Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-05-23

known TO De one hundred and forty
seven. Some idea may be formed
of the terrible force of the rushing
stream of death by the statement that
the fissure in the ruined barrier shows
that the flood must have started with a
volume one hundred and seventy-five
feet wide and thirty-five feet deep.
ie POLICE TROUBLES.
A Tammany Democrat and Republi-
can, together with an independent
alderman, Mr.. Ottendorf, have united
In q report to the board of aldermen, in
which the police commissioners are
charged with gross inefficiency, great
negligence and flagrant neglect of law,
and the mayor is urged to remove those
who are responsible for the demoraiiza.
tion of the department. When the
mayors attention was called to the
structure of the legislative committee on
abuses in the street cleaning bureau, he
intimated that that mittee had been
appointed for partisan purposes. This
insinuation is repelled in this report, and
a second count is added to the indict-
ment against the police commissioners
by pointed reference to evidence taken
in courts In regard TO appointment and
ANAAONcA Vi A4SHICADAo eahA OlhCA
larities on election day.
MORMON IMMIGRANTS.
A party of about one hundred and for
ty immigrants arrived yesterday. They
start to-day for Salt Lake City.
TROUBLE IN THE ROYAL FAMILY OF
GREAT BRITAIN.
4 London letter says the absence Of
n,,I % e..
the queens drawingroOm has naturally
attracted attention, and revived rumors
Of disputes as to precedence. The duke
and duchess went to the foImer draw
ugroom-reception, and i was supposed
the matter had been satisfactorily ad-
justed; but it seems there is still hitch
somewhere. The Duke Of Edinburg
ranks next to the Prince Of Wales, but the
point is whether the duchess should
come next to the Princess of Wales. In
the case of Princess Louise and the Mar
quis OF Lorne, the husband and wife are
separated, the husband being restricted
to the rear with the gentlemen in wait
ing. Another grievance of the duchess
is said to be the poor and insignificant
appearance Of Clarence house, which is
to be her permanent home as soon as
the repairs are completely it stands in
what is known as the stable
though it has st. James palace
and the Duke of the Sutherland's pal
ace on the other, still it occupies an
obscure and backward position. The
Clarence house has been considerably
and the interior is well enough,
htyf 20 avfarrol Ac1eoot mill aIr
mean and shabby, lacking for want of
proper entrance. 1t is like house in
an alley. There has been talk of the
Duke of Edinburg purchasing magnifi-
cent mansion at Kensington, facing the
gardens.
SERIOUS DISTURBANCES IN AUSTRIA.
A letter from Austria tells Of the Sc
ri0us disturbances there early in May, in
Of the advance of the price
Of beer, announced by the brewers of
Weiss and Hatuckett. About ten thou
sand people assembled outside the brew
cry, and set about smashing the win
dows, breaking open the doors, and
throwing the machinery, barrels, furni-
ture, and all they could lay hold of, into
the Danube. The riot did not subside
till the proprietors of the establishment
declared their willingness to sell at old
prices. Since then no fresh outbreak
has occurred.
ARRIVAL OF THE sARTORIs- GRANT
BRIDAL PARTY.
This evening Mr.. and Mrs. Sartoris,
with the President of the United States,
Mrs. Grant, and the wedding party in
will dine with Alex. L. Stewart
- fa r.a1T1nnnn on Fifth
number of curious people gathered in
the corridors of the Fifth Avenue hotel
this morning, anxious to catch a glimpse
of the bride and bridegroom, but they
were disappointed. The President and
Mrs. Grant, and large number of inti-
mate friends will accompany the newly
welded couple in a revenue cutter as far
as Sandy Hook on their departure for
tomorrow. Colonel Frederick
D. Grant will sail for England in about
six weeks.
A JOINT CONFERENCE.
A joint conference Of the board of
public health and charities with MEM
bers of the Social Science association,
was held this morning. DR.. Stephen
Smith read an essay on the duties of
city health boards. He thought that
the first duty of health board was TO
effect more complete system of vital
which should not only in
,lude a record of births, deaths aad mar
riages, but should also include the
OF diseases by adoption of
proper sanitary measures. Cholera had
Ost its terror, and the ravages of small
1Ox and yellow-fever had been limited.
The proper duties ef health boards were
% prevent commerce and emigration
rom Interfering with public health, to
solate all cases Of contagious diseases,
% destroy the contagious principle, and
% thoroughly supervise all trades and
business which tended TO create special
disease. The scholars should also be
bad dwellings be vacated
" cleaned, nuisances abated, intem-
)eranee suppressed, and the health
II the public in general guarded.
4 resolution was adopted setting forth |
hat it was the sense Of this meeting that !
! health. board should be established
hroughouta all theStates and registration |
hould be one of the duties of the board. |
PAUPERIsM AND THE SOCIAL EVIL.
At the afternoon session Of the Ameri- |
an social science association, paper |
vas read by the secretary on pRuperism |
q the city of New York, being a report |
rom the department of social economy. |
was matter which was be-
coming Of more Importance every day. |
rhe effects of an irredeemable paper /
currency had been made to stimulate /
and rob labor of its earnings. /
t was the general opinion that the soup /
Iitchen charity only tended to create |
The report depicted at some
ength on the effects of this kind of chari- /
Y on the lower classes of society. They |
cave off work and depend upon these
harities for their support. The remedy |
or pauperism was that the relief afford
ID should be connected with labor as
much as possible.
The secretary read a report on the
work Of the social science in the United |
States. He would advocate the holding
II annual meetings Of the association
\ some Of the smaller cities of the
States, as 1t seemed to him that the at
enhance ct the meetings here was in /
inverse ratio to the size of the city as
vas evinced by the attendance at the |
essions here. In the absence of L, r. |
3rockway, Of Detroit, his paper on the |
efoTmation of prisoners was read by !
Judge Brown.
THE edition of the SUNDAY APPEAI |
tomorrow will be very large, present. |
.ng an unusual opportunity to adver- |