Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-23

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nessee, was crushed to death by tree
falling on him.
The father OF Charley Ross offers a re-
ward of five thousand dollars for the re.
turn of the stolen child, and promises tC
ask no questions.
The Arkansas legislature yesterday
warmed up on the finance bill now in
hand, and refused to take the customary
Christmas recess,
A writ of ceYtiOrari was granted in
the Tweed case IN New York yesterday
which will be argued st the general term
of the court to-day.
Three children named Vreeland were
drowned in the Morris canal, near Pat
ersOn, New Jersey, Saturday, By the
breaking of the ice.
The creditors of H. n. Morgan & Co.,
the suspended produce dealers, of New
York, have begun a bankruptcy pro-
ceeding against Morgan.
Daniel Won GrOning, for many years
consular agent Of the Italian government
at Richmond, Virginia, died suddenly Of
apoplexy Sunday evening.
It is reported that the M0rmOns in the
= Altcu CtaScS plOboSc 70 AOuuu CulObAG1
in Mexico, with the intention Of emf
grating en- HlGsSe from Utah.
A new civil suit has been commenced
in New York against William NJ Tweed,
in which Edward BLarrener is iointed as
defendant on behalf OF the city.
ALondon dispatch reports the arrival
of the steamships State of Indiana,
from New York; Moravian, from Port
land, and Hecla, tTOm Boston.
Edward J<istner, charged with Ieceiv-
ing bribes, was yesterday suspended
from the Office OF director Of the city
workhOuse of Cincinnati by the mayor.
Robert Bonner has purchased Of Rich
ard Penister, Of Lexington, Kentucky,
his famous three -yesr-0ld mare, Lady
Stout, paying twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
A vessel, supposed to be . New Or
leans and Havana packet, bound for
New York, ran upon the Barnaget
shoals, and had to throw her cargo over
board.
A telegram from New Orleans, yes
terday, says that August KnockheaFt, a
brakeman on MOrgsn's railroad, fell be-
tween the cars and was smashed tC
death.
Louis Jargensen, grand generalissimO
Of knights Templar Of the State Of Hi
nois, died at Cairo, Illinois, Monday,
and will be buried tomorrow with Ma
sonic honOrs.
A fire at Petersburg, Pike county, In
diana, Tuesday morning, consumed the
dwellings of Elias Osborn, senior and
junior. Elias Osborn, sr., was so badly
burned that he died.
A young man named w. L. Harris,
said TO be from Cincinnati, decamped
last Friday from Omaha with twenty
dollars Of his employers, au insurance
agent, during his absence.
The State senate OF Arkansas yester-
day passed the two and half million
bond bill which is to provide means for
settlement of the floating Indebtedness,
together with current expenses of that
State.
Mayor Havermeyer's (Of New York.
will has been admitted to probate. His
estate is valued at between three and
five million dollars, to which the only
heirs are his widow, six sons and two
daughters.
Tue Philadelphia board Of trade will
memOrialize the State legislature in
favor Of the passage of such an act as
will allow the rate for the use of money
to be the price agreed upon by parties to
the contract.
President Grant, in making nomina-
tions for appraisers of merchandise, has
found in the person of Ex Governor
Bradford, of Maryland, ore honest
enough 10 decline TO accept the position
because he is not familiar with its de-
tails.
The two dead bodies found on the rail-
road track, six miles east Of Kansas City,
prove to be those of Sam. Bar
nett and Winn Stode, Of Warrensburg,
Missouri, and are not detectives, as pre-
Viousiy thought. There is no clue to the
murderers.
A lumber yard at Holyo6e, Massa-
was destroyed by fire yester-
day. Loss twenty-five thousand dol
lars. Biodgett's metallic art works, at
Waterfowl, same State, were slso de-
stroyed by fire. Loss thirty-five thou
sand dollars.
A difficulty occurred last Tuesd ay
night, during a dance at Bill Hamp-
toms, about a mile and a half from
Tennessee, between George
Little and Bill Merrett, in which Little
received three pistol wounds. Doubts
are entertained concerning his recov-
cry, as the wounds are Of a serious char
acter.
Suit was entered in the courts at Lex
ingtOn, Kentucky, Saturday for the re-
cOveTy Of twenty-six thousand shares
of the stock Of the Big Sandy railroad,
valued at twenty six hundred thousand
dollars, by the city Of Lexington and
the counties OF Fayette, Clarke and
Montgomery, on account of alleged
fraud in obtaining subscriptions.
Advices from Venezuela to The eighth
instant report that a desperate battle
was fought in Barquisimento, between
the government troops, under General
General Cahina. The engagement
lasted eighty-four hours. Between seven
and eight hundred men were killed aud
wounded. Both sides claim the victory.
A little boy and girl, children Of Mr..
Samuel Thomas, living near Emory,
Virginia, we're fatally crushed on last
Thursday by the falling of pile of lum-
Der which had been placed on a scaffold
for drying. They were playing under
meath when the scaifold gave way, the
whole mass falling on their heads. The
boy was instantly killed, and the girl 50
badly injured that she viii probably not
recover.
A telegram from Columbus, Ohio, yes
teFdaP Saws. tsIn the hofiae a hill vggs in
troduced requiring probate judges TO ap.
point inspectors, whose duty It shall De