Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-24
TELEGRAhS.

Speaker Ker. will spend Christmas in
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Aitsrneg-Geperal Pisrrepont ssys
that The PresiieGt ,es not favor tie
paidOning o. Joyce, convicted In st.
Louis.
One N an WAS killed and several seri-
ously injured by ,he giving away of a
s0an Of the iron bTiige on French creek,
in MeEdvlle, Pennsylvania, yesterday.
John B. RGgseI & Son, stocking manu.
fac,urers, Manchester, New Hampshire,
are reported failed. Liabilities said to
bs one hun ire3 Thousand dollsrs; assets,
twenty thousand,
Il appeals that Moody and SAnkey
have undertaken q heTCuieau- Job in the
evsEgelizi ng # Philadelphia They are
at Il vet, aud thcre seems to be no
abatement OF interest.
British troopsi IN MsIses have arrived
before klntsh, where the Mahar2hays,
Ismals and Leila oppose them With con-
siderable force. General COlborDe has
ssked for rsiafarcemeBts.
It is stated that the principal feature
of the great powers proposition relative
TO reforms in Turkey, is that arnbassa,
dors OF neutral powers at Constantine
pie shall exercise permanent control in
execution OF Te'otns In the provinces.
A report was cureut IN Havana yes
terday that Wm. H, Tweed arrived
there last Tuesday cn 3 schooner. Sew
eral New Workers, who know him by
sight, say they saw him Wednesday
and yesterday, in diheFent parts of The
city.
Under distractions from Judge
Knight, OF The circuit court Of st. Louis,
yesterday, Chief;9f Police M'DOnough,
notifi d Ihe usnagsrs Of the State lot
tary thst no further selling Of tickets or
drawings would be permitted after TO-
day.
Mr. W. c. Black, lately elected treas
urer. was vest. risy elected president OF
the New Orleans cotton exchange, aud
John Phelps, the former president was
elected treasurer, M. Black having re-
signed. There was no other name be-
fore the exchange for president.
The bodies Of John Kells and George
E,well. two more victims OF the gas ex-
plo-ion ia Boston, Wednesday night,
were recovered from the river yesterday.
4 number Of persons who were supposed
20 have been thrown into the river and
drowned, made their appearance yesteT-
day.
4 collision occurred on the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton railroad Wednes-
day morning between freight AMI a
construction tFsin near Hamilton, Ohio.
The eUgineeT oG tue construction train,
w. W. Farley, jumped from the eng e
aud fr8ctured MS sk1ll on stone. he
is not expected to live.
Shocks Of earthquake on Wednesday
night were felt slong the Chesapeake
aud Ohio railrosd, as far ss Stanton, one
hundred and thirty miles northwest Of
Richmond. Also along the line of the
Richmond and DaBville railroad, and
the southern border OF the State. No
damage reported,
IL is rumored that the khedIVe OF
Egypt Il negotiating for the ssls Of
Egypus |, uuders shares In the Suez cs-
nal. The govsrBmen. of Great Britain
and NJ. DsLssse psf representing q COM
binstion Of French capital are the bid
ders. The latter hiss offered nine mil
lions Of d liars for the shares.
A dispatch from San Diego says that
a courier who arrived from Ssn Rafael,
the capital of Lower California, reports
that the revolutionists had attacked the
place, killed Governor VillagTane and
tWenty-nine others, ard rad possession
OF everything. The report needs con-
firmatlon, but is considered highly prob
able by those familiar with the affairs in
thst country.
The trial Of Henry c. Bowen against
the Brooklyn EIgle for one hum
dred Thousand dollars damages for
libel, concluded in New York yes
terday evening. Mr.. Beach, counsel
for defendant, occupied two hours and
half in his summing up, and Mr.. Fuller
ton, for plaintiff, spoke until five O'Clock.
Judge Reynolds then charged the jury
in q ii teen minutes address, and inform
ed them thAt they might bring in seal
ed verdict.