Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-20
GENERAL NEWS.

Weston wallis Five Hundred Miles in
Six Days.
NEW YORK, December ia dispatch
from Newark says Weston Tonight ac-
complished the task OF walking five
hundred miles in six days.
Bank Statement.
NEW YORK, December 19.-Loans
decrease, S506, 500; specie decrease, $685. :
300; legal-teoder decrease, 81, ,538, 500;
deposits decrease, 5000, 200; circula-
ton decrease, So, 200; reserve decrease,
81, ,462 $50.
Brutal Outrage.
BOSTON, December I9.-The daughter
Of United States judge, aged twelve
years, while returning home from skat-
ing to-day, was brutally assaulted and
mutilated by an unknown negro. The
child is thought to be fatally injured.
The negro was arrested.
Fatal Accident.
PITTsBURG, December 19. - Joseph
NJ M'Farland, scene-shifter and curtain
tender, at the Pittsburg 0perahouse,
while ascending the stairway from un-
der the stage during the progress Of
Jefferson's play OF Rip Van Winkle this
evening, slipped, and falling over the
edge OF the stairs, broke his neck and
died instantly. The deceased was about
twenty-three years OF age and single.
The LOuista0R Returning Board.
The returning board was in executive
session nearly all day. 1t is understood
they have csnvassed the returns from
several additional parishes, giving the
Democrats fifteen majority in the house.
1t Is believed the board will get through
with the canvass early next week. The
Democratic majority in the house will
probably be about twenty-five.
Two Supposed Detectives Found MuK-
dered.
ST. LOUIS, December 19.-The Demo-
crafts Kansas City special says the dead
bodies Of two young men were found on
the track of the Missouri Pacific rail-
road five miles east Of that city to-day.
The oOroner's jury found a verdict that
they had been murdered and placed on
the track. 1t is believed here that they
were two of Pinkerton's detectives, who
have been in this section since the rail-
road robbery at Munoie.
Won ArnIm's Sentence EmbOdies No
DishOnOr.
LONDON, December 19.-The sentence
Of Count Won Arnim embOdies no dis
honor. The charges of embezzlem ent
fell to the ground. However, Won Ar
MINIS neglect 10 return the missing pa
pers when asked by the foreign depart
ment, makes necessary the setting Of
an example. The general belief is
that the emperor will pardon him.
Railway Collision with Fatal Results
RICHMOND, VA, December ia
special dispatch states that a collision
occurred this morning on the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad,
two miles east Of CaTter's depot, Ten
Dessee, killing J. Grouse and William
Wyatt, and injuring five other men.
Two engines and several cars were
smashed, and two cars with their con-
tents, were burned. The track will not
be psssable until tomorrow.
Ineendiary Hanged by vIgiIanIs.
DEs MONIES, December I9.-An un-
confirmed report was spread here this
morning that vigilants had hung George
n. KiTkmaD, near Peoria City, twenty
eight miles from here. 1t seems that
Kirkmau and his wife bad quarreled to
such an extent that they separated. She
is residing now with her son-in-law, Mr..
Zinsmasters. Kirkman, in q revenge
ful mood, Monday night, fired ZinsmRs-
ter's barn, which, with considerable
stock implements and grain, was de-
stroyed. Tuesday night 8 large band
visited him, making threats Of violence,
which, however, were not executed.
Kirkman has since that time threaten
ed Zinsmasters, which has exRsperated
the vigilants, who, it is reported, hung
him last night. Two reporters of the
State Register have been sent to the
spot. There is great excitement and
anxiety here to learn the truth Of the
report. There are no telegraph or rail-
road Communications within less than
fifteen miles OF the.plsce.
new baptist University
ST. JOSEPH, December 19.-The Pstee
House in this city, the largest and finest
hotel building in the Missouri valley,
which cost one hundred and twenty
thousand dollars in gold in 1856, was
purchased to-day by the Western Bap-
tist Education Onion, a corporation
composed Of leading citizens from Mis-
scuri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Col
oTado. Rev. 1. s. KallOch is president
Of this organization; Rev. MfBreader,
vice president; George G. Hall, treas
urer; GesTge Rees, secretary. The OBJ
iect Of the corporation is to establish
here a 6rst-clsss university Of the high
est grade, under the control OF the Bap-
tist denomination. Some Of the wealth.
lest citizens Of st. Joseph are members
Of the board OF trustees. The articles of
corporation place the endowment fund
at three hundred thousand dollsrs, with
power to increase IL to one million. This
Is the first instance on record OF that de-
nomination establishing first class uni
versity, overstepping State lines in its
organization and control.