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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-17

DETROIT, March 16.-RuuniDg through
the northeastern section of this city is the
bed OF what WAS once Bloody Run creek, on
the banks of which was fought a bloody
battle between the French and Indians in
the early days OF Detroit. The bed of this
historic stream is used for drainage pur-
poses, and recently the authorities ordered
sewer run through it. While digging for
the sewer, the workmen, to-day, uuearthed
the remains OF human beings. The matter
was promptly laid before the police, and
their investig atoms disclosed the fact that
the findings were the refuse from the local
medical colleges. 1t has transpired that the
depositing OF the difsectingroom refuse in
this ditch has been carried on for long
time. The health officer says the majority
of the cases OF diphIheria the past winter
were in the neighborhood, and were undoubt-
eddy the result of this practice OF the em-
ployes of the colleges. This discovery has
created no little excitement here. The city
com ptroller ha. offered reward, to be paid
from his own purse, for the arrest of the
perpetrators Of the outrage, and pablo
sentiment is very strong against the doctors
for allowing their profession 20 be disgraced
in Ich manner.
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NEWS AND VIEWS.

THE New York Court of Appeals has de-
cided that the rehearsal OF the Passion Pay,
for which SAlmi Morse was arrested, as not
a public performance.
The Irish-American Club, Of Chicsgo,will
have their annual banquet on the 18th in.
slant. Archbishop Feehan, Bishops Nc
Laren and Cheney and Gen. Sheridan are
among the invited guests.
The New York Herald, which has raised
over $40 900 for the relief of the sufferers by
the floods, ia 10 send representative 10 dis
tribute the money among the thousands who
are 80 greatly in need OF it.
WHEN the total loss by recent foods in
the Ohio and Mississippi valleys have been
Appropriated, $50 100000 will hardly cover
it. The brightest feature among such misery
and ruin has been the spontaneous charity
shown by our people.
IT is believed that the cable system of
moving street cars will be generally intro
duced IN New York at an early day. Il is
claimed that the adoption OF this system will
reduce the expenses OF operating the street
railroads one-half. One company has already
put the system into operation, and others are
negotiating for it.
The German army pension bill for the
current year appropriates S., Az, 900 for PEN
sions. This is 10 Americans 4 very small
sum 10 pay for pensions, yet German new =
paper complains that it ia "a sum large
than that contributed By the several German
States in subsidies Tor the maintenance oil
the peoples schools and the teachers lhereat'
Our own pensions cost annually $40, 900 ,00O
more than the whole sum $3.50, OO0, OO0) spent
for public schools in the States. 1t will be
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The IRON TRADE.
A Southern Combination Formed 10
Prevent Indiscriminate Com.
petition.

ST. LOUIS March 16-The Age of Steel TO-
morrow will publish the following, which it
states refers to a matter entirely new to the
iron trade of the North: During the past
two weeks combination hes been formed in
the South, composed of all the coke iron
furnaces in the States of Tennessee, Alabsma
and Georgia, with the exception of the Oak
dale, Tenn, furnace, 10 be known as the
Southern Coke Association. The object of
the association is 10 obtain and maintain a
uniform scale OF prices and prevent indis-
criminate competition and trickery OF all
kinds Uniform scales OF prices have been
agreed upon, and agents are required to
strictly abide thereby, allowing concessions
to no one, no mstter how large his order for
iron may be. 1t PLACES all brands of iron
on the same platform, so that furnace MAX
ing iron of low standard will get the same
price az for the high standard, that is, if
they cell any. The advantages will be seen
to be on the side OF the maker of good
brands while the other man will have to
work hard to make sales at all. The scale
agreed upon is not above the prices which
have been ruling lately, except 90 few
grades, and they are all on the basis of a
fixed price at the furnace, adding transpor-
taliopn
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CoNsRE ssIONAL wIspOn

