Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-04-01

committee to divide the city in four
districts for the election Of police COM
missioners next Monday, according to
the Metropolitan police bill passed last
Friday.
CINCINNATI, March 3i.-OttO, a sing
er gentleman selected by Theodore
Thomas to drill a chorus for the May
musical festival, has arrived, and COM
menced work tonight.
suecessfui Mining.
DENVER, CAL, March 31,-Mining in
| Gilpin and Clear Greek counties is very
promising, some lodes producing silver
ore that sells at the rate of five thousand
per ton. Several carloads of this ore
have been shipped to Swansea.
Financial Excitement
New YORK, March 3e.-The bound of
gold to one hundred and eighteen and a
/ half to-day, causes great excitement,
| bordering on panic. No failures have
| yet been reported, but is believed that
unless the excitement is checked, and
the markets steadied, some will neces-
sarily occur.
Sudden Death OF a Prominent Barris-
ter.
ST. LOUIS, March Christopher
pher @. Mauro, a prominent GRIMM
al lawyer of this city, died yesterday,
from the effects of paralytic stroke
received some days ago. Mr.. Maui
70 was born in the District of Co
lumbia. He came here thirty-four years
ago.
PIgeOn-shOotinS.
New YORK, March 3I.-A challenge
has been issued to match q Jersey anna
teur against Paine, champion pigeon
shooter, to shoot fifty birds, with one
ounce shot, each to find trap and handle
for each other, eighty yards boundary
and twenty-One rise, for two hundred
and fifty dollars, against Paine's five
hundred dollars.
Fearful Prevalence OF CerebrO-SpiuaI-
Meningitis
LOUISVILLE, March 31.-CeTebro-
spinal-meningitis is prevailing to an
alarming extent in some localities in
this State. Many deaths are reported at
Carrolton, OwensborO, Bowling Green,
and in Ballard county. In the latter
county the circuit court, which was set
for last week, was adjourned on account
of the prevalence of the disease.
Temperance.
FORT WAYNE, IND, March 31.-The
temperance meeting at Hamilton hall
| tonight was one of the largest and most
enthusiastic ever held in this city. Sew
eraI short and pithy speeches were
made, and some pointed resolutions
were passed in favor of a thorough en-
| forcement of the new temperance law.
A citizens committee of forty was also
appointed to aid the prosecuting officers
| in their duty.
Wonderful Results of Religious Re
viVRI.
DENVER, Col, March 31.-Rev. Mr..
Hammond preached yesterday to four
or five thousand persons, at the corner
of Blake and Fifteenth streets, after
which the meeting adjourned to Occi-
dental hall, a large saloon and fancy
dance-hOuse, by invitation of the pro-
! prietOr. About six hundred persons en-
tered the hall, probably two hundred of
whom were gamblers, sports and prosti-
tutes. The meeting was addressed by
a converted gambler. Considerable
| feeling was manifested by that class,
and several gamblers have already been
converted.
internal Revenue Business.
| WASHINGTON, March 31.-The COM
parative receipts of internal revenue for
six months ending January 81, 1872, and
January 81, 1873, show an increase in
| the latter, in spirits, of g, 81, ,902; fer
mented liquors, $500, ,234; penalties, $685.
| SIP. Commissioner Douglass has sent a
civil engineer to South Carolina to COM
plete the survey of lands for direct taxes
to the United States, and authorized to
| be redeemed under central conditions in
order that an accurate map may be made
| for the use of the internal revenue Off
Ger in making deeds and for future use
in the event of legal controversies grow
ing out Of United States sales, as to
boundaries and titles.
CeupIe Of Firms Set Righi.
LOUISVILLE, March 31.-At q meet
ing of the creditors of LithgoW 4 Co.,
and MuldOon & Co., this evening, the
| report of the committee appointed at the
| last meeting was heard. The commit
! tee found the assets of the firms to be
seven hundred and forty thousand dol
| lars, and the liabilities four hundred and
| forty thousand dollars. The firm asked
few years time to pay its debts, in
| nine payments, the first to be made in
year, and they proposed to deed to
trustree all the partnership and indi-
vidual assets, including real property
and dover right of partners wives, the
| latter amounting to about three hun
| dred thousand dollars. The proposition
was promptly accepted, and Henning q
| Speed, prominent real estate firm of
this city, were chosen trustees. The
deed will be made, and the business of
! the two houses continue as heretofore,
under this arrangement.
Kansas Items.
PARSONS, KANSAS, March 31.-The
Secretary of War, accompanied by Gen.
eral Sheridan and party, will be here
Thursday, on their way to Texas. 1t is
his intention to visit all forts and posts
of the Indian country of Texas and
| Mexican border. He will establish new
posts and forts, and relocate others with
| reference to the new lines of railroads
now developing in the southwest, to give
perfect safety to our hitherto neglected
| frontier. The government is determined
to give better protection to our frontier
settlements and advance out-pOsts OF
civilization. The construction of the
two great lines of railroads, the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas, and Texas Central
opens new line through the eastern
cities to the frontier posts on the south
western border. This action of the
movement will be appreciated by ad-
yenturous pioneers, and its influence be
felt in eastern markets.
! Information has reached here to-day
that the body of tine brother of Sena-
tor York had been found in the
woods two miles west of Usage Mis-.
sion. He had been shot and the body
concealed in some thick bushes. Thi:
makes seven persons missing and SUP.
posed to be murdered between Usage
Mission and Independence within the
past six months.
Important Postal order.
WASHINGTON, March 31.-The post
master-general has made the following
reply to the announcement by the rail-
road companies of their purpose tC
continue for the present running postal.
cars:
POSToFFICE DEPA RrMENr,l
| WAsHINGTON, March 81, 1873. !
Isaac Hinkley, Fsq., President Philadelphia
/ Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Com
| panies:
DEAR SRI acknowledge the receipt
of your letter, communicated on the
twenty-ninth instant, signed by yourself
and the representatives of several Other
railroad companies, requesting that the
notice given me under date of twenty,
seventh of January last, relative to the
withdrawal of the railway postofficC
cars after the first of April proximo, bt
considered suspended for the present
The announcement made in that com,
munication of the purpose of the com.
1 4 4
a sufficient time shall have elapsed tt
ascertain the views of the special com
mittee charged by the senate of the
j ITnifed Sfatas with thp duffy of consider.