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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-01-23
THE IRON TRADE.
Manufactures Closing Down at ST.
Louisa Ray of Hope.

ST. LOUIS, January 22.-The announce
ment has been made that nearly all rail-
mlls, iron works, furnaces and stove
forndries OF this city are either closed or
running at half or less than their capacity,
and that all the glass-works are closed,
and THAT there is great depression in all
classes OF building, throwing, perhaps, 5000
men out of work, and withdrawing very
large sum of money from circulation,
which heretofore has been paid for wages
The reason OF this condition Of affairs Is
variously given; as overproduction, a dull
market in the iron trade; as well as an un-
settled feeling respecting what Congress
will do with the tariff question, strikes,
overproduction and low prices in the
glass trade, and the general winter de-
pressio1 in building. There is no
particular suffering among the idle men,
| it is alleged, but there is general
gloomy and depressed feeling, bordering
| closely on dependency. AS a counter
statement to this, and one showing al
least ray Of hope in one important in
| dustry, letter was received here to-day
day from one of the largest houses in New
York, stating that there is an under-cur
rent OF improvement in the iron marke
and the puNlic generally is begin
ming to realize it; that steel rail
are much firmer in price than three Il
six weeks ago, and sellers of pig-iron CLAIM
that the demand is materially increases
and buyers disposed to purchase on
basis which indicates that they believ
bottom prices have been reached. On
great iron company reports that thei
sales of pig-iron since the LIST of Januar
have been larger than any correspondent
time for thirty years. In connection wit
this letter the president of the compan
receiving it said he regarded the iro
trade of the country i'll gratifying stat
and added that there was not now mol
than one-tenth of years supply of pi;
iron in the entire country, which /
thought a very encouraging outlook fl
| manufacturers
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A COMPLETE WRECK.
A Passenger Train Hurled from u High
Trestle-Five Injured.

DAYTON, O., January 22.-Express train
No. on the Cincinnati division of the To-
ledo, Cincinnati and st. Louis road, con-
sisting of two coaches, a baggage car and
engine, was dashed off long trestle twen-
ty feet high, near Beavertown, at o'clock
this evening, causing complete wreck,
and loss of about $4,000. The accident
was caused by the truck-wheel of the en-
CINE breaking as the train was in the mid
die of the trestle, and the whole train
was hurled down in an instant of time,
carrying away part of the trestle. Twenty
passengers were on board, five of whom
were injured. Morgan ii. Morgan, OF
Venedocia, o., was badly injured and
taken home. Engineer Henderson was
buried under the engine, bad his collar
bone broken, and was otherwise hurt.
Conductor Miller and Express Messenger
Marsh were badly injured, the latter be-
ing buried under his car. The escape OF
the others on the train was marvellous, as
not a moments warning was given. The
wounded were taken home and to this
city, seven miles distant.
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A BABY LITIGANT.
How n Snowman Was Taught Well.
Deserved Lesson,

PmLADELrHIA, January 22.-Miss Re-
becce Gray had a cdpids issued out of the
Common Pleas Court to-day for the arrest
OF III. p. Jacobs, the proprietor OF the
Royal Unique Novelty Company, which
had show at Horticultural Hall last week,
in civil suit to recover damages
for alleged trover and conversion.
Miss Gray is fifteen months old
and weighs eight pounds. -"She is
the youngest litigant that ever knew"
said the white-haired writ clerk, Mander-
son. Baby GRAY was taken by Miss
Amanda Richardson and Mrs Ermentrout
friends of Archibald Fisher, her foster
father, of No. 5II Washington avenue, to
see the show last Friday afternoon. The
women had seen an advertisement offer
ing a diamond ring that "IIop o. My
Thumb" midget Of the show, wore on
the third finger of his right hand to any
healthy baby under year old that could
get it on corresponding finger. PROF. y
Bishop, agent for Jacobs, came out with
the midget, the diamond ring, and smooth
flow OF words. The ring was said to be worth
500. 1t was so small that a lead pencil
would not pass through it. Dozens of
anxious mammas tried it vainly upon the
chubby fingers of their offspring 1t came
at last to Baby Gray's turn. The ring went
on as easily as the glass slipper upon the
tiny foot of Cinderella. A buzz Of pleas
ure went through the hall. "Prof."
Bishop snatched up the baby and paraded
it round and round. When all the moth
ers had feasted their eyes upon the little
diamond-decked victor, the prof"
it is alleged, slipped the ring
off the baby's finger and whis-
pered to Miss Richardson: "Mr. Jacobs
will see you later in the hallway and give
you the ring" Mrs. Richardson did not
like that. Nevertheless she waited till
she saw Mr.. Jacobs and demanded the
trophy. Nonsense" said Mr.. Jacobs, ac-
cording to the woman's story, "that baby
cannot be healthy. l want certificate -
He would not give up the ring. Miss Rich
ardson ard Mrs. Ermentrout argued the
matter till they were put out. Then
they had the child's foster father en-.
ter suit, because Mr.. Bishop, as the
agent OF Mr.. Jacobs, having parted with
the custody OF the ringthe article became
the childs by right of gift. Two deputies
from the sheriff's office arrested Jacobs
this afternoon. At first he contested the
case. He had an engagement in Baltimore
to begin Monday, however, and yielded
| tonight. He gave the ring and the costs
OF the legal proceedings into the hands o.
the law firm of Stevenson & Price, the
| baby's counsel, and was released.
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BANKING AND CURRENCY.
Various Riiss COnsidepcd by the House
COIss ptsttee,

