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~EXPLOSI0N.
Three Men Killed and Several Injured
Thought IL an Earthquake.

ALBANY, September 9S.-Eariy this
morning the boiler of the steamerJ J. S. Rob
inson, which lay at the foot of Westerloo
stantly killing Capt. Geo. s.. Warner and
Fireman VIM. Cleary, seriously injuring
several others. and damaging the water
craft Iii The Vicinity. The Robinson sank
Immediately. One section of the boiler,
weighing two or three tons, was hurled
400 feet against the top story of a thee
story building, crushing in a portion of
the wall. The total losses cannot be esti-
mated. The explosion was probably
caused by the negligence Of the engineer
in allowing the water in the boiler to get
too low. Capt. MGAndre#s, of the canal
boat Apollo, in the rear of the Robinson,
and his wife, had a narrow escape. They
went upstairs, when the force OF the
boiler carried away a section of the roof
about three and a half feet long and one
and n hall wids, together With a portion
OF the end of the cabin nearly down to the
bed. The roof was only two feet above
their heads. McAndrews says the first
thing he knew he was sitting on the floor
with his back against the wall, and things
flying all around him. His wife was
senseless In bed, covered with the rains of
pictures and looking-glass. Capt. Robin
son, of the p~ilothouse, turned a complete
somersault in the air and suddenly found
himself on deck. The officers in the First
precinct stationhouse, an eighth of a mile
distant, were. thrown from their beds on
the floor, and the whole building shook
violently for three seconds. At first they
thought it was an earthquake.
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~temptuous refusal. Not only would the
corporation strain every nerve to prevent
such an act OF Dissertation, but / feel certain
the townsmen generally would band them
selves together to guard the sancity of the
poets tomb. L could not myself think that
anyone could be found SO depraved as
ever to suggest the violation of the poets
last resting place. Were any such person
to attempt it he would find his sacrilegious
ardor summarily cooled by immersion in
the gentle stream which flows close by the
poets grave" Several speakers followed
the mayor in denouncing the project, and
the Council then decided unanimously to
offer their most strenuous opposition to
the scheme. As lay rectors of the chancel
they had an important voice in the matter,
and they meant TO exercise II.
SAN Francisco AA~rgondt: you may
have observed that up to date Of the pres
ent writing no actress has this season been
robbed of 81, 1000, 900 worth of diamonds,
been thrown out of a runaway carriage or
capsized in a yacht. This is because at the
National Editorial Convention the jour
nalists agreed TO charge n dollar a line for
these incidents and accidents. 1t was de-
cided that any new happening, such as an
| actress with one husband, be the same
more or less, or the loss of a pair OF No.
III overshoes, or an old cloak worth 81,
or anything of that sort would be pub
lished as news, but the old ii f electSps
would only be inserted at the above rates,
to follow reading matter or come in next
to Lydia Pinkham's adj. This accounts for
the painful dearth of the old familiar
Observation-Disclosures column OF our
best and most influential journals this
year,
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A BELLE IN A
A Young Lady the world
for MISREPRESENTATION Develop
ments Threatened:

A st. Louis dispatch says news was re-
ceived in that city from Albuquerque,
n. NJ, that Miss Lulu Green had left her
home in that city and WIS an inmate of
the Convent of the Sacred Heart, in st.
Louis; that her ihdtber was threatening
to make trouble, claiming that her daughter
had been enticed away and that several
letters of a gushing, semi-religious, love
sick kind, showed that the girl had entered
the convent ut the solicitation of some
correspondent in ClnCiIiiiati, supposed to
be a priest. The mother was represented
to be deeply incensed against the person
who had enticed her daughter from home,
and was said to be preparing for a lecture
tour, armed with the letters received from
Cincinnati; which the girl inadvertently left
at home. A reporter visited the conveiit
Sunday and saw Sister Funhoff, who said:
at is only an attempt to get up a
sensation, and is a natural result OF the
recent mysterious disappearance excite
ment. Miss Green Is in this institution,
and has a right to be, for she came Of her
own free will and was influenced Ivy no
one. h is twenty-dne years Of see,
and her mother has nothing to say regafd-
ing what she shall do, That letter is pure
nonsense, and no intelligent PERSON would
have written it. Mrs. Green may be tic
dulnOT Oh IL HERSELF. lnerC is no naUne
signed to it, and you know OF how much
value an ahohyrnUis letter is. Miss Green
graduated a year before coming here In
a Chicago institution of this order. h
went home and told her mother that she
was coming here, and she came. Her
mother could not prevent her. 1t is rather
hard on her mother, ! admit but suppose
the girl had married SOME iilaii who would
have taken her off to Australia or England,
or some out-of-the-way place? Why don't
her mother come here and see her? She
may lecture if she chooses, but she will
only injure herself. Miss Green is a reli-
gieuse. and is satisfied to fellow her own
inclination in this matter. She was prob
ably a belle, as the telegram says, for she
possesses every quality calculated to fit
her for that position. She is handsome,
intelligent and refined. If she chooses to
be religious also it is nobody's business,
not ever her mothers, since the young
lady is of age"
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Ia tn, Old Boy

