Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-10-14
TELEGRAMS.

BOSTON, October IS.-Ex. Governor castor
was nominated Tor congress esterday By the
D.nnooraIs u, ,de fourth district, but he posi-
tively declines.
NEW YORK, October l3.-Cora Cn5ssmau,
aged twetttysseyeb, alter q quarrel with her
husband this morning, shct herself, tnficting
wound pronounced fatal by physicians
WASHING ION, October l3.-The superin.
tendenL OF the general recruiting service is Or
dered to forward enc hundred and thirty
oruits to Fort Russell for the Third cavalry.
BARCELONA, October 3-GeneraI Quesa-
da has ordered the municipalities IN the
Basque provinces to Immediately destroy all
Notifications not occupied Dy Spanish troops.
LITTLE ROCK, October I3 "A stranger
named NJ Caherey, claiming residence in Pc
cria, llouis, and to be a rstrroad conductor,
died in the sn1Cn depot at TeEarkana yester.
day.
LONDCN, October l2-Proportion of Bank
of England reserve to liabilities, 5419 per cent.
Bullion in the bank decreased E7S 100 the past
week amour --VtthdraWn on balance TO- day,
E290 900. ~
PITTSBU re, October I2--At Gorty-five min
utes past eight O'clock this morning terrible
explosion occurred at hug q Co. s mill, corner
of Thirteenth and Etna streets, which was at
tended with great loss of life.
LONDON, October 15-A dispatch from
Paris says that the French minister in China
has demanded the punishment of the man
DARN who is responsible or the massacre Of
the Catholic priest at Ning-KOne-Ton.
BERLIN, October 12-It is officially sn.
condemned to five years arsimprisonment in the
house of correction, for treason and Offense
against the emperor and Prince Bismarck.
LOUISVILLE, october I3.-The statement
circulating in numerous papers that Louis
vile has failed to ibute pecuniariiy to
the Savannah and Brunswick sufferers is a
mistake, her offerings being among the first.
NEW YORK, October l3-It is reported that
G. DorillaId is willing to match Tom Ochiltree
against TenDroeck for ten thousand dollars
side, or any larger sum- the race to be four
miles, and to be run next year at the Jerome
spring meeting.
NEW YORK, October I2-Rev. 7. Dew. Tai
madge has withdrawn from editorial cJnnec-
Jion with the ChrfStiIn at Work, and becomes
editor of the AdUdnce, with Rev. DR.. Storrs, of
Chicago, and Rev. Charles IL. SpurgeOn, OF
London, as associates.
LONDON, October IA correspondent of
the Times says war IS waging between the
Italian aud austrian press on the claims OF
Italy on the mixed Italian and Austrian
boundary. An understanding has been estaO-
lished between Russia and Italy, and the re-
lations between Italy and Austria are less
friendly.
PARIS, October u This afternoon a depu-
tation of twenty Polish gentlemen delivered
to United states Minister WashOurne, at the
American legation, for transmission to Pr7st-
dent Grant, special address and a meual, on
one SIDE of which was an effigy of Washing
ton, and on the reverse efigles of Ko2ctuskU
and Pulaski.
NEW YORK, October ban unknown
burglar entered the residence of J. ]. LeariDg
West Fiftieth street, last night, and carried
away jewelry valued at four hundred dollars.
He was proceeding to an a. joining house over
the roof of the stOOp, when the capstOne gave
way, which, falling to the ground, crushed the
thief to death.
INDIANAPOLIS, October l3-Tsasc FttZ-
gerald and Richard Gardner, stone-cutters,
engaged in lifting heavy stone to the top OF
bridge on the l. p. and @. railroad, by the
use OF "A derrick, were crushed 10 death yester-
day afternoon. The pin TO which the derrick
nook was attached pulled olt, letting the
stone fall.
CINCINNATI, October IA special engine
on the Ohio and Mississippi railroad last
evening, ran into switching engine near Au
rora, Indiana, killing the fireman of the lat
AT the moment of the collision, and badly in
juring II. Gaskill, a helper on the engine, and
slightly injuring sloss, the engineer of the
special engine.
LITTLE ROCK, October I3.-The grand
lodge Of Odd-Fellows of Arkansas last night
elected the folio wing officers: j. d. Bond,
most worshiptul grand msster; J. b. H. HOl-
land, right Worshiptul deputy grand master;
K. B. Moore, right WorshI pful grand warden
Peter Bergman, right worshipful grand s. Gre
tary; and George ). Morrison, right worship
full grand lecturer.
BOSTON, October I3.-The steamboat ex-
press train from Fall River for Boston, came
In collision Jnts morning with tue local
freight train at Randolph. The engine OF the
steamboat train and the engine of the freight |
train, together with the baggage and crate |
cars, We're completely wrecked. One fireman |
W ".
and Joho Nsgle and James NJ. Watson, of |
Boston, were severely injured.
