Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-27
CURRENT NEWS.

Arch-Duke Charles Ferdinand, Of
Austria, died Friday.
Sesrcy Record: "Cotton is nearly all
picked out in our county"
Thomas Nevins, brakeman, was
killed in st. Louis Wednesday, while
coupling cars.
Milton Saylor, of the congressional
committee to investigate Arkansas af-
fairs, has got through his work as far as
Hot Springs.
The Texas Central railway has been
east in damage suit for ten thousand
dollars in favor of Mr.. Bergman, who
lost his arm in an accident some time
ago.
Evacuation day was observed in New
York Wednesday by the display Of bunt-
ing on the national, State and municipal
buildings, and hotels, etc., and parade
Of the veterans, numbering sixteen men.
The lower house OF the Arkansas legis-
latureW ednesday passed thesenate joint
resolution raising a committee TO inves-
tigate the election of Senator Dorsey;
also, the senate bill providing for the
manner of letting public contracts.
A letter, purporting to have been
written by d. w. voorhees,, and discuss
ing various political issues, was pub
lished in the indianapolis Ind Jour
nal OF Wednesday morning. Mr.. NOI-
hees pronOunces every lire and word OF
the letter forgery.
Captain Josh V. Throop, Of the steam
er Silverthorn, died at Evansville
Wednesday morning of neuralgia Of the
IL .sN.,
that ran from that port, and had host
Of friends. His remains will be taken to
Smithland for burial to-day.
VIM. F. Barry, aged ninety-six, sup
posed to be the oldest printer in the
United States, was buried i'm st. LOUIS
Wednesday. His first "tRke" as Jour
neyman was WashingtOn's obituary. At
the age of ninety years he worked at
the CASE in Nashville, this State.
Mayor Hsvemeyer, Of New York, re-
ceived a dispatch from the mayor Of
Tuscumbia, Alabama, saying they need
money to build houses for the destitute
and suffering, asking: "Will you help
us?D The mayor says there is 10 sPpro-
priatiOn upon which he can draw for
this purpose, but invites subscriptions,
which he will receive and forward.
At meeting Of the citizens OF Louis
vile At the board of trade rooms Tues
day, committees were appointed to
thoroughly canvass the city in behalf Of
the sufferers by the storm at the two
towns in Alabama. Some two thousand
dollars has already been subscribed, aud
probably a much larger sum, as well as
clothes and provisions, viii yet be Oh
tanned.
At Cairo, Illinois, Wednesday, the
knights Templar paraded in force, there
being 3 large number present who have
gathered from various points to take the
steamer for New Orleans. The late
trains will bring on an addition Of two
OF three hundred, who have engaged
passage on the steamer Thompson Dean,
the Great Republic snd Idlewild leaving
there at midnight
Advices from San Domingo to the
thirteenth state that the preliminary
negotiations for a treaty OF amity and
commerce between Spain and the Do
minican republic have been successfully
closed The principal clause provides
for the perfect neutrality of San DOmin-
90 in all matters pertaining to Cuba.
The treaty between Hsyi and San Do
min y la, AAVN y lN 'NIAA - AANNAs
The following tows Of coal will leave
Pittsburg on this rise: For Cincinnati,
twenty-nine steamers, one boat, and
three hundred ana twenty bsrges, con-
tanning three million seven hundred
thousand bushels; for Louisville, sew
enteen steamers, two boats, and two
hundred and five barges, containing two
and a half million bushels; for Cairo,
one steamer and twelve bsrges, contain
ing one hundred and filty-five thousand
bushels.
The grand jury Of Salt Lake Wednes-
day reported, in regard to the Utah ter
ritoTial penitentiary, that in 1867 Albert
PackwOod, while warden thereof, filed
on the land upon which it stands, and
perfected his title thereto; thst they be-
lieve the patent so obtained was issued
on false and fraudulent entries, and
recommend that suitable action be taken
for the government TO regain possession
OF the property. They report that for
want of funds for the employment of
experts, and for the want OF time, they
have not been able to make an examin-
alton OF the territorial, county and city
records.