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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-28
RIGnrs oF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. LN low.

DUBUQUE Iowa, Nov. 27.-An important decision In a
liquor rendered yesterday by Judge shras OF
the United States District Court II was the OF
Sheer against Gross Bros who conducted rc,a liquor
store In connection with their brewery In Chickasaw
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-28
SINKING OF A COAL SCHOONER.

OswEGo Nov. PA dispatch to The Palladium from
Sackctt's Harbor says The schooner North star, OF
Hamilton Ont loaded with COAL sank of Stony Island
last night in eighty feet of waite. The crew saved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-28

BUFFALO, n Y, Nov. 27.-James ID. Warren continues
seriously i'll and in n condition TO great anxiety
70 he felt by his friends His physicians arc of opinion
that his symptoms have somewhat improved during the
past twenty -four hours, however.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-28
MP MOODY TO PREACH IN BINGuANITON.

BIxGnAMToS, Nov. % (specidD.-D L. Moody, the evan
gelist will come TO this city on Wednesday TO carry
union revival The Rev. f. W. Bliss his assistant, and
Professor T. b. Towncr formerly of this city, and who
now sustains the musical abOrs formerly performed by
Sankcy will be in the city and will assist i'll
fhnsr meetings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-28

County On motion to remand the case to the state
Court on the ground that Federal question was In
volvcd the Judge decided that Federal question wss
nvo we'd and that the would have To remain IN me
United States Court This means, Ii Judge sllrss ny
held by the United States supreme Court, tnat saioon
keepers and brewers cannot be deprived OF ther properly
without conversation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-28

COAGHESSMAN THIoH " D''N%i"" 1'N'hhDHH
CHICAGO, Nov. ga dispatch to The Times from
Black River Falls Wis, says: AChlcago physician was
here Yesterday lie pronounced Congressman W. T.
Prices disease lie says there Is no chance
or his recovery -Four prominent physicians have now
agreed this particular He may live three months and
,ltr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-28
CRUSHED BENEATH A TON OF IRON.

BLOOMINGTON ILL.,, Nov 27-Joln Potter was instantly
killed yesterday at Anchor lie operating portable
bcater the machine TO a
It. when weight OF iron weighing ton and hair cropped
him. Ills head and shoulders were e.us.od oa leys
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-28

and A the influence of General Rafael Reyes ~
said now to be paramount In the government " is
probable that his energy and ability will cause the
country to rise from its degradation.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-07
TIE MIssIssIPPI RIVER.

The river and harbor bill passed
the House Yesterday, being amended
20 as to provide for the expenditure Of
the appropriation for the improve
ment OF the lower Mississippi under
the direction OF the Secretary OF War
aud without the intervention OF the
Mississippi River Commission, and
provided also that the money sppTo-
priated shall be expended in the con-
tinuauce and completion Of the works
on Plum Point and Lake Providence
reaches, except such as is required TO
protect the works already in pro-
gress, which means that new and
needed work is not to be begun
and that the life Of the commission is
not worth prolonging, So cay Mr..
Hepburn, Republican, Of Iowa, and
mr.. "05jsctor" Holman, Democrat, Of
Indiana, who hsvo neither knowledge
Of our needs nor sympathy for our
condition. The "oranks" who have
been the curse OF the lower Valley OF
the Mississippi are evidently getting
Their work in.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-07

ployment OF the most capable
civil engineerB. Mississippi. up
10 1875, made but a sorry
attempt at leveeing because the river
counties were neither strong enough
in money or population to warrant
the outlay that within the past six
years has resulted in an excellent
levee system. What is wanted,
as the ArPEAL stated yester-
day, is not experiments, but q steady
persistence in the construction OF
levees until the low lands on both
sides OF the river from Cairo TO its
mouth are thus protected from over
flow, and the planting Of mat
tresses and erection Of revet-
mentB wherever the river impinges
uponand endanger5the integrity of the
bank that csving in and the deposit
Of sediment may be prevented and
the power Of the current may be
utilized in securing the bottom and
deepening the channel so as 10 secure
navigation throughout the year. And
for this all the people OF Missouri,
Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana should unite.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-07
COL. JOHN E. MCGOWAN.
A Brave, Manly and ThOrOugh-GO.
ing Journalist, Editor Of the
Chattanooga "TImes."

