Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-01-31

HoI LY SPRINGS, MISS, January 3d.
Two lilies south of this place, last even
ing, Il 10 cabtlose and two freight-cars q
lorlg freight train, going rapid .Iy
jump ed the track and rolled dow n
steep embankment. George n. R obin
son, traveling-agent for Brooks, NeeI,
s. CO., was seriously, though not fatally
injured.
Mississippi Politics,
| Special to the Appeal
JACKSON, Miss, January so. -Thr
Republican caucus is even more stron.
tonight than last night. 1t is sa id tina
Ames has issued his dictan1 in is vor O
Bruce for the long senatorial ter On anC
Wells for the short. The no. caucu:
members are using every effort t) pre-.
vent nomination, and the indications
are that they will succeed.
| Asso ciated Press Dispatches
Rex CarnivaIIi I'm New Orleai as.
NEW ORLEANS, January ;S0.-Ir
obedience to the commands of his Most
graciot1s majesty, rex, king of tt g carnj.
val, the managers of the op era and
theaters, ,,aidediby all the artist, and pro-
| fessionals engaged there, wi IL give q
! grand free matinee at noon on February
18th.
a COIBrea FIend to be funR.
NASHVILLE, January 80 Bill Kelly
(colored) was placed on trial in the
criminal court yesterday for, committing
a rape on a white woma Il last August
The jury rende red a verdiC It at ten O'clock
this morning of guilty, fixing his pun
ishment at he nging. : enteD ce will prob
ably be passes / by the court tomorrow.
Or pestfOn of Ideu ttty.
PoRTLANI }, January 30--Mrs. Waller
is on trial h' Te for bigsmy. Her alleged
former husl Jand, one Waite, and their
children, ged eleven anil seven years,
positively identify the VIC man. She is
also ldent flied by others as Mrs. Waite.
Inc WON an denies that she ever before
saw Wal te or the children.
A Biz OF Scandal.
LoUIsvU LIE, January CIV. C..
Coleman, formerly professor of physical
science in female high school in this
city, disa ppeared some weeks since,
and TeceI 1t DEVELOPMENTS lead to the
prOmineI It contractor of this city went
off with him. 1t is thought they have
gone to Europe. Mr.. Letter is now on
the trsPck of his wife. Coleman took
away With him some four thousand dol
lars, Il iaving many debts behind him.
A Municipal Row.
New YORK, January 30.-A lively
quaJ rel has been stirred up among the
fire police commissioners. The comp
trc Ger and mayor have received an
az IonymOus commune alton, charging
Commissioners Smith, Gardner and
'Charlick with forming ring for their
benefit. The letter was sent to Smith,
( and after an investigation his commit
! tee asserted that Commissioner Russell
was the author of the ANONYMOUS paper,
Russell denies the accusation, and says
that the whole thing was the work of
Charlick.
WarmOih Charged with " some Trans
actions Connected with the Louisiana
Treasury" Etc.
WASHINGTON, January 3O.-A special
from New Orleans dated yesterday
gives 3 report that Governor Kellogg
has issued a requisition upon the gov
ernOr of the District of Columbia for
the person of Ex-Governor Warmoth.
1t Is said the case grows out of some
transactions connected with the State
treasury when WarmOth was governor
of Louisiana. Warmoth's friends here
have heard nothing of such requisition,
nor did Warmoth yesterday know of it
prior to his departure for New York on
his way to New Orleans, which place he
will reach Wednesday next.
A Couple of Fires.
CINCINNATI, January 30.-About a
quarter past one o'clock this morning a
fire broke out in the building owned and
occ Gpied by l.. A. Strobal & Brothers,
manufacturers of moulding, frames and
looking glasses, on the south side of
Canal street, east of Elm. The build
ing and contents were entirely con-
sumed. The loss on the building, stock
and machinery is about forty thousand
dollars. Insurance, thirty thousand
dollars, divided among the following
companies: Brewers, of London and
Liverpool; Etna, of Cincinnati; Union
and Phoenix.
The American hotel at SharOnVille,
Hamilton county, was destroyed by fire
about two O'Clock yesterday morning.
The fire progressed so rapidly that the
inmates barely escaped with their lives.
National Grange OF the Patrons Of
Husbandry.
ST. LOUIS, January 30.-The seventh
annual convention OF the national
grange of the Patrons of Husbandry will
convene here next Wednesday. Dudley
w. Adams, president of the national
grange, has already arrived here, and
the committee appointed by the last |
convention TO revise the ritual, COM |
posed of o. III. Kelly, general secretary;
I. A. Thompson, of Minnesota; J. r. |
Thompson, of Washington; Rev. A. b. |
GOOch, of Washington; General Will |
son, of Iowa, and d. II. Robertson, of !
st. Paul, were expected here yesterday, |
but they failed to arrive. The principal |
business of the convention will be the |
revision of the ritual and the perfectlng |
of the organization of the grange. Pres |
ident Adams states that there are be- |
tween eleven and twelve thousand |
oranges, with nearly one million men,
bers. The sessions of the conventions |
will probably be private.
The Ohio Legislature.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, January S0.-In the /
senate this morning a bill was intro
duced providing that every unmarried
woman shall hold exempt from eXecu-
tion wearing apparel valued at one hun
dred dollars, asewing- machine, knitting
machine, snd books to the value of
twenty-five dollars, in the house.
The house bill to allow township
measurers one dollar fees and five cents
per mileage for services in settling with
county auditors was passed.
Bills were introduced providing that
in case of railroad companies discrim-
mating in rates for transporting freights
in localities, said companies shall forfeit
to such person 30 overcharged double the
amount of the overcharge, and in no
case less than one hundred dollars, and
providing that an additional suit can be
brought by the prosecuting attorney, and
the amount to be forfeited in this suit to
be from one hundred to one thousand
dollars; also to provide that in case rail-
road companies charge higher thsn legal