Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-02-27

A Halifax telegram says that the re-
mRins OF seven victims OF the Drummond
Coliery disaster last May have been re-
covered.
The funeral of Thomas A. Springer,
state printer Of California, who died Nednes-
day night. will take place at san Francisco
to-day.
In a race TO take place March 2Sth,
ON the Thames, between Oxford and cam
bridge, the betting is two TO one IN faVor o.
Cambridge.
The anti-monopoly State convention
of lowe. met at DeSmoines, Wednesday, with
over four hundred delegates, representing
sixty-four counties.
Inshelby county, Kentucky, Wednes-
dEy, two negroes qEarreled over dog nght
and exchanged shots, one being seriously and
the other mortally Woandeo.
HBig Frank one of the bank-robbers
who escaped from the Jail at New Castle,
PENNSYLVANIA, last Tuesday night, was arrest
ed in Philadelphia yesterday.
Chris Cest, seventeen years old, shot
himself through the head in his sweetheart's
house in Louisville, Wednesday night, and
Will die. he had been Quarre1ng with the
girl.
A dispatch from Charleston, South
Carolina saws that the venerable Lutheran
castor, John Baehman, distinguished as a
Tsturslist and the lifelong friend and CO.
1Sborer of Agassiz and Abdomen, Is dead,
slsed eighty-five-
A Bayonne dispatch of Wednesday
ssys that it Is rumored that General Moriens
bs,S been badly defeated before Bilboa, with
1be i0ss of large number OF his troops, and
compelled 10 retreat TO santander.
lanes G. King, who murdered O'Neil
il, Na,r Y,1rE, on the eighteenth OF y november,
iS75' was pI qced on trial in New York, yester-
dav His II 'sl has been delayed on account
OF his prostra ton by consumption.
The French Canadian societies of this
1-sg,,a,-.,lanT nrOtAPtiVe. and
rieties aeiIatiug the question OF annexation,
nave formed a central union, and viii hold
convention in New York next summer.
A Montreal dispatch says that Chief
Iu,tice Duvau and Judge Sedgely have sent
in rileir designations, snd J Judge Mynk has re-
Ceived a years leave OF absence. This settles
ihe difficulty between the bench ana bar.
st. Clair. who was arrested for having
set ire to Portland, Oregon, at the time OF the
great confiagration on the second OF August,
has been acquitted. IL was proved Inst ne ne
was thirty-five miles away at the time OF the
IRE.
Latest news from the Gold Coast, re-
ceiyed in London, report a battle fought on
the Lwenty-hrst Of January, IN Whch the
British forces under General Wolseley were
II-sr+v roughly used, and were compelled 10
retreat 70 the coast with heavy losses IN rank
and tile.
Colonel Robert Harlan (colOred), spe-
cIaI agent of the postofiice department. with
moved the order to take effect on the nrst OF
March, George 3. Johnson has been appolnt-
ed IN his place, at salary OF sixteen nundred
dollars a year and three dollars a day Tor traN-
cling expenses.
The eighth ward inspectors OF election
~ Rochester, New York, were committed TO
1aT Wednesday afternoon In default OF the
pavTnent OF fine Imposed by Judge Hunt OF
fuaDtv-five dollars each and costs, for receiv-
ing susan B. Anthonys vote IN the Preslden-
tial election. The inspectors are determined
not TO pay the fines.
The United States attorney-geneTal
has decided that the secretary OF the treasury
NAV withhold from railroad company com
.l1ersz ton for transportation services when
ssncb company has received from the United
states 10 aid IN the construction OF us roao'
1890 mon which il hiss not paid interest,
fooUpb f,1e services were rendered upon an
f6eT of IL roads 10 which no government a'd
given.
EIizabatE Cady Stanton, in an address
II, PbiladeIDhfa yesterday, took a position un-
fsvorahie Ia the distinguishing feature OF
tbst movement, IA circulation OF bands OF
praying women about me streets 81 Aq It,,a IA Door
digni6ed than mob law. she simply sng-
gested that women exert themselves earnestly
10 obtain the ballot, afteT Whlcn snS say >
me ahuse of Iiouor viii be materially de-
creased.
John Smith (the general) has got his
foot in IL this time. He informed indlah
Comm oner Smith that j. j. SaylIe, Ihe
L.
OF beef 10 the Indians; that large quantities
were left 10 rot, the Indians only taking the
hides, which they exchangej Ior 4inlll aiil-
tion. Agent Saville replied that the state
FUeut OF General John smith is false IN every
articular. General John Smith remains 10
be heaCd from.
David A. Gage, late city treasurer OF
Chicago, mas made arrangements 10 turn over
10 Otbe cifsv some two hundred and twenty
fbousand d,allars in cash, and give sec unity
FOR me PAY ment OF the interest already
charged up az Sinst him on me comPtfoile[
hooks one hundred and thirty three tRou-
ssnd dollars. and for the recovery OF the city
money depoSited in The brOken banks, ABOUT
one hundred and nifty thousand doIals,Nhlch
III - suDDosed will end the criminal prOsecu-
lion now pending against MIN iOt lailin8 "
turn over the fve hundred thoosaho uollais
which he owes the city.