PETERBORO, October I3-James Ryan, a |
wea thy merchant of this town, was tried TO- |
day for the murd or OF his wife on the eighth |
of May last Ryan had been drinking heavily |
for some days previous to the murder. The |
jury, after short absence, returned verdict /
OF guilty, with recommendation to mercy. |
The prisoner was sentenced to be hanged on /
the twenty-first of November.
NASHVILLE, October I2.-Third and last
day OF the BtoodhOrse assGciatIOn-frst race, |
mile dash for two. year Olds, won by Wigerts |
CHI. c. Baden-Baden in 1864 The second race, |
two mile heats for TIN es-year oids, won by /
Jack sheppard easily in two straight heats, in
two-year olds, won by Madge In l:4S. Tie |
fourth race, cash OF one mile and an eighth,
won by Highland Vintage in 2:0214.
PHILADELPHIA, October I3.-The Centen
NAL commissioners are at work preparing the |
programme for the exercises OF the day Of |
closing, which they desire TO render as impOs-
having the matter in charge, consisting of |
General W. GueTney, of South Carolina; }. j, |
WOrral, of PENNSYLVANIA, AID W. 2, Parvins,
Of 1eXas, will make their preliminary report |
this afternoon, and by the beginning of next |
week ii will be finished.
NEW YORK, October i3-At a meeting of |
The directors of the Western Union telegraph |
company to-day, the following officers for the /
ensuing year were elected: President, VIM.
Jrton ;Vice-presidents, August Sehell, Merv1n
Green, Harrison DuTkee; secretary, A.
Brewer; treasurer, X. II. Rochester; executive
William Orton, J, II, Banker, A.
B. CarneIl, b arrison Durkee, Mervin Green,
Joseph Harker, L. d. Morgan; August ScheIi,
Work
FORT RANDALL, D. T., Ootober l3.-The
Officers were this day elected by the |
grand lodge OF Odd-Fello VS. for the ensuing |
year: Norman Learned, of YanktOn, grand |
naste; F. st. Clair, of Randall, q. NJ; T.. D. F.
Poore, of springfield, grand warden; Ralph X.
Briggs, of VermilliOn, grand secretary; f.
of Yankton, grand treasurer. The |
next session of the grand lodge will De neld at
Elk Point. The grand lodge adjourned this
evening, sine die, after an extremely pleasant
session.
CHEYENNE, October l3,-GenersI Merritt
eft Custer City with five hundred men on
scout to-day. His destination Is not positively
known, but ii is surmised to be the Belle
Fourche fork OF the Cheyenne river The re-
of the cOmmand is still at Custer.
party of Indians who killed Monroe near
Fort Laramie few days since alSo raided the
-anche of Nick Jones, n the old Red Cloud
road, stealing twenty-five horses. MOnroes
body was pierced by eight bullets.
NEW YORK, October I3.-A special from
RostOn about the collision this morning on
the Old Colony railroad says the engineers
and firemen of three locomotives were killed.
The reports of the accident created the utmost
excitement in Boston, and the Old Colony
depot was thIonged all the forenoon with
friends of incoming passengers; ihe train
with eastern people returning from Phtladel-
phia. The freight train should have been on
Ln6 SlQlng, anu was backing up 10 Lttho us |
proper place at the time of the collision.
NEW YORK, October l3.-About one
o'clock this morning a riot occurred at the
grounds of the Westchester county driving !
park association, West White Plains, which /
resulted in one man being shot in the arm,
another having his skull fractured by a |
third being stabbed In the neck, |
and fourth having the muscles OF one of his /
hands severed, while several others are re-
pCTIed more or less Injured. 1t seems that a |
negro employed on Inc grounds got drunk |
and took possession of the liquor stall, |
when a free fight, with the results stated fol-
lowed.
NEW YORK, October l3.-EIbert A Wood /
ward has been removed from the cell In "mur-
derer's row" where he was first placed upon |
his arrival in the Egyptian monument, yester- |
day, and occupies cell No. 81, on the third tier, /
where he can at least obtain glimpse Of sun
shine. His prison is being plainly but COM |
fOrtably fitted no. Alrea Y there is a good /
bed anu table. His stay in prison promises to /
be long, for should the forgery indictment fail, |
he will be arrested in the civil suit to recover
six million dollars, with bail fixed at three |
.ri lion dOllars-an impossible amount to fur |
2isL.
NEW YORK, October l3.-In the United /
States circuit court, criminal branch, before /
J Judge Benedict to-day, Thomas Harlan, coun- |
sci for a number of person indicted for con- |
spiracy to detraud the government by crook /
ed whisky transactions made a motion to |
argue IT.. He contended that as the duties /
should be paid on spirits before it left the dis
Il iery where IL was made, there alone could |
any fraud on the government be perpetrated, |
ana that it was impossible for any man to (,
commit fraud for this regard in New York |