WAsHlNGToS, January 22.-The propo-
sition % Representative Potter n. Y. TO
substitute two per cent. twenty-fiye-year
bonds for the bonds now in existence was
discussed by the House Committee on
Banking and Currency to-day. No vote
was taken. The committee is awaiting the
action of the Senate Finance Committee
before deciding on bill to report to the
House.
Representative Hunt offered a reso-
intion declai1nE that the public welfsee
demands That the benefits of the national
banking system be substantially preserved
and continUcd for the time being. The
resolution was informally discussed, but
70 action taken. Considerable opposition
tas been manifested to the bill recently
introduced by Mr.. Buckner providing for
she issue of treasury notes without the
fcsal-tendcr quality, to take the place oi
bank notes going out existence. The bill
has not been considered by the commit
tee. 4 member said to-day that the ex-
pre5slons of opinion regarding it on the
part of members of the committee had
been sufficiently general to warrant the
prediction that the bill will not receive
the approval of majority of the com
lnittpp
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necessaries of life, was insuficiently clad,
Nearing no stockings, as the son had told
her that he could procure no yarn Tor het
to knit. She does. all the cooking fof
herself. whenever Isaac provides any
thing to cook. which is very seldom.
He eats with the -neighbors 1t was a
bitterly cold day and there was no fire in
the stove, and the beds could not be slept
in comfortably. The son is SO piserly that
a short time ago kis wits and child left
him, biting literally starved out, and have
since cared for themselves. A number OF
charitably inclined persons took the old
lady's case in hand, and when the son was
spoken to he said that he had told his
mother last fall that she should have a
new calico dress. Finally, under a threat
OF prosecution, he agreed to furnish his
mother with something to eat, furnish the
rooms comfortably, put up good stove,
and hire a woman to take care OF his
mother.
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A PITIFUL SIGHT.
The Old Story Of Ruin and Deserti0n:
With More Than Ordinarily Sad
Sequel-Deceived Dya
Faithless Lover, q Young Girls Mind
Gives Way and She Becomes Hope.
lessly Insane.

