Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-04-29


to dissolve the organization. it having
proved complete failure in the United
States.
Jesse Pomeroy, the emotional boy
punisher and murdered of Boston, was
committed to prison yesterday, charged
with the murder of boy named Horace
II. Miller.
A three e-stery house fell down in
Brooklyn, New York, Saturday, bury
ing eight woTkmen. -Four were taken
were killed dead.
The people generally seem to be salts
fed that the legislature should settle
the pending difficulty, though Brooks's
side say the legislature will not meet in
obedience to Baxter's call. II
The New York bank statementshoWs:
Loans decrease, S5,041, 700; specie in.
crease, 81 ,22S, 600; legal-.enders decrease,
S424, 800; deposits decrease, s., ,352, 900;
circulation increase, SCI 800; reserve in
crease, S771 ,225. & 81 F
At Binghton, on the Cairo and Fulton
railroad, one hundred miles below Lattle
Rock, fifteen citizens followed a gang of
horse-thieves on Sunday morning last,
got into fight with them, killed three
and lost one of their own men by being
killed, and had another wounded.
The chamber of commerce of Cincin-
natl, Saturday, heard J. Adger Smythe,
commissioner of the Charleston, South
Carolina, board of trade, in behalf of
line of ocean steamers between that city
and England, and passed resolutions
commencing a moral support of Tie en-
terprise. 81
All the lodges of Odd Fellows In Gin
cinnati met at Pixies oDerahouse Sun-
day to celebrate the anniversary of the
Introduction of Odd Fellowship in the
United States, Samuel Gorke Atlee, of
San Francisco, California, delivered tie
address. All the lodges Of the city held
meetings and heard addresses at night.
A Boston dispatch says that General
Butler has been interviewed on the veto.
He said he had not read the veto, but
could not see how Grant could get
around his own act of last fall in issuing
the twenty-six millions reserve. In fact
he did not understand it, unless Grant
had gone back on himself, adding
" Well, if the President will deny his
own acts let him do it." n.
The veto of the finance bill by the
President is the general topic OF cOnver-
sation among the thinking men in New
York. During Saturday knots Of men
gathered at the street corners and in
stores discussing the question. Some
considered the action of the President
and claim that the question is not a
party one, but one of commercial inter-
est and justice to the whole country;
Others condemn in equally strong termss
-kok,r
Thursday Frank Riggs and William
Payne, Americans, went to the borders
of Belgium to fight duel, but the police
interfered and the duelists returned to
their residence. Words spoken about
young lady is given out as the cause of
the meeting, but the real reason is said to
be an affray between the fathers of the
young men about two weeks ago, in the
Washington club, Paris.
Dennis Cummins and Patrick Curtis
met at the Morris amt Essex railroad
yard, in New York, for the purpose of
fighting a duel to settle an old grudge,
but when the time came for them to
take their stands Curtis refused to fight.
John Lemas stepped forward and inter
fered in Curtis's behalf, when Cummi1s
drew a revolver and shot I1emas over
the right eye, infiehng fatal wound.
Cummins and Curtis were arrested.
At a meeting of representative tenn
perance Republicans from various sec
tions of the State, in New York, Satur-
day, it was resolved to concentrate the
strong temperance sentiment OF the
State against the denomination Of
Governor Dix in consequence of his
veto last year of the local prohibition
bill. This was deemed necessary in or
der to prevent so large an increase of the
vote of the prohibition party as to give
the State hoplelessly to the Democracy.
John Davis, residing near Otisee, /
Clark county, Indiana, on the line of
the Ohio and Mississippi railroad, was
found by his two daughters, who were
returning home from church, Friday
night, in horribly-mangled condition.
Both legs and hands were cut of, part
of his head gone, which could not be
found, his heart torn into fritters and
scattered along the track some distance.
The jury returned a verdict of death by
being run over by train while intoxi- (
Gated.
At Columbus, Ohio, on Monday
man named Wagner, proprietor of a /
restaurant end drinking-salooU, adver- !
tised a "grand opening" at which |
would be served ncrusade water,n and
several other 'fancy drinks,n to which |
had been given the names of most /
prominent ladies, leaders in the temper
ance crusade. At the hour appointed |
for the opening q large number of the |
ladies visited the saloon, and were met |
by Wagner, who treated them most /
brHtally, assaulting one of the ladies, |
for which he was soon after arrested and !
hnld To answar for assault and battery