Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-05-20
TELE8RAPBIC BREVITIES.

Robert Townsend, a well-known law
yer of Omaha, died at nine O'Clock Sun
day luOrning.
The London Standard says it under
stan TIE queen viii go to Russia IN
autumn.
Emneror William has ordered tenn
p0-qry retire. tnent from the German d.
T.Iomstic service Jf Count Won Armid.
Hon. George Robertson, ex-member
Of congress from Kentucky, died in Lex
ington Saturday night, sged eighty-hve
years.
The New York State editorial excur-
sion partv were doing Nashville Sunday
and Monday. They left Nashville Mon
day afternoon for Montgomery, Ala
bama, Cjd Birmingham.
The Paris newspaper lie GGttois, says
fb 2 Duke de Chartres has sent ehAl-
fsr, e TO NJ. Paul De Cassagnae in con-
SEQ, Ience o. a publication in the latter 3
"a e Le PEys, Of an abusive article.
Prescott. Sanoorn's attorney, refuses
10 answer promptly questions propouDd-
cd bv the examining committee at " ash
i1yton. particularly with regard 10 the
tisbur-eypent of a certain sixteen thou
sand dollars.
William T. Pollock. who was arrested
for rotbiug the pO.StOffice at Brownsville
NetTas ka, last winter, was sentenced
Monday 70 one years Imprisonment at
bard iaBor in the peRitentlary At Fort
Madison, -JBdisna.
The Par is Journal des Debates says
the attempt Of De GOUisfd - form cab
met has completely failed and that
AFapua. minister Of finance In the late
.,sbiDet. csnuot come to Paris in conse-
oueneeof IN health.
The Costa Rica, from Panama, which
t1Ucbed al san DiagO Sunday evening,
rauorts the government at San jose de
Guaremala had settled, with the consent
of Msgee. for the recent outrage on per-
s.1us. paving ten thousand pounds.
A Milwaukee dispatch Monday says
.t..-t the bulkhsad Of Gardner dam in
m, ,er Wolf river, in Chp county,
~. wsy Thursday night, and while nine
T1-1 were engaged II raising the gates
f-1r o., them were instantly killed and
thg 9TH, ms badly injured.
The be use committee on sppropria-
lions has. at the request Of the Western
Uuion teies raph company, agreed 70 de-
f4r action Oh the postal telegraph bill
z
.ghicb time the company will be heard
through their attorney, Mr.. LOweTy.
General Sherm an will not leave
Washington 10 eslaDllsn army head
Quarters At st. Louis until October. He
fsiulzs there are several advantages in
tie uro- -rsed removal, among which is
mentioned the fact that the bulk Of the
,.-,,v il stationed west of the Mississippi,
aud in case Of any Indian war, or other
troubles in that section, the army opera
tions could be better directed from st.
T,ouis than from Washington.
Jason Ditmer, while at work in his
"a near Centresville, Williamson
...,tp Illinois, Saturday afternoon,
.,-s--e6of hv two or more persons con-
a-IlT ot.sr bv. This seems to be q con-
'-i-,,,sfion of ? feud between the Russell
- pIlIyVer families, which has result
"A io Ditmer's death and seriously
sounding four other persons, the last OF
vvbopa being Henderson, who was shot
last Friday and may recover. DilInet
injuries are probably fatal.
A Cleveland telegram furnishes the
r,!lowing chapter OF cas- 7alties: Eliza
tafh Person. aged twenty years, COM
4oltfed suicide yesterday by taking
sfrgehnine: cause unknown. Monday
aftergoon two children Of John koote
playing 10 q boat, fel into canal. Tn'
little girl, aged Eve years, was drowned
the boy, aged eight years, was carried
rom the canal TO the river, distance
81 one hundred feet through the waste
water race, which was under the surface
OF the grouBd the entire distance, and
esNaped uniniGred. On the trip from
Laws City, Michigan, 70 that port Of the
gteaua barge Concord, Richard Galway
q esiOred Gremfn dropped dead while
sbeveIing coal into the furnace. Tn
F.06y was brought to this city"