Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-19
TELEGRAPHIC CLIPPINGS.


in the Pennsylvania mining districts.
Several busines houses were destroyed
by fire in Wilmington, Ohio, last night
The supreme lodge OF the knights o
Pythias convened in Washington yes
| terdsy,
/ Colonel Constantine MGuire, internal
revenue collector at st. Louis, hes re.
signed.
Chandler, Hart & Co, boot and shoe
dealers, suspended in Philadelphia yes.
teTdsy.
The furniture store Of Henry Richhof
was destroyed by fire in Cairo, Illinois.
yesterday.
The ninth anniversary of the Alneri-
can bible society was held in Chicago
yesterday.
The Presbyterian general assembly
commences Its session in Cleveland,
Ohio, tomorrow.
Vice-Presiient Wilson arrived and
wss royalty received at Lesyenworth,
Kansas, yesterday.
Colonel George A. Bachelor, formerly
secretary Of treasury in Dakota, died in
Washington yesterday.
A man named Pisback shot his wife
in the neck and then killed himself in
st. Louis Monday night.
TaylOr's carriage factory, in Cincin-
natl, was destroyed by fire Monday.
Loss eight thousand dollars.
Murders, Outrages, and personal con-
f1icts are Of daily occurrence in the min
ing districts Of Pennsylvania.
Two painters fell frIm a ladder in
Louisville yesterday, one receiving fatal
and the other serious injuries.
Three children of Mr.. M'PhersOn, Iiv-
ing near Columbus, Nebraska, were
burned to death Sunday night.
The farmers OF Jackson and Clay coun-
ties, Missouri, continue to complain of
the rsVages OF the hopper-grass.
The tifty-first anniversary of the
American Sunday school Union was
celebrated in New York yesterday.
The saw and shingIe-min, Of Wise
Leonia, at CLONES station, Michigan,
was destroyed by fire Monday night.
Reuben r. Springer has given one hun.
dred and twenty-five thousand dollars
toward building q music hall in Cincin-
natl.
Buffalo, New York, is rejoicing in the
fact that navigation IS open in earnest,
and steamers are arriving and departing
daily.
William freeman, aged thirteen, ac-
cidentslly shot and killed his infant
brother with revolver in Cincinnati
yesterday.
The steamship Polynesian went
aground near st. Thomas, Monday
night, but will be pulled off again with.
out dam&ge.
Shsrkey, the murderer, is on board
the steamer Crescent City, in charge Of
Detective Davis, en- route from Havana
to New York.
PatrOlman Risk, who was shot while
attempting to arrest gang Of burglars
Thursday night, died III Cleveland,
Ohio, yesterday.
A London telegram Monday says that
8 conf tior OIlea-Hawhur (?)
lea ----..---. - -inilabitaats des-
titute Of homes.
By the falling Of an elevator in the
store of Gregory & Stsgg, in st. Louis,
yesterday, one man was killed and an
other wounded.
A fire in Lexington, Missouri, yester-
day destroyed livery stable, lumber
yard, and grocery store. Loss, thirty
tn h1usand dollars.
Several large parties of adventures
have arrived at Cheyenne, awaiting the
opening by the government of the Black
Kills TO the public.
The examination OF books and ac-
counts of wholesale whisky dealers and
lrrf I gNf4i iaio 10
going on ia New York.
The steamship HeIvetia, from Liver
pool, arrived at New York, and the
steamship Cuba and Adriatic, from New
York, arrived at Queenstown.
Columbus, Ohio, is making prepara-
tiOns TO entertain the delegates to the
editorial convention, which meets in
that city on the third Of June.
The visiting Sioux Indians in Wash
ingtOn yesterday called at the interior
department to pay their respects to the
commissioner of Indian affairs.
Only four or five thousand people at
tended the races at Louisville yesterday.
Three races were run, but the time made
IN any Of them was not above medi-
Ocre.
The German Roman Catholic benevO-
lent association of Chicago held its first
business meeting in that city Monday,
and was addressed by Bishop TOebbe, of
COvingtOn.
The anniversary exercises of the vari-
Gus Baptist Sabbath-schOols in New
York, yesterday, was attended by thou,
sands of children. Addresses were made
by several divines.
The pedestrian O'Lesry is doing a
walking contract in Chicago. Up to
half-past ten o'clock Monday night he
had made one hundred and twenty-five
miles in twenty-nine hours.
The FdntilL50, a ministerial organ,
published in Rome, authOritatively
states that the pope has resolved to con-
vOde the vatican council again a. an
early date to discuss ecclesiastical re-
forms.
It is stated that frauds in the impor-
tatiOns Of Grape and mourning goods
have been discovered, extending through
two years, in the appraisers department
of the CustOmhOuse. in New York, and
one Of the examiners has resigned.
A special from Madrid to the London
Daily Ne1Os reports that the papal Nuncio
to TIE restoration of Catholic unity in
Spain, and the government has replied
that it is resolved to maintain the liber-
ty Of worship.
The drug store Of Strong, Cobb & Co,
on Superior street, Cleveland, Ohio, was
burglarized Monday evening. The thief
was captured soon atterWard, ,and twelve
dollars in gold, and q bag filled with
perfumery, toilet articles, etc., to the
value OF about two hundred dollars, re-
covered.
Nj. l. fingwell, living near st. Lou
Is, discovered an Old negro, named Ben.
(ninety years old, setting fire to his
house Monday. Mr.. Leffingwell remon-
trated with Ben, when the latter threat
ened to xiii him, and made demOnstra-
tiOns that necessitated his being shot
dead in bis tracks.
Yesterday morning fire broke out on
Center street, in the principal business
portion Of MahOney City, Pennsylvania,
destroying six business houses, COM
prised Of shops and stores, seven dwell
ings and 3 number OF stables. Loss,
seventy-iye thousand dollars, mostly
insured. The fire on the mountains in
that vicinity continues, and is spreading
in all directions.
The following gentlemen were elected
directors of the New York and Harlem
railroad. in New York, yesterday: Car
neIius Vanderbilt, W. H. Vanderbilt
w T. WitmOra AuUustDs ScbaU Ab,,'