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NEWsY GLEANINGS

RAILROAD ties cost dollar each in Mexico.
INSANITY increases in MASSACHUSETTS ao 1ne
rate Of 200 cases year.
AN old beggar at Stirling, Scotland, knew
the entire Bible by heart
GOLD worth $50, 100000 was dug from Un-
Gle Sans rich soil in 1851
No less than 100000 gallons Of Vichy
water are exported yearly.
IT is stated that the South last year spent
SO 600, OO0 OH public schools.
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The failure of eyesight among the
young in Denmark is something assound-
ing. In the classical department of the
largest schools in Copenhagen, 45.5 per
cent. of the scholars in the upper class
were found short-sightcd.
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DESTROYING THE CROPS,

Great Damage Done by a tornado
In Portions OF Virginia.
Intelligence has been received at st. Peters
burg, Va, of tornado which passed over
Brunswick county, that State Barns and
fences were blown down and trees uprooted.
The damage to the crops Of tobacco and
cotton is heavy Many of the largest tobac.
co growers in the county had their entire ell
tire crops destroyed. The storm was accom-
panied by heavy fall Of hail and rain.
Some of the hailstones were as large as eggs.
The storm was also very destructive in Din
widdie county.
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w aShfnvton.

"a1hfnEfons
TIE President has issued an executive
order directing DR.. E. o. Shakespeare, Of
Pennsylvania, TO proceed to Spain and other
countries in Europe where cholera exists and
make investigation OF the causes, progress
and proper prevention and cure of that dis
case, in order that full report may be made
10 Congress during the next session.
CONSULAR appointments by the President:
John Cardwell, OF Texas, to be agent and
onsul.general Of the United States at Cairo;
Owen McGarr, OF Colorado, consulgeneral
In Ecuador. To be United States consuls:
Thomas R Jernigan, Of North Carolina, at
Montevideo; Madison Allen Lybrook, of Indi.
ana, at Algiers; Lewis Gebhardt Read, OF
New York, at 3arbadoes; Henry l. Merritt,
Of Illinois, at Xix 10 Chapelle; Otto E. Rie.
mar, Of New York, Of Santiago de Cuba;
George R. Goodwin, Of Massachusetts,, at
Annaberg, kingdom of Sa1ony.
Mr.. A. B. DIcKsRsoN, of New Jersey, has
been appointed chief OF a division in the
office Of the comptroller OF the currency, vice
F. A Miller, resigned.
TIE treasury department is receiving an
increased dems,nd Tor small currency, which
is regarded by Che officials Of that department
as O sign of a revival in the business Of the
country.
COMMISSIONER ATHENS, OF the Indian bu-
reau, has left Washington OIL tour Of inves-
tigation through tlle various Indian reserva-
Gons.
WAEN the United States Senate meets
there will be lint OF between five and six
hundred postmastsrs, appointed during the
recess, submitted for confirmation. In addi-
tion it is estimated that during the session OF
Congress the terms Of at least six hundred
postmasters will expire, so that the nomina-
nations Of over one thousand postmasters
will come before the Senate during the next
session. There are 2,3S5 presidential post
masters in this country, and at the rate that
has been observed during the past six months
all the presidential postmasters will be
changed in two years.
ADDITIONAL appointments by the Presi-
dent: To be receivers of public moneys
Samuel l. Gilbert, at Wichita, Kan
sas; William G.. Jordan, at Montgomery,
Ala. Oliver Shannon, at North Platte, Neb:;
Samuel G. Glover; at Valentine, Neb. TO
be registers OF land oflices-William Neville,
at North Platte, Heb.; S. F. Burtch, at VAL
eutine Neb,
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A Leadville hunter encountered o
wounded deer as it ran down the noun
tairs. He seized its antlers and was
tossed upon its back and rode until the
animal dropped dead.
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THE NATIONAL GAME.

The New Yorks are the first league team
to make 1000 base hits. 81. ...-,:-
The St. Louis Americans won the series
from every club in the association.
ALL Of the Chicago players but McCor-
mick have made home runs this season.
MORE games have been won this season by
q single run than in any season since the
league was formed. .~-' -.
THE three defeats Of the New York League
nine at Chicago practically gave the cham
pionship Of the National league to the CHIC
ago club.
THE Southern league has developed consid,
cradle baseball talent since 1t was organized
last spring, and the American association
clubs are now getting the benefit OF 1t oy
buying ZIP the best Of the players.
The Eastern New England and Now YORK
State leagues have shown greater vltahty
and tenacity of life than the Eastern league,
and their teams are just as high-saiarled as
the Eastern league teams and compare favor
ably with them in playing strength.
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE
The last week Of the League season began
with the following showing, the Chicago
club having virtually won the champion
chin.
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EASTERN LEAGUE.
The Nationals of Washington have beer
declared champions of the Eastern league.

