Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-29
TELEGRAPHiC BRIEFS.

| DeeD frree Ieu anu lOOSSu III ALI SnSikeu
| with murdir.
St. Louis. August IS; Mrs. Fessenden
! ap11 s1rs. Wright were thrown from
| buggy while riding in Louisburg, Kan
sss, 3nd killed.
Amsterdam, N. Y, August 2s: The
| American hosiery raills at this place
| burned thls evening. Insured for eighty
thousand dollars.
! Nv Tore, August 2S: Oscsr Edier, a
| well known glove importer of this city,
| committed suicide yesterday. Business
trouble was the eaHse,
Cincipnati, August %: James Hum
nell, German sadaleE, made desper-
| ate attempt about sir O'Clock tonight to
! Kill his wife ard commit suicide.
slSan Francisco, August 2S: Shanghai
| dates of August 81 say that it is cur
rently reported that Tzsn YOig, COVER
nor Of Yunnar, has committed suicide.
st. Louis, August IS: Adolph Broffell,
who has been cut of work long timer
shot himself through the heart to-day.
Dependency wss the cause OF the acf.
Wheeling, August q: From five 10
seven thousand people attended the
Moupdsvilie, West Virginia; camp.
| meeting to-dsS-the largest assemblage
FOR years.
wheeling, August II: at the Butt's
Nails, Chic, camp-meetlpg to-day a
party of ro1ghs broke open the tempo
rary prison for the incarceration of un.
Tu'y characters, and lib rated all the in
mates.
Pottsville, Pa August 28: The Nelly
MGure prison ers, Nunley, M'Gheson
| Carroll, ROarely and Boyle, recently con-
vscted Of the murder of Policeman Yost
| at Tomedua, were sentenced to death
this morning
0maha, August Is: The grasshoppers
| are still very thick in this vicinity, and
doing much damage to the vegetables
aud corn planted late in The season.
Nothing reliable can bs heard from the
country tbat ia damaging;
Milford, Pa, August 2S: Extensive
| fires are raging in the mountains on the
Pennsylvania side Of Delaware river,
near Pond EIdy. A vast amount OF
valuable timb 4red land has been burned
over aud the timber destroyed.
Halifax, AugUst %: A wstet spout
bttst over the Eumalle estabiishmo at at
| st. Paul island on the eighteenth IL
slant, de stEoying five buildings a1d kill
ing one man. Two storehonses and a
dwelling stand rtuch Shattered.
st. Louis, August 81: Two brothers,
named Dsnham, resisted arrest by. con-
stables yesterday, at Dsnver, Cook
| county. The col stable obtained q posse
OF eitissne to help him, but the Den-
| hams still resisted, and were shot dead.
! Washington, August 2S: secretary
| Cameron will return here this week, but
will leave again early in September, in
| company with General 8 herman, for
! tour OF inspection of the Fort Leaven-
| worth military prison and the various
military posts in the wtss.'
st. louis, August %: At the Repubi'
can meeting in Raymond, Montgomery
county, Kansas, last Friday, a keg OF
| powder was accidentally exploded while
| firing q salute, and John, BaUzo instant
lg killed, while Jos eph Dodson, James
Sharp and Sylvester KessliDger, were
mortally wounded.
New York, August 81: A fire to-day
| des .royed Ockerhausen Bros sugar re-
| finery, $50 South Strand, and damaged
Libby, Bartlett & Kimballs oil Ware
| house to the extent OF 4thirty-five thou
sand dollars. Ockerhausen Btos.' loss
is two hundred and seventy.five thou
sand dollars on building and stock. In.
| euTaGC0 uUkHOWus
Elizabeth, N j., August IS: Last night
| pier No 6, OF tbs Central railroad docks,
In this city, was entirely destroyed by
an incendIary fire. There were seventy
five loaded coal. cars on the dock, all OF
which were destroyed, and three hun
| dred and fifty tons of coal burned or
thrown into the water. Two canal boa's
were also burned. Loss fifty thousand
dollars.
London, August 28: The MGTk Lane
Express in its review Of the corn trade,
ssSs the harvesting is progressing satis-
factorily. and that the bulk of the grain
crop has been secured. The wheat yield
will he less than an average, and prob
ably not larger than that Of 1875. This
result is disappointing, however the
quality is fiue and the weight heavy.
The new barley Is satisfactory.
Paris, August q: A banquet was given
to day to the independent delegates re-
Iresenting the work. g men who have
returned from the Philadelphia exhibit
ton. Des Moullns described the visit,
and the others made speeches. Letters
from Victor Hugo and Louis Blanc were
read. A resolution was adopted tender
ing their thanks TO their friends 10
America for the cordial reception given
the delegates.
PhiIsdelphis, August 2S: A smash-up
occurred, early this morning, at the
junction Of the Germantown and cor-
nectirg railroads. At half-past twelve
O'Clock the eastern bound freight-trsin
from New York, Just as it reached the
junction, ju uped the track of the con.
Meeting railroad over which il was run
ming and twelve cars were hurled into
the cut through which the Germantown
road passes. The wreck of these cars
was complete. No person was injured.
Buffalo, August %: G gorge Adams,
! Who so successfully played the role OF
the hero in the late averted railIOaG dis
ester at Fairport, has bsen arrested, and
;; coniessss that he misplaced the switch
which threw the train from ihs TRACK
OF the Lake Shore and Michigan South
! ern railroad on the eleventh instant,
! whereby the engineer and fireman were
! badly scalded, and the engine wrecked.
Adams pleads in eXtenuatiOn that II was
his intention to notify the train in time
, to avert an accident, hoping thereby u
place the company under an obligation
| to furnish him with a situation.
Philadelphia, August Is: The great
celebration of the Swiss people of Amer
, lea began in the judges hall, at the
! Centennial grounds, yesterday, General
John A. Sutler, OF California, presiding.
;; The exercises consisted OF instrumental
, and vocsl music and an Oration by Cap
! tain John R Millmau, of Baltimore,
which was replied to by United States
Senator Howe, c' Wisconsin. In the
evening the del; gates proceeded to
! schue;zen psrk, where banquet wss
given. On Sunday the celebration was
, CONTINUED at Schuetzen PARK, where an
interesting programme was given.