Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-25
TELEGRAPHIC CLIPPISGS.

The steamer Ethiopia, from New
York, arrived at Mobile yesterday.
The steamer Alexandria, from New
York, arrived at London yesterday.
The snip LedOga, from New York,
arrived at san Francisco yesterday.
David NJ. Simmons has been appoints
ed postmaster at Jacksonville, Illinois.
A row OF houses at Bloomfield, New
Jersey, burned yesterday. Loss thirty
thousand dollars.
The third annual international anna
ture regatta opened at Saratoga, New
York, yesterday.
Generals Sherman and SlOcum, aud
Miss Sherman, passed through Omaha
yesterday for st. Louis.
Frank M'Gsrry was beaten with a
shovel in New York Saturday nigh5 and
died Monday. No arrests.
The court of inquiry in the case Of he
scurvy-smitten ship Bremen, convened
in San Francisco yesterday.
Extensive swiuding on the part Of the
distlIleIs and revenue agents wss report
ed in San FCancisco yesterday.
The steamers r R),terdam, from ROtteT-
dam, and Vile DsParis, from HavTe,
arrived at New York yesterday.
Two small failures were reported in
New YORK Monday. The names gwen
were o. Il. Stevens and J. w. Brown.
Weiles imagery, bishop of the Britt h
Methodist Episcopal church in CAnsda,
died at Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Sunday.
w. w. Felt, one OF the plOprietors OF
the Lindell hotel in ST. Louis, died in
Williamstown, Massachusetts, yester-
day.
The courts in New York aJj 4urned
yesterday out of respect TO the memory
of the late Judge Grover, Of the court Of
appeals.
The croEs in the Eutsw valley have
not been materially injured by the late
rains, and in many places an improve
ment is noticed
A dispatch from Ssndusky, Ohio, says
that q vessel named May hDwer sunk
off Kelley's island, yesterday. The
crew were saved.
A dispatch from London says that
twelve thousand animals are afflicted
with the foot and mouth disease at Dor
cetshire, and the distemper is spreading
rapidly.
One Of the largest dealing coal COM
panies of Pennsylvania to-day annOuuc-
es the reduction Of coal, at retail
prices, as follows: Crate and egg, s. 20;
stove, S6; and chestnut, s. 40
An explosion, caused by es osping gas,
occurred at the residence Of f G Web
ster, in Brooklyn, yesterday. Several
persons were badly burned. ihe house
was damaged by fire two Thousand dol
lars.
The Superior mOwer-machiue COM
paDy's works in Wheeling, West NT-
| ginis, which suspended some time
since, has been purchased by some
| wealthy capitalists, who will resume act
| i've operations in a short time.
&C. Sprague, a noted cOunterfeiter
! and murderer, who was under sentence
OF death in the county jail at Harrison
vile. Missouri, for killing q man at
Holden, some months since, broke Jail
Monday night and made his escape.
The garrison Of the citadel Of Eco de
Urgel, yesterday hCisted a flag Of truce
and hOstilities were suspended, the
Carlist General Lizzaraga offering to
surrender On conditions, which General
Martinez rejected. At last accounts al
agreement had not been arrived at.
Two patches of MenOnites, number
ing in all three hundred and fifty
marched through Wall and Broad
streets, in New York, Sunday, to the
banking office OF Gresnbaum Brothers
IL Co, received cash for their drafts, anC
in the evening started for their new
homes in the west,