Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-05-09

pitalItleS Of the city to the eXcufSiOnIStS.
A arty Of some thirty eastern gentii :
men = bankers, merchants, railroad
men, journalists, ete.-arrived here th,a
afternoon, and are quartered at the
Planters house, as guests of the Atlantic
and Pacific railroad. They will remain
IN the city until Saturday, when they
will go on an excursion to the Indian
Territory, over the Atlantic and Pacific
r0adY returning by way of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroad TO Junction
/ City, Kansas, and thence by the Kansas
Pacific and Missouri Pacific roads to st.
Louis.
Nickel GOunfarfss1ers Arrested One
Dangerously Shot.
LITTLE Rock, May S.-A United
States deputy-marshal arrived in this
city this evening with two prisoners,
arrested in Chicot county, charged with
eounterfeiting nickel currency. Itseenls
that that section of the State has been
Hooded recently with this counterfeit
eoins and these men were detected in
the act of e0unterfeiting. A third one
OF the gang was arrested, but he at
tempted to escape, and was shot and
dangerously wounded. They viii have
a hearing tomorrow before the Federal
court.
! From New York.
NEW YORK, May S.LThe Chicago and
Northwestern and Milwaukee and st.
Paul railway companies have decided to
pool their earnings from now until
April /, 1880, in the proportion of sixty
per cent to forty per cent. The arrange
meRt excludes that portion of the North
western road running to Marquette,
known as the peninsulaT road. The
agreement only lacks the approval of
| TenhavefZen, representative of the
German and Dutch interest of the roads,
now on his way from Amsterdam.
Since January fist tWenty-six thous-
and eight hundred and ninety-five Ger
man emigrants have arrived at Castle
Garden.
A special from Taunton, Massaehl-
sets, says a fire broke out last night in
Wlbur's stable, and spreading to the
City hotel stables, consumed them, and
also JOnes's Athen@um, with the stores
underneath, and several frame tene-
ments. Loss one hundred thousand
dollars.
There were fifteen bids for gold to-day,
amounting to So, ,395, 600, at from 1I6.S2@
to 1lI.39. The amount to be sold was
81, 800, 900, which went at lI7.2S to /
1879.
A quarter of a century having elapsed
since DR.. z. H. Chaplin assumed the
pastOrate of the Fourth Universalist
society, the event was appropriately
honored yesterday in the church, and
Or. Chaplin was presented with ten
thousand dollars.
One of StOkes's counsel received a
letter to-day, threatening him with the |
direst evils if he persisted in carving |
the case of his client to the court Of |
appeals.
The anniversary of the American and |
Foreign christian union was held here
to-day. The treasurer's report shows |
the receipts for the past year to be one
hundred and thirty-fve thousand four |
hundred and thirty dollars, and the dis /
bGrsements one hundred and nineteen /
thousand six hundred aud fifty-three |
dollars.
Stokes will be brought before the su-
preme court at general term, Monday /
next, to be sentenced.
:. The strike of the hOrseshOers EMPLOYED
by the railroad and stage lines has ex-
tended to most of the companies. The
Eighth, Third, Sixth and Seventh av-
enue lines have employed non-soeiety |
men. The Crispins threaten to strike in
sixteen shops, which have just been
classified, unless an advance Of wages is
conceded. The lady Crispins, of which
there are 2 large number, strike next
week. The Crispins in Brooklyn strike
tomorrow.
The trial Of Robert P Bleakley for the
murder of his niece, Mary Anne Foley,
alias Maud Merrill, was concluded this
afternoon, when the jury, after two
hours consultation, gave a verdict of
guilty of murder in the second degree.
Bleakley was then sentenced to impris-
onment for life in the state prison.