Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-12-15

S, 81, coo; circulation, decrease, slS,e00.,
The CiacinRati Hog Business.
| CINCINNATI, December l3.-The number OF
hogs slaughtered since November lst IN this
same time last year, Two hundred and sixty
| eight thousand.
Secretary BeIknap's Marriage.
CINCINNATI, December I2.-W. W. Belknap,
/ secretary OF war, was married TO Mrs. II. L.
| bowers, daughter OF DR.. John A. TomlinsOn
The ceremony, owing TO a recent affection IN
the family ofthe brides relatives, was wholly
Fatal Shooting Afrsy.
| EVANSVILLE, IND, December Il.-JOseph
/ Bird shot and mOrtally wounded John Jarvis,
of this city, on the n kentucky shore, near
voked, as stated by witnesses. Bird, who is a
| hard "egg," is still at large.
Iheater Burned Out.
! BALTIMORE, December IA fire in the old
Museum building this morning burned out
| the American Theatre COmique company,
and caused considerable damage to the other
| occupants. Loss, thirty thousand dollars; in
| surance, fifteen thousand dollars.
Woman's Inconsistency Results I'm
| Murder.
| ST. LOUIS, Decem ber I2.-Matthew Campbell
| shot and killed Harrison Stallings, farmer
| living near Long Lake, about twelve miles
| from Elast st. Louis, Wednesday. The alleged
| cause OF the murder was the too great init
macy of Stallings with Campbell's wife.
Trouble. at the Cape of Good Hope.
| advices 10 the seventeenth of November re-
port that near Natal band Of natives LED by
| a Chief a'e committing many exeesses. The
government has sent volunteers against them
| The son of the colonial secretary was killed in
| a late skirmish.
BOdy-Snatchers Caught i'm the Act.
ERIE, Pa, December u.-At Cory, in this
| county, aOout two o'clock this morning, some
| body-snatchers were discovered dropping g
corpse into the Office of a prominent physi-
clan. 1t proved to be that OF a farmer, well
known resident of that city. The affair is
creating intense excitement.
Mysterious Death.
| CINCINNATI, December l3.-A short time
/ since, four chiljren in family near Fort
WAYNE, Indiana, were taken mysteriously
sick, one after another, and died In quick sue
| ceSsion. Shortly after the father also died,
and the mother is now in a critical condition.
The physicians attribute IL TO the use OF i'm
/ pure well water.
AemenIO 30 the Greeley Family.
New YORK, December l2.-The board Of al
dernen has appointed committee to give
| as a memento 10 the family of the late Hor-
| ace Greeley, an illuminated album, contain
| ing the action of the city authorities on the
| occ aston OF his death; also an excellent por-
/ trait of Mr.. Greeley. he album is volume
about two feet long, by one foot broad, bound
| in black velvet.
BrIgham's EfEtteentll COnsOrt on her
LectuTing Tour.
| DENVER, Col, December 1.-THE sensation
| of the last two days has been the lecture
| tour of Mrs. Anna Eliza Young, the nine
| teenth wife of Brigham, her lectures being
| on the subject of poygamy. Her lectures
! have been barely attended, and the Denver
press have made it leading topic. she leaves
| here on Saturday under an engagement to lee
| ture fifty nights in eastern cities, commencing
| IN st. Louis she receives ten thousand dol
| lars for the course.
destructive Eire-PrIsOn Eseapade.
| PITTsBURG, December ia special to the
! Chronicle from MOdoc City, Butler county,
states that fire broke out at seven O'Clock
| this morning, consuming at least Oue-fOurth
/ of the town. II was supposed u be the work
of au incendiary. The loss Will reach thirty
| thousand dollars, with an insurance of about
| ten thousand.
John Foreman, who was convicted of at
tempting 10 poison a man named Snyder, in
Butler county, and eight other prisoners,
made their escape from the Jail in Butler last
night.
more 0utraGss by the Spanish Marine.
LONDON, December ia special from Ber-
| lin says that the commander of one of the
4 German vessels seized by a Spanish man-of-
war in 1OalsO archipelago, and carried to
Manila, writes home that himself and crew
were sent to prison and kept there two
months, receiving very harsh treatment at
| the hands If the spanish officials. The dis
| many is much excited over the seizure of
vessels, and the fullest satisfaction for the iu-
suit TO the German flag is demanded.
