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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-11-22

Prof. Donaldson's London Ghost Show
Mystery, a series of extraordinary iilu-
sions, which have afforded no END Of won
derment and mirth, ard which have
proved an all-poweIful sensational attrac-
ton wherever they have exhibited, gave
n series of performances at sos Main
street yesterday and last night to a large
number of highly amused and well enter
tanned people. The company will remain
for a short season, and those wishing to
while away an hour could do no better
than drop in and zee the Great London
Ghost Show
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II RELIEF FIND
For the Galveston Fire Sufferer
AweIIed by additional Sums.

The sum total for the benefit OF the Gal
weston sufferers was swelled yesterday by
the addition of subscriptions Of $ each by
Messrs. J.. w. Cochran and Sam Mosby.
The net proceeds of the benefit at the Dime
Museum were STA so. The ATTENDANCE
wss nothing like SO good ss it WAS yester-
day. The procsedsfr om Falstdf on Friday
night were Sill 80, out Of which a few
trifipg expenses are to be paid. The tot ]
collections SO far for the sufferers foot up
.&I443 80.
The list of subscriptions made in New
York for the relief OF tine Galveston fire
sufferers contains the item Of $50 by b.
L~owenstein < Bros. Taking this in con-
nection with thu liberal subscription made
by the same firm to the fund being rsised
in this city, places Z. Lowenstein & Bros.
shead of ell other firms, and speaks vol
umes in favor of their liberslity.
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OUR RELATIONS WITH GERMANY.
The Reason for Dissatisfaction at fhe
COnrRe of the German Gov
ermeut.

NEW YORK, November PA Washing.
ton special Gays: Assistant Secretary-of-
State Porter Gays, emphaticslly, that the
| government has so far not had the slight.
est reason for dissatisfaction with the
course of the German government toward
oar patursliz ,tion laws or the Bancroft
treaty; that even when the German au-
thorities have proceeded against German
Americans in any manner for cause, the
German government has invariably yield
ed TO our request, ard that in the very few
cases where the German officials have
! overstepred their authority and molested
COMMUNICATIONS without cause, it has
promptly needed and respected u pro.
tes.E.
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Tho Same Human Nature.

Ftdup vain ditcLupiS 4 hiau0 " lcpcoN
the remarkable tuccess Of Benson's Capcine
Plaster. This splendid remedy is known, sold
and used everywhere, and its prompt action and
unrivaled curative powers have won for II hosts
of friends. limitations have sprung up under
similar sounding names, such as '"Capsicin,"
less and unwary. These articles possess none
of the virtues ofthe genuine. Therefore we hope
the people will assist us to protect what are at
cnce their interests and ours. Ask for Benson's
Plaster, ant examine What is. given you, and
n axe sure tnst the werd "Capcine" IL cut IN the
middle Of the platter itself, and the Three
s ais trade mark is on the face cloth Any
reputable dealer will show you these safesuards
without hesitation. If you cannot remember
the name-senspn's Capcine Plaster cut this
paragraph from the
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-11-22

The charter of the Mission Ridge Rail.
road Company wss registered Friday by
the Secretary of State. 1t provides for the
construction of a railroad FROM some point
in the city of Chattanooga to the crest of
Missionary Ridge and the foot of Lockout
Mountain, with the privilege of extending
the road along Missionary Ridge to old
Boyce Station on the Western and Atlantic
road, and to Bossville Gap, and also to the
street, also to the foot of Montgomery
avenue. The incorporators are Tomlinson
Foit, j. w. Crouch, W. s. Marshall, NJ.
II. Gift and T. G. Montague.
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SPIKES AND r

PASSENGERS trains on the Louisville, New
Orleans and Texas railway are now
equipped with Pullman's Buffet sleepers.
TIE through travel to the Exposition
will 90 via the Louisville, New Orleans
and Texas Railway. as that line offers
every inducement to the traveller in fast
time, picturesque route and buffet cars.
FAST mail leaves Memphis 1 p. m;
arrives at New Orleans $3.50 g. m. Ex-
press train leaves Memphis $40 a. m;
arrives at VicksbuIg 7:I5 o. m. The
above change in schedule takes effect ON
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LONDON, November 2l.-Advices from
Tsaribrod state hat Coils. Benitzkey and
Topalovitch yesterday effected a junction
OF their forces and made a joiut attack
upon the Bulgariaps at Seventh. The
latter were driven from their positions
af;er a desperate fight. At 5 o'clock last
evening the two armies were still engaged.
An aide-de-camp Of King Milan was
wounded during the fight. Three other
Servian officers were killed and six wound
ed. A dispatch frem Belsrade, dated mid
night, says it is believed that fighting is
still going on by moonlight. The report of
the capture of Sofia is u1true.
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EdeIweIss Mountain Choir.