NEW YoRK, January 21-A cad case of
insanity caused by unrequited love, was
brought before Justice Welde at Essex
Market yesterday. Olga Staden, a pretty.
fiaxen-haired girl, nineteen years old.
stood before the magistrate, presenting a
pitiful sight. Hef blonde hair hung down
upon her shoulders, almost hiding her
face, while her blue eyes sparkled with an
unusual luster. She seemed uneonscious
of what was going on about her, and she,
would raise her head and cry out: "Oh,
Henry, forgive you for your falseness. l
forgive this cruel world also." Mrs. Scha-
Olga lived, told the justice the story of the
POOR girls misfortune. She said Olga
came to this country about two years ago
- earned her living as a governese and
children's compa..i ION. She had no friends
or relatives, but was APPARENT happy
and light-hearted. In the early part OF the
past year she met German youth who
PROGRESSED GREAT LOVE
for her The two spent their leisure time
together, and Ulga's great delight was to
refer to the near approach Of her wedding
day. For some reason or other the young
month before Christmas hist he ceased
to visit her, but sent a letter saying That
the past had been but the effusion of
J silly youth. The letter caused a pro-
/ found change ID the girl, She, be-
came morose, and shortly after coi.ecsed
to Mrs. Schaber that she had been be-
trayed and was about to become mother.
| A home was offered her and she gave up
her position and lived in a secluded man.
ner at the home of her benefactors. She
grew very rsle and strangely worse, SO
much that the medical aid Of DR.. pu,kow.
kowski was called.
WHEN HER CHILD WAS BORN
it was dead. This completely shattered
her mind. Her affection for the dead
child is described as touching in the ex
treme, and it was with difficulty that she
could be induced to part with it and al
low its burial. Her days after this were
spent in calling upon her heartless love-
and her dead ,thild. At first she wa.
quite docile, and Mrs. Schaber was loath
to have her put in an asylum in hopes thai
she would recover, but treatment proved
futile and it was deemed advisable t.
have her sent to the island. Jus
tice Welde was much affected by tn,
story and committed her to the care of tn
Commissioners of Charities and Correc
tion. AS she left the room she threw he
arms about the neck of the officer an,
! kissed him affectionately upon the cheek
and affsctionetely addressed him as he
lover. "Good-bye, Henry" She called ,ou
to him in sweet tones. Goodbye. Yo
have treated me harsh, but 1 forgive yo
and will never cease to love you"
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MEMPHIS. TENN. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 90. 1854.

providers. News reached Uncle Lew, and
he sent word to his old love to co,1e. and
live with him and his wife. Tbs Atihi
Aggie refused to do. Years dew fast,
and the boy and girl who sang and
danced at the constructing, who loved,
married and were pared, grew old
with an aching void in their lives as its
evening drew near. Two years ago Uncle
Lewis wife died, and latter a few months
mourning he sent for Aunt Aggie. She
went to her old lore, and after separa-
tion of forty years they were united. They
return IN part to days of their youth, and
tlseir love is young again. Everybody in
and they are recipients of man, lind
nesses. Aunt Aggie is now sixty ana
ITncla ax-i 10 caventy
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A Bride at the Age of tOS.

PLoT KNoR, Mo-, January 20.-Friday
night a remarkable wedding was sol
emnized here, that of Henry Johnson
aged thirty, to Charlotte Cooper, aged 1903
The bride seemed rs coy and bashful a;
brides usually do, though her posterity Il
the fourth generation attended her wed.
ding, those of the third generation being
older than the groom.
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UNCLE SANS COAT.OF-ARMS.
Sbc Grcdt Seal Of tbe United States
WOsls Ont.


Washington special: The great seal OF
the United States, used to attest the docu-
ments OF the State Department, is worn
out,and Secretary Freylinghuysen has writ
ten Il letter to the Appropriations Commit
tee asking Tor $1,000 for new one. The
Secretary, Who has Il cOat-of-arms himself,
and who is something of an authority on
the subject, says that the last seal was not
IN strict accordance with the design OF
lIS2. Ee gives the following description
OF what the coat-of-arms should be:
Arms pale of thirteen pieces, argent and
yules, in chief azure; the escutcheon on
the breast of the American eagle displayed
proper, holding in its dexter talon an
olive branch, and in his sinister bunch
of thirteen arrows, all proper, and in his
beak scroll inscribed az Pluribus
Unum." For the crest over the head of
the eagle, which appears above the es-
cutcheon, glory, or breaking through a
cloud proper and surrounding thirteen
stars forming a constellation argent on an
azure field. Reversal pyramid un-
finished, in the zenith an eve and tri.
angle surrounded with a glory proper
Over the eve are these words: Aullii
Cepisc." On the base of the pyramid the
numcral letters MDCCLNXVI, and un.
derneath the following motto: "Noras
prffp ~ f.IuFIJg, -
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RACINE AT NEW ORLEANS.
The Sixth Day of the Winter Meeting
The winners.

New ORLEANS, January 22.-Fifth day
of the winter meeting.
First Race.-One mile. Voltaire won !;
Carter Harrison second, Bagdad third.
Time-2:03.
Second Race.-Three-quarters Of mile.
Nat Trimble won; P. Line second, Mani
toba third. Time-1:25.
Third RGce.-One and one-eighth miles.
Brunswick won; Goliad second, Katie
Creel third. Time-2:15.
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recently DIR. Erastus Wilson exhibited a
woman thirty-eight years old and five feet
five inches high whose tresses, when she
stood erect, enveloped her entire form in
a golden veil and trailed several inches on
the ground. The longest fiber measured
six feet three and one-half inches. Thirty
inches is the mean length for the hair OF
females, and three feet is considered OF
remarkable length. This instance, he said
was exceeded by two American women
one whose hair measured seven feet six
inches, and another, the wife of druggist
in Philadelphia, whose luxuriant hair was
almost as long and so thick that when
seated on chair she could completely
cover herself with it.
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CRUELTY TO CONTICTS.
Grave Charges Against the Officials Oi
the Virginia Pentfentiary.

