Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-01-12
TELEGRAPHIG B8EVITY.

The Iowa legislature met and organ-
lied yesterday.
Ockershausen Brothers, sugar refiners,
Of New York, ara reported failed.
The Rock City paper mills, Of Nash
vile, has made an assignment !or the
benefit of its creditors.
The Inland insurance and deposit
company, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
closed its doors yesterday morning.
A bill was introduced in the Ohio Leg
islature yesterday, imposing a fine of
fifty dollars for taking the name OF the
Lord in vain.
William Marsten was fatally stabbed
and several others seriously hurt during
a row among miners at Lylan, New
Hampshire, yeEterday.gA Az
During a.agasral In New York Mon
dsy night between John KnighE and his
wife, the latter fell through glass door
and received fatal injuries.
A woman Of bad repute, Mrs. Butler,
was found dead with her skull crushed
in, at her house, six miles south OF
North Vernon, Indiana, Saturday. The
murderer is unknown.
The body of lsborer named John
White was found In vat at the stock
yards in Chicago yesterday morning.
He was hauling ofal to the vats Mon
day night, and it is supposed he fell into
the boiling blood. His flesh was entire
ly boiled from the bones at the time Of
the discovery Of the body.
A fire at Murphysboro, Illinois, yes.
terday forenoon, destroyed seven build
| ings, The principal losses were; X.
w. Watson, grocery; c. F. Maur, hard
ware; M. HoeriDg, grocery; Thomas
Guilte, grocery; Chambers & Garrett,
| wholesale liquors; the poetoffice, and
Miners savings bank. The total loss is
estimated at fifteen thousand dollars; in
surance, three thousand five hundred
dollaIs,
Rev. DR.. Scudder's church, Of Brook
| lyn, which was invited to send dele.
gates to the mutual council called by
| Plymouth church, has declined to at
tend, Judging that the question to be
laid before the council will be the gull
or innocence Of Mr.. Beeeher. One
reason is, the question has thus fal
proven insoluble, and is impracticablt
of solution in this world. DR.. Scuddel
himself and one OF his deacons favored
the acceptance ef the invitation.
A telegram from Indianapolis, In
diana, Yesterday, says: "The trial o
Alfred M. M'Griff, which was com
menced in the United States district
court yesterday, was continued to-day
General Veatch was examined by tn
prosecution. Most OF the parties unde
Indictment have put in their appear
ance with the exception Of ]. w. Bing
ham, who is delayed by the death Of hi
brother, Gordon Bingham, which &C
Cured yesterday at PatoBa The de
ceased, although jointly indicted will
his brother, had never plead to the count
pending against him, and according.
the Indictment as to himself will b
formally nulled."
, A telegram from New Orleans yester
day has the following: "fhe Democrat
ic members Of the house to-day wen
| into an,election for UnitedStates senator
or the Republican members only Ex
Governor Hahn took part. He nomi
mated Judge Tallis ferro, Of the suprem
court. State Senator ]. b. Eustis,
: Orleans, was elected by Afty-eight ma
= iority. He received sixty-one votes
] The senate passed a resolution that thel
was NC vacancy, therefore no necessit
/ for an election by thirteen to twelve
, The Democratic senators, however, wi
8 attend Joint session tomorrow, and
is said that three Republican senator
, will Join them, when Eustis will
3 elected by legal majority on joint ba
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