THE country is being flooded with small
musical organizations like the "We, Us g
20. u "The Parlor Match" and the "Rag
Baibvn combinations. It is reported by
managers who have been travelling about
during the past month that the popular cray-
ino for such entertainments Is beyond any-
thing of the kind ever before seen.
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a CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.
Strange Series OF Fatalities I'm
French Town.

French Town.
A few days ago Jean Coubret, mason i'-
ing at Vallon, France, fell from scaifold
and fractured his spine, his injuries proving
fatal. His brother Tranquille, on returning
from the funeral with his brother-iu-law
Jaillet, fell into the Bessay, caual and was
drowned, the brother-in-law. himself losing
his life in endeavoring to rescue him.. On the
following day, when the bodies were 'recov-
cred, the widow Of Jaillet swooned away,
and, falling to the ground, fractured her
skull. Such catenation Of catastrophes is
surely without parallel
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{. Louis club are champions Of this
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Rochester. N. Y, February g.
Thomas Leighton, prominent bridge
builder, died at his residence, GA East
avenue, this morning, aged sixty
eight years.
New York, February 1.-The visible
supply Of grain as compiled from the
New York Produce Exchange is as fo!-
lows: Wheat, 81, $500 bushels; corn,
7,1S6,054 bushels.
Cry OF Mexico, February 2 -Gen.
Jackson, the United States Minister,
accompanied by his family and num-
Der of American friends, is travelling
through the State of Vera Cruz.
JERSEY CITY, February 2.-George
H. Fargo and Joseph CLARK, the latter
q boy OF 10 years, who were bitten by
a st. Bernard dog yesterday, will he
sent to Paris to be treated by M. Pat-
teur.
Louisville, KY, February 2.-.Jsmes
Trabue, president of the Sinking Fund
Commissioner, and one Of the oldest
aud most prominent business men o.
Louisville, died this afternoon OF cry
sipelas, aged eighty-four.
Sandoval, H., February 2.-James
Arid a attempted TO cross the Ohio and
Mississippi railroad track with tsam
of horses yesterday in font of NOV
ing train. The man and horses were
struck and instantly killed.
Kalamazoo, Mich, February 2.-or-
son X. Whit o TX, one of the wealthiekt
and best known farmers of RichlanS,
in this county, committed suicide this
morning by stabbing himself through
the heart with dull butcher-knife.
New York, February "A Post spe-
cial from Halifax says: 1.-THE suspeu-
sion of the Nova Scotia Sugar Retir-
ing Company is announced, with liza
bilities Of 100000, of which $250,000
is due to the Merchants Bank OF Hall
fax"
ST. JOHN, N. B., February AT
Douglastown, Annie Ramsey, sged
seven years, while coasting, slid into
the river. Her brother Robert, aged
nine years, and Harry Hutchinson, in
trying to save her, were also carried
into the river. All three were drowned.
Lebanon, Pa, February BY an
explosion Of gas last night the Sheri-
den furnaces at Sheridan we're burned.
The boiler-housee, stacks. tresties,
hoists, fourteen cars and engine-house
were destroyed. A large quantity of
coal is still burning. Loss about $780,
000.
Pittsburg, Pa, February AT a
delegate convention of the coal miners
of Western Pennsylvania to-day, the
sea of wages presented to the opera
tors at the recent national conference
here was unanimously adopted. Dele
gates to the National Convention CT
Operators and Miners, which is to be
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held st Columbus, o., on the 2sth
instant. were also elected.
Pisquemine, La, February 2.-Wm.
Smith and Bernie. Auselm, young men
OF this place, hada quarrel to-day and
undertook TO settle it by fighting a
duel With revolvers. Eight shots were
fred. Smith received four wounds,
more of them necessarily dangerous.
Auselm escaped unhurt.
New York, February 2.-It was at
the Office OF the Mallory Steamship
Line to-day that the company could
discover no decrease in its patToua ge
on account OF the boycott against it by
the Knights Of Labor at Galveston,
and that the demands fir 'longshore-
men would not be granted.
Kansas City, No., February g.
Thomas NJ. Turner, who has been on
trial some days in the Criminal Court,
charged with. numbering Mrs. John
Conway and her daughter, Katie, four
months ago, was acquitted 10 day, the
Court ordering the jury to return a
verdict of acquittal.
Mount Pleasant, Pa, February O.
The Hungarian coke-burners are still
in possession Of the compauy's houses,
and are as firm as ever in their deter
mination to resist eviction, which will
doubtless be enforced within a very
short time. A number OF works were
in operation to-day. A train-load of
foreign laborers for the Standard
Works arrived tonight.
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RIsMARCK AND THE POLES.

