Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-14
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
The FOllies Of a Week-Suleide with q
RazOr-Killed by Railroad
Train.
Shot by KOman-DrOpped Dead
SmOthered In a WelI-Burned
by Coal Oil.
Destructive FIre-Attempted Outrage
Boy Shot TO Death by Acei-
dent, Etc.


dent, Etc.
More Earthquakes I'm Italy.
. ROME, July l3.-Slight shocks of earth
quake Were felt yesterday in this city,
1 FrozinOno, Alartri and PaOli.
Hunting Up Big Frauds.
WASHINGTON, July 13.-The COM
missioner of customs is having thorough
: investigation made into the charges of
fraud made against several prominent
: importing firms in New York.
An IBebrtats Killed Accidentally.
NASHVILLE, July 13.-A gentleman
named L. NJ. Hill was run over and
killed by freight train at Hicks Bluff,
on the North and South road last night.
He was supposed TO have been intOxi-
Gated.
suicide with Razor.
MILWAUKEE, July 13.-A German
named GOtleib Siberts, q blacksmith, re-
siding in the sixth ward, disappeared on
the third instant, but was found to-day
dead in the woods, near White Fish
bay, having committed suicide with
razor.
Sudden Death of n Murderer
Il NEW LANENg AONN.; July 1O.-1l-
chael Higgins, a farm laborer of Che
shire. stabbed John O'Neil, Saturday
night, in the abdomen, from the effects
of which 0'Neil died to-day. A search
for Higgins resulted in the discovery of
his dead body in room in a farmhouse.
ut is supposed he died from heart disease,
superinduced by excitement. Higgins
insulted O'Neil's wife, hence the murder.
Terribly Destructive CODhagraIion.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, July 13.-At |
three O'Clock to-day this city was visited !
| with another terrible and devastating
fire. 1t was first discovered in the alley |
near the Bridge Street house barn, loca- |
ted in Kent street, and it being very dry |
and high wind blowing, the alarm in |
the barn was not heard, and within |
very few minutes the entire building, a /
large double brick, was one sheet of |
flames. Notwithstanding the fire. |
men were early on the ground |
and at work, the fire spread, |
and was soon entirely beyond |
the control of the firemen. The flames
spread in all directions, consuming
everything in its way from Bridgestreet
| to TrObridge, and from Canal to Divis-
! ion, except the buildings fronting south
on Bridge street and west on Canal
street, and Gays furniture warehouse,
Rice q Tearse's Touring mill, two or
three adjoining buildings on the south
and a quantity of lumber on lot
! next to the Ohio house was all
that was burned on Canal street. About
twenty acres of ground was burned
over, two hundred buildings consumed,
and the loss cannot be less than three
hundred thousand dollars. 1t is impOs-
sible at this time to give the amount OF
insurance, but it will approximate to
two hundred thousand dollars. At this
hour the fire is entirely under the con-
troll of the fremen, and no further dam
age is probable.
BY MAIL
Dropped Dead.
TennisOn Lambert, an old and ex-
cellent citizen of this county, died of
drOpsy on the night of the third instant,
in his sixty-seventh year. He was
plain, industrious man, who tried to
live up to the golden rule Of doing as he
would be done by, and was highly es-
teemed by his acquaintance and neigh
bors.-AtheJlS (Tean.) Post
Attempted outrage.
Robbers are on the rampage at Canton,
says the Citizen. A bold and wicked at
tempt was made upon the life of Mrs |
Macy, who was severely ehoked and
beaten by one ruffian while another was
plundering her stOreroom. The assault
ing rascal said he intended to kill her, |
and that he was hired to do the Job. | ,
Mrs. NJ. resisted with the energy of ..
despair, and by her violent screams /!
alarmed the villain, who fled to escape /;
punishment. A good hanging is needed .
in Canton WiROnG Mss AdUdnce.
OUTRAGE on a Little Girl
Several days ago a boy, some seven :
teen or eighteen years of age, by the /
name Of Frank Holmes, who hailed |
from Michigan, committed most bru- :
tai outrage upon the person of little +
girl about eight years old. The case was
investigated before our mayor, and :
Holmes was found guilty and bound {
over to appear before the district court, :
under bond of one thousand dollars.
As he could not give the bond he went
to Jail, and, after remaining there for
day or two, succeeded in getting out,
with two or three other persons, by the
assistance of outside parties. Long I
UieI0 Ierds) NesO Era.
smethered in a Well y
We are informed that on last Satur- S
day Messrs. William and ALI McCune. | f
living near Cairo, Crockett county, were C
both killed in well by its poisonous air. t
One of the brothers (William) went a
down in the well for some purpose, and t
after getting to the bottom was called 8
for by his brother, who, receiving no re- r
ply, feared something was the matter, c
and let himself down by the rope to see V
what was the matter with his brother. f
When near the bottom he fell from the S,
rope, dead. Some of the neighbors were D
called in, and with grab-hOoks fished c,
the brothers from the well, both of Ct
them dead.-Dyers6Hrg (Tenn.) Pro t.
press. o.
Destructive Fire. h
The residence OF Mr.. /. G.. Thomas. n
IN the third district of this county, was il
.otally destroyed by fire about three IN
1'clock yesterday morning. Loss about ie
our thousand dollars. Mr.. Thomas in i,
orms us that he had Anticipated an cl
sffort to steal sOme or his horses, and st
lad been about the house and at his d:
barn about two o'clock, and saw no signs n
If fire. At three o'clock he was wakened el
1y the smell of the fire, which had OBJ e,
aimed such headway that his wife and cs
children barely escaped with their lives, Ii
not having time to save even change q
If clothing. Mr.. Thomas is almost GER II
ain that the fire was the work of an in dt
Chattanooga (Ie1R.) Times. b,
Burned 60 Death by COal-On. h'
A little after supper-time on Sunday p
night, a daughter of Joe Sturges, the O.
aged about twelve years, ny
attempted to refill a kerosene lamp II1I
which was burning. She took off the - =
)urner from the mouth of the lamp, u u
irawing the wick out little, which II
vas still burning, aud began 10 pour the u u
III into the lamD 1ybau II took fire Tho ~
amp, which was short and of glass, did az
lot explode, but the mouth being large, ~ al
he oil was forced out upon the girl, ny l
which Immediately enveloped her in u
lanes. Her screams brought assist " y.
lnce, but it was several minutes before vi
he flames were extinguished. Her face y
md body were severely but not fatally pI
burned. Her left arm was burned al "
most to a crisp, and fears are entertained %
hat amputation must follOw.-EtfdLG al al
Times, 6th instant. a. a.
Shot by Mrs. Evans. a.
A very sad and unfortunate affair oc- ~
,urred here yesterday evening, resulting q.
u the shooting, at his residence, of DIR. m
sIassengill, from pistol in the hands of In
Mrs. DIR. Evans. Mrs. Evans is the Vi,
of DR.. Massengill, at whose W,
rouse her husband and self have been ~,
We understand that an un- fa'
has existed between them a.
or some time, and that DIR. Massengill no
vas under the influence of whisky at the se
ime of the shooting; but as there are m
wo sides to the affair, each diametri= n,
ally opposite, we refrain from attempt I;r
ng to give further facts connected with 60
t for the present. The wound is In the ~,
lead, Just below the temple, and is a no