Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-25
TELEGRAPHLO BREVITY.

A dense fog hung over London at
noon yesterday.
st. Louis is deluged with counterfeit
twenty-dollar greenbaeks.
The steamships Queen, from Liver
pool, and Earopea, from Glasgow, ar
rived at New York yesterday.
A German named John Kueck suicid-
ed yesterday, in Wheeling, by cutting
mis- throat with razor. Pecunisry en-
bsrrassment Is supposed to have caused
the act.
WelIwoOd's soapwOrks on Newark
avenue, Jersey City, were demolished
yesterday morning by the explosion OF
q boiler. One WOman Was killed and
sYeeral persons injured.
Trenton, New Jersey, and vicinity
wss damaged nearly one hundred thous-
and dollars by the typhOOn which passed
over this continent on sunday and
Monday. Several persons were killed
and injured.
Godfrey Delmer, a laborer aged sixty
years, hanged himself IN New York
yesterday, leaving a note addressed to
his wife saying that he was impelled to
the act by destitution aud the fear Of
starvation in the hard winter st hand.
The French government has ordered
the release OF several members Of the
crew of the Spanish steamship Nieves,
which was seized at st. Jean DsLuse,
on the representation Of BayOnne that
she was laden with cOntTabands Of war
for the Carlists.
The infant son Of the duke Of Edin-
burgh was baptized in London yesteT-
day Alexander Alfred Ernest William.
The sponsors were Queen Victoria, the
emperor of Russia, represented by the
czaIowitch: the German emperor, repre-
sented by tue duke of Connaught; the
prince Of Wales, the crown princess OF
Germany, and the duke Of SaXe-COburg.
What a cha ge has come over the
dreams Of the administration at Wash
ingtOni The Republican county officers
of Barbour county, Alabama, write to
Attorney-General Williams that they
are deOarred 10y white leaguers from
exercising their official duties and
are mOlested lin their personal
rights, and ask that troops be sent
to Eufaula and Clayton for their pro-
lection. The attoiDey-genernal, III re-
ply, ststes that it being q State affair
they must look to the governor for pro-
tectlon.
AT Port Colborne, Ontario, yesterday,
the water in tie canal had reached the
level OF Lake Erie, and the lock gates
have been thrown open by the shock Of
the water passing through. This never
happened before in the Welland canal.
The water in the harbor has risen six or
seven feet. The storm Of last night was
one of the most severe ever experienced
here. The water dashed over the piers
with such force that it was impossible to
see the lighthouses, and the keepers
found it impossible to get out to light
the lamps. Much damage was done TO
shipping and to buildings in course Of
erection.
A letter from Havana, says party Of
twenty five Spanish soldiers OF artillery
gaTTisOned at fort HillacO, in the CEN
trail department, TevOlted and seized q
coastiDg schooner at Puerto del Padee,
ON the north coast, and under threats Of
death ordered the captain TO take them
to Key West, st. Thomas on any neigh.
boring island. The captain seeming to
accede, set sail, but ran the vessel
aground ON a neighboring key, then in
a small boat under pTetext Of getting
aid, went to the nearest military head
quarters and informed the commander,
who sent force TO arrest the deseTters.
They were tried by cOurt-martisl, and on
the sixth instant eleven were shot and
the remaining fourteen imprisoned.