The older readers OF the APPEAL
can remember how, in their youth,
all the civilized world was sympa.hiz.
ing with unhappy Poland, deprived
Of her nationality and her child rem
oppressed and outraged by the tyran-
nical Russian government. IA share OF
the territory Of Poland was seized by
Prussia, and to-day, at the latter end
OF the nineteenth century, Bismarck
ia undertaking to parallel TO the fullest
extent the abomlnable outrages Russia
perpehatsd in the earlier part of the
century. The idea of Germany, the
land philosophy, Of the profound.
eat thinkers OF modern times, draw
gupon Itself the maledictons Rus
STA 50 well earned is att o3ious and re-
pulsive to the last degree. II ia always
considered the shame OF modern re-
ligion that,h aching such sacred truths,
IFS followers should violate those
truths wholesale and without scruple.
The philosophical nation that has 60
often ard so well pointed out
the Inconsistencies aud violations
OF its own teachings by the church,
vii it show to-day that il is no better,
no less inconsistent, no less violaior
olihe truths itvindicatss, by allowing
its power to be welded ilr oppression
and to overwhelp with cruelty peo-
pie already heirs to sorrows 20 bitter
aad victims OF wrongs so outrageous
The German Imperial Parliament, we
are glad TO say, has done itself the JUS
tice to protest against the wrong liz
government has resolved to perpetrAte.
After two days debate, on January
18th, it adopted the following resolu.
ton: "The Reichttsg resolves that
the expulaions Of Russian and Austrian
subjects, ordered by the royal govern
ment Of Prussia, appear without iutti-
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-03
THE NASHVILLE MURDER.
TIE DARK MYSTERY A LAST
CLEARED UP.
The Body Identified and Four Ne
grOes Arrested for the HOr-
rible Crime.
ESPECIAL 70 THE ArPKAL.I


NASHVILLE, TENN, February 1.-The
mystery surrounding the murder dis
covered in Hells Half Acre was cleared
away to-day. Bill Brown, one Of the
neRloes arrested on suspicion. gave the
thing away. he said that few days
before Frank Arnold disappeared he
heard Ben Brown, Simon Fox and the
two Jostlin brothers, all colored, make
up plot to kill Brown and divide
his property among them. On the
night OF November 9th the four men
inticed Arnold of 'possum hunting.
Bill Brown stayed behind at Arnold's
house. Ben Brown carried a gun aud
Simon Fox a heavy spike. During
the night Bill Brown heard the report
of a gun. The next night the four
murderers brought Arnold's body
to a stable and cut it up.
Ben Brown had shot Ar
mold and Fox had cracked his
skull with the spike. After the body
was cut up Fox put the head in a
sack and the other men put the re-
naming parts Of the boiy in spring
wagon and brought it toward the city.
Bill Brown said they told him where
the head was hid and that the
body had been buried in the
suburbs OF Nashville. This statement
was made 10 Acknowledgement Wash
inetoa, who sent Bill Brown with four
officers to the scene Of the tragedy,
aud the missing head was found in u
bae gum in Arnold's yard, with his
clothes wrapped around it. The Jost-
Inns and Simon Fox were arrested, but
Ben Blown has 30 far eluded
the officers. In this way has the most
atrocious murder ever committed in
this county been brought to justice,
and although one G the criminals is
free, his capture is a matter of hours.
Ldter.-Late tonight three officers
arrived in the city, having under ar
rest Ben. Brown, the other negro want
ed for tie Arnold murder. He was
caught about five miles from the scene
of the murder.
SUICIDE.
Mrs. r. R. Hall, wife Of physician
of Rutherford county, committed sui
eide Monday evening. She left home
to pay a social visit, but did Lot
return. Yesterday morning che was
found dangling BON a tree about
fifty yards from the roadside,
having hung herself with a rope.
There is no known motive for the rash
act.
Hennesy, alias Dan Davis, the gold
brick swindler, was indicted here to-
day.
MOODY AND sANKY.
The evangelists opened up kre-
vival here to-day. There were two
services, ct both Of which the attend
ance was large and representative.
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THE DIAMOND FIELD.
THE PLAYERS SIGNED nv THE
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Notes About All Of the
Clubs.