NEW YORK, September 26.-Mrs. Sick.
the wife of a Brooklyn Beer saioonkeeper
clipped n few weeks ago with a cabinetma-
ker named Toelle, taking with her their
two children. Just as Sich had given up
hope he received a letter from his wife.
She begged him to come to a hotel in this
city where he would find her and the
children. But it was absolutely necessa.
ry that he should bring her $500 so that
she could be released from a debt. Arriv.
ing at the hotel he met Mrs. Sich who was
accompanied by his children.
Afectionate greetings were exchanged.
Finally MIS-. Sch said: did you bring
the 500 with you. my dear?"
Eyes, my love-" he answered, handing
it to her with another kiss.
They chatted fora few minutes longer,
when Mrs. Sich suddenly got up and ran
out of the room saying: AZ must 60 now.
goosy, my dear Toelle is waiting for me,
Ta, Ia, old boy"
She disappeared before SIGH could re.
cover from the shock. When he got to the
door he was told that his wife and Toelle
had driven away in a carriage.
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RIVER

We print this morning a very carefully
prepared report of the work being lone
on the west bank of the Mississippi river
between Hopeield and Mound City,
under the superintendent of Maj. Mil
Ter, Of the United States Engineer Corps.
From this it will be seen that much re-
mains to be done TO prevent the river
from cutting its way through to
the head of Presidents Island, to the
river, perhaps, of the harbor of Memphis.
The work finished is of the best charac-
ter and meets all the expectations of the
engineer in charge, who, however, is fear
full that much of it may be lost if Con
gress when it meets does not at
Once make an appropriation for its
continuance. BY very careful and
economical management Maj. Miller,
in charge of the division known as the
Memphis Reach and Harbor,' extend
ing from Island 40 to Scanlan's Landing,
has been able TO keep part of his force
employed, to continue his work and pro-
tect what had been done, by means of
the appropriation that had been made in
1882. There is, perhaps, enough money
left to bridge over the time until Con-
gress meets, but no more, and unless an
immediate appropriation is made the
work completed will be endangered, and
the mischief it is intended to prevent
may be contaminated. The delegates
from Memphis appointed to attend the
Levee Convention that is to meet. at
Nicksburg on Monday should make a
note of this as emphasizing the press
ing necessity for immediate action
by Congress. The defeat of the
river and harbor bill last session
by the political iobbers who insisted upon
appropriations for, creeks and inlets of no
value whatever to the general interests of
the country should not be permitted by
them to endanger in that way such har-
bors as this of Memphis, the tonnage of
which is only exceeded by that of st.
Louis and New Orleans on the Western
waters. If the convention shall make
proper representations, as no doubt it
will, and in forcible terms, Congress may
realize it to be its duty to give the Mis-
sissippi river improvements as early at
tention as is needed, and satisfy the de-
mands of a long-suffering and patient
public.
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A MAN KILLED
By q I'm for Attempting to Force
Himself Into Her Room.

