Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-12-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.

San Francisco, December 20.-A grand
reception was rendered Gen. Hancock this even
ing.
New Orleans, December 2O.-P. Z. Sara
Eens TOBACCO factory burned day. Loss $40 900;
insured.
New York, December 20.-Henry George
has sailed for England, where he will lecture on
land Decentralization in behalf of the Land Re-
form Union.
Quebec, December 20.-Elize Peare
aged nineteen, was shot alG ..sii,U a house of
ill-fame, by her paramour, james Msironey, who
Nicksburg, December 20.-While the
steamer Helena was at Friars Point. rQustabouts
srtt1ckcrt rt1g second mute5 wfTu Ktr1ed one and
wounded another.
Hope, Ark. December 2O-J. S. Harris.
formerly conductor on the Iron Mountain rail-
road, fell between the ears at Fulton and was
crushed to death.
Springfield, No., December 20.-AIrs. A.
Z. Ihurber was convicted of assault with intent
to kill her husband, and was sentenced TO ten
years improvement.
Boston, December 20.-The Rev. John
Burt Wright, the oldest Unitarian clergyman IN
the country, died this morning in Wayland, Mass.
He was born in 1870.
Boston, December 20.-The Governor
pardOned George p. Richardson, sentenced IN
iSs2 for numbering his father. The killing was
found to have been accidental.
Erie, Pa, December 20.-Willie Badger,
aged four years and the son of Frederick Badger,
of Bradford, Pa, fell into a boiler of scalding
water to-day and was boiled to death.
Vicksburg, December 2O.-The Jail at
Rolling Fork, was fired Tuesday night by a negro
| prisoner, with the view of escaping. The negro
was rescued, but the building was destroyed.
st. Louis, December 20.-The tug RAM
bier, which has pleasure party on board, ground
| cd on a bar twenty miles below here, and is in
some danger. relief boat went to her to- night.
| Baltimore, December 20.-The corn
mill, elevators and warehouse of Tephas Bros
on the south, side of the harb0r, were almost en-
| insured.
Buffalo, n. Y, December 20.-Martha
| j. Parsons obtained Judgment against the New
York Central Railroad Company for 5000 for the
she won the suit.
Wheeling, W. Va, December 20.-Pas-
senger train No. L.. IS for Baltimore,
which left this city tn. -,,.nlns at s:45 O'clock,
/ train crowded.
New York, December 20.-Edward G.
Raugh, the discharged stage carpenter, who tried
to FIRE the Casino, pleaded guilty to an attempt
the State prison for seven years.
Winston, n. c., December 20.-Guilford
Soon, eolored' was hanged to-day, for brutally
t ou.thgihg tne WIDOW Jones' IN May last: Inc ex'
sons. Death was instantaneous.
Chicago, December 20.-Dr. William f.
| Rennolds, medical examiner of the Metropolitan
Llie Insurance Company, and practicing ply
potash. Despondency was the cause
New York, December 20.-Ex-Police
Officer VIM. Conroy, who killed Peter Herman
with club and pistol on the night of November
Sd, was sentenced to be hanged on the sth of Feb
ruary next. new trial was denied.
New York, December e0.-The Rev
MILAN David i'd Walker vas to-day eonseSeratod
Clark was the consecrator and Bishop Coke presi-
| dent There was very large attendance Mt the
| consecration-
Boston, December ,20.-The Trarele,
| saysi 1t is known, on the host authority, thai
| the Bell and Peoples Telephone Company,s off.
eials very recently had conference looking ,tC
pending patent litigations.
Cairo, ILL.,, December 20.-A switch en-.
gine on the Wabash railroad collidcd with south
bound freight this morning. demolishing two
northbound freight train, demoIishing two ear:
and injuring the engine. Nobody hurt.
Cleveland, o., December 20.-Charles
arrested for stealing letters, has confessed. The
AMOUNT stolen is unknown, but is probably large,
| some time, and was finally traced to him.
Philadelphia, December 90 Brevet
Maj.-Gen. Thomas J. Cram (retired) of the En-
gineer Corps, died this afternoon in a street-car
| the proceeded two squares he was dead
physician who arrived before he expired was OF
the opinion that death was due to apoplexy.
San Francisco, December 20.-The mer.
| trade with the Northwest is rapidly decreasing q
The opening of the Northern Pacific railroad re.
duced II seventy-fve per cent. A few months age
three steamers a week failed to supply Washing.
ton Territory, Some time after two steamers were
| sufficient, which has now been reduced to one in
five days.
Frankfort, KY. December 2O.-Thomas
Buford, who in 1879 killed Judge Elliott, of the
Court of Appeals, and was sent TO the lunatif
asylum, from which he escapcd to Indiana has rc
! turned to Henry county, and is said 70 bays
| threatened other members of the court lie is in
desperate condition, and asserts that the Judge.
| who decided the case against him have some Of
his money. The judges are uneasy.
Chicago, December 20.-The initial mum.
Der Of the tt1reai under the management of Ed
gar u. Nakeman, for several years the Northern
agent of the Louisville CoHricr-.jeRrndl, the ap-
| pcarance Of which has been looked forward "a
SINCE IT'S hrSt announcement as by far the most
ambitious, substantial and promising Eterary
! country, will be published to-morrow
New York, December 20.-A prize-firht
according to the QueenSbury raes took place thi.
morning IN barn near Blissville, Long Island,
/ between Mike Kelly. Of Williamsburg, and John
| Oonnors, of brooklyn The stakes were slOo 4
| side. Both we're in fine condition, Kelly weigh.
| ing iS and Connors Isl pounds. Three bloody
rounds were fought. Kelly not coming to time
! when the fourth round was called, the money was
| awarded TO ConnorS- Both were terribly pun
| ished, and had 20 be assisted from the ring
| Milwaukee, December 20.-The presi.
dent of the defunet Deperc Bank, IT, T. Jones
4 Mas arrested on COMPLAIN; of Newbauer AZ Co.. oi
Nleelet, who allege that Jonos received a deposit
of $50 at o clock on Saturday when the insolv.
! ency of the bank was proclaimed at 3 o'clock b,
the protest of Mrs. G. ID. RobinSon's certificate O
deposit Tor Stto Jones gave bonds in $1,000 TO ap-
pear at the psxt term of the Circuit Court. III,
protest at S:55 o clock and Neubaner x Co. Is de.
| post was received at 80 o'clock.