Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-05-10
TELEGRAPHIC EPITOME.

( Reports from the wheat crop for por-
( tiOns of Wisconsin are unfavorable.
For protesting to give history of the
/ Cardiff giant, the Boston Herald is de-
fendant in a suit for thirty thousand dol
lars damages.
a Apetiti0n in bankruptcy is filed in the
United States court against franklin
Moses, governor of South Carolina; so
says Charleston dispatch of yesterday
J. w. Hunt Reynolds stable of race
horses, has arrived at Jerome park,
New York, from Kentucky to be trained
for the coming racing season. The
stable comprises six horses.
The State grange executive committee
has been in session several days al
Nashville, and has under discussion the
question of establishing two or three
State grange manufactures.
Notice hiss been given that the editor
isl excursiOnists from New York will
arrive in Cincinnati next "Wednesday,
and au editorial excursion from Indiana
will reach there the day following.
The committees appointed to decorate
soldiers graves commenced work in Gin
cinnati yesterday, and invited friends ol
Confederate soldiers buried at Spring
Grove to decorate the graves Of the lat
I ter.
The navy department is advised of the
death of Arsene n. Girault, professor OF
mathematics, United States navy, at
! New Brunswick, on the second instant,
/ He had been in the navy since 1915, and
at the time of his death was on the re-
! tired list.
Mr.. Scott Crum, who killed Wilson
Williams few days ago, an account OF
which appeared in the APPEAL last
week, hss been tried before magistrate
Of Holly Springs, Mississippi, and dis
charged. Colonel Van. II. Manning
was counsel for the accused.
/ Alexander H. Rambo, claiming tC
| have been q passenger on the brig EliZs
| Stevens, from Kingston, Jamaeis, tC
/ New York, states that the brig was run
/ down by steamer; that when he got
on deck he found the wreck abandoned
and heard a boat rowing away. He
| then got plank and swan to the Alb
scom lighthouse.
The commissioners appointed by the
secretary of the interior TO investigate
the charges preferred by Indian Com.
/ missioner Walker, against DR.. J. ]
! Saville, agent for the Sioux at Rec
Cloud sgency, and E. A. Howard, agent
at Milestone agency, have made theil
report, declaring the charges to be frivo-
| lous and groundiess.
The Southern Baptist convention i:
/ in session at jefferson, Texas. About
one hundred delegs -es are present.
| James P. Boyce, of Louisville, is pTesid-
nrc ~ NQfah
| Jones Of Nashville, Crane, of Texas, snC
/ Devoti, OF Georgia, are vice-presidents
! RepOr.s of the foreign and domestic
mission boards were presented.
Reports are in circulation in New
York that a very considerable amount
of bills of exchange, drawn by German
! houses, have been returned from Lon
don; but the report lacks confirmation
/ and it Is barely possible the whole thing
may have some connection with the dis
/ appearance, some time since, from the
! produce exchange of an individual who
! left without providing for his American
creditors, and probably treated his Eng
lish friends in the same way.
We learn that Rev. lessee Oliver, s
minister of the Christian church, and s
( member of the firm of Woods, Oliver
] NtOtNf az Ll1ts III OChbOA
county Mississippi, committed suicide
by shooting himself through the hear
on Saturday night last, May 8, 1874
while lying in bed by the side Of hi
wife. The sad event has east gloon
over the community in which he lived
as Mr.. Oliver was beloved and respected
by all who knew him. Ne cause as ye
ascertained for the terrible death.
A London letter writer says the Brit
ish navy has been found in condition
of doubtful efficiency. On paper Their
are ffty-fiv ironclsds,o of which fOrty-on'
are sea-going and fourteen adapted 70
harbor and cosst defense. OF the forty
one sea-going ironcladss five must be de
Quoted as still on the docks and min
others as either obsolete or not worth re
pairing for sea-going purposes. This re
duces the list to twenty-seveD, and o
these only fourteen can be regarded q
really effective for service at the presen
moment, though four more, or eighteel
in all, will perhaps be ready in tn
course of the year. Moreover, some o
the ships now undergoing repairs eanno
be counted upon as good for more thai
year. Then of the fourteen irOnclad
for hsrbor defense, one is building, an
there are only eight fit for service.