Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-08
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DENVER, October 7.-President Grant
and party returned from Southern Colorado
this afternoon, and will visit Central City,
Black Hawk a. d Georgetown Tomorrow and
leave for Washington Sunday.
Female Prisoner Escaped.
ST. LOUIS, October IA special from
Jefferson City to the EUening Dispatch, says
that Madame Fertmeyer, notorious abor-
Zionist OF ST. Louis, who was sentenced to the
penitentiary tor ten years, escaped from that
prison last night by squeezing herself through
the transom OF Eer cell, and has not yet been
captured.
Foreign Missions.
CHICAGO, October THE American
board of foreign missions met in Farwell hall
this morning and neard reports of committees
on various missions. The reports were gene
rally to the effect that the missions were very
successful and growing so rapidly that their
wants could not be properly supplied at
present. Missionaries followed with brief
addresses.
General Manks Granted New Trial.
New YORK, October 7.-GeneIal WI.
liam g.. MankS, ex-customhouse inspector,
who was convicted in the United States court
in June last, under section 5i3l of the revised
possession, with intent to sell, fifteen hundred
dollars in counterfeit money, was granted
new trial yesterday in the same count
Dealing I'm Stolen Bonds.
NEW YORK. October AT the police
court to-day, Cyrus G. Clark, a Broadway
bail for having, in March last, feloniously
purchased ten One-thousand-dOllar Jersey
City bonds, they being portion of the bonds
stolen IN January, 1874, by Alexander Hamil-
ton, then treasurer of Jersey City.
Financially Embarrassed.
NEW YORK, October THE personal
paper of John Gorham, of Providence,
Rhode Island president of the Gorham manu-
featuring company, went to protest on the
fifth instant. His failure was occasioned by
a large real estate operation IN New York and
Boston, and in no way impairs or affects the
credit or standing of the Gorham manufac-
turing company.
Found Dead I'm His Bed.
HARTFORD, CONN, October Rev.
Thomas Ryder, pastor of Strong-street Bap-
tist church, Notlin CHAM, England, was found
dead q his bed yesterday morning, at the res
idence or Mrs. Harriet Beecher stowe, IN this
city. Mr.. Ryder was travelling for his health,
and probably d ed OF heart disease. He met
the Professor and Mrs. Stowe at The Twin
Noun tain house, and had called ID visit the
family.
PrOprietOrship of Play Settled.
PITTsBURG October I'm the suit of
Shoak and Palmer, of New York, against
M'Kee Rankin, Judge Ewing to-day issued a
perpetual injunction against the latter re-
The I5DO Orphans in this city. This is the
first time that decision has been rendered by
any court that ShOak and Palmer have the
exclusive prepri etorsh1p rights TO produce
the play in the United states.
Trouble in the Coat Districts.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, October Last
night an attempt was made to destroy the
large West BroOkside break er, owned by the
Philadelphia and Reading coal and iron COM
pany. The blacksmith shop, farmhouse, car
penter shop ana oil-house connected with the
breaker were burned down, bat the employees
succeeded in saving tee breaker. West Brook
slue is in the southern portion OF the region,
and has hitherto been quiet and free from
violence or incendiartsm.
The Water Route Convention.
ROME, GA, October The Mobile
and Tennessee water route convention ad-
jOurned to-day, after adopting resolution
recommending TO congress and the legisla-
lures of Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama
legislation to aid in the connection OF the
Alabama and Tennessee rivers; also indOrsing
the four great water routes proposed by the
Window committee, and calling upon the
government TO select this city as the ite of
the proposed southwestern arsenal.
4 Small FIre-ArkaBsas Masonry.
LITTLE Rock, October Z Some frame
buildings on the corner of Main and Eighth
streets, were destroyed by fire last night. Loss
about twenty-five hundred dollars, with but
little insurance.
DR.. F. Il. DuvaI, of Fort Smith, has been
elected right eminent grand commander o.
the grand commandery Of nights Templar CT
the state, now in session, and John w. RisOn,
OF Little Rock, recorder. The grand chapter
meets tomorrow.
Investigation into the Irregularities Of
the State Treasurer of Pennsy IVania.
HARRISBURG, October AT q ses-
sion of the State treasury Investigation COM
mittee, this morning, Mr.. Geist, editor of the
Lancaster Express testified that he had infor-
nation showing that State-Treasurer Mackey
had drawn four per cent. interest on an aver
age deposit of twenty thousand dollars in the
banking frm of StehmaD, Cl8rkson IL Co.. of
Lancaster. in 1863 GelSt declines to give the
name 4 his Informant unless compelled by
law. No other witnesses were examined.
The Cracker-Makers in Convention.
ST. LOUIS, October THE cracker
ui heTS Of the country, who have been in pri-
vate conference here two DAYS, have effected
a permanent organization of a national So
cIety Ior tue purpose OF harmoniZing their in
tsTeSts and promoting their welfare, The fol-
loving Officers were elected: Z. N. Blake, Of
chicago, president; w. K. Camp, of Philadel-
phia, and +. A. Kennedy, OF Cambridgeport,
Massachusetts,, vice-presidents; q. Z. hum
sey, OF Pittsburg, secretary and treasurer.
Executive, finance, and arbitration commit
tees were appointed, also a committee TO pro-
vide for Getting and running a national
bakery at the Centennial next year. A com
mittee TO draft a constitution and bylaws for
the society was also appointed, and the con-
vention adj journed TO meet in Philadelphia
on the eleventh of July next. Representa-
tiyes were present from Missouri, Illinois,
Iowa, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Visions
nbfO Indiana and New York