RICHMOND, January 22.-In the Senate
to-day a letter was presented from for
mer employe OF the penitentiary, contain
ing grave charges against the penitentiary
officials, showing that from negligence and
the careless treatment OF sick convicts a
number of them died. Among the cases
mentioned is that OF an Italian serving a
term for attempted wife-murder, who be-
came ill last summer after eating under
cooked peas, owing to which the doctor
said he was insane, and ordered him
bound to an iron bedstead. The next
morning the man was dead. His flesh
was dreadfully cut from the cords with
which he was tied. A committee will in
yaStiuata
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CAPITAL POINTS.


WASHINGTON, January 22.-The House
Committee on IostofEces and Postroads
agreed to repOrt favorably bill fixing the
rate of postage at one cent for three
ounces on newspapers and periodicals sent
10y others than the publisher or news
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THE BROOKS COMET.
Remarkable Changes Sunday and Mon
day Nights.

NASHVILLE, January 22.-E. L. Barnard,
astronomer of Vanderbilt University, re.
ports remarkable changes in the Brooks
comet on the nights of the Goth and 2lst
Sunday night the nucleus was surrounded
by faint envelope, and numerous dark
riffs were visible in the tail. Monday
night the tail separated into three distinct
branches, showing the dark sky between
and rapid pulsation OF light one degree
back OF the nucleus.
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INSPECTION OF STEAM BOILERS.
Two EnporIant Changes a, the Rule.
Adopted.


WASGINGrOy, January 22.-At the ses-
sion OF the Board of Supervising Inspect
ors of Steam Vessels, the Committee on
Boilers and Machinery, to whom was re-
lerred the resolution proposing to amend
the rule which relates to the amount of
pressure to be allowed upon the assumed
tensile strength of material by striking out
The wor,,s steel plates, and also the figures
45,Gn pounds, and insterting instead
$1,000, reported in favor of the same. The
rule, as amended, reads as follows: "Boil-
ers built prior to February %, 1872, may
be deemed &c have tensile strength OF
$4,000 pounds or over that to the sec
tiorsl square irch, whether stamped or
not, and shall be tested under the rule
prescribed for boilers inspected under the
provisions of section So of the act re-
lating to boilers built after the 2Sth of
February, 1872"
Mr.. Burnet, OF the Fourth District,
offered the following, which was adopted,
and ordered embodied IN the rules: That
no iron or gas-Pipe for steam connections
shall be used that is more than two inches
inside diameter, when tapped in or Joined
by screw joints. All pines over two
inches must have tianged Joints and con-
neCtiOnS
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B,tesyilIe and BrsrkIey Hallway.

BRINKLEY, ARK, January %. The
stockholders of the Batesville and Brink
ley Railway Company elected VIM Black
president and general manager, b. r.
Davis, secretary and treasurer; VIM
Black, l.. Salinger, @. NJ. Norman, OF
Brinkley; X. NJ. Martin, B. G. Brown, OF
Little Rock; B. Dent, OF Augusta, Ark,
and John Gum, of Memphis, directors.
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Marrying &. q. ID.

