Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-01-03

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! VERSAILLES, January 1.-The court
martial sitting for the trial of the COM
munists has condemned six more of
them TO death, four being in cOnttnld-
/. ciOn.
Frem Cape Coast Castle.
Il LONDON, January Late adviees
rom Cape Coast Castle report that Sir
Garnet Walseley has advanced seventy
miles into the interior. The Ashantees
are flying before him.
Schooner AshOre-FOur Lives Lost.
NORFOLK, December 31.-The schoon.
er Charles Cook, from Demarara for
Boston, went ashore twenty miles south
of Cape Henry, light, yesterday morn
ing, and four Of her crew were drowned.
One Exception 20 a Quiet New-Year.
LITTLE Rock, January 1.-TWO col
Ored men got into quarrel yesterday,
in which one was stabbed and killed.
Except this, the New-Year passed off
unusually quiet. 80 -lrsl Es
Heavy COnnaSratiOn.
ST. LOUIS, January 2.-The Glenn
house and AppeGl newspaper office, and
several stores and shops in Paris, Mon
roe county, were burned Wednesday
morning. Loss heavy, but the amount
is not reported.
Fatal Boiler Explosion.
MILWAUKEE,, January "A boiler at
Nunnemacher's distillery, on the Kin
nikinnick river, near this CITY, exploded
yesterday afternoon. The engineer was
fatally scslded, and two others scalded
slightly. The damage to the distillery
was eight thousand dollars.
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WASHINGTON, January 1.-The Presi-
dent and wife held their usual New
Years reception to-day aided by cabi-
net officers and their wives. After the
reception of foreign representatives and
home officials in usual order the veter-
ans of 1872 were received, and at two
o'clock the doors were thrown open to
the general public.
.e-- Mexican Politics.
MATAMORAs, January 2.-General
COTtina was installed as mayor to-day,
without disturbance, the opposition Civ
ing up the city government to him quiet
". Last night fight occurred in mar
ket square. growing out OF the political
excitement, in which one person was
killed, and others were wounded. Sew
eral prominent persons, who were op-
vile, Texas, to-day, fearing a difficulty.
The city, tonight, is perfectly quiet,
and matters are regarded as amicably
settled.
a bloody New-Year's Day in st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, January 2.-Patrick Nc
Govern and John Ward, between whom
an old feud existed, met yesterday and
quarrelled, and Ward beat McGovern |
over the head with rock so badly that
he died late last night. Ward was ar
rested.
Two unknown men, partially drunk, |
met at the corner of Cass avenue and |
Second streets last night, and got into |
an alteration which resulted in a fight. |
One man knocked the other down and |
plunged a knife through his forehead, |
breaking the blade and leaving part of |
it in the mans brain. When the police |
arrived the wounded man was dead. |
The murderer escaped.
Operehouse Burned.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, January q
operahouse was burned
last night; loss, eighty thousand dollars;
thirty thousand dollars.
When the fire was discovered a very
large audience filed the operahouse, and
many people narrowly escaped suffoca-
ton, so dense was the smoke and diff
cult the exit. The total loss is eighty
five thousand dollars. Mrs. Longfield,
who kept a millinery store on the first
floor, estimates her loss at twenty-five
thousand dollars, with an insurance of
twenty thousand dollars. FannenthulZ,
whose loss is sixty thousand dollars, had
an insurance of only ten thousand dol
1ho o<A 49, Ii
sion of lamp in Lynn's restaurant, in
the basement.
Ehe Gilman. Clinton and SprfngHerd
s Railroad.
CHICAGO, January AT Blooming
ton, Illinois, to-day, before Judge Tip
ton, will be argued the motion of the
Clinton and Springfield rail-
road company, through their counsel
for the removal of Hinckley, the re-
ceiver appointed by Judge Upton, upon
the ground that the road is suffering un-
der his management, its earnings falling
off and the interests of the stock
holders neglected. The petition sets
forth the resignation of the old board of
officers and directors of the road and
the election OF T. ]. Carter, 3. F. Fox I
and Henry Magill to fill the vacancies.
The result is looked for with great in
Lerest along the line of the road.
The Vile de Havre Investigation.
LONDON, January 2.-During the in
into the Vile de Havre dis
aster yesterday, Mr.. Waite of New
York deposed that he was rescued by a
French boat, which soon sfterward
picked up Captain Surmont. Mr.. Waite
urther stated that the crew of the ,
Loch-Earne confounded the pilot of the :
Vile de Havre with Captain Surmont; ,
hence the statement that the latter's
clothing was dry when he came aboard !
kr. Waite for making the explanation. |
The Vile de Havre investigation was !
to-day. Captain Robertson,
# the Loch-Earne, testified. He de- +
lied that the charges against Captain I
,urmont emanated from him. He de-
Jared that he was Incapable of taking !
way s1ch a brave mans character. /
Application was made for an adjourn. n
nent. of the proceedings until the .
french witnesses could attend, but it 4
vas subsequently withdrawn. Mr.. Butt, r
n behalf of the officers of the LOch- y
Iarne, argued that the Vile de Havre a
vas to blame, but that the negligence :
n that steamer was probably due to the !,
watch kept for the three pre- :
iOus foggy days. The court unani-
nously decided that Captsin Robertson
7as blameless.
What st. Louis Can show of Prosperity.
ST. LOUIS, January All the papers 3:
to-day print very elaborate reviews ST
the trade and commerce of this city D
uring the past year. Those of the Re
1l6licdn and Democrat are especially
Ill, and the latter paper adds a num- n
er of large wOod-edts, representing the 81
t. Louis bridge, elevators and the vari- " "
us conveniences and appliances for the ID
lcilitation of the transportation of c.
-eights by the river route to the sea- "
GARD. The editions of this paper are
robably the largest ever printed in the ir
rest, being upward of forty thousand Is
Opies of a ten-page paper, and the B,
resses are still at work. The review is pt
} gratifying to the general increase of 81
usiness, although in some articles it has
cen less than last year. Prominent feat dl
Tres Of the exhibit are: Receipts of cot M
IN, 81, 1888 bales, against 29, 4S6 bales last &C
ear; flour manufactured, l, ,497 ,l59 bar 90 3,
lis, against ,294, 79S barrels last year; e
ogs packed since November 1st, 1854. W
Ne o0oinSt 255 079 last voar Raaai,1fa