The Edelweis5 Mountain Choir will be-
gin on engagement Of q week at the Skst-
ing Rink to morrow night, and is likely to
prove a drawing card. The Cincinnati
Commercial says, mot only are the people
good, but their acts are novel, well selected
and clever'y executed. The Edelweiss
Mountain Choir (Tyrolean Warblers) who
opened the programme, may be taken as
the first illustration of the worth of Mr..
E~ngelhardt's troupe. To an individual
their voices were excellent, and their rem
dition of Alpine musical selections most
pleasing. Their Instrumentation was
another excellent feature of their act.
Herr .Graupner, the Either %soloist, was
cOmplimented by applause the londest.n
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APPEAL SPECIALS.
Two Electric Light Companies Organized
at Birmingham, 1la.-Both Con-
Germs Depending ON
Private Patronage for Support-Ihe
H~Olsombacks Acquitted of the MUIR
der of Young Daniels.
Damage Suits at jackson, Miss, C0mpro.
mised-The Eastern Field Trials at
High Point, N. C.


IsPEC1AL To THk APFEAL.I
HIGH POINT, N. c., November 2l.-All-
aged pointer stakes. handspring won first
prizs, Bang Bang second.
Derby stake. Nellie Bly, beat Never
Sink, Mamie beat Bang, Grace Belle best
Glen Clair.
The Champion stake did not fill, and
will not be up.
Day clear, grounds good, races very ex-
citing and much interest.
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The handsoms eat sleeper which ave
went out OF Memphis was put into the fast
St. Louis service at 6 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon on the Kansas City, Springfield
OF the Pullman Company, very handsome
ly finished and much admired by all who
have seen it. 1t is the first of a regular
line to be put on at once. Trains by that
line will leave Memphis hereafter at G
O'Clock pm, arriving at st. Louis at 7:25
o'clock a.m., and returning will leave st.
Louis at 500 O'Clock pm. and get here at
S:55 O'Clock pm. Besides the convenience
it will be to through passengers, it will
enable the people of J%onesboro and inter
veniug points 70 get here for breakfast,
and leave again in time to be at home TO,
supper, spending the whole day in the
nitv
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JACKSON, MISS.
Damage Suits COmprOmIsed-A Mem
phis Firm in Court.

JACKSON, MISS, November 2l.-There
were two suits pending in the Federal
Court here for damages against the Illinois
Central Railroad Company Tor the killing
Of John B.. Mclean last December near
Byram, Miss, one brought by the admin
istrator of tho deceased, and one by the
widow, both of which were compromised
to-day by the payment Of $500 to the
widow. The circumstances of the case
are these: The deceased, by the consent
OF the engineer OF a freight train. wss rid;
there by a brakeman, and not having paid
his fare, was thrust from the train while
in rapid motion, which injured him so
that after lingering a long time he died.
The attachment case in the Federal
Court of Hill. standish & Co. of Memphis
vs. Will Jams & Posey of Yszoo City result.
ed in a verdict for plaintiffs.
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DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
the United states and Austria
Practically CnI on

Nkw YORK, November 2l.-A Wash
ington special says: Since the Kelly
episode our diplomatic relations with Aus
tria have been practically cut of. The
Austrian Minister, who has not been in
this country for some time, has been re-
tired upon the ground that, having been
in the diplomatic service for forty-two
years, he is disqualified for further ser
vice. This leaves the mission vacant, and
the Austrian government has sighted
that it will remain so until the United
States sees fit TO appoint a man 10 succeed
N ly, whom they rejected.
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The Gallatin correspondent of the Nash
vile american says: President Eugene
zimmerman Of the Chesapeake and Nash
uille railroad arrived at Gallatin tonight
from Cincinnati, where he has had an IN
terview withH Huntington in relation to mat
tiers hearing upon this important project.
Mr.. Zimmerman will go over the line be-
tween Gallatin and Scottsvilie, KY, to-
morrow. The timbers for trestling have
nearly all been secured, and 10000 cross
ties are advertised for. That the whole line
will be built is regarded here as a surety.
The contracts for the ~ensines and cars have
all been made, and the only question now
is what about Nashville? Will the road
RIM fhare or mot
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LITERARY NOTES.