Col. John Il. MCGOWAN was born on
farm in Mahoning county, Ohio,
September 80, 1881. Early in Ii e
young MCGOWAN gave evidence of a
taste for letters and a talent for law.
He was sent TO the common schools,
where he took advantage of the OPP
portunities offered and made rapid
progress in his studies. He
studied about three years at Mount
Union college, and one year
at Hiram college, where he was
class.mate of the late lamented
James A. Garfield. Fully euipped,
he began the study of law in his ma
tive county and finished at Lima, Ind.
He practiced law successfully in Iowa
and Wood county, Ohio, from 1855 to
1861, having been elected during the lat
ter year pros, cutting attorney of Wood
county, there being but one vote, out
of about POO, cast against him. In
1861, while he was engaged in the
new duties imposed by the confidence
and esteem OF the people among
whom he had cast his lot, the
tocsin of a dreadful war sounded,
calling men to arms, to defend
the Union against threatened dis
solution. Promptly he responded to
the call and enlisted in the service as
a private in Company b, Twenty-frst
Ohio, United States infantry. 1t was
not long until he was made second
lieutenant, and as such served in West
Virginia for four months, when he
was mustered out. He re-entered the
service, taking charge Of a company
as captain of infantry, August 6, 1852,
and was promoted TO be major OF
artillery March "a, 1864, and was
made lieutenant colonel November 3,
1864, and colonel September s, 1865.
February 10, 1865, Col MCGOWAN was
brevetted Brigadier General for gal
liant and meritorious service during
the war, and was mustered out March
81, 1865, at Chattanooga, since which
time he has been closely identified
with the town, having resided there
almost continuously. After his loca.
ton in Chattanooga he soon be,
came identified with the press Of
the city, and was regarded as one OF
the most useful and practical men in
the profession lie has been connect
ed with the Times since 1872. From
1872 TO 1878 he was associate edior
and leading editorial writer, and from
1873 10 the present time he has been
it's editor-in-chiei. AS editor of the
TINES under the present manage
ment Col. MCGOWAN has had tull
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-07
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL---FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1886.

control of the editorial department,
and 10 his ability and sagacity, his
full information OF men and events OF
the past four decades and his conser-
vative, judicial views on all questions
relating to political parties and their
conduct, is in large measure due the
success which the Times now enjoys.
Col. MCGOWAN is a great reader OF
periodical papers and current news
and is thoroughly posted not only in
the affairs OF our own but Of other
countries. His editorial opinions ere
formed after mature deliberstion and
a just weighing OF all points on one
and the other side OF questions in
discussion, and his conclusions are
almost invariably concurred in by con-
sentative and intelligent men of all
parties. Uninauenced by party bias,
especially on questiors vitality efiecting
the public veal, Col. MacGowan can
and has written as strongly against his
party friends as he has in their favor,
but all men concede that he does it
because he believes he is right; and
the evidences that he has been in
most cases right can easily be cited by
a careful comparison OF his utterances
in the past with the situation Of po-
litical affairs to-day.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-07
SPORTING NEWS.
First Day OF the ~ ashIngtOn Meet.
Ing

Ivy CRY, d. c., May 6.-The first
day of the spring meeting at the Ivy
City course, drew together an a =
tendance much larger than usual on
an inaugural day. During the running
there were several light showers, but
that did not interfere with the sport,
which was excellent throughout.
First Race Dash of six furlongs,
for all ages, was won by Favor; Lord
Lorne second, Straths cey third. Time
-l:164 Mutuals paid So 10
Second Rdce.-One mile, for all ages.
Won by Dry Monopole; Duke OF West
moreland second, Hibernia third.
Time-l 4S4. Mutuals paid 1920 so.
Third Rde.-The National Hotel
handicap, for all ages, one mile and a
half. Won by Bersan; Tomasio second,
Eolia third, Time-1 :574. Mutuals
paid $ll 30.
FoHrthRGce "A sweep take for three
year-old', one mile and an eighth.
Won by Springfield: John c. second,
Frankie b. Third. Time Il ;59. Mu-
tuals paid $22 20.
The steeplechase was a farce, only
one horse, Hostage, finishing; Noodle
fell and injured her rider, Williams.
Mutuals paid S54.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-07
THE LEXEEN

We publish this morning an inter
view with an opponent OF lateral
leyees, who believes that counter
levees that will admit Of overflow
and Only act to prevent currents
are what the planters need,
This gentleman also states
thEt levees were forced upon the
planters is result of the war, He is
as vide Of the facts Of history in this
g 51art rs heis from the well tested
e.-lts OF q Uniform system Of levees,
sach as we have to rave the low
lands OF the YaEoo delta. The French
found leyees necessary 10 the saiet Of
New Orleans soon after it was founded
by BienvillP, and long before the war
Louisiana, was famous for her well
constructed leyees and FOR the en-
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-07
POOR LITTLE CAROLINE.
The Strange Manner I'm which Ma
ture Dealt with q midget.