Last Saturday night, about | o'clock,
Neal Gibson and another person went to
the house where Mrs. Maude Moon was
living, about nine miles northeast of
Huntsville, Ala, and made a demand that
they be admitted. 1t is stated that Gibson
and his attendant were both very drunk,
and that this fact was quite apparent. Mrs.
Noon ordered them away, and, finally.
when they attempted to break down the
door, she told them she would shoot if
they didn't desist. They persisted in
forcing their way in, according to our in
formation, and Mrs. Moon whacked away
through the door with a pistol. The first
shot cut Gibson's pants about the knee !;
the second shot grazed his ankle. Mean
while he was working with might and
main to get the door open, when Mrs.
Moon fired a third shot, which entered
his breast, and he fell dead in his tracks.
A trial was had Sunday before Justice
Dalton, who promptly discharged defend
ant, and fully and heartily approved her
course in the matter. Gibson is said to
have been an industrious and exceedingly
w~ell-behaved man, except when drinking,
but very ugly in his ways when drunk.
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societies throughout the United States
will observe it in their own cities and in
such way as they deem fitting. In New
York they expect to continue the cele-
bration for two or three days. DR.. Joseph
A. Seiss, of Philadelphia, will deliver the
Grafton, under the auspices of the Martin
Luther Society of New York. Mr.. Wede-
meyer gave a New York reporter an idea
of the interest in the celebration in Ger
many. He said that in several cities the
celebration would continue for two weeks.
The Emperor is at the head of the move
ment in Germany, and In many places
memorial churches are being erected The
German women are wearing brooches and
other ornaments bearing the picture of
Luther, and many of the students in the
universities carry handkerchiefs with the
bust of the famous reformer worked in
the corner In England the interest is
ouite as GENERAL
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MEMPHIS APPEAL.
SATURDAY, /: SEPTEMBER go, 1883.
THE SUNDAY APPEAL.

The APPEAL of tomorrow will be a
sixty-column paper, containing matter
equal to sixteen pages of the New York
dailies, and larger than any paper printed
south of St. Louis. Circulating as it
does SO largely in all the adjoining States,
especially in their leading towns and
business centers, it is the best advertis-
ing medium in this section. 1t is beyond
question the best daily paper in the
Southwest, the favorite of the people, the
''old reliable organ" of the masses. Ad-
v%ertisements handed in early to-day will
be sure of proper display, space and
nosit;on
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TRIPLE
Three Negroes Executed FOR Murder at
Chatham. Va.

CHATHAM, VA, September 2S.-Sawner
Younger, Reuben King and Oswala Young,
negroes, were hung here to-day for the
murder OF Wm..F. Sheppard, last month.
The execution was private, only about fif-
teen persons witnessing it. The drop fell
at 1920 O'Clock. Younger's neck was
broken, the other two died from strangu-
lation. All three protested their inno-
nj to the last. A detachment of the
Pittsylvania Guards acted as an escort, and
die guard duty. Quite a large crowd was
in the vicinity of the place of the execu-
ton, but there was no disorder. Shep-
pard had driven Il load OF vegetables to
market and was on his way home when
the negroes waylaid and shot him. They
had Swallowed him in Danville, and know
ing he had money obtained from the sale
OF goods, had hoped to secure it. At the
first shot the team became frightened and
ran thus preventing them from getting
the booty. They continued firing as the
team started, one of the bullets piercing
Sheppard's heart.
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Two Brothers Shot and Killed by N
Third in n Quarrel Gro~i.e -
Out of n Will Contest,

CINCINNATI, o., September eT.-Yester
day, at Blue Lick Springs, KY, while
three brothers, Samuel e., William and
Thomas Rogers, were taking dispositions
in the case Of the contest of their fathers
will, Samuel CT, thinking his brothers wert
about to draw weapons, quickly drew his
and shot Thomas through the head and
William in the abdomen and back. The,
were reported as dying last might. Samuel
is president of the Farmers Bank at Car
Isle, Ky, William is a st. Louis lawyer
and Thomas il n farmer
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Forxeries.

BosroS, September CSC. j. Dewy, OF
Montreal, produce dealer, reported as hav-
ing victimized banking houses in Mon
treal, Boston and New York, to a large
amount by forged papers, was represented
here by reputable persons who were un-
aware of his unreliable character. His
transactions were with Kidder, Peabody &
Co., and the Maverick Bank, The former
house received advices from their banking
house in Montreal to advance $4,000,
which was done on the presentation OF
papers, which subsequently turned put to
be forgeries. The Maverick Bank made
an advance on $500 bills of exchange,
taking bills of lading as collateral, which
are good, though it is believed the goods
are ~overvalued.
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Mrs. Redfern suing for divorce