THE holiday number Of the Cincinnati
Graphic will contain a g DRY entitled
Taken Alive" and founded on facts, by
Mr.. L. z. Roe, who is the most widely
read and popular Of American authors.
The new volume of CasseUs Family
Magazine. which begins with the January
number, will contain three serial stories,
9" A Wiilful Yong Wcmao," by the author
of Who Is Sylvia; Lyndon Of High
Cliff by the anthor of " When the Tide
was High" and "Hsflowe's Sacrifice -
by Frank Barrett, author Of " John Ford
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SOFIA, November 2l.-Widdin has not
yet been CAPTURED. The Servian troops in
that district have never assumed the Of
f~ensive. The Bulgarians have frequently
attacked them in attempts to draw them
within range of the gun Of the Bulgarian
gunboats on the Danube, but there has
been no important fighting in the Widdin
district.
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MISSISSIPPI k.y.R IMPROVEMENT

The APPEAL in its earnest advocac,
OF Mississippi Improvement has often
had occasion to comment upon the Cd.
position Of the Eastern press to that
work, and upon the unkiud and some.
times insulting terms in which that op-
position is expressed. The following
communication to the Washington Posi
from an eminent gentleman we'll known
throughout Tennessee, and who is cog
infant of the pressing need for river i'm
provement, shows that other minds also
have been struck with the
and unjust attitude of much of the
Eastern press upon the subject OF improv-
ing the navigation of the Mississippi
River:
To the Editor of the Post:
Permit me to recall your attention to your edi-
%sanilins the Raid This aTeeIs Is sS ss ! n ! r
excite bad feeling in the people of the West and
Southwest. They think that, as they pay Their
ury, their interests should be cons dered in the
expenditure ID str.bation, if you wilI-of the
Why are he rivers S and ha nHsg nave St PAID y:
improvement as those of the Atlantic coast,
the East! Is Flood. Rock, at the gate of New
York, any more entitled to its share Of the pro.
ceeds ct taxes than the Mississippi river, tbs
Shsnnel e trade to New Orleans, .Vicksburg,
NatcheL, Memphis, 81. Louiv. keokuk, Rock Is
land, Galsna and t. Paul. IL grieveS me Ia
see our Eastern or Atlantic papers ribe against
the Western people, who ask and demand a share
OF The beneh Of government expenditures in
improvements of their rivers and harbors. That
they use their voting power in the House 10 Sc.
cure such benefits rs as legitimate an exercise of
power end discretion as il the act of Mr.. Parnell
IN seeking TO use, the Irish vote to compel Ems.
land to grant lreland's demands. This opposi.
ton, which takes too often a form of depuncis-
tion, ~eNcites sectional i'll feeling, dangerous and
injurious when the West begins 10 know that h.
vote Is more COMPACT than that of the East, and
when, m anger at this treatment. il unites H.
refuse to vote money for the navy, necessary fcr
all sections, but more interesting to the coasi
than TO the interior. 1t seems to me now 10 know
rs power, and to act without regard to, and, in
fact. in contempt Of, the feelings, wants and
pleadings of the East. Is not the temper shown
this7 NJ q. NEIGS
WASHINGTON, November IS, 1855.
Congress viii soon be in sessio1Nand
among other subjects that will come be
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-11-22
REFORMED JUDAISM.
DenuneiafOry Sermons Against the Ac.
ton of the P%ittsburg Convention.

