Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-06-14
No Cholera at LOuisviIle-RObber
Lynehed West Point Gradu-
aies-Indiana Press Con-
ventiOn- Fires.
Indian News : Railroad Aeci-
dents-RObbers and Robbie
ries-COnfederate Graves
Decorated Suicides.
Fabulous Prices for Thorough
breds Work or the GallOWs
Lumber Trade-Wash-
ingtOn Gossip, Etc.
Hoi for LauiarilIe.

! LOUISVILLE, June l3.-Inere Is n'
: cholera, or any other disease approach
ing it, in Louisville. The city is nov
healthier than it has been for years.
Hanging Atlanta.
ATLANTA, GA, June l3.-Isham B
, O'Neil was executed in the yard Of the
Jail to-day, for the murder Of James Lit
tie. He died protesting his innocence
and without struggle.
Decoration Day An south Carolina.
CHARLESTON, June l3.-The an1ua
decoration of the graves of the COnfed
crate dead, took place here to-day
There was general suspension of bust
ness in the afternoon.
Two Trains Ditched.
New YORK, June l3.-A passenger
train on the Pennsylvania railroad ran
off the track at Bergen Cut, last night
and soon afterward the Midland railroad
train ran into il. Both trains were con.
siderably damaged. There were none
killed.
Two Men Killed on n Railroad.
PORT JERvIs, n. Y, June I3.-TwC
trackmen named William COnelly and
Martin Braning, while being towed on 8
hand-car behind a train on the Jeffer-
son branch railway to-day, were instant
| ly killed by the breaking Ofa car wheel
in front of them. Other persons on the
car were injured.
French Items.
PARIS, June I3.-It is announced that
the minister of finance will prosecute
Gustave Courbet for the recovery of the
sum expended by the government in the
] ~
/ Courbet was the chief instrument of the
commune in destroying the column.
Car-BufIders i'm Council.
BOSTON, June 13.-The car-builders,
after a long discussion, adopted the re-
! port OF the committee recommending a
journal of three and three-quarters
| inches in diameter by seven inches long.
Axles were also considered, and vote
taken to have drawings and specifica-
tons prepared of aXles. Adopted.
Chicago Lumber Trade.
CHICAGO, June l3.-The lumber mar
| ket was more active to-day, with mod
crate offerings of Well assorted cargOes.
Nine cargoes were sold. Joist and scant-
ling, S9G,9 so. The outside for Manis-
tee strips and boards, 50 37}(9l2 for infe-
riOr to common; Sl30l6 for fair to
choice; shingles, s.; lath, S2(93 10.
indiana State Press Convention.
JEFFERsONVILLE, IND, June 13.-
The publishers and editors Ofthe Evening
Ne108, of this city, have perfected ar
rangements for the proper reception Of
the Indiana State press association on
their arrival there, and the citizens will
tender them q banquet. o. .. Stealey,
of the COurteT-JoUTTldl, leaves for Indi-
annapolis tonight to further perfect Or
rangements.
Sales of ThOrOughbreds.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 13.-The sale
of the thoroughbred stock of s. B.
Whipple & Son closed to-day, amount
ing in the aggregate to one hundred and
twenty thousand dollars. Harvest Queen
brought sixteen thousand five hundred
dollars; Hambletonian, ten thousand
one hundred and fifty dollars; Specula-
ton eight thousand five hundred dollars.
The cattle generally brought large and
some fancy prices. Ajax was not sold.
The GaIIOws JuEgIed Ont Of Two Worthy
Subjects.
WASHINGTON June l3.-Severalw weeks
ago Governor Davis telegraphed to the
secretary of the interior that he would
send Santanta and Big-Tree to Fort Sill
to await further action by the Texas au-
thorities. 1t is held here, however, that
when the chiefs shall be removed co
Fort Sill the State can have no jurisdic-
ton over them. There seems TO be no
doubt the chiefs will soon be restored to
their people.
The Cambridge City sport
CAMBRIDGE CITY, IND, June 13.-A
glorious day and the track to match.
It was for the 3 80 trOt and the 2:40 trot,
which were sandwiehed. The interest
was slightly diminished, from the fact
all the horses had previously been to
these races and the novelty was thin.
The $3.50 race was won by Nick Safe
Brockwook, and the 2:40 race was won
by MattOck. Time: 2;3S3, 2:35l, 2:393.
Death OF Major Ewing, OF Sc. Leuis.
ST. LOUIS, June 13.-Major Henry
EWing, principal proprietor and general
manager Of the Daily Times, Of this city,
died to-day of typhoid fever, after an
illness of ten weeks. Major Ewing
came here from Nashville in 1869, and
bought one-third of the Times. sIn Au-
gust, 1872, he purchased the interest of
sdlson Hutchins, which gave him two
thirds In the paper. He was thirty-one
wears of age, an active, intelligent, very
popular, and promising young jour
nalist.
YOung Man In Trouble.
ST. LOUIS, June l3.-W. H. Day, a
Young son of +. o. Day, prominent
merchant here, was arrested yesterday
on the charge of grand larceny, for steal
ing a pair of ladies' bracelets from the
house of a friend Of the family. The
bracelets were found at a pawnbroker's
shop, where they had been "spouted''
by a prostitute, who says young Day
gave them to her. Day is said to have
been in similar trouble before, and is re-
garied as a kleptomaniac by some OF
his friends.
A Judge Lynch Raid ON Robbers.
WHEELING. w. Va, June I3.-Ad-
vices 10 the IatelliQellceT state that at
two O'Clock Wednesday morning a
masked party broke into the house of
John Jennings, chief Of q gang of rob-
bers, In Wetzel county, this State.
Mrs. Jennings seized an axe to defend
her husband, when the party fired, kill
ing Jennings and fatally wOunding Mrs.
Jennings. The lynchers left written no.
tees to the other members of the gang
to leave the county ON the peril Of their
lives.
Sueden Deaths.
EVANSVILLE, IND, June 13.-The
Journal has private advices from up the
river, saying that Len Bell, resident
Of Lewisport, Kentucky, died on the
steamer Morning Star, this morning,
from an overdose Of morphine and laud-
anum.
Nicholas ]. Kane, a railroad laborer,
of Vincennes, died at two o'clock this
morning, of what the attending physi-
clan pronounced cholera. He had i'm
prudently drank from stagnant water
while suffering from slight diarrhea, and
aud this is believed TO have FASTENED
his death. |
Hanging in Henfueky.
PARIS, June l3.-JOe Duncan, cOlored,
was hanged here to-day for the murder
of John Hawkins, colored, in April,
1872. Duncan was tried at the spring
term OF the Bourbon county circuit
court, and copdemned TO die on the
thirteenth of June. All efforts to have
his sentence commuted failed. The
scene of the execution was within half
a mile Of this city. Crowds attended 1t
on foot and in wagons. The drop was
sprung at one O'Clock, and he fell, but
the rope proved too long, and he was
taken up on the seaffold again, and the
rope being shortened, he wes nung
again, this time successfully.
Closing Ceremonies az West POint
WEST POIET, June l3.-The exAmi-
nation of The graduating class Of cadets
was CONCLUDED to-day, and at eleven
o'clock the whole corps formed a square
under the trees, in front Of the library