New Bedford Mercury: Among the cabin
passengers on the bark Veronica, which
arrived at this port from Fayal yesterday
morning. was a young lady, perhaps twenty
years of age, quite pretty, who was regis
tered on the passenger-list by the modest
title of Louisa Augusta de Olivera. This
young lady was married at the islands
several weeks ago, yet, singularly, the first
glimpse of her husband was obtained
through the cabin window of the Veronica,
as he stood on the propeller wharf, impa-
tlently waiting for the vessel to come along
side the dock The steward of the Neron-
lea explained to a reporter that marriage
by proxy was not uncommon among the
islanders. 1t is becoming popular, for
worse than awkward results have frequent
ly followed where the girl has travelled a
| long distance to meet the man to whom
she is betrothed ard the latter refuses to
marry because the young lady does not
realize his anticipations Careful mothers
are accordingly averse to sending their
daughters on this C. o. ID. subject TO ap-
proval principle and now demand some
guarantee OF good faith.
| The courtship in the present instance
was conducted by friends OF the young
lady and gentleman. Photographs were
exchanged and the compact was made.
| a power of attorney and the ceremony OF
marriage was performed by priest at
Fayal, marrying the young girl to man
thousands OF miles away. The play OF
Hamlet with Hamlet left out can be no
comparison to wedding without bride
groom. With her marriage certificate the
young lady engaged passage on the Neron-
lea and exhibited some impatience,
so the steward says, at the length
of the passage. As the vessel came
I'M the harbor she grew pardonably
anxious and scanned the wharf intently as
the vessel was docked. At length young
man came into the cabin and said man
on the wharf sent him to see if his wife
was aboard. The steward asked him to
point out the man, which he did. The
girl exhibited the iveliest interest and
looked her husband over with critical
and, on the whole, approving eye.
The messenger returned with the hus
band The girl blushed, the husband
smiled and they prosaicaily shook hands
Each was apparently completely satisfied
and the husband bore his young wife
I f,rpIr1ly oufov
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THE FIRE RECORD.

ST. JoHssBrRY, W., January 22.-The
Methodist church and Caledonia National
Bank at Banyille Green were burned.
= YouSesroWS, o., january 22.-The barn
of Noah Blosser, near this citt was burned
by iucendiaries last night with all its con-
tents, save the live stock. 1t was the
best barn in the county. Loss. $4,000.
Blosser lately testified in court here
against lawless gang near North Lima
charged with rioting.
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.t Louis Rpublicdn: The hour-gIass
girl has winged her grasshopper flight to
other spheres, and in her stead We have a
being who breathes deep down, eats beef
steak, and can run foot-race with any pc
destrian on the track. 1t may not be
sylphlike or like heroine OF the eight
eenth century-our spindle-waisted great
grandmothers, who wore a cherry splint
two inches wide in their stays in 'front.'
but it is awfully comfortable to breathe
freely and be able to feel that ones ribs
are not turned in on the ends like a Gro
chet hook. What impossible looking
creatures they were 100 years ago, with
broad hips, broad shoulders, and a waist
like a wasp!
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L
agreed to report favorably bill fixing the
rate of postage at one cent for three
ounces on newspapers and periodicals sent
10y others than the publisher or a news
agent.
Pension Agent Confirmed.
Among the combinations yesterday was
Robert NJ. Kelly, OF Kentucky, as pension
agent at Louisville.
Ordered tO he EaVOrabIy Reported.
The Senate Committee on Military Al
fairs ordered the bill for the relief of Fitz
John Porter To he reported favorably.
or Tor New York.
The President lett Washington for New
York, accompanied by Secretaries Folger
aud Teller They expect to return Friday.
Militia Appropriation BiII.
Senator Sewell to-day reported favorably
from the Committee on Military Affairs
his bill in relation TO an annual appropria-
ton for militia.
The mississippi River Convention.
The secretary of the Mississippi River
Convention has arlready received the
names OF $50 delegates selected to attend
the meeting here, February 9TH.
went to SMceced McCrar-.
The members OF the Iowa delegation in
Congress are urging the appointment OF
Representative McCord, OF that State, as
successor OF Judge McCrary, of the Eighth
United States Circuit Court.
The FItz John Porter HiIl
Gen. Slocum will endeavor to have next
Friday and Saturday, in the House OF Rep
reseutativcs, CiVcn up TO debate on the
vita John Iorter bill, and hopes to get a
vote 81 ! O'Clock on the lsttsr day. Gen.
SlOCum expresses himself rs confident the
bill will pass.
Admission OF rcrritOs les States.
Representative Hardeman reported ia
Vorably from the subcommittee to the
House Committee on Territories the bill
providing that no Territory be admitted
into the Union as State unless it has q
permanent population equal to that re.
quired in Congressional districts. The
subject was considered by the full COM
mittee without action.
Neiiesl Service in the Army.
Senator Hale introduced in the Senate
to-day a bill to secure the medical proies
sion equal rights in the service of the
United States. 1t provides that all APP
pointments for medical service under the
government be made from graduates o
legally chartered medical institutions with
out discrimination in favor or against any
school or theory of medical practice.
Decorated by the Emperor of Japan.
The Emperor Of Japan has conferred
upon Gen. Horace Capron, of this city