Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-07-25
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
John T. carIist was hanged for muir

! Advices from st. Paul, Minnesota, re-
port the Indians very bold and defiant.
The army rifle association Of Toronto
will have a match at CreedmOor next
fall with the Irish.
Two blocks of buildings, valued at one
hundred thousand dollars, were de
stroyed at T0rento, Ontario, yesterday.
J. B. Gordon, of Coffee county, in
this State, lost foot at Nashville yes
terday, in attempting to leap on pass
ing train.
1t was reported in London, yesterday,
that the Carlists had suffered a most dis
astrous defeat in the province Of Ne
varre, losing fifteen hundred prisoners.
A dispatch from Madrid says that it
is stated that CASTELAR, and Gorilla are
preparing to act in concert for definite
establishment of a conservative republic.
The body of an unknown young wo-
man, well dressed, was found floating in
the river near New Orleans yesterday.
The verdict of the corOner's jury was,
found drowned"
An ordinance passed the lower board
of the Louisville city council last night,
submitting to the people q subscription
and Paducah railroad.
Elihu Spears killed Charles Davis in
West Sufiield, Connecticut, Thursday
night. Spears afterward cut his own
throat, but is still alive. He was beat
ing his wife, and Davis interfered.
A Little Rock dispatch tells of a huge
torchlight procession in that city last
night, in honor of the late would-be
Governor Brooks, participated in almost
wholly by the cOlored persuasion.
Paul Nelson died ard was buried at
Omaha q few days ago under circum-
stances that impressed people strongly
that his son-in-law, G. Peterson, had a
hand in it. An Investigation is progress
ing.
A Philadelphia dispatch states that
another child, aged four years, was kid
mapped yesterday by two men, one col
Ored, who prevailed upon the little fell
low to enter wagon in which they were
riding.
A Long Branch dispatch yesterday
contained the following: " President
Grant mas been in consultation with
Secretary Bristow this morning, ON bids
for new loans. 1t is probable they Will
come to a conclusion this evening"
The deciding games of hand-ball of a
series between James Ferron and Alder
man James o. bG.sn, of Chicago, against
James Casey anu James Dunn, OF
Brooklyn, were played yesterday in
Philadelphia, and resulted in favor OF
Brooklyn.
Mollie HoIbroOk, who has been held
in custody in New York, on a telegram
of the Chief of Police OF Chicago, was
yesterday discharged, assistant district
attorney cOnsenting. She was immedi-
ately re-arrested bya deputy sheriff, and
new writ was granted, returnable to-
day.
A London dispatch says that there is
an alarming outbreak of smallpox at
New Market, upward of sixty cases
having been reported. The authorities
have asked the Jockey club to permit
them to convert their grand-stand into
hospital where the infected persons
may be quartered.
The national board of underwriters Of
New York have demanded that Chicago
shall establish and maintain a fire.
patrol of one hundred men, under
penalty of a withdrawal of all agencies.
The Chicago board is "lOoking at" the
proposition, with not much disposition
to comply.
In Breathell county, kentucky, few
days since, Jerry Little attacked two
brothers named Jett, killing Curtis Jet
and severely wounding Hiram. Little
was himself shot several times. The
Jets are sons of one of the most prom
inent citizens of the county, and the
difficulty arose from family feud.
Charles Cook, a merchant of Bull
City, Osborne county, Kansas, who has
been deranged for some time past, thrust
a knife-blade through the brain of his
infant child last Friday, then beat his
own head with hatchet, breaking the
skull and infiicting mortal injury. Pc
cuniary trouble is said to have been the
cause of his insanity.
Mullins's attempt to walk five hun
dred miles in six days, in New York,
fell so disastrOusly short of the mark
Thursday night that the manager of the
hippOdrOme, at the close of the PERFORM
snce, put a stop to the affair. The total
number of miles walked Thursday was
nineteen, and since the start Sunday
night one hundred and fifty-nine.
A telegram from Cincinnati says of
the Beecher scandal as follows: "There
has been but one topic of conversation
IN places of public resort here to-day
and tonight, the Beecher-T -Tilton scandal.
Excitement has run very high, ana
there is nothing but regret and sorrow
expressed at what is universally re-
garded as the disastrous end to long
life apparently full of good works-an
end hastened, according to the popular
verdict, by the depravity Of one who
used the cloak Of religion to shield him
in his wickedness."
A suit was instituted in Cincinnati
Thursday by the Pittsburg, Cincinnati
and st. Louis railroad company against
Lyman 5. Cotton, attorney and civil
engineer of the Little Miami branch of
that company, for embezzling sixteen
thousand dollars. The endorsement is
said to have occurred in the transfer of
real estate included in the approaches to
the Cincinnati and Newport railroad
bridge, made to the company through a
third party, Cotton having brought for
ward fictitious names as owners Of the
property, and receiving from the treas
urrer of the railroad more than was
really paid for property. Cotton left
Cincinnati several days ago, and his
whereabouts is not known.