Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-20

Mckenzie still at Camp supply, bat he
has sent a column 70 Siaked plain 10
search of The Indians.
The New York longsboremen con-
tinue on a strike. Tuesday they set
upon and best nearly 70 death a non
society man who hs been working
where the society men had left of.
RumOr Of the queens death had the
effect to c0nyulse London Friday
morning. Later in the day, however,
the rumOr proved TO be unfOunded, and
London resumed its usual quietude.
A committee VI citizens Of Dallas,
Texas, are in New Orleans for the par
pose OF perfecting arrangements Tor the
extension of the New Orleans and Texas
railroad from Donaldsonvilie TO Dallas.
A coal train was ditched on the Cairo
! Sh0rtline railway, near Belleville, Hi
uois, Tuesday, under circumstances that
| lead TO the opinion that the striking
cnal-miners had a hand In it. Nobody
was hurt.
At Pittsburg Monday William Muir
ray was found guilty Of murder and
| Frederick Meyers accessory, both charg-
ed with the assassination Of GOtthold
Wahl, German farmer. last Wednes-
day evening.
Speaker Blaine has written q letter 10
the Portland Press, in response to a par
] sgTaph mentioning him as a possible
candidate for senate Z, in which he states
decidedly that he should, under no cir
cumstsnces, accept the ssnatOrship.
A fire in Danville, Virginia, Sunday
night, destroyed the Roanoke smoking
tobacco works, Rammey's machine
shops and bOx-factOry, and Crews q
Rsdenhizer's fi0uring-mills. Total loss
one hundred thousand dollars. No in
surance.
The Russian government has issued
another circular note TO the European
powers requesting to be informed of the
points in the protocol signed at the
Brussels conference, which they desire
revised, amended or omitted. 1t is also
suggested that another international
conference be held next year.
The weather in England during the
past week has been cold. There has
been some snow and frost, which has
been injurious to pastures, but at the
same time has favorsbly checked wheat,
which was getting too luxurient. The
wheat market in London is improving
10 tone, and a rise Of one shilling is
noted on the continent.
POstmaster-General Jewell has issued
an order discOntinuI1g the pay and ser
vices Of John Callaghsn, special agent
Of the department, for lOsning to his
brother an annual pass from the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas railroad COM
pany, which had been granted to him
Hh.n lrnE h.-r
accredited special agent of the postoffice
department.
A Cincinnati dispatch announces that
on Sunday night the first train over the
cutoff from Athens to ParkersbuTg on
the Marietta railroad arrived at the latter
city. This cutoff shOrtens the distance
between Cincinnati and Parkersburg ten
miles. 1t extends from Athens to Par
kersbuTg, a distance Of thirty-two miles.
The old line from Marietta to Athens
will hereafter be operated principally as
freight line.
News from the grasshOppeT districts
are meRgeI, but confirm q previous state
ments Is 10 the extent OF the suffering.
The State relief society are shipping sup
plies daily to the afflicted districts. Gen
eral Ord has received a telegram from
Washington instTucing him TO ascer-
tain what amount Of mems clothing will
be needed. This action of the secretary
of war looks to the distribution of SOL
diers' garments to these poor people.
The Brunswick (Ga) AppeGl says
tina. Oh Monday last, soon after the
firing up, the boiler Of M'DOnald's mill,
at the eighty three-mile post, on the
Brunswick and Albany railroad, exc
plOded, fatally wOunding Mr.. Richard
Wattles, from which he subsequently
died, and seriously injuring Mr.. Josiah
Ray. Several others we're slightly iu-
jured. The two named men were thrown
about sixty feet from ne mill, and the
large boiler blown near three hundred
feet, after cutting its way through q
large pile OF lumber. Fortunately the
occurred at an hour when but
few Of the employees hsd assembled for
work, which accounts for so few being
hurt. No cause is assigned fOr the fatal