Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-01-18
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Des Moines, January 17.-Gov. Sher-
man inaugurated and new State capitol
building dedicated to-day.
Live Oak, Fla, January 17.-Scoville <
Culpeppers new hotel, Lower Suzanne
Spring, burned; loss, $4,000.
Litchfeld, ILL.,, January 1.-The dry
goods and clothing store of G. Levy was
burned yesterday; loss, $4,000.
New York, January I7.-Wade & Cum
Minis, clothiers, psi and 759 Eighth ave-
nue., have assigned. Liabilities, $4,000.
New Orleans, January 17.-Mrs. Eliza
| Stewart, mother of Ex-Gov. p. 3. S.
| Pinchback, died this morning, aged eighty
years
Fayette, Mo-, January IA fire on
| Wednesday morning destroyed several
stores, involvinga reported loss Of S75, 900,
partially insured.
New York, January 17.-Speaker Car
Isle will be the guest of the Free-Trade
Club, OF New York, at their annual dinner
early in February.
Springfield, Mass, January 17.-Francis
w. Rockwell, Republican, has been elected
to Congress from the Twelfth District to
succeed Gov Robinson.
New Orleans, January 1.-THE Plea
yunes special reports that a train was
| wrecked on the Texas Pacific railroad be-
tween Cheneyville and Alexandria.
Boston, January 17.-No trace has been
| discovered of the missing Oshkosh boy,
Jesse Dean. The police intend issuing a
| circular bearing the boys photograph.
Topeka. Ks, January IA private dis
patch states that the Montezuma Hotel at
| the hot springs at Las Vegas, n. NJ, was
| destroyed by fire, with all its contents.
Syracuse, n. Y, January IA fire at
Canastota, Madison county, this morning,
| destroyed large part of the business
| portion. LOSSES aggregate upward OF
$4,000; mostly insured.
Indianapolis, January 17.-Thomas A.
Dean, a member of the firm of Woodford,
Dean & Co., was to-day committed to the
Insane Asylum. His mania is of violent
character.
San Antonio, Texas, January IA
general court-martial has been appointed
and meets at San Antonio February 4th
| to try Capt. A. S. B. King on the charge OF
| duplicating pay accounts.
Albany, n. Y, January 17.-John Fl.
| Trowbridge & Son, flour and grain deal
| ers, have assigned. Assets, $1,000, about
equal to preferences. Their failure is due
to the suspension of Coleman & Co., OF
New York.
| New York, January 1.-THE National
| Bottle and Vial Association is holding its
annual meeting with closed doors. Def.
mite action is expected against the reduc-
| ton of the tariff on glass and the present
high wages.
| Philadelphia, Pa, January l7.-John
| and Joseph Suder and jeremiah I. Wilson
photographers, pleading guilty to manu-.
featuring and selling obscene pictures
| were each sentenced to pay fine of $500
and imprisoned for one year.
| New York, January 1.-THE steamer
| France, Just arrived from Havre, reports
| that on January 9th, in latitude 40 80
| er Germanic, with her shaft broken, going
east. She wanted no assistance, and al
| were well.
Raleigh, n. c., January 1.-THE State
Board of Agriculture has passed resolu
tions in favor OF making an extensive
State exhibit at the New Orleans Exposi
ton, and instructed the commissioner tc
proceed to New Orleans to secure 10,0OC
square feet of space.
Pittsburg, Pa, January 1.-THE strik
ing coal miners at Buena Vista persisted
in parading again to-day. Officers have
gone to work tonight, and will make
wholesale arrests tomorrow. Trouble il
anticipated. twenty-five strikers, princi
pally Foreigners, resumed work to-day.
New York, January IA six-story
factory building occupied by Smith & Bell
carpenters; .. . Thorn Thorn, 55iaass-cocS manuifac
turers; Knoedler & Co., picture frames
John Clokman, easels; Otto Loehr, pho
tographic instruments; Geo. Heich, stai
rails; Wicker & Derlain, cabinet makers
was burned tonight. The losses aggre
gate 100000; partly covered by insurance