New York, May 5.-Poor little Car
cline Terbass spent seventy-six years
and seven months trying to reach q
womans estate and then gave up the
vain ehdeavor and died. Freak n
nature had made an uncompleted job
of her. Up to her twelfth year she
YVES apparently like other girls; then
she suddenly stopped, never to grow
again. Although living some years
beyond the average OF human life
the girl never became a wom-
an, and when a Coroner called
to view her remains, she hay
ing died without medical attendance,
be found the body OF a girl OF eleven
topped by the head of maturity aud
the f:ce OF age. For msny years Miss
Terbsss We familiar figure on Fifth
avenue, in The neighbOlhood Of the
reservoir, and many people talked
about the child woman who lived at
Forty. first street. Nobody could guess
her sge. iof there was not light streak
in the dark ire ses which she could
nearly walk Upon, Il ey being four feet
long, while she was onlv four feet
three incnes in hight. The kindly
face YVES somewhat sharp and aqui-
line, but it had few OF the wrinkles
be onging t. her great sge. Some
times people a block away heard
shrieks and wondered. They didn't
know how msrvelouslv sensitive her
skin was, which aused her to cry out
when supply touched and to yell when
washt d. Three SISTERS had grown to
tall and fine looking women, while lit
tie Caroline halted at eleven's mile
stone. One OF them, Mrs. Louisa
Barnum, was married, but none Of
them was unfaithful to her sistsrly
trust. They cared tenderly for the
bright-witted little freak, aad when
over year ago her cries made hel
something of nuisance. they moved
her to a less thickly populated neigh
borhood in East Seventeenth
street. For about year the
ssnsitiveness extended to the
nails, which Caroline has moi
allowed to be touched. Lately she
has been somewhat demented, and
abe died suddenly yesterday before
DR.. Frank o. Manning, the family
physician, could be called. Coroner
MESSENGER took the case, there being
undoubtedly great medical interest il
it, and performed an autopsy yester'
day in the presence of DR.. Manning
and Dr.. A. @. Anthes. Beyond the
uncut toe and finger nails and certain
organic peculiarities, he found thu
perfectly formed tody of an apparen
girl OF eleven, The spine was strai9h
and there was no outwsrl deformitv
At the request of the family he mad,
no examination of the brain.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-07
A MODERN JACK SHEPPARD.
Extraordinary Engineering Feat of
CODvict-Escape and Pursuit.

MONTREAL, QUE, May 5.-The most
successful effort at escape from prison
walls in the face of seemingly insur.
mountable obstacles, since the days of
the renowned Jack Sheppard, is seen
in the exploit OF Louis Viau, the con-
vict OF St..Vincent de Paul, who led
the revolt OF that penitentiary on Sun
day, the 25th of April. He IS a man
Of medium hight, wiry and tough,
and capable Of great endurance
and pluck, as was proven On his
fight with the prison officials a short
time ago when being searched. After
the revolt he was put in the dungeo on
on bread and water. He in some wav
secured knife and made a saw Wi h
it. he had also piece Of pail hau-
die and fragment OF a stone. With
these he tuDnelled a wall three feet
thick built OF stones and bricks. This
brought him to the corridor where he
tunnelled another wall, this time of
brick. There was still another heavy
wall between him and the outer air of
the prison yard. BY the dim light of
a ccal-oil lamp he did the work OF tun-
nelling this latter obstacle, leaving the
rubbish in the inner passage. He
had very little to do now in the way of
tunnelling, but had to scale walls
twenty-five feet high. Workmen had
been using a derrick with which they
we're erecting a new wing. Climbing
like cat on this derrick, Viau cut one
Of the ropes. He then with the aid of
the rope climbed from the new wing
to the roof OF the main building. Here
he was seen by the guard. "Go back
there or I'll fire" shouted the guard,
a dead shot. The desperate convict
lodged b9ck, ran along wall, dropped
into a garden on the other side and
dashed through the village, having
just three hours OF darkness to aid him
in his escape. The Montreal city police
are searching for him now.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-07
MEMPHIS APPEAL.
THE RACES.

