Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-17
EIttIe Rock Meaiher.

hittle Rock Wea her.
LITTLE Rock, July l6.-To-dsy has
been TIE hottest OF the season, the ther-
mometeT reaching one hundred and one
degrees in the shade. In some places il
indicated one hundred and three de-
grees.
The Ora8Esmsn Riot Condemned
BOSTON, July IS The Roman Cath
Ole clergy OF Lawrence have Issued
card coUCemning the riot on Monday
last, and expressing the nope that the
Tinglesders may be made TO feel the
enOrmity Of their crime.
aecrefaEy BeIkBHp and Party.
OMAHA, July l6.-Secretary of War
BeIknsp and party arrived here this
morning from the east. They expect 10
proceed westward tomorrow, bur may
delay here until Monday.
Thermometer ninety-eight degrees in
the shade at two O'Clock this afternoon.
loss CT "a steamer.
WHITEHALL, n. Y, July 16.-The
steamer Champlain, which left Fort t..
condernga last night for Rouse's Point,
ran ashore near SaTmIll Point. She liz
probably q total wreck. There were
eighty passengers On board, who were
taken of by the steamer Adirondack.
No one injured.
A. successful HSteI Thief.
PTTTsBURG, July l6-While the fam
liz Of Mr.. John s. Hays were a. dinner
at the MOnOngahels house to-day, their
rooms were entered ami some two thou
sand dollars worth OF diamonds and
iewelry stoleB. Suspicion points to
stranger who was stopping at the hotel
and who has disappeared.
FIRST Bale al GaIyes:Oc.
GALVESTON, July l6.-The first bale
OF new cotton was received here to-day
from Brownsville; weight, four hundred
and thirty-eight pounds; ciassed good
middling, and sold to James Buckley,
OF New Orleans, for twenty-eight cents
Der pound. IL was shipped by express
TO Moody d JsmisOn, New York.
Lees Testimony EzOneFRtes Brigham.
BEAVER, UTAH, July l6.-The testi-
mOny OF John d. Lse, as well as other
important witnesses, will entirely refute
all the Charges which have been made
against Brigham Young aud the leaders
Of the Mormon church in Salt Lake
City. 1t will be proven that he sent an
emphatic command that the deed should
not be committed.
Attempted BsSass1naliOn.
CONCORD, July l6.-H0n. VIM. A.
Foster, chief justice Of the circuit court
OF this State, while riding in Pullman
car from Boston to Concord Isst even
ing, was shot in the right arm through
an open window as the train was pass
ing Merrimac station. The shot was
doubtless fired by q tramp in revenge
for bsing put off the caTs the night be-
fore.
The Fruit SHOW.
CHICAGO, July l6.-The legislature of
Michigan has appropriated one thousand
dollars and the governor has appointed
committee to get upa collection OF Mich
igaE fruit for exhibition at the Chicago
exposition, in September and October
next. il is now understood that large
majority OF the States will be similarly
represented, through their various or
ganizatiOus and private ffuit-growers.
The Regatta on lake PGnIchaTtrafn.
New ORLEANS. July 16.-There were
fifteen hundred persons at MilBeburg
this evening to receive the Charleston
crew aud witness the exercising on lake
Pontchartrain preparatory for Mondays
regatta, which promises to be a great
success The b0atmen are all reported
in coed condition, and a lively contest
is ANTICIPATED. The CharlestOuians pro-
dueed a favorable impression in their
exercise,
Bird Shooting.
SYRACUSE, July l6.-This was the
fourth and last day OF the Sp0rtsmens'
tournament. There were thiTty-twO eu-
tries, fifteen birds each, twenty-six yards
rise. G.. +. Nhe8l, OF Cleveland, took
the first prize; S 2. TOrrilI, Of Chicago,
second: James Manning Syracuse,
third; Fred J. Abb ey, Chicago, fourth,
and Gearge M'KiLiey, Chicago, fifth.
The Chicsgo and Onondaga county
teams will shoot tomorrow for the
championship.
New York News.
New YORK, July I6.-JOseph LOeder, |
indicted jointly with John }. Price for |
perjury in connection with the Tilton- |
Bsecher case, was aTTaigned ia the |
Brooklyn court today and pleaded not !
guilty.
Bankers here have been advised from
London TO be prepared for offering in |
this market forged Bank Of England and |
Bank OF France notes.
This afternoon Judge DOnohue gave q |
decision ordering the bill Of particulars |
asked for by the defendant in the civil |
suit Of the PEOPLE as. William NJ. Tweed. |
Storm ia s1aFy Iand-RaiIWay Accident. |
BALTIMORE, July l6.-A heavy rain |
storm last night caused an overflow Of /
Chstsworth and ShTodeT's runs, flooding /
the cellars of & large number Of private /
dwellings and wholesale houses. The /
track Cf the Washington branch Of the 4
Baltimore and Ohio railroad was flooded |
in several places.
The Philadelphia and New York ex- |
press leaving Washington last night on
reaching Blsdensburg wss thrown from |
the track. None Of the passengers were |
Nlr-rLyfrer fraIFg i'm a.
diately sent out, and this morning trains |
are running on time.
The American PhiIOIOgIsfs.
PROVIDENCE, July I6-The Ameri- /
can EhilOlOgical association at Newport I
last eveEing elected the following off. |
Gers: President, Prof. A. Harkness. Of /
Brown university; vice presidents, Prof. |
s. 5 Haldeman, Of the University Of /.
Pennsylvania; Prof. +. d. Allen. Of Gin !
ciunatI; secretary and curator, Prof. 5. |
Hart, of Trinity college, Hartford; treas |
ureT, G. G.. Buckingham, of PoughKeep- I
sic: executive committee. Chancellor /
Howard Crosby. OF the University OF .
New York: w. G. Richardson, Of Cen |
fral university, Richmond, Kentucky; |
DIR. Hammond TTUmhull, OF Hartford, !
and Dr. VIM. d. Whitney, OF Yale col |
lege The next meeting will be held in /
New York city, July Is, 1876.
Direct Hallway Connection.
KANEAs CITY, July l6.-Nickerson, /
president, and Morse, general supeTin |
teudent Of the AtchisOu, Topeka and /
Santa Fee railway arrived here TO day /
from Topeka, to take steps toward /
transfer OF the Midland railway to the .
former corporation, thus giving direct /
connection with this city. The formal 1
transfer will be effected sOon, and the I
road will be in working order about the I
tenth Of August. This road will bring !
an immense amount OF cattle TO this |
city which went east Uid AtchisOn. A /
party Of railroad agents and others 4
started for Put-in-Bay to-day over the .
Hannibal and St Joseph railroad. They 1
80 At the invitation of the Toledo and .
Wabash road, and return in about a I
week.
Revenue Agents Report
ST. LOUIS, July l6.-The Republican /.
this n, Orning publishes the official report /.