BALTIMORE, Mn, November 81. Ser
mons were preached in this city to-day, at
the various Jewith syneg12uas, d~enounC-
ing the action of the recent convention OF
rabbis held at Pittsburg, and severely
criticising their published ideas on re-
formed Judaism. The Il ". DIR. Sold, pas
tor OF Hanover Street synagogue, the most
influential in the city, was particularly
severe in his structures, and the official
body hiss taken action looking 10 the sew
e'ance Of its connection with the union of
American Hebrew congregations by
which the Jewish society at Cincinnati IS
supported. There is q great deal of bitter
feeling among orthodox and reformed He
brews over the assertion made that 'the
rite Ct circumcision is a relic OF barbarism,'
and that the idea Of a personal God is old
fashioned and should be abolished.
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MEsSRs. MENKEN AND SPEED
Appointed by the Merchants Exchange
TO Report Upon n horticultural
- and Agricultural Display.

The following letter, brief and pointed
as it is, will be read with pleasure by the
citizens Of Memphis of all classes. 1t is
the frat step toward the contamination
of an agricultural and horticultural fair,
which the APPEAL yesterday suggested To
the Jockey Club as within its province
and reach:
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Donbls Hnraer I'm T.xas

TRNAKKANA, ARK, November 2l.-Last
night Rit Barefield and his son William of
Boston. Tex, while riding home in a
wagon, were both shot dead by unknown
parties in ambush. The horses, fright
ened, ran away, turned over the wagon
and threw the msng'ed bodies in the road.
Suspicion rests on Tobs Barefield. con-
victed two years z on their evidence Of
postofice robbery, and whose sentence has
just expired. He was arrested,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-11-22

The Memphis and Charleston Railroad
Company does not own a sufficient num-
Der of freight cara to meet at all times the
requirements of The traffic. When cotton
moves freely, and the so-called Green Line
business is heavy, it becomes necessary to
rtnt cars from other railroad companies.
There was paid on this account, duripg the
year, the sum Of $lS,222 Al, being Sl7,-
932 10 more than was paid during the pre-
ce6inp wear.
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S10f,700
So Far Received for the Relief of the
Galveston Sufferer.

GALVESTON, TEX, November 2l.-The
total subscription for the ii e sufferers now
reaches Sl04, 200, of which So 600 has
been received and about $4,000 dis
bursed. Mayor Moore OF Kansas City re-
mittsd an additional subscription of $ll35
to-day, making a total of 1885 from that
city. From Memphis came Sll63, from
the city Of Corpus Christi $500, and many
smaller sums from Texas, Missouri and
the East. The st. Louis Globe Democrat
RENTS 5000. A movement is on foot to
loan money to poor people at low rates of
interest, to be used in rebuilding.
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SeIvia Has No Reason TO Continue tho
Camnnign.

ST. PETERSBURG, November 2l.-The
Journal de st. Petersburg, in an editorial
to-day, says: "Servia has 10 reason to
continue the campaign now that Prince
Alexander has announced that he will
evacuate Eastern Roumeiia. If King Mi
Ian persists in going to Sofia it will cost
more than he foresaw. The powers, as
the speech of Emperor William st the
opening Of the R~=ichstag, Thursday, indi-
Gated, have the right to C respect for
the treaties relating to the Balkan States"
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ar 20 I.iye-stoek sniep ers.

DUBUQUE, IA, November PA case
in law interesting to livestock shippers
has been decided in the United States
District Court, having been brought up
from the lower courts ON a change of
venue. Williams & Davis OF Delaware
county made a shipment of forty-eight
head of cattle last winter from their
ranch in Palo Alto county. The train
was stuck in a suow-drifs on the Mil
waukee and St. Paul railway forty-eight
hours, and a blizzard came up and froze
the stock to death. Suit was entered
for $1,000. The jury awarded 500.
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Mr. Cox and The Sultan.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, November 81. - Mr..
Cox, the United States Minister, had an a
diencs with the Sultan to-day and pre-
sented Walker Fearn, United States Min
lister to Greece, who af;erward departed
for Athens.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-11-22

