Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-27
GENERAL NEWS.
Earthquake.

GENERAL NEWS.
Earthquake.
Boston, November 25. - A sligh
shock Of earthquake wasfelt at New
|. buryport, Massachusetts, yesterday
The direction OF the vibration was from
west to east.
$4,000 Lost by Fire.
ALBANY, y. Y, November 25.-Fifty
thousand bushels Of barley and twenty.
Z five thousand bushels Of oats burned in
DicksOn's mills and elevator last night.
! Loss on grain, $50, coo; insurance, $50.
600. Loss on mills and elevator, $50, 600;
insured for S46,O00
Politics, Knives and Pistols.
! CINCINNATI, November 25.-DurinR
q heated political discussion at Burling-
ton, Rush county, Indiana, Monday
night, three men were stabbed with 8
pOcket-knife by one Wightmsn. The
staOber then started to run, and was shot
in the side by some unknown person.
] three Hundred People IhrOWn Ont OF
Empi y@enI
/ PORTLAND, November 25.-The ma
chinery OF two Of the factories of the
/ York mill company a. BiddefOrd, broke
down yes. .erday, ,necessitating their close
! until January. Three hundred persons
are thrown out Of employment. Other
mills OF the corporation have conse-
| quenuy began running on full time.
Terrible ExPIOsfOn.
NEW YORK, November 26.-A barrel
Of Eunpowder exploded last night in a
blacksmith shop near the entrance to
the Delaware and LOckawana railroad
tunnel through Bergen hill, Jersey City,
killing the blacksmith and his son. The
spot where the building stood is entirely
swept of all vestige. Several houses in
the neighborhOod were badly shaken.
Schooner Disabled.
ERIE, PA, November 2j-The
schooner SelEirk, from Green Bav for
Buffalo, wss picked up this morning by
a tug, about fifteen miles from Erie, and
towed into this port. The gale last night
carried away the most Of her sails,
small boat, anchor, and stove in her
cabin, damaged her steering-gear, and
swept overheard the deck load. No
lives lost.
Selling Liquor without License.
New YORK, November 25 -Legmund
Schwab, the first of the liquor dea lers'
association convicted Of selling without
license, was this afternoon sentenced to
thirty days in the city prison and fine
of two hundred dollars. The court
warned the liquor dealers that If organ
lied resistance to the law continued, the
full penalty would be meted out. This
case is the first criminal prosecution by
the excise board for twenty-five years,
as it was found that the juries would not
convict, and offenders were, until now,
proceeded against by civil suits for the
penalty. -
Confessed Iurderers.
CINCINNATI. November 25.-The
murderer5 of Christopher Harris, lear
Bethany, Butler county, Ohio, Sunday
night, have confessed. They are VIM. |
and Jane Harris, his father and mother, |
and Jasper, Samuel and James Harris, |
his three brothers. The family are very
low, stupid, ignorant, savage people. |
Fighting among them has been COM /
mon. They say Christopher committed |
an indecent Offense Sunday night, and |
Jasper and his other brothers took him |
out 20 the woodpile and killed him for |
Il. The parties concerned, five in num-
Der, are arrested, and the young girls Of
the family are under guard.
FOrney's PFess;' Changed Hands.
PHILADELPHIA, November GA
dispatch from Washington to the EUen-
ing Telegraph says the controlling in.
terest in E5rncy's Press has been pur-
chased by a combination of newspaper
men, and that Colonel A. X. Mcclure
will assume editorial management of
that journal on the first of January. Col
Onel Forney retains a large interest in
the paper, but voluntarily retires from
editOusl duties. He will remain abroad
until the centennial, and will correspond
regularly for the Press during his abb
ienee abroad. In answer to an inquiry
IS TO the political course OF the paper,
Colonel Mcclure said: az guess 1t will
De like the people-independent.
Inceudiarism - s25, 900 RmbezzIement.
CHICAGO, November 25.-AbOut mid
night last night, fire broke out in the ]
rame building No. 65 Milwaukee ave.
lue, the first floor Of which WAS occupied
- store and the upper floor as a resi- {
tence, by Anton Weight, whose two
little boys, aged respectively six and
eight years, were overcome by the ,
smoke and suff0cated. Loss on building
and stock about $1,000; fully insured
The fire is said to have been the work OF
Al inceDdiay.
Philip Cullen, confidential clerk and
DOOk-keeper Of J, M'Grath, dealer in
paper hanginge, No. ia State street, is
discovered 10 have embeZzled his en-
Dloyer's funds to the amount OF SOS, 900
turing the last ten years. He left the
;ity three weeks ago, but has been ar
tested in ri tsburg, for which city Off
3ers start to-day TO bring him back. |,
A New Party.
CINCINNATI, November 25.-The
I5nes' Indianapolis special to-day says
hat between fifty and sixty gentlemen
net there this morning TO take steps TO l
ound new national party, based on |
national currency. Horace n. Day, of I
New YORK; Alexander Campbell, Of Il {
lnoisi Alexander Troupe, OF COnnecti- {
,ut; and L, A. Wood, of Kentucky. [
we're the most prominent visitors. Jas,
Buchanan, Of Indianapolis, was elected /
PRESIDENT; Wood, of Kentucky, and two ]
Indianisns, vice presidents. A COM I
nittee of thiIteea was appointed to make 4
/ declaration OF principles, who will re- 3
)Ort this afternoon. II is understood TO 8
,e very short, resflrming in effect the
financial plank Of the Indiana Inde- s
lendents for the abolishment Of ma i
iOnsl banks and the substitution Of legal {
enders into convertible notes. 4 nre-
iminaTy national meeting will be called !
or Cleveland, Ohio, in March or ApriI I
leXt, when the propTiety of the norni- :
latiOn o. Presidential candidates will /
'e determined. Indiana, Illinois, Mich 3
gan, New Jersey, Kentucky, New York {
nd Ohio are represented. Letters were {
eceived from George p. Dred, Of New |
'ersey, Henry Garry Baird, Of Philadel- /
Ihia, John A. Thompson, Of West Vir- |
.iDia, and Others, favorng the move |
nent.
SPAIN. ,
MADRID, November 26.-The Carlists t,
ttacked san Marcial to-day, but were !