Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-06-27
NEWS OF THE DAY.
SunstrOke at st. LOuis-TWo Men Killed
on the Iron Mountain Railroad
Prison Escapade.
The DeyiIish SiOux Indians-The Shah
in LiYerpOol-PrOgress Of the
Great Eastern
A Bad Man Escaped from PrisOn-Na
tional Eclectic Medical Association
Race News-Fires.


| -hace NeWs-flTes.
| A ViIlRInous Murderer Escaped.
| PoRTLAND, Me-, June 26.-Wagner,
the Isle-of-ShOals murderer, and two
others, escaped from the Alfred jail last
night.
From the Great Eastern.
LONDON, June 26.-A dispatch from
the Great Eastern says: "We hope to be
at Hearts Content by Saturday. Up to
Wednesday at noon one thousand five
hundred and thirty-five nautical miles
Of cable had been paid Out.'
From Washington.
| WASHINGTON, d. c., June 26.-Lieu-
tenant-C Colonel Csrlin, with the northern
Pacific surveying expedition, reports a
second attack by the Sioux, June 18th,
on Beaver Dam creek. His loss was one
scout wounded. The Sioux lost two
killed and scalped, two killed and
carried of, and several wounded.
Fhe shah Stiu DoiaZ" ihe British
Realm.
| LIVERPOOL, June 26.-The shah OF
Persia arrived in this city al two O'Clock
| this afternoon in special train from
London. He was met at the railway
station by the lord-lieutenant of the
county and the high sheriff, who escorted
him to st. Georges hall, where he was
received by the mayor. The cotton ex-
change was closed in honor Of tie visit
OF the shah
Union Pacific Railroad Directory
Boston, June 26.-At a meeting OF
the directors of the Union Pacific rail-
road to-day, John Duff was appointed
acting-president, and Oliver Ames and
Elisha Atkins were chosen 10 ill the
vacancies in the executive committee
caused by the death Of Oakes Ames
and Horace +. Clarke. The vacancy
in the committee on land grants was
filed by the selection of Oliver Ames
and that on connecting roads by John
Duff.
Important POrk.Packi8s Statistics
| CINCINNATI, June 26.-An i'm
pOrtant official statement was sub
mitted to the Cincinnati pOrk-pSekers'
association this afternoon, by Sidney
and Maxwell, ;" on the stock Of the hog
product of this city, the date Of which
indicates that in some particulars the
stock of provisions here has been much
over-estimated. The stock Of pork OF
all kinds is 20, ,23S pounds; lard, steam
AID kettle, q, $50 tierees; bulk meat and
bacon, "a, 490, 1852 pounds; extra sugar
cured and other hams, ), POI, ,5l3 pounds
The report has been prepared in detail
from actual returns, and is doubles;
correct.
National Eclectic Medical Association
COLUMBUS, OHIO, June 26-Tht
national eclectic association reassembleC
this morning. The committee on ere
denhals reported the admission of forty
new members. A. J. Haine, of Cincin
natl, read very interesting and care
fully-prepared paper on the cause and
treatment of catarrh, which attracted
I'll general attention and called out al
earnest discussion. John King, of Gin
cinnari, read an interesting paper OF
sick headache, resulting from gastTi
acidity, and described his method o
treatment. Papers were received from
n. WOlwOrth, of Springfield, Illinois
and Z. 5. MeClelland, of New York, Ol
new remedies; from j. @. Wander, @
India, on cerebrO-spinal meningitis, AM
J. from DR.. Potter, OF st. Louis, on cholera
sse Fort ST. Phillip Canal and I'm
prOvement OF the Mississippi River.
9 TOPEKA, KAN, June 26.-In an ad
l dress delivered at the concluding exer
cises of the agricultural college at Man
haitian, Senator Ingalls, entered into al
: elaborate consideration of the transpOT
tatiOn question and its relation to Kan
, sas. He advocated the improvement Q
the Mississippi river and its tributaries
) and the building of the Fort st. Phillil
! canal. He said that the time was not IA
! distant when ocean steamers and Othe
{ sea-gOing vessels would land a
! st. Louis, bringing foreign importation
: direct, and taking out agriculture
: products of the west almost from on
4 doors. He favored the expenditure c
! liberal sums by the government for th
I immediate and extensive improvement
{ of our national navigation system. Hi
remarks were received with favor by tn
: large audience Of farmers present
ST. louis ChronIes-
. ST. LOUIS, June 26.-Three sunstrOke
# reported yesterday. None fatal.
n An unknown man was run over an
. killed on the Iron Mountain railroad
: two miles below the city, yesterday, an
. another man named Isaac Huff was III
over and killed six miles below IrOntoT
, on the same road.
. Four prisoners, one of them name
y John Carlysle, under sentence to b
' hanged, and another named Marti
1 ! WYATT, charged with murder, escape
4 from the county jail in Lexington
y Missouri, yesterday.
n A few days ago William Il. Swii
q Withdrew from the editorial manage
? ment of the EUeRing Dispatch, of thi
/ city. To-day D. Robert Barclay Tesigne
n the presidency of the Dispatch con
Z pany, and tomorrow Wilson Hutchin'
/, formerly of the Times, who has pul
. chased an interest in the Dispatch an
. been elected president of the company
4 will assume the general supervision {
\ the editorial and business interests Of tn
e paper.
: FERTIIIZING ESTABLISHMENT BURNEI
e CINCINNATI, June 26.-The fertiiizin
s establishment of J. l.. Keck q Co., nes
q Delhi, Ohio, is reported as burnt tn
a afternoon. The loss is about thirt
d thousand dollars.
II INCENDIARISM.
II NORFOLK, June 26.-Haum's pr,
: duce and shipping warehouse, Graves
= planning mill, and two small building
! adjoining, were burned by an ineend
L arv this morning. Loss fifty thOGsan
: dollars, partially insured.
II DESTRUCTION OF A PORK-PACKING e
Ie TABILSHMENT-niME loss
Ie ST. LOUIS, June 26.-The destructiO
1fl of Fagan & McQueen's pOrk-psckin
p house by fire last night was almost tOta
is there being very little of it left standing
Ie The building and machinery was va
1t ned at about one hundred and ten thOl
ID sand dollars and the stock at abOI
K three hundred thousand dollars. The
r were but two hundred and fifty live ho:
IS burned, but in addition to the amount
to meat reported burned last night the
r were several hundred dead hogs han.
l. ing up ready for curing. II
TO origin of the fire is not know
st Three or four small brick tenemen
a ON Second street, north Of Fagin an
It McQueen's, also burned, involving
is loss of probably five or six thousaT
le dollars. The insurance on the porl
V, house, machinery, and stock OF Fagi
y Macqueen & Company, burntd Ia
i night, is as follows: London Assurane
ofl SIS 900; Commercial Union, $1,000
~ Roval, $4,000; American Centrs
II lSt. Louis, $4,000; Adriatie, Ne
b York, $1,000; Springfield, Massachusett
of $4,000; Star, New York, $780, Exchang
We New York, 5000; Black River, Ne
g; York, $500; Merchants Mutual, Ne
le Jersey, $5000; Glens Falls, New Yor
of $1,000; Continental, New York, $1,000
IN Hamburg, Bremen, Sl0,000i Allemani
ht Pittsburg, 81, 500; Humboldt, New Je
s. sey, 5000; North Missouri, Maeo
IS 5000; German, Buffalo, 5000, Unio