Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-02-06
TELEGRAPH SUMMARY.


ton met in Philadelphia Wednesday.
The Kansas legislature adjourned
Wednesday until next Tuesday. Circus in
Topeka.
Professor Anderson, the wen-known
magician. is reported dead. in London tele-
gram Wednesday.
The lower house Of congress yesterday
refused TO incorporate the Colorado canal and
irrigation company.
The officially between the MormODs
and Iuuiaus, repOrted by telegraph the past
two days, turns out hoax.
The bankrupt bill occupied the great
er part OF the session OF the United states
senate yesterday, but without result.
The New York general assembly en-
rz,-tsined q DilI " ednesday making the traffic
In Italian children a criminal odense.
4 cosl-shed fell in South Boston
"Wednesday from the weight Of snow, killing
two men and seriously injuring two others.
Mrs. Faucet, wife Of Professor Fau-
cett, was thrown f-om her horse W Wednesday,
saws a London teleg ram, and dangerously in
Jured.
The United States senate yesterday
iced 10 snd appointed committee TO in
Eea igste government affairs IN the District
OF Columbia.
three-story brick building on the
lsy-ee a Little Rock was burned Wednesday.
Loss ten thousand dollars; insured for four
thousand dollars.
Attempts were made Monday night
in Hamilton, Ontario, TO burn several
-burches 81 Andrews church among them,
was almost totally destroyed.
The Cincinnati cOmmOn-counCu COM
1nittee started for Washington Wednesday.
They go 70 protest against the stOpPage OF
work on the government building in Porkop-
oils.
The bill to incorporate the Southern
Traus-contirental railroad was sent to the
committee-Of-th whole in the house Wednes-
public property.
w. H. McCottOn, sentenced to be
M pged at Cambridge, Maryland, Friday, for
The murder Of his father-in-law, has made
confession, alleging that the crime was eOln-
lnit1ei IN self-defense.
lanes B. Groom, of Cecil county,
MARYLAND, has been elected governor by
the legislature Of that state, 70 MI the Gnex-
IlireT rerin OF Governor William Pinckney
White, elected United states senator.
A Wa shingtoD telegram says that E.
A Williams ana James X. Morse have been
indicted for the unlawful taking and carrying
away certain warrants, etc, belonging 70 the
IuIled states, and valued at Twelve tnouSahd
dollars.
Judge BENEDICT, in Brooklyn, Wednes-
.ssv ba1d TeSsrS Va 0dewerker, Hawley and
- born 10 bail IN fifteen thousand dollars
--e-frrsnt Franklin Woodruff and Z. S.
sanford are Sanborn's tondsnen: Inc &C
cused viii appear for trial the hrst Wednes-
day in March.
Mrs. Dowye, of Kim mswicke, Mis-
souri,. was carried % CineinnNtI Wednesday
NON 81. Louis under arrest, charged with
swindnug several firms out Of thrCe hundred
dollars worth OF goods She purpOIS 70 De
female physician. In her valise was <ounc
large quantity OF instruments for criLolnAI
practice.
The counsel for VIM. Tweed appeared
bsfOre Judge Davis in New York, Wednesday,
Tor the purpose OF settling the bill OF excep-
ton upon which % 20 before the general
term OF the review of the case. The bill itself
IS almost as yolumiDOus as the indictment on
which Tweed was tried. A decision is ex-
pecled in a few days.
Cape Coast advices received at Lon
don v Wednesday report that the Ashantees
have released the German missionary and sent
him TO Sir Garnet " Olseley, with proposals OF
peace. Twelve hundred British troops have
advanced unopgosed 10 within a days march
gsrted the British army.
A New York telegram says that the
sslrike on the OswegO aud Middleton railroad
1ermiuated late Tuesday night. The strikers
81 FlIeuNilie agreed u the terms accented by
ne men % Summitville, and trains are run-
Tiing ss usual. The men are being paid of
for december and the paymsster viii con-
1fnue until ali obligations are settled.
Secretary Robson was before the
sz,,ste committee on naval affairs Wednesday
r1o-ning, for the purpose OF making sug-
,re.t.. .gus affecting the navy, and, principally,
n ii ve ais views with reference 70 a bill 70
t.nc1r1 -age the establishment OF public marine
schools the luStEAtllbu VI sOAhB men IL
Jlauticsl service. The committee agreed TO
report tht bill, with amendments, penectlng
ats details.
TheCincinnatiC Commercials OF Wednes-
aaZ publisaes a letter from Dio Lewis on
~ sl5biact OF Che yornen's whisky war that IS
NOW in -pr0grsEs in the interior OF Ohlo ne
1lrpas Tie women to establish readlng-IOOHs
and amusement halls for the benent OF those
who heretofore have gwen their spare houis
20 the dram shops, and also TO encourage the
rom-Sellers 10 engage IN other businesses ue-
Gazing that these people are not the D1oIai
mons ters temperance people represent them
20 De- asut g0od-hearted fellows generally, who
against W, ich their neighbors have made no
s.sroest DrOfe 4. As they loose their means Of
living. ne yyo,, zen who shut up their shops
ought TO helD thel, in the battle OF life.
The war departna, Mt has prepared a
statement in response TO a iesoluuon OF the
house Of representatives, shN wing mat hom
April L, lotl, TO August 10Th, 700, uuIlne tne @
late Wars disbursements by arm, pay AaaStSIs
were one thousand and ninety-foLF mltuOh
nNe hundred thousand dollars. The "nOle
number OF paymasters employed was .hNe
hundred and fOrty-one; the number whoSS
accounts closed, three hundred and eighty
SIX open, one hundred and nfty-nve. with
cash balances unpaid amounting TO seven
hundred aud siEty-eight thousand two hun
dred and SIX dollars. Many OF these balances
are IN suit others are considered worthless,
and few are 10 be collected by note. Major
Isaac \. Cooke is set down as owing one hun
dred and fifty-Oue thousand one hundred and
seventeen dollars, which he lost gambling in
Cincinnati during the war.