Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-04-13
The Ups and Downs Of the Great Ne.
trOpOlis-A Photograph Of
TWenty.FOur Hours.
Dancing for the Benefit of a Murderer's
FamiIy-Family Feuds End
ing in Death,
Jay Gould and the Vouchers for Law
yers' SerEiees-AnOther Chap
ter OF Erie.
Thefts and RObberies-PriZe Fight
FOrgers Done fora Murderer
Dead Burglaries- Ma
tural Sciences.

NEW YORK, April l2.-Mrs. Lucy
Raymond, who has been locked up the
mast week with Mrs. Myers, in the hope
that she would learn something of the
Goodrich murder left the Jail last night,
Mrs. Myers, unlike the parrot, never
talks.
Matthew Morrison, aged fifty, ar
rested on suspicion of killing Mary
Hogan on the night of March 18th, died
last night in Bellevue hospital. He
twice attempted suicide.
The friends Of Nixon, the convicted
murderer, will dance in a Bowery hall
on Monday night for the benefit of his
family.
n. Kings Herosawa, a young japanese
nobleman studying in the Brooklyn
Polytechnical institute, died Wednes-
day, and will be buried in Greenwood
cemetery at his own request.
The Brooklyn board of underwriters
| have issued a circular fixing the rates of
insurance at from twenty-five cents to
one dollar on the hundred.
A heavy rain set in this morning
which changed to snow about eight
O'Clock, and continued for sometime,
but disappeared as it reached the street
Judge Woodruff gave an adverse de-
! cision to-day in the case of Mcdonnell,
the bank of England forger, who APP
piled for release on the ground that lie
was Illegally held by Commissioner
! Gutman.
The case of Carl VOght, charged with
the murder Of Chevalier de Bianco, al
Brussels, some time ago, has been post
poned till Tuesday next.
A Rochester telegram says that at the
general term the supreme court affirmed
Judgment in the case of Henry FrOlich,
convicted of murder in Syracuse.
Jay Gould, in the Erie investigation
to-day, testified that he sent five thou.
sand dollars to Clinton county for the
members of the assembly, and five
thousand to the Republican committee
of Steuben county district, to secure the
nomination of the right man. The can,
didates were in the habit of coming tC
him for subscriptions. He could give nC
information about the one hundred anC
thirty-One thousand dollars paiC
Tweed, and did not know why
James Fisk, jr., was paid sixty
thousand for legal services, unless
to pay lawyers. Vouchers for fifty thou
sand, forty-four thousand, and hun.
dred thousand dollars We're signed by
him in 1870 for legal services, but he die
not know what the services were. HI
did not know the amount paid Tweed
nor for what services; understood tina
all the directors received money il
March, 1872, for legal services, or some
thing; seven hundred thousand dOllar
was expended that time. He gave Sen
ators Madden, narrower, J. Wood, anC
others whose names he did not recOllect
| - b,
Judge Woodruff to-day decided tina
unless the appeal in bankruptcy pro
vided for in the eighth section of tht
bankrupt act be taken within sixty days
after the decree is entered, the UniteS
Estates court acquires no jurisdiction
thereby, and he says he is satisfied th'
+ act of June, 1872, has not changed TIT
law in that particular.
! Godel d Co., bankers, have nOtitiel
the stock exchange to refuse to receive
fifteen New jersey Central convertible
bonds of one thousand dollars each
numbered from two thousand sever
hundred and forty-fOuT to two Thousand
seven hundred and fifty-eight, regis
tered in the name of John Mathews
Godel says the bonds were obtained OF
Thursday by a fraudulent check.
- !
terfeiting match stamps, gave bail il
ten thousand dollars to-day.
Mrs. Murphy and Mrs. Leonard, ten
ants at No. 50 Columbia street, Brook
lyn, had fierce fight, using chairs ant
: domestic crockery in the combat. Tn
result was, Mrs. Murphy was fatally in
I jured and Mrs. Leonard was arrested.
The shooting of a burglar ia New
town, a week ago, did not prevent tn
! robbery last night of the Breslau an
Amityville depots of the SOuthsid
railroad, Long Island, and the pillagin
!. of store in the latter place. Tn
. thieves were discovered while in th
! store, but having a horse and wagol
they succeeded in getting off wit
, themselves and goods.
The third deposit of two hundred an
fifty dollars, in the. coming prize-figh
between Arthur Chambers and Georg
e Seddens, for two thousand dollars an
3 the lightweight championship, wa
4 staled to-day. The pugilists and thei
trainers were present. The fight is t
1 take place on the twenty-first of May.
Y There were five hundred and eightee
: deaths in this city last week.
) The gasmen on q strike had secrC
z session to-day, and subsequently, march
] ed to the funeral of a member of thei
. society. The president, when aske
] about their meeting, said: All that "
a want to do is to keep the passion-day
They think we are all heathen; we waT
TO keep the end of Lent, and bury OF
! dead this afternoon
Prayers have been ordered in the Ca
E / tholic churches tomorrow for the restol
: alton to health of the pope.