The following are the contractI
which have been approved by Secre-
tary Brown, includ ng all the Gibbs in
the Southern League:
Signed with Nashville-W. II. Colds
by, o. p. Beard, William 0'Brien,
William Sowders, Charles Marr, N. l..
Baker, Lave Gross, A. Schellhase,
William Earle, Henry B,ttman, Leon
ard Sowders, James Hillery, Charlie,
X. Bryman, Matt Schell, John Ware,
George w. McVey, ]. Smith.
Signed with Augusta William F.
Riley, L. J. Sylvester, s. A. ID. Behel,
Mari Phillips, Henry Keppel, William
A. Harbridge, August +. Weidel, Will
lam L. MoCairey, Dundon, Bob Clark.
Signed with Savannah--Thomas w.
Murray, Thomas J. Gillep, j. A. Mi
Ter, George A. Strict, Joseph Neal, II.
0'Day, Hub Collins, Len @. Stock
well, j. Il Powell.
Signed with Chattanooga-Charles
H. Lewis, William Hart, John Maui
sell, l.. p. Dickersop, Steve Matthias,
Barney Graham, John Tug Arun-
del, Elmer Il. Cleveland.
Signed with Atlanta-P. +. Melon
aid, S, j. Kimber, John Cline, William
A. Purcell. Denny Lyons, Elias Peak,
Nick Bradley, Charles +. Williams,
Thomas Lynch, Johu Shaffer, Frank
Mitchell, ice Gunson, Moore.
Signed with Observation-Disclosures
Jacobs, q. +. Sho!hers, I. Brosnan,
w. A. Rourke, z. G. Gilman, ]. r.
McAleer, August weighing, Lancer.
Signed with Macon +. II. DScker,
Joe Miller, Jack Pel,E.
Signed with Memphis-G George II.
Lloyd, James y. McElroy, John L.
Sneed, W. II. Co'gan, John Brennan,
Daniel 0Leary, John LAWN, Charles
Hamburg, Black, Andrews, Kre-
hemyer.
All the clubs of the League, With
the exception OF Augusta, have chosen
their managers, as players also, viz:
Goldsby Of Nashville, Bryan Of Charles
ton, Purcell OF Atlanta, Sneed OF Men,
phis, Pelts OF Macon, Morton Of Savan-
nah and Lsvis Of Chattanooga. The
plan was first adopted by the Memphis
Club, and so followed by the other
clubs. 1t is quite saving 10 the
club in the salary list, as we'll as
railroad fares, etc. The Nashville
papers speak very highly Of the team
engaged by Manager Sneed, and al
thoukN it is not yet completed, 1t goes
to show that our city will be we'll rep.
resented this season from the start.
There is a second and third bssemen
to sign, aud with the men the manage
ment has 10 select from % fill these
positions 1t is au assured fast we have
winners.
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PARNELL's DEMANDS,
League Meeting at Dublin.

DUBLIN, February AIT a meeting
of the League to-day Mr.. Sexton, who
presided, predicted that at the next
election the Nationalist would COM
bine with the Liberals and return
eighty-nine members to Parliament.
Ireland, he said, was satisfied with
the result Of the temporary power of
the Conservatives, who had abolished
coercion and introduced a land-pur-
chase measure establishing the
principle that the State should
provide money for the extinction. of
the landlords. He advised Mr.. Glad
stone to avoid violence and disorder
in Ireland by assisting distressed
peasants with government funds, and
protecting them from eviction until
bill has been passed to buy out the
landlords. He urged Irishmen to re-
main peect fol while there was a
chance OF Mr.. Gladstone making eli.
forts in behalf of Irish nationalism.
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ficalion, both as regards their extent
aud manner OF execution, such
measures being incompatible With the
interests Of the subject OF the Ger
man empire" This vote OF censure,
direct as ii is, only aroused ire on the
part Of the implacsble and unscrupu-
lous Bismarck, who declared that the
Poles should be expstristsd, be made
exiles TO find a shelter in any
land but their own, that laod should
be tenRnted by Germans. This def
snce Of public Interpretation and
legislative censuTe went 80 far as to
say that a vote OF the Legislature, ii
the Polish members formed part OF
the majority, volld be disregarded by
the government, which would pro-
coed TO expel the Poles all the same.
This is saying that an end OF the lash
now applied TO suffering Poland may
yet reach tae quivering flesh cf the
Germans who may dare TO oppose an
outrage, q cruelty and a crime. 1t is
evidently tins the German people
began t, think about the preservation
Of their own liberties. The New York
Times draws parallel bstween the
sufTerings OF downtrodden Ireland
and those Of oppressed Poland. Eng
land is finding it necessary 10 retIa,e
her steps and accord measure Of
Justice TO Ireland, while Bismarck
with the full appreciation OF his SOW
ereign, who Ia so liberal in the
use Of pious phrases-is just
commencing toward Poland the policy
formerly inaugurated by the reler tless
Cromwell among his victims in Ire
land. To this day the Irishman when
enreged callsdown upon his opponent
"the curse Of Cromwell" Apparently
the day is coming when, in the same