As the new tariff bill is examined in de-
tail, the laundering inseparable from the
way in which it was got up becomes more
and more apparent. Two of its sections re-
quiring decrease, in one way, of the duties
on certain articles, while the duty is in
creased in another way on The same articles,
are so worded that the decrease provided for
took place March 4th, while the increase
provided in lieu does not come into opera
ten until July 1st. On these articles of
merchandise, therefore, which include earth
enwsre, there was one tax up 10 March 4th;
another tax is charged at the present time,
and on July lst and afterward still another
tax will be collected. This is a specimen OF
the wisdom" Of Congress which the New York
Tribune found TO be so emiueutly displayed
in the new tariff law. According to
the New York Herald it is reported th at
some OF the protectiouists who are dissatisfied
with what the bill has done for their inter-
eats, intend to lest the constilutionalIty Of
the bill, on this ground that, as il is a reVe-
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a happy day when our pension paymsn :
are reduced to the German figures.

a happy day when our pension paymsn
are reduced to The German figures.
IT has now bsen decided II Connecticut as
well az in Massachusetts, that a will Is valid
when printed with a typewriter IS we'll as
when written with the hand. But either
way, q will is pretty poor piece OF property
for a man to leave. He had better give
away in his own lifetime what he wants TO,
and leave the distribution of the remainder
to the distribution of the law.
A BosToS gentleman who Was v5ry fond of
music was anxious to find the name OF a GER
tain song, the melody of which had pleased
him greatly. At last he heard an organ
grinder in New York playing il forlisslmo.
He rushed up to him: What il that tuner
'Silfa Tredi Mopigo," was the instant reply.
The gentleman, on his return to Boston, went
Immediately 10 music store and asked for
an Italian song entitled ''Silia Tredi Mont
CO." 81 don't know it; whistle the air."
The gentleman prepared to quicker" and
succeeded 10 getting the melody. Instantly
the clerk brought him 'Silver Thre ads Among
the Gold -
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nue. mcclure, it ought to have originated IN
the House, not the Senate. There is a still
more important technical point that might
well be tested. State courts, and the Su-
prems Court on sppesl, have decided that
State cannot use its taxing power directly IN
favor Of any individual or corporation for
private PURPOSE; the only legitimate use OF
this power is for public purposes. What the
Stats cannot do directly, how Can they do
indirectly? And how cau Congress maintain
a system Of revenue where the revenue
is not needed for public purposes, but is
framed for the promotion Of private inter-
este? So asks tho New York Herald.
A strong Instance OF 'the wisdom Of Con-
gress" as displayed IN The new tariff
bill is shown in the most coudennable lher-
ties taken with the power OF legislation by
the committee that was appointed 10 confer
respecting certain disagreements between the
two houses The rule governing conference
Committees is that sit IL not competent for
Conference committee To consider matters or
subjects not in dispute between the two
houses; nor can a committee change the text
OF bill to which both houses have agreed"
These provisions the Conference Committee
upon the tariff bill unhesitatingly violated.
Both houses had agreed upon duty Of fifty
csnis upon iron ore, the committee, without
need or authority, changed it TO seventy-fve
cents; on sheet iron the duty agreed upon
was increased in similar way; on steel
rails the House fixed the duty at
SIS q ton, the Senate at SIS 6S, and
the Conference Committee strangely split
the difference" by themselves raising the
duty te ST.. In the same way the Senate
rate of thirty per cent. on green glass bottles
Asd the House rate of thirty-6ve per cent.
was divided" BY the committee to sizty-six
per cent. These specimens will show how
"wisely" Congress acted in legislating the
tariff bill. Readers will do well to note the
facts here mentioned; the knowledge will be
useful when the next presidential election
comes before the people, and the monopolists
are calling heaven and earth TO witness that
the tariff law of 1888 is one of the most con-
summate instances Of wise and able legisla-
ton that pen ever recorded.
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ruEIoUIsyILLE ExrOsITION.