II is very gratifying TO the APPEAI
TO be able to state that the races this
week over the Jockey Club course
have been great success, the attend
ance every day being such as to justify
the work that has been done
in Identifying the grounds and
increasing the public sccommoda-
ton. Threatening weather has been
no obstacle to this success. The peo-
pie who appreciate enterprise and be-
leve in enterprising men determine d
not to permit anything to stand be.
tween them and the recognition Of an
effort at great cost Of time and money
to bring the Jockey Club course up to
q point Of excellence in picturesque
effects, as well as for practical and util-
itarian PURPOSES that would challenge
the most favorable comparison with
the best In the country. The conse
quence has been, as we have stated, az
immense crowd, growing larger every
day and an amount OF enthusiasm
that only the best and fairest manage.
ment could evoke. And this has been
general with all classes, from the
IMAM at the wheel" to the club man.
Yesterday this enthusiasm was made
especially evident by the plaudits
OF many thousands Of people,
for whom an excellent, perhaps
the best, programme Of the
week had been prepared, programme
that bespoke the exciting scenes that
followed. Everything was propitious
for such programme, the sky and air
being in sympathy with the spectators,
whose alternating moods OF victory
or defeat were responded TO by a
bright sky, occasionally obscured by
scudding clouds that toward the close
gathered in threatening bank that
scurried about for some time in
the vicinity and sent its
warning voice to hurry the steeple-
chasers TO q quick conclusion OF their
trial OF speed and courage. Nature
was never more kind than In this sus-
pension OF her heated wrath until
the great mass OF men and women had
found their homes and night and
quiet settled down upon the
scene Of swift contention. The varied
pictures that presented themselves
during this play Of the elements were
not the least among the pleasures even
Of most enjoyable day, one long IA
be remembered in the history Of the
turf. The eye found food and rest in
every dire ction roaming overaprospeCi
as pleasant as any in the State, and
carried away photographs that will
linger long in association with the
moving scenes Of the spring meeting
Of 1886. The cares Of life weigh
heavily, and are opprsssive-they
would be intolerable were there not
opened TO men a way out Of them ant
from their perplexing selves in tn,
brief intoxication Of a race and the
agreeable interchanges of social con
tact.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-07
RasebAII Notes.

ATLANTA Constitution: Savannah
and Memphis are both trying to sign
a noted catcher, and are bidding
against each other, and we shall see
who puts up the most money"
THE Memphis nine will play the
Macon nine at the new baseball park
tomorrow morning at 1890 o'clock.
The other league mines will play as
follows: Savannahs at Atlanta,
Charlestons at Chattanooga, Augustus
at Nashville. -
WHEN the telegraph reported Mer.
ritt as playing short for Memphis in
Tuesdays game we thought it an error
Of transmission. We did not think it
possible that the manager Of the Mem
phis club would sign new player
without iUf)rming the directors; but
we didn't know the msnager Of the
Memphis IS well then az We do now.
UMPIRE GREEN left Savannah for
fear Of being mobbed Monday, and by
agreement Manager Morton Of Savan-
nah umpired the game with the pro-
vis1 that Manager Purcell OF Atlanta
would be allowed to umpire ester
days game. Atlanta lost the game
umpired by Savanpah's manager, and
Savannah lost the game umpired by
At'an'at maragtr. This is a cod
world.
IT appears that Memphis has q new
short stop named Merritt. The dirtc-
tors OF tie Memphis Club were kept
in Ignorance Of the fact, but the fol-
lowing clipping from the Augusta
ChroRicL Of Wednesday is rather relia-
BILE; "Ired Merritt OF the old Cinch
had mu,h to do with winning the
game yesterday, playing a faultlsss
game at short stop and making two
hit'. Merritt is q conscientious, good
player, snd en- honest sober and in
dushions man. We wish him well
and are aiisiied he will DO well for
any club with whom his fortunes fall"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-07
ANOTHER VICTORY.
KNOUFF'S DELIVERY TOO MUCH
FOR THE GEORGIANS.
The Crack Augusta Club Goes
Down Before the browns by
a Score Of 10 3.
ESPECIAL TO THE APPEAL.I

