Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-04-11
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Mrs. May Garnett, Of Boston, sui
cide1 yesterday.
The steamer Marathon arrived at
Berlin yesterday.
Twenty-Five whisky thieves were in
dicted in New Orleans yesterday.
Omaha had twelve thousand dollar
fire yesterday, including the old post
office.
Ex.tressurer John York, of Hamilton
county, Ohio, died at Cincinnati yes
terdsy.
The Brooklyn jury yesterday found
Andreas Fuchs guilty Of numbering w.
Simmonds.
Colonel Con Magu're, Of st. Louis, is
almost certain to be pardoned by Presi-
dent Grant.
The Amerique, from Havre, and Hell
vetia from Liverpool, arrived at New
York yesterday.
The supreme court of Minnesota has
sentenced George LAntenschlscger to
death for murder.
A man named Lindguist, at Mime
apolis, has pleaded guilty Of an indict-
ment for murder.
In San Francisco silver dollars are
worth only ninety cents; halves have
slightly appreciated.
Lake Michigan is not yet safe for ad.
venturous navigation. The bays and
hsrbors are full of ice.
The Pacific mail-steamer was attached
at San Francisco, yesterday, by the
Pana ma railroad company.
David J. Van Meter, city editor Of the
Rock Island Argus, killed q man by the
name Of Stanbech yesterday.
A music hall and q dwelling house in
Athol, Massachusetts,, burned lsst night.
Loss, seventy-five thousand dollars.
The ice broke at St. Paul yesterday,
but it is not believed that boats will
come through Lake Pepin for ten days.
Buildings belonging to Mrs. Calhoun,
Of Maysville, Kentucky, were burned
yesterday. Loss, twelve thousand dol
lars.
A Frenchman named Dastillo was
blown to atoms by the premature explo-
sion Of dynamite at Minneapolis, yes
terdsy.
David Shipley, residing six miles
north OF Omaha, shot his wife accident
ally yesterday. Only 9 year married,
and leaves a baby.
Hallet KilOOurn will to-day, through
his counsel, make application to the SUI
preme court of the District Of Columbia
for writ of hd6eds corpus.
T. G. Settle shot and killed Samuel
Cowell at Patoei, on the st. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern railroad yester-
day afternoon, then went home aud shot
himself, infiicting a mortal wound.
Goldsmith Maid trOtted against Gold
en- G ate yesterday at Bsy-district track,
San Francisco, the latter to Iun 8 mile
and five hundred and fifty yards. Maid
won; time, l9:45-beatiDg Gate three
seconds.
Chas. Wilkinson, late collector
United States internal revenue for the
western part OF Missouri, was turned
over to the authorities at San Francisco
yesterday. He will pay what he owes
on government stamps.
A fire broke out yesterday afternoon,
supposed from combustion, in The
wholesale drug store Of VIM. II. Brown
& Bro, No. 25 South Sharp street, Bal
timore, destroying property valued at
$500 900. Insurance, $3.50, 200.
James Brown, superintendent of the
Avondsle coal-minee, near Evansville,
luulhuhg lcAl uOHA tue BnhlL y6Sl6IuhY,
aud was terribly maDgled. He died in
stRntly. The mines have just been
opened. The shaft is two hundred and
eighty feet deep. He leaves family.
A gang Of tramps stoned New jersey
Central train yesterday and attempted
70 take possession Of the engine. A des-
perate fight ensued, the train-hands he
ing assisted by the officers. Thirteen
trsmps were made prisoners and lodged
in jail. Some OF the officers were badly
beaten.
CleSry, the Chicago pedestrian, at
San Francisco about midnight yester-
day, completed the feat of walking five
hundred miles in one hundred Rnd thir-
ty.nine hours and thirty-two minutes.
The four hundred and ninety-fifth mile
was made in eight minutes and fifty
eight seconds.
Toe Ohio legislature Thursdsy passed
bills to confer police power upon con-
ductOTs sf railroad trains, and to compel
them to eject thTee-csrd monte men and
other shaTpcrs prScticing their vocations,
| from the trains, also bill 10 forbid en-
| plOyment Of children under sixteen
years Of sge ss gymnasts or public sing
ers.