The Unlawful RaiIrORd-Tfcket Vendors
| PITTsBURG, December lS-The parties who
were convicted some time ago of unlawfully
| selling railroad tickets. and not being author
| lied agents, were called up in the court OF
| quarter sessions this morning, and sentenced
| TO pay the costs of the prosecution and 3 fine
| of four hundred dollars. Judge Sterritt an
nounced that he had taken into consideration
| the fact that the constitutionality of the act
had been questioned, and some doubt existed
/ as 10 the law, but that hereafter he would i'm
| pose a severe fine and imprisonment, in addi-
| tlon TO the fine in such cases.
New Freight CIassifieatiOn-LiberaI Re
publican Meeting.
| NEW YORK, December l2-The leading rail-
way lines have decided that on and after the
| fifteenth of December, 1873, liquor in wood,
not otherwise specified, shall be rated as first
class freight, and liquor in wood, valued at
one dollar per gallon, when so stated on the
shipping receipt BY the shippers, shall be raied
| as third-class freight.
AT a meeting ofthe Liberal Republican gem
/ eral committee, tonight, resolutions were
| adopted that, in the Judgment of the com
mittee, the nomination of Williams for chief
| justice should not be confirmed, and heartily
| congratulating the country upon the adoption
| by congress OF the general amnesty bill.
The st. Louis Mutual Transfers its
Policies.
ST. LOUIS, December l3.-The st. Louis
| Mutual life insurance company, against
which so much litigation has been directed
for some months past has arranged to rein
| sure its policies in the Mound City Mutual of
| this city. General Blair State superintend-
| ent of insurance, approves of the arrange
ment. and will Withdraw tbe suit of the Stste
department now pending against the St. LOUIS
Mutual. The agreement between the two
D.
! Eads will be the president of the Mound City
| Mutual under the new arrangement, and
none of the old or new directors OF the st.
LouiS Mutual are TO be in any way connected
with the future management of affairs.
Cutting loose from Beeeherism.
| NEW YORK, December l3.-At q prayer
meeting in the Church of the Pilgrims, Brook
lyn, last evening, Rev. DR.. Storeys, pastor,
| effect that If Plymouth church abides by the
| terms of the resolution introduced by Rev.
Mr.. Beecher, and adopted, proclaim ming the
| sovereignty OF that church in the matter of
| church polity and govern ment, the Church of
the Pilgrims would be separated from fellow
| ship with them. The Congregational church
| Of Clinton avenue took similar action last
| evening, DR.. Buddington. the pastor, declaring
| that if Plymouth chucrh persisted in the
| declaration of Independence, there must be
| 8 formal recognition of separation by prop
| eTly constituted council.
An Adams Express agent Robbed and
MOrtally Wounded.
NASHVILLE, December I3.-W. B. Wood,
agent of Adams express company at Frank
| lin, Kentucky, had his skull crushed in and
| his safe robbed of four thousand two hundred
| dollars, about nine o'clock Thursday night.
/ There were three men concerned in the as
Sault and robbery. One of the suspected par
/ ties was shortly afterward arrested. Two
! others, John Mcclure and Duncan McPher-
son, who cIandestinely boarded the southern
| bound freight train soon after the occurrence,
were discovered and locked up by the conduc-
| tor, and guarded until their arrival in this
! city, where they were turned over TO the po-
/ lice, and yesterday afternoon return ed to
Franklin. 1t is Il ared that Mr. Wood is NOR
\ tally wounded.
Crop Estimates.
| JAcKsoSvILLE, ILL, December l3.-Reports
dated December lst, received at the office of
the National Crop Reporter, correcting the
previous estimates indicate for the corn crop
of 1873, IN comparison with that OF 1872, fol-
\ lows: The States OF Illinois, Minnesota, Wis
consin, Iowa, Ohio, Tennessee, Kansas and
Missouri, which produce in the aggregate
over one-half of the entire crop of the United
states, show total loss OF z9.2 per cent. The
heaviest loss is in kansas--H per cent.
slightest In the United States, IL per cent;
Illfonis less nearly - per cent; Iowa, over 25
/ per cent; Ohio, nearly p per cent, and Mis-
| souii a25S per cent. Returns relative to the
| total quantity used in fattenlng for market
! this season, as compared with the test In the
states above mentioned, and Ia Georgia and
| Arkansas shows q total falling OF of l0I
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