A terrible tragedy occurred last Sat
-. Gav NIGHT At jacksonville, Santa Cruz
-,,r, uIv California, resulting in instant death.
M 4 i4ilrev and nr. c. E. Cleveland between
,Ttcr, there has been an Old deadly feud, met
fhaf Eight. Or. Cleveland started out avow1
inc his purpose TO kill Cllkey. man haIueu
DsyaI 5ried 10 make him desisl, out 70 DO
gvaiI. The men met drew PisIo's, q PIoscieu 5 i
a. a. -if11io two feet OF each other and fired SIM
,7itsy eOusfy. Dr. Cleveland hfeu tMlSe, anu anu
faIi de- " on his face. GllkeS IeISAteu . iVm ~.
.u - - T. sn4d against n tree, ana then leli 10
It't p, -, I'D dead. Both had been drinking
uard durn g the day.
crnv, milton of the trades, Free
,l,inLrers unio y, TurnveTein, NaIwse3ris - socl-
frgalllLaLlOliss " a. AAS4NA
YORK last night for the purpose 2l tSssins selaIIs
f,rtbe+ actioT TO proceed against Ihe POlioe
"Reminiscences on account OF the l3tlP l
square affair on IL e xbicb 1,roVide
Resolutions were pl esehted NnlCH P3Hiiet
maj measures be tazeT 20 procure tile
fnent of the police cOnlIsIssi0n LoA S ~ tI,a7
10 riot on the thirteenth On January, anu @ tIlas
~ 49, Fe 11Teferred against them, 70 be pre-
santet TO the mayor, who shall oe c4leo uPoii1 sPi
so remove them from once, NHiOh ~ - -
legged they have dlsgraceo.
The secretary of war recently ad-
.ts,, sed a communication 10 the Chairman "
- sou rnittee on appropriations of the house
1f representatives, inviting his AtbenLloh ~
the reduction ia the appropriations lOL ,n tiIo
collection aud payment OF bounbies, Pii1i1e-
money. etc, to the colOred soldiers ana sAailOts
f3T he fiscal year ending June 20, loI9- Inc
secretary has stated that II the amount nsees-
Sary q, make up the reductlCn De nol sIautee,
the busi ness Of paying the colored elallnthIs
will be pS Valyzed by the end OF April, Ii hot
soon entireiv V suspended; ana IurtheI, ihht n
The relief aSl, ed Tor Is not granted the time
has arrived Tor him to give public nouce OF
the suspension OF payment.
Selma, Alabama, was visited by
most terrific hailstorm on the seventeenth IN
slant, accompanied by WIND anu IotIenIs al 80, o.
rain, that carried terror into the hearJs OF Ihe
timid and superstitious cclored people Many
OF these fell TO praying, and expressing the
belief that the world mad surely come 70 an
md The scenes throughout the city during
fbe storm were indescribable. HailstOnes
were found Of immense size, one OF which
,,,e and weighed over five and a half ounces.
Ofhers. which fell about the same time, were,
-, an, svrraee. but little smaller. The noise
- violence they made, as they came nylng
g-4rI faIlfnq on tin roofs, was truly alatin lhgl
ana Rounded one fOrcibly OF tho9sands OF
.5re-erackers exploding inside OF hogsheSo'
The Nashville .BGnfleT OF the twenty
second gives the following IN IeleIenee -. 20
Ihrse Taen in Jail IN that city nhoe. sef 49,
NJ death. ain view OF the siLnIlatlly VI ,tSI-
q, -1atious the three men who were LAeeiS
slt ~mned to death ~ our s9ptSliiS o1 e. ~
cohoe 4 courts, requested Ja1lor fatts1sOh - ~
crilhlna- together in the same CELL ~
pul thein quest, and they lkelley, ing an ~
dh4So 4S ne a. " occupy an apartment W ~,
1lS an4 Di 11t5 4t 5Sid not want TO be elslulDeS5
~ the distracting s, stS y, a ~ fbsir
by other prisoners, bu, !l9 ls,,a1atfoas for
minds on DEATH and ma y ~ "a, 70 s11 r.
me swift approaching penalt tes @ atS 49, - nj n
~ sDd Tor that last great chao tAAe VII VII
fake Mace They now read the D3S,s Sraeoh
mold nraver meetings. Several eolOreS ~ -
aTs ~ the city have visited them, he'll WV
,Ia,-saffon with them concerning the salNd-
ion al their souls, prayed with them, ana
ctbarVV,sa ministered 10 their spiritual needs.
Iaflor Patterson, IN a conNerseCaoA lau win
fS1arn fold them that their only hope Ees IN
fcoirfng hevond the great vortex OF destAi hy
gvhich ihey are soon TO be swallowed up, anu
that as fhts was the case, he would grant them
any sdditionai comfort or luxury thss hlghl
1seuast They desired, above All thlhes,
talk With the governor. he PROMISES me. IA. M ne
would Inform his eXcellency, on ms return
from Washington, OF their request