AUGUSTA, GA, May 6.-Augus a, the
braPgirt heavy hitteis, failed 10 catch
on to Knouff, and the pitcher being
supported Memphis won a close
and interesting game. FitEsimmons,
for Augusta, also pitched a great
game and is now Iointed out as Au-
gusta's leading twirler. The game to-
day was without special feature, and
was won by hard playing all around.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-07
Among the Northern Lakes

of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, are hun.
dreds of delightful places where one can pass
the summer months in quiet rest and enjoy,
ment, and return home at the end of the
heated term completely rejuvenaied. Each
recurring season brings 20 Oconomowoc,
Naukesha, Beaver Dam, Frontenac, Oko-
boil, Minnetonka, White Bear, and innu-
merable other charming localities with ro-
mantle names, thousands Of our best people
whose winter hemes are on either side of Ma
son and DiXon's line. Elegance and com
fort, at moderate cost, can be readily OBJ
tanned. \ list of summer homes, with ell
necessary iniorma ion pertaining thereto, is
being distributed by the CHICAGO, MILwAU-
KER AND ST. PAUL RAILWAY, and will be sent
bee upon applicRtcn by letter 10 A. V. II.
Waukeo, Wis.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-07
saturday, Nay 10, 1859.

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in:Shelby county, Tenn,
tO-wit;
Lots 9, 10, II and u, lying in the Four
teenth Civil District of Shelby county, south
Of and near the city of Memphis. Lots =
and 10, fronting on the west side of Seventh
street, each T4z feet, and running back west
2l5 feet between parallel lines to an alley;
and lots II and II, fronting each 7412 feet on
the east side Of Eighth street, as extended,
Gud running back east, between parallel
lines, 2l5 feet to the same alley. said lots
being bounded on the north by lot marked
on Williamson's last map of Memphis
Holmes CUMMINGS % ae.," and on the
south by said lets 9 and 10; ana said lots
and 10 being bounded on the south BY lets
marked on said Williamson's map lots y
and SO respectively.
Terms OF sale-0ne-thi Gal cash; BAL
ance iu six and nine months; notes, bearing
interest from date If sale, with good -
eurity, required, and lien retained 70 secure
same. This April q, 1885.
S. I. MCDOWELL, Clerk and Master.
By II. Z. Walsh, D. Q, and NJ.
G, w, Hoiskelk sol letter.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-07
CharIestOn,I; Nashville. 2,
ESPECIAL TO THK APPKAL.I

SAVANNAH, GA, May 8 Charleston
and Nashville played their last game
to-day in the presence of an immense
crowd of people. The game was too
one-sided to be interesting. Costly
errors in the field and the weakness
of Lanser behind the bat enabled the
visitors to score FIVE runs al.
most bsfore the locals could
get settled down to the
business OF the game. weighing played
in the box for Charleston and although
credited with ten strike outs his twist
ers were batted for six base hits, two
Of which were double. The locals were
not able TO do much with Dundon's
delivery, making five base hits, but
they were too struggling to be of much
service. Charleston made one.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-07

SAVANNAH, GA, May GA very
large crowd witnessed the game to-day
between Savannah and Atlanta, the
istter's victory of yesterday Leading
many to believe that to-dsy's game
would result the came way, but the
tables were turned, and Atlanta
walked eff with the game to the tune
OF 10 to 8.
Rurs -A,lautl, 4; Savannah, 2
Struck out-0'Day, 4; Conway, 2.
Passed balls-Gillam, J.; Lynch, /.
Wild pitches -O'DAy, 2. Base hits
Atlantis, 10, Savannah, IL.
Both teams leave tomorrow for At
lanta, where they play Saturday.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-07
Lexington Races.

LEXINGTON, Ky, May 6.-Weathel
fair, track heavy, attendance good
betting brisk.
First Race. - One mile and one
eighth. Wahoo won by five lengths
Brevet second, Foxhound third. Time
-2:04.
Second Race.-Robinson stakes; hall
a mile. Wary won by length; Ban.
nail second, The Widow third. Time
-0;52.
Third Rdce.-Phenix Hotel stakes,
one mile and quarter; Grimaldi won
bv two lengths. Free Knight second,
Blue Wing third. Time-2:l74.
Fourth Rdce.-One mile. Waukesha
won by a length; Emma johnson
second, Fedora third. Time-1 :19l.