BUFFALO, September 2S.-Mrs. Jennie
Redfern, the adopted daughter of Chandler
j. Wells, of this city, has begun proceed
ings for divorce from her husband, James
A. Redeem, en- Englishmat, who, two
weeks ago, eloped from Toronto with Miss
Margaret Spratt. The proceedings are be-
gun in the Superior Court Of this city,
and the application will probably meet
ne eppcsidoh.. Mr.. Wells has expressed
himself as glad that his daughter is rid OF
Redeem, who is a gambler and a scoun-
drel. The runaway couple went to Oregon,
where Redfern was arrested, and the girl
was induced to return home with her
brother-in-law, Mr.. Fuller, who is the son
OF the Archbishop of Toronto, and who fol-
lowed the pair as soon AS he learned the
direction they had taken.
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CAREY'S
O'DOnueII Further Examined in the Bow
Street Police Court and Commit.
ted for Trial.
Testimony Of the Widow and Son OF the
Murdered InfOrmer-The Prisoner
Has Nothing to Say.

LONDON, September 2S.-O'Donnell was
this morning brought before. Magistrate
Flowers, at the Bow Street Court, when the
examination resumed. O'Donnell was
brought into court under strong guard.
The courtroom was crowded. Among
those present were j. e. MCGOWAN, mem
Der of Parliament for Wicklow, and Ar
thu O'Conuor, member of Parliament for
Queens county.
Sullivan, counsel for O'Donnell, cross
examined James Parish, a servant on the
steamer Melrose, and Thomas Jones, boat
swain, but elected from them nothing new.
When the latter repeated 0'Donnelfs ex-
preston to Mrs. Carey, 81 lie not do il"
the prisoner, who maintained a cool de-
meanor throughout the examination,
smiled as if the expression amused him.
Parish testified that he saw no evidence
OF passion on the part of O'Donnell during
the shooting. Both Parish and Boatswain
Jones testified that they saw no struggle
between O'Donnell and Carey.
THE spN OF
was cross-examined. He stated that
O'Donnell was sitting when he fired the
first shot at his father, and that his father
did not grapple with O'Donnell. He adj
mitted that he might have testified under
examination at Capetown that O'Don-
nell said to Mrs. Carey, 81 had to do il"
or 81 did do it." Witness maintained,
however, that his statement Tuesday was
correct, namely, that O'Donnell used the
words, 81 was sent to do it" until he was
closely pursued by his ciOss-examiner,
when he said he was lot quite clear what
were the words really used by O'Donnell.
IRIS CAREY,
widow OF the murdered informer, was
called. She appeared in deep mourning,
and excited the special interest of the
spectators. In giving her testimony, she
recounted the incidents of the voyage,
corroborating the other witnesses in regard
to the circumstances of the murder, ex-
cept that she swore that after her husband
was shot, she said to O'Donnell, you
shot my husband" O'Donnell replied,
she said, Don't blame me; l was sent to
do it." Whereupon the woman who was
| with him said, "Don't mind, O'Donnell,
you are no informer."
The cross-eXamination of Mrs. Carey by
Sullivan failed to shake her testimony.
She denied that she had talked to her son
about his evidence.
o~'DoNNELL COMMITTED.
Magistrate Flowers asked O'Donnell ii
he had anything to say in answer to the
charge OF numbering Carey. ODonnell
replied, mot at present"
The prisoner was then ordered to stand
committed for trial at the text session OF
the Central Criminal Court.
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FoRr SMITH, ARK, September 2s.-Yes-
terday morning, between Childers Station
and Webbers Falls, Indian Nation, while
Deputy United States Marshals Addison
Beck and Merrill were attempting to arrest
John Barke and a Cherokee named John
Nj. Jack, whisky peddlers, both officers
were killed. Merrill was shot several
times and his skull mashed in with revolt
member OF the force. Merrill was only
twenty-five years old, and was from Jack
son, Tenn.
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A Circus Badly smashed Up.

ST. LOUIS, September 2S.-Part of Dor
ris's Interocean circus was derailed yester-
day on the Missouri Pacific, near Boone
vile, Mo-, and the band-wagon and chariot
demolished. Two horses were also hurt,
and two employees, brothers, named
Thomas, badly injured. The loss to the
circIls is about SD. 600.
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v he intended 10 make that money.


MILwAUKEE, September 2s.-The report
sent out from here TO the newspapers that
the Western Union Telegraph Company
had ordered Il reduction in the salaries OF
operators, to take effect October LIST, is un-
true. The statement is without founda-
tioT.
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Look Ont for Frauds.