RICHMOND, VA. November 2l.-L. b.
Jones, a young and prominent mar here,
was to-day fined one cent and given one
hour in jail by a jury in the Hastings
duel. The trouble cut OF which the
hostile correspondence grew occurred in
August last. The meeting took place
and the difficulty was amicably adjusted.
The officers, however, arrested Jones and
he wa tried to-day. This is the second
time in the history of the dueling laws
of Virginia since the war that any pun
ishmeut has been inflicted for the viola
ton thereof.
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MEMPHIS, TENN., November 20, 1855.
Mcssrs. J. $. Menken and John n. Speed, Mem
phis:
GESTLENEN-It haviny been suggested by Mr..
X. q. Ora q that n creditable display Of the agri-
cultural and horticultural products of the sur
and believing that such an exhibit would moi
only increase the trade of our city, but would
tend TO encourage our farmers to diversity their
crops and to strive for better results, and desir-
ing TO give this movement their aid and support,
the Board of Dtrectors, at their regular meeting
yesterday, appointed you to confer with Mr.. Craig
to tuggest, formulate and recommend TO the tI-
change some plan looking to the successful carry
ing out of this idea. MIR. Craig has been notified
Of your appointment. and expresses a readinesS
TO meet you at aty time and place you may name,
Nety truly yours, E. 4. kEkLING, Secretary,
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Assixnment at Louisville.

LOUISVILLE, KY, November 2l.-The
Louisville Lithographing Company g.
signed tonight. Liabilities and eseets
unknown. The assignment was precipi-
tate by q suit of attachment for $4,000
fled By the Masonic Savings bank This
afternoon.
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KiI.ed ais wife for a BnrsIar-

OMAHA, NEB November 81. - About 4
o'clock this morning John Lauer hot and
killed his wife. He claims it was a m g.
take, as he took her for a burglar. His
statement is viewed with deep suspicion
as he is reported to have treated his wife
with great cruelty.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-11-22

KANSAS CRY, Mo, November 21.-
Henry Donnelly and Thomas Mcdonald,
two policeman IN Kansas City, quarreled
while on their beat st $3.50 O'Clock this
morning over a question OF authority,
Both men drew their revolvers when Nc
Donald was shot four times by Donnelly,
dying seon after. Donnelly was arrested,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-11-22

LONDON, November 2I.-The Exchange
Telegraph Company has a dispatch from
Paris stating that the French government
has resolved to terminate tine Madaga car
exp edition that negotiations have been
commenced with the Hovas, and that it is
expected peace will be soon restored.
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New HAVEN, COM, November 81
Fully 1000 people at the Yale grounds this
afternoon cav the prettiest, most scientific
and holly contested football gene ever
played between e'evens from Yale and
Princeton. Princeton won by enc point.
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EDgifsh manufacturer Coming TO TIA,
United States.

NEW YORK, November IA represent
alive of the firm OF Marshall & Co., ex-
tensive manufacturers of linen thread in
Leeds, England, has been in Newark sew
eral days, looking for a site to establish a
linen thread factory. He has decided to
establish a factory near this city, and ne
gotiations for the property are about com
pleted,
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Peoples Fheatsr

The female minstrels to appear at the
Peoples Theater this week are said to be
one of the best attractions which has ever
visited Memphis. Tho Autographs are
handsome, and bespeak prosperity, the
surest sign OF merit in a travelling COM
pany.
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I.oax af Lie in the GIouc t.ter Fisheries

GLOUCESTER, MASS, November 21.-The
annual summary of the loss of lives in the
Gloucester fisheries for the past year show
that thirty-four lives we're LOST, against
131 last year and an average of ia for
each OF the previous fifteen years. The
men lost left five widows and thirteen
children in this city.
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MONTREAL, November 2i.-Daring the
week ending last night l32 deaths fro m
smallpox occurred in this city and 81 in
the suburbs, making a total of lS6 as
against 23I during the previous week.
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LONDON, November 21.--A terrible cy-
clone swept over the Philippine Islands
yesterday. Eight Thousand buildings. in
Guiding numerous churches and school
houses, were destroyed, and twenty-five
parsons were killed.
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meteorological sepoSi
Rnnni.h nienmer I.o.t.

LONDON, November 2l.-The Spanish
Ste amer Guillermo is reported to have
been sunk of New Brighton, below Birk-
enhead, by collision with the British
Steamer Roman,
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PARIS, November 2l.-Servia has or
dered from French firms 10000 knapsacks,
$4,000 steel projectiles and sixteen batter
les of cannon. All the Servian batteries
lave six guns.
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Intenre Excitement at Belgrade over
RepOried serNian NietOries.

BELGRADx, November 21.-Intense ex-
element prevails here owing to a report
that Col. Topalovitch cut of the retreat of
the Bulgarians from Slivenitz,, while Col.
Bentzky Of the Shumiad division entered
Sofia ~unopposed-