Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-06-10
HOME TELEGRAMS,

The races at Omaha, Nebraska, yes.
terdsy, we well attended.
The sale of Daniel Webster's private
library began in Boston yesterday.
The steamship Gilbert, from Ham
burg, arrived at New York yesterday.
The election for city officers comes
off at Concord, New Hampshire, to-day.
The national sportsmen's association
reassembled in Cleveland, Ohio, yester-
DAY.
The Indiana State Temperance con-
vention assembled in indianapolis, yes
terday.
The Pacific mail steamer Caluina, from
Panama, arrived at San Francisco yes
terday.
The steamship Kennelworth, from
Liverpool, arrived at Philadelphia yes
terday.
Another fine rain fell throughout Ne.
braska yesterday. The crop prospects
are frightening daily.
A large grain elevator in Huntingdon,
West Virginia, burned last night. Loss
thirty thousand dollars.
The steamers Algeria from Liverpool,
and the State of Georgia from Glasgow,
arrived at New York, yesterday.
Three men were drowned at Cam
bridge, Massachusetts, yesterday by the
sinking OF scow on Broad canal.
Spsrtsnburg county, South Carolina.
has subscribed one hundred thousand
dollars toward the Asheville railroad.
The officials of the interior depart
ment do not think that the visit of the
Indians to Washington was a failure.
Red-ClOud, Spotted-Tail and the party
OF Sioux Indians passed through Omaha,
Nebraska, yesterday, bound westward.
1t is officially announced, says a New
York telegram, that the laying of the
direct United States cable is completed,
Twenty armed Texas are reported to
have crossed over into Texas, eight
miles below Brownsville, on a mara1d-
ing expedition,
The Orange Lake house, near New
burg, was burned yesterday morning.
Loss, forty thousand dollars; insurance.
eight thousand.
The English ship Prince Alfred, with
guano for London, foundered at sea in
the vicinity of Caquimba. The crew
left In two boats; one has been picked
up.
The real estate sales at Charleston,
South Carolina, for the week ending
May 3lst amounted to eighty-seven
thousand three hundred and sixty-tWo
dollars.
Hon. William M'Ever was killed by
tree falling across house in which he
had taken refuge from storm, in Pauld-
ing county, Georgia, on the twenty
fourth of May.
The attendance at the races at Titus
vile, Pennsylvania, yesterday was large.
The 2:4O race was won by Grand Cen
trail, Idle. Boy second and Joker third,
Time, 2:4O4, 2:42 and 2:45.
A telegram from Boston says that the
cOrOner's jury in the case of Mabel
Young have rendered verdict, stating
that the evidence points directly to
Thomas w. Piper as her murderer.
The Black Hills geological party ar
rived on the east fork of Beaver creek
last Thursday. They have as yet found
no mineral developments, nor have the
Indians interfered with their operations.
Abraham Jackson, the alleged de-
faulter, was again arraigned in Boston
yesterday, on charge OF further fraud,
and bail fixed at eighty-nine thousand
dollars. He was returned to jail. His
bearing is cool and unconcerned.
The National Christian association, in
session at Pittsburg, yesterday resolved
itself into a political mass-meeting, and
nominated Hon. j. B. Walker, OF Hill
nois, for President Of the United States,
and Donald kirkpatrick, Esq, of New
York, for Vice-President.
The following instructions were given
by Lieutenant General Sheridan, in
Chicago, yesterday, on a request made
for permission to enter the Big Horn
country by party OF Cheyennes on the |
twenty-fOurth Of May: According to
the provisions Of the treaty of 1869 with |
the Sioux Indians, white men are pro-
hibited from entering the country re.
ferred to in the enclosed telegram to the
secretary of war. Notification will
therefore be given all parties who con-
template entering the country named
that they will be prevented from doing
so by the military authorities until or
ders under which the latter are acting
are revoked.