The genuine Trough on Corns" is made
only by E. S. Wells proprietor of Trough
on Rats'), and has laughing face of man
on labels. l5c and 25c bottles.
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M~NNEApoLIs, MINI, September 2S.-A
"a llision occurred on the Minneapolis AMI
s.. Louis railroad this morning, nea
Chask.a, in which four persons were killed
and several injured.
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SALTMARsH, ALA.-Dr. Jas. b. Mills says:
"Several OF my patients have used Browns
Iron Bitters for chronic indigestion with
benefit"
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Heavy Libel Suit,

CLEVELAND, September 2s.-Ex.-Lieut.
Gov. Jacob Mueller, of Cleveland, to-day
entered suit claiming $4,000 damages
from the Leader and $4,000 from the
sAnzeiger, for alleged hbels contained in po-
lticai articles.
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Be Careful!

The genuine Trough on Germs is made
only by Z. S. Wells proprietor of Rough
on Rats'), and has laughing face of a man
on labels. 15c and 25c bottles.
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I.uther.s Anniversary,

Mr.. A. ]. d. Wedemeyer, OF New York,
says that the celebration of the apniver-
sary of he birth of Martin Luther will
be a national observance. The Lutheran
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TENN.
The Crop Cut short by the Drouth-
The Cooperative Mills and store.

Occasional Correspondence of the Appeal
CAPLEvIILE, Tenn, September 27.-Ca-
pleville is situated about twelve miles
southeast of Memphis, on the Pigeon
Roost road. Owing to the drouth the
farmers OF this vicinity will hardly have a
half crop. The drouth of this year will
injure us much more han that of 1881,
because the crops of 1881 were well worked
before the drouth, but this year the con-
slant rain prevented it. But, notwith-
standing the drouth, Capleville is now on
a booming boom. She is putting forth he,
energies, and is rushing on and up the
hill of prosperity, regardless of every
obstacle in her path. We have three
stores, all of which are doing a driving
trade. One is a cooperative store, doing
the largest business, and, l am informed,
pays a dividend of ten to fifteen per cent
each quarter. Only one of these stores
has dealings with the ''liquid serpent
There are also two blacksmith shops with
their hammers ringing from morn til
night, and an undertaker's shop-Witl
nothing to do. And last, but not least
are the
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Found Dead Under a free.

WALTERBoRo, :. C.-Col. \. l.. Campbell
says: "A member of my family used
Browns Iron Bitters with good results"
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For relieving throat troubles and coughs
Browns Bronchial Troches'' have a
worldwide reputation. Sold only in boxes.
Price TWENTY-FIVE cents.
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The finest alternative and anti-bilious
medicine on earth is Samaritan Nerrine.
81 30.
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MILLS.

The mills and the cooperative store are
an outgrowth Of the old Bethlehem
Grange of this. place, which still boasts of
an active membership Of forty-odd. When
the cooperative mills were being erected
many wise p prophets asserted that there
was not enough lumber here to pay for the
saw. Since the LIST of August $4,000 feet
of lumber has been hauled here weekly.
The grist-mill has turned out forty bush
els OF meal an hour, and the ~cotton-gin
has made fifteen bales. a day. The mills
arc run by an engine OF thirty-five horse
power. A new industry has sprung UP in
this section, the culture of the peanut.
Several Of our farmers have made sixty
bushels to the acre, and it is evidently far
more profitable than cotton. II anything
of interest occurs in this community you
may expect to hear from me again.
W IL MILLER
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"THE doctors said my child must die with
spasHls, Samaritan Nerriae cured him"
VIM. Z. Tanner, Dayton, o. At druggists.
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Kinct by Indian whisky reaarer.,

For aged men. women, weak and sickly
children, without a rival. Will not cause
headache. Browns Iron Bitters.
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v fLlI Unity WUfk u4TV = PNETcNe -
ANTlpOTE TO MALARIA
TUFTS HAIR DYE.
Adminis1ra1or,s Notice,

TINE undersigned hereby gives notice Of his APP
l. pointmenta and qualification as sdministrator
of the estate of T. B. Turner, deceased; all per
sons having claims against said estate present
the same to me Immediately,
j. II. McDAVITT, go Front st.
Memphis, Tenn, September 5, 1883.