As the winter softens into spring, attention
begins to be attracted by the treat Louis
vile is preparing for our people in the
great exposition she is industriously pre-
pairing for next fall. For long years Louis
Vile hung behind in the march OF prog
ress, impeded by Bourbon shackles, but by
manly effort and the determination OF the
more enlis htened of its citizens, cold things
passed away and all things became new"
Year by year energy has developed growth,
snd the coming fall the growth will develop
into the blossom OF splendid exposition Of
prnducts and manufactures from the State OF
Kentucky and the South. A quarter of
million OF dollars has been contributed
by the citizens of Louisville 10 make
the expo tition thing that sold Kentuck"
can glory in. The money has not come
from a small class of rich men, but has been
q e. neral contribution from The people, all
of whom vie with each other in efforts for
the success Of the great Louisville e1posi-
ton of 1888. Spacious and beautiful build
ipgs are already begun on grounds we'll
adapted for the purpose, and the people OF
the South generally will find the exposition
not only attractive from its many wonders
and gorgeous display, but instructive by the
specimens il will lay before them of the
products Of Southern and Western fields,
forests, streams and workshops. The cotton
planter will, perhaps above all others. find
the expedition a delight and source of
knowledge. Since the Atlanta exposition
no ade known how much of the curious the
beautiful and the instructive there is in
display CT cotton in lis various stages, and
of the tools, implements, machinery, and
products yielded by and used in
connection with cotton, degree Of attention
has been directed to the subject never mani
tested before, OF which the Louisville Expo
sition will receive the full benefit. When
the surp-nef's-heat is over, by trains on
hundred roads, and by steamboats, along the
great rivers of the South and the West,
thousands upon thousands OF delighted pill
grims will set their faces toward Louisville
and its grand exposition.
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The Origin of the Phonetic Alphabet.

To the Editors of the Appeal
Inquirer" asks this morning for an &C.
count of the origin of the phonstic alpha
bet. To do this and trace back very
thoroughly, giving proofs and examples,
would occupy more space than your entire
paper would cover. OF course sill philoio-
gists differ somewhat on minor points, but
the following is the accepted theory OF the
outgrowth of the modern alphabet. Re-
corded history begins with the life and char
acter of the Egyptians, the earliest OF civil
lied people. We find in the traces of their
writings, in the form of hieroglyphics, moth.
ing higher than ideo graphic writing, or
pictures representing material objects or ab-
stract ideas. This pictorial writing was
practiced by the Assyrisns, Persians, Chi
M Sc and Aztecs 80 well as by the Egyptians.
The rude, though careful, representations OF
the objects and notions affords easy work IN
translation by our modern philologists. The
transition TO symbols, representing COM
binatious of ideas and objects, was
natural but slow; thus a.picture of two men
fighting indicated a battle; q circle was the
sign of eternity. The subsequent adoption
of these pictures 10 represent arhcuia'e
sounds was never accomplished by the
E,yptians, but became a work of their near
neic hbors and rivals, the Phenicians. This
thrifty, enierprising and maritime nation be-
came esrly acquainted with the Egyptians,
through their commercial intercourse, aud
they gradually trsnsfo lled the Egyptian
hieroglyphs into an alphabet of articulste
sounds-hsving at first only sixteen letters
Ito which six were afterward added. The
following is an example Of one of the trans
positions OF an heroglyph into Roman
letter: The Egyptians represented door by a
| pyramidal figure, thus A, which gradually
became an articulate sound under the Phoui-
| clans, with its character very little
| changed; the Greeks adopted it for their
letter Delta, and its fnait ransformstion into
| on< rno5s-E d .le work of ths Romano
| The Pho nicisns, ceming constantly in con-
tact with various nations speaking and writ.
ing different tongues, more or lees changed
| the characters and meaning OF their alpha
bette signs. The Hebrews early adopted the
invention of the Pheaicians, and the Greeks
were not behind in taking advantage of it
The latter were the first to develop these
signs into a system, and to them We owe
! chiefly our debt of gratitude. The precis'
| dat, Of the beginning and use of The phonetic
alphabet cannot be fixed for want of writer
| records. W.. R.E.
MEMPHIS March IA, 1883.
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ceremony wss at Columbus, o., few dsys
ago, when Mrs. Lydia g. Romick, the evan
seiist, performed the marriage service for
Charles PIN, Of Damascus, o, ana Miss
Emma Bryant. Both bride and groom are
members of the Society OF Friends.
Four large trunks containing clothes and
trimmings that were being smuggled' for
fashionable tailors Of New York City we're
captured on Monday on board the steamship
Alaska. An extensive system OF smuggling
through the petty officers Of the steamships
ia about to be broken up. The goods seized
are valued at $4,000.
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WASHINGTON, March 16-After some
delay, caused By the difficulty experienced
in filling the panel OF the grand jury in the
Criminal Court this morning, Gen. Brady
again took The witness-stand and was further
cross-examined by Bliss.
The cross examination and argument OF
counsel consumed the entire day. Walsh
was put on the stand, when the court adj
iourned until Monday.
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ObxOHen,s REGULATION.

