLE BLOoD-LETTING.
The Washington special post-office
agent, Authorn ComstOck, who acts as
detective for persons engaged in efforts
to prevent the sending of improper arti-
cles through the mails, came in conflict
yesterday with DR.. Selden, a witness for
defendant in pending case and each
succeeded in drawing blood of the other
ACCIDENT TO A FIREMAN.
Three large buildings on East Fifth
street, occupied by Miller's saw-milI.
Ness's cabinet-shop, Billman's hobby
horse factory, Strauss's sugar-b box facto-
ry, Quick's pattern works and stair
builders shop, were damaged by fire
this morning to the extent of thirty
thousand dollars. Insured. A fireman
was badly burned.
SPECIE SHIPMENTS.
The specie shipments to-day were
ninety-five thousand dollars in silver |
bars.
MURDERER SENTENCED.
William J. Sharkey, for the murder of
Robert S. Dunn, was sentenced this |
morning to be hanged on the fifteenth |
of August.
GOLD AWARDS.
There were sixteen bids for govern
ment gold to-day, aggregating So, ,I73,-
900, at from 114.50 to l15.13 1-1O. One
bid was at Il5.l3 for a million. Award
of one million at 1913 to 115.13 Ito.
UNION PACIFIC MATTERS.
The Union Pacific railroad company is
to-day paying coupons, due July 1st, of
the tirst-mortgage bonds of the compa-
ny, in order to comply strictly with the
requirements of the injunction which
was sprung on the company on the eve
of interest day. Every person present.
ing a coupon was asked the following
questions: Do the coupons, which
you now present, belong to either of the
persons named in the lists numbers one
and two? Are they coupons of bonds
which were distributed as dividends
or allOtments of profits to shareholders
of this company, directly or by the sew
en- trustees under the Oakes Ames con-
tract, or the Davis contract, or through
or by the credit mObilier of America,
and if so, to whom do they belong?
FUNERAL OF GENERAL sIDELL.
The funeral of the late Brevet-Briga-,
dier-General William H. Sidell, United
States army, took place this afternoon
from the residence of his sister, Mrs. ].
Grosvenor, on Fifth avenue. Rev. John
j. Cotton Smith read the funeral SER
vice. The pall-bearers were Generals
Barnard and Leslie, Colonel Stone, who
served on General ThOmas's staff during
the war, Colonel Lawrence, Mr.. COrbett,
DR.. Raphael, DR.. Craven and Mr.. Julius
Adams. The remains We're taken to
Greenwood cemetery. |,
IMPOSITION PRACTICED UPON INfMI- |
GRANTS. Ii
Thirteen families, bound to Chicago,
arrived here recently from Germany in j
charge of the board of emigration, were |
by runners and sent to North ]
Carolina, where, after a month at the
toughest farm-work, they escaped and !
begged their way back here, where they s
found their tickets in possession of the {
officers of emigration, which had been I
sent to them from friends in Chicago. t
Mayor Havemyer is investigating the 1
ease. d
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. I
Nearly all the wholesale merchants q
here have closed their houses until
Monday.
The Express says that great indigna-
ion was expressed against the govern
nent to-day by the Union Pacific rail- 9
-oad bondholders,. when they collected !
heir interest.
Hon. Jefferson Davis is in the city. I
Danan d Flood, convicted of illicit
Gstilling at Spring Valley, were to-day
entenced to three years in prison and a
inc of five thousand dollars each. y
The London Economist, of the twen- 1
y-first ultimo, has leading article on .
he bill for increasing the circulation ofl I
he bank of England, from which it ap- n
'ears that the British government can a
lot take the proposed action without the =,
of parliament. Y
Iuieide - Water-WOrks Tunnel Cele. =
brated TrOtters. o
CLEVELAND, o., July 3.-James .
Ross, butcher, committed suicide yes q
erday, by cutting his throat with q ra- !,
or. The cause OF the act is not known u
Less than fifty feet of the new water. %
WI lhS OtuHCl ICuidlu 10 De competed. | :
t is expected that the tunnel viii be te
nished in two weeks. le
1t is announced that the celebrated n
r0tters, Goldsmith Maid, American u
'irl, Lucy, Judge Fullerton, and Rosa h
nd, will be in attendance at the meet hl
lg of the Cleveland club, which COM e'
lences July 10Th. n'
Condemns the BaeaE-Pay. "
HARTFORD, July 3.-The senate To- W
ay passed resolutions cOndemning the N
ack-pay bill of congress, and commend- n
lg the senators and representatives
ON this State for opposing it. The r
snate rejected the bill providing FOR / fa
convention, and passed "a
le bill providing for the cintmant /.
f railroad commissioners by he gov !
rnor instead Of the legislature. n
Massachusetts After the Beer-se pa.
WINCHESTER, July BIN the mi ~
ipal court this morning, twenty 1r m
sllers Of patent and hop beer were ii
Aligned. Ten were fined one hundre. ia
nd seventy dollars, each, and fou q
Osts On four complaints nine were ~