Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-01-12
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hudson, y. \ E, January ll.-Ihe annual
strike OF the ice harvesters for an increase
in wages has begun. >.
Lancaster, O., January ll.-John E.
Seipel, clothier, assigned. Liabilities,
$4,000: assets about the same.
Peoria, Ill.,, January ll.-Henry Cotton
d Co, wholesale .grocers, confessed judg-
ments to-day 10 the amount OF Si2,5lS.
Columbus, Miss, January 1.-THE fail
ure is announced OF J. Blum, dry goods
merchant. Liabilities, $4,000; assets, un-
known.
New York, January ll.-Wm. II. Chap
man, of the firm OF Groht x McLaren,
members of the Produce Exchange, died
to-day.
Albany, y. y, January 1.-THE re-
gents OF the university refused to charter
the United States College OF Medicine and
Surgery, OF New York City.
Wareham, Mass. January ll.-All ar
rangements have been made among the
workmen in the nail establishments OF
Wareham TO strike tomorrow.
Wheeling, W. Va, January 1.-THE
fiouring-mill belonging to John Stende, at
New Martinsville, W. Va, was burned
Wednesday afternoon and is total loss.
New York, January 1l.-W. A. Eng
man, founder OF Coney Island and pro-
prietor of the Brighten Beach race track
died at his residence in Brooklyn this
evening.
Pittsburg, January 1.-The weather is
getting colder, and no immediate danger
is apprehended of food. Dispatches
from the headwaters report light rains,
but no perceptible rise of the river.
Pittsburg, January 1I.-The convention
of the National Marine Engineers Associ-
alton adjourned this afternoon after the
installing OF officers. The next meeting
will be held at Cincinnati January >, 1885.
Hoboken, y. j., January 1I.-Snow and
ice crushed in the roof OF the roundhouse
in the yard OF the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railway, fatally iniuring
John Jordan, an employe, and wrecking
two engines.
Wapakoneta, o., January IL. - The
Farmers Bank closed to-day on account
of the assignment of NJ. Bittar, its pro-
prietor. The assets and liabilities are not
ascertained, but the belief is expressed
that all the Indebtedness will be paid.
Richmond, Va, January 1.-Mrs. Ca
bell, wife III. Coulter Cabell, a prominent
citizen OF Richmond, was fatally burned
this morning while dressing. Her cloth
ing took fire from CRATE, and before as
sistance arrived she was enveloped in
flames. She died tonight.
Cornwall, Ont, January 1.-THE heavy
ice shove in the st. Lawrence river, Just
below here, caused the back-water to rise
to an almost unprecedented hight, food
ing the Easements of the cotton and other
mills, causing considerable damage. The
mills have stopped until the water sub
sides.
Pittsburg, January 1.-THE verdict of
the eoroner's jury in the Bunton disaster
was that the men came to their death
through the negligence of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company in not supplying
sufficient protection against accidents
while the men in their employ were
shoveling snow.
Salt Lake. January 1.-THE largest re-
ception ever given a Governor OF Utah
occurred ST the Walker Operahouse this
afternoon, gotten up by the members OF
the previous sitting Legislature for the
purpose of assuring Gov. Murray that the
law-abiding portion of the community are
heartily with him in his effort to enforce
the laws in Utah.