Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-05-23
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day, and agreed to the clause giving the
blacks all the privileges enjoyed by the
whites-in other words, mixed schools
Parental Leave-TakIng.
WASHINGTON, May 22.-The Presi-
dent and family left Washington this
forenoon, for New York, to bid good
bye to Mrs. Ssrtoris. A large crowd
visited the East room at the executive
mansion, where floral decorations of the
wedding still remain.
whisky Saloon BIown Up.
EVANSVILLE, IND, May ga spe-
cial to the Journal says some unknown
| party, night before last, blew up drink
! ing saloon at Francisco, near Princeton,
! Indiana, by putting a match to 8 can of
! gunpowder. Nobody was hurt, but the
! building was demolished. The saloon.
keeper had legal license.
Another Marriage I'm High Life.
ST. LOUIS, May 22.-Colonel John L.
Routt, Of Bloomington, Illinois, second
assistant postmaster-general, was mar
ried yesterday, at Decatur, Illinois, to
/ Miss Lila Pickrell, of that city. The
newly-wedded couple passed through
here last night on their way to Wash
/ ington.
Two Brothers Charged with the Mur-
der OF a Boy.
CINCINNATI, May 22.-At Seymour,
! Indiana, yesterday, two brothers named
| Fleetwood, were convicted of the MUIR
der Of little German boy year ago,
and were sentened to the penitentiary
! for life. The evidence showed that thew
/ enticed the boy into field. and beat his
brains out with a club, cut his throat,
and then threw his body into creek, ali
for two dollars.
A Question Of Judicial JurisdietiOn.
CHICAGO, May 22.-The circuit
court OF Sangamon county on yesterday
! decided that it had Jurisdiction over the
| railroad cases sought to be
| taken to the federal court Of the United
States. This, of course, involves direct
conflict of jurisdiction between the State
and the United States courts. The writ
o1certiOrGri issued by the latter was i'm
perative upon the State court, and its re-
fusal to obey the writ is therefore clear
case of contempt.
The National Invitation 20 the Centen-
nfal.
WASHINGTON, May pa bill re-
questing the President to extend, in the
name Of the United States, an invitation
to foreign governments to take part in
the international exposition in Phila-
delphia, in 1878, was reported back to-
day from the senate committee on ap-
propristions, with the following proviso:
That the United States shall not be
liable, directly or indirectly, for any ex-
pense attending the exposition, OF by
any reason thereof.
From Little Rock.
LITTLE Rock, May PA fire at For
rest City to-day destroyed about one
fourth OF the place. Loss about forty
thousand dollars.
The governor to-day respited the sem
tence Of Cass Mstlock, who was SEN
fenced TO be hanged on Tuesday next,
for thirty days.
The house to-day passed by a vote of
fOrty-seven to seven, a resolution Of
thanks to President Grant for his action
in the Arkansas case.
Invalids and visitors are fiocking to
Hot Springs from all parts of the cOun-
try at the rate of fifty per day.
Railroad Aeeident-SeysraI Killed.
CINCINNATI, May pa Gazette spe-
cial from Wabash, Indiana, says that
last night the accommodation train on
the Toledo, Wabash and Western rail-
road, short distance west of Wabash,
broke wheel OF a passenger coach car,
and was ditched. Mr.. Swift was IN
stantly killed. Mrs. Robbins was injured
slightly, and the skull of her son, a
small child, was fractured. Brakeman
Page was fatally injured, and the con-
ductOr, Mr.. Nudge, was injured in the
back. Other passengers were slightly
hurt. The car was turned over in the
ditch.
Washington Items,
WASHINGTON, May 22-The sub
committee, Messrs. Niblack, Kasson
and Dawes, TO whom was referred the
subject of the refusal of Prescott, San
bOrnis lawyer, to tell what he did with
the large sums OF money entrusted to
him by Sanborn, to-day reported to the
ways and means committee that they
deem il unnecessary to pursue the in
vsstigatiOn further, especially since Pres
colt testifies that he gave no portion of
the money referred to TO any officer of
the government. The full committee
informally agreed to this report, and
Prescott was discharged.
Secretary Fish was before the commit
tee On appropriations to-day, with refer
ence to an appropriation to carry out a
plan for the reorganization of the de-
partment OF State. The committee will
report favOrably.
The steamer Allegheny Belle Sunk,
LOUISVILLE, May % About seven
o'clock this morning the Allegheny
Belle No. 4, hound for Steubenville,
Ohio, sunk about two hundred yards /
from the Indiana shore, opposite Port |
land. She was trying TO cross Portland |
bar with two barges of iron ore, and |
grounded. The pilot swung her around |
all right, but the current again drove /
her on shore, knocking a hole In her |
hull. She soon sunk, and is q wreck. |
She was valued at fifteen thousand dol |
lars, with no insurance, and was owned 4
by Captain John Booth, of Cincinnati. /
The hull was new, but the machinery /
was built in 1853. She had about four /
thousand bushels Of coal on board, much |
of which will be lost. The machinery /
will be saved. The Nick Longworth |
was coming down at the same time, and |
the current drove her on one of the ALLIE |
gheny Bellies barges before she could be /
stopped, grounding the barge. The ore |
on both barges will be saved. The Long /
worth is not much injured.
The Assembly at Columbus, Miss.
COLUMBUS, MISS, May 22.-The as
sembly was opened with prayer by the
Most of the morning hour
was spent in reading and referring over
lures, among which was a communion
ton from the northern assembly on the |
subject OF fraternRl correspondence,
which ELECTED quite q discussion, but |
was finally referred 10 the standing COM
mittee.
DIR. Wilson read an interesting report
on foreign missions, showing the great
in the work, especially the in
terest among the ladies, two Of whom
have gone to the foreign field at their
own expense.
The assembly met the children of the
of the city, in an enter
tainment during recess for dinner.
Reports on both the theological semi |
naries was read, showing the prosperous
of these institutions. DR.. Jas.
r. Wilson offered his resignation as a
professor in the Columbia seminary.
The assembly resolved to meet next
wear at st. Louis, by a unanimous vote.
Death Of General Dyer.
WASHINGTON, May 22.-The war de-
has issued q general order an
nouncing the death Of General Dyer, In
which. after alluding to his various pro-
motione In the course of his army career,
the secretary says "The important SCH
entific branch of the military service
over which he presided bears the impress
Of his genius and unfiaggiDg energy.
Not even physical suffering, which was
prolonged by 8 wonderful vitality
through an unusually long period, could