ST. LOUIS, March 16.-Accsrding 10 the
deposition of Oby E. Owen, defaulling teller
of the Third National Bank, it appears that
he distracted from THAI institution about
$4,000 between 1875, when he began
his thieving operations, and the time ne was
arrested. This money was all sunk IN The
butter and cheese business, and speculations
in cotton and grain. He will be sentenced
tomorrow. 1t ia expected that he will get
between FIVE and ten years in the penitsntiary.
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M surnIus for KxnOrt,

CHICAGO, March l6.-Iu regard to the an
nouncement that lheGerman decree against
the importation of American hog products
had been promulgated, Amour q Co. say he
decree will not have any effect upon this
years crop, as there is no surplus whatever
for export. Another large provision house
here is gathering statistics from all parts Of
the country, with the intention Of convincing
the German government that eur hog
products are worthy of acceptance.
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DiRbx ReiI,s new wife.

CHICAGO, March 15.-On the Sth instant,
in New York, Mrs. Libby Bell was granted
a divorce and alimony, with the proyiso
that her husband should not marry again.
1t now iranspires that on the 1llh instant
Mr.. Bell registered here with new wife,
known to the stage as Miss Laura joyce
Bell explains that the prohibition against
the marriage only applied to New York,
and that he was married 10 Miss joyce in
Pennsylvania. Both are well-known mem.
bers OF the dramatic profession, The lad
having sung in Eudneeiine, the Pirates d
Psnsance and other like musical productions
The now Mrs. Bell figured in prominent
divorce suit some time ago, when she sep
arated from James V. Taylor, wealthy
New Yorker
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You will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup an invaluable friend 1t cures dysentery and
diarrhea, regulates the stomach and bowels, cures
wi d collie, softens the gums, reduces Inf1amma-
nation and gives tone and energy to the whole
system. In almost every instance where the in
FAINT is suffering during the teething period from
pain aud exhaustion relief will be found in fifteen
or twenty minutes after the Soothing Syrup has
been administered. Do not fail to procure it.
Price Is cents 3 bottle. For sale everywhere.
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New HAVEN, CONN, March 16.-The re-
ceiver of the defunct American National
Lille and Trust Company, brought suit
against Joseph B. Sergeant and other
directors, TO recover 81, 400,0 900 alleged
Euuandered and misapplied funds
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CHICAGO, March 16.-An investigation
made by the reporters shows that many Of
the large apartment buildings in Chicago
are veritable hre-traps, demanding the in
slant attention OF the authorities
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CLINTON, I'LL March 16.-It was discov-
cred this afternoon that Dewitt county rail-
road bonds, issued in 1880, have been ex-
tensively counterfeited and put on the mar
ket
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Death sentence Set Aside.


LYNcHBURe, March 16.-The Court of
Appeals set aside the death sentence of Fa-
yelte Mcdaniel for the murder Of Greed Car
ter, the evidence did pot sh ow premeditation.
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IN DEBILITY.

DR.. W. II. Holcombe, New Orleans, La,
save: ~ found it an admirable remedy for
debilitated state of the system, produced by
the wear and tear OF the nervous energies"
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BosToN, March 16-George w. Cushman,
who last summer obtained money from Con-
cord School philosophers by forged checks,
was sentenced TO five years in the State
prison.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-17

CHATTANOOGA, March 16-Robert Jenk-
ins, local agent for the Singer Sewing
Machine Company killed himself. A de-
fciency in his accounts was the cause.
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sewiug.Machine agent Kills himself.

Hubbard duel was amicably settled. The
courts are not done with the principals.
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CRIMINAL CALENDAR.
Arrested for Robbiug the Mails.

AFTesEeu TOT NODpTuS tH6 HahfHs
READING, PA, March 16.-Robert Smith,
postmaster at Slatington, has been arrested
on the charge OF roboing the mails.
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THE DYNAMITEPL
No Arrests Made in Connection with Last
Nights E1plOsiOn-Exeitement
Increasing.
What Patrick Egan, 0DepeTan Rosa
and Other Fenians Say OF
the Affair.

LONDON, March 16-11 O'Clock AN
There is an enormous crowd gathered at the
scene of the explosion last night in the Local
Government Board sfices in Westminster.
The government inspector has made an ex-
animation OF the portion OF the building
damaged by the explosion, and places the
loss at e40O, 900. The vessel which contained
The explosive material WAS placed in the
cellar of the Local Government Board office.
O'Clock PM-Later and closer inspec-
ton shows that the explosion occurred from
the outside Of the building.
No arrests hsveyet been made in conuec-
ton with the explosion. The police noticed
nothing suspicious about the building before
the explosion occurred.
MISTAKEN IN THE BUILDING.
The Pol Mall Gazette says: an many
mars Of London the Local Government
Board Office IL marked az the Home Office.
II is thought the attempt TO blow up the
former building WAS made with the idea that
it was the latter Sir Willism Harcourt, Home
Secretary, being very obnoxious 10 the Fee
nians."
rsE-BAY on REsGKpIAL LKeIsLArUTtE ovEE.
The Times says If the Irish extremists are
really going to reply with dynamite to any
measure they may disapprove of, it is GER
tain the day of remedial legislation is over.
PUBLIC SENTIMENT CHANGING.
The Times says: "In Manchester, Leeds,
Liverpool and London the feeling of En-
glish workingmen toward The Irish people,
once Of sympathy, has become cold. 1t only
depends on a few more cases of dynamite
outrage TO turn this feeling into angry hos
tilities, which the authorities will find very
difficult 10 control"
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Rosa says that he had received to-day
offers OF money, and he can obtain all that is
needed. In answer to the question as to
what would next be done, he showed let
ter advising him toPublish in his paper
representative Irishmen. When that was
done it could not be claimed that their
actions were dishonorable. As for weapons,
all svsilable ones should be used. This, he
says, was his answer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-19
A Kentucky "Boss.,,

A most peculiar element In Kentucky politics
has made its appearance during the last five
years, Gays Louisville dispatch. 1t is what Is
known as ''the Hargis crowd" Thomas H.
Hargis Is singular man. He never tastes
strong drink, he is a church member and a FAM
lily man, and yet he has powerful hold on the
popular heart. He was bootblack at noun
tain inn, and studied his law books, with the
aid of a tallow CANDLE after his days work was
done. He was q desperately brave soldier on
the confederate side, and when he came back
from the war the only thing he had i'm his pockets
was captains commission. He drifted into
politics, and has never been defeated. His power
as an organizer Is recognized as invincible in
THIS state. Although elected to the highest ju-
dcal position in the state his fingers still itch to
pull the wires. Holding in his one hand the SUI
prelne ludgeship of the state, he yields with
the other the policy of the democratic party in
kentucky. He has made and unmade mountain
politicians for six years and has gathered around
him the shrewdcst and most progressive poll
tieianS in the state. There were no less than 81
men in the last legislature who openly pro-
claimed themselves Hargis men. HIS trial for
stealing court records, which came of here a
few years ago, showed him to be a man of
unOounded audacity and courage. The trial
lasted Il weeks, and he was prosecuted and
defended by the best legal talent in the state.
His crOss-examinat;on lasted ten days, and these
was not single contradiction i'm it. He put
one OF his lawyers on the supreme bench, sent
another to the legislature, made third chair
man of the last state convention. which nOmi-
mated bosom friend and a stalwart Hargis man
TO an office which pays him go. 600 year. How
he stands I'm the governors race Is unknown
and the politicians are eagerly asking each other
what he means by his reticence. 1t is more than
suspected that he has some shrewd object in
view. notable thing in connection with his
silence Is the fact that many of his warm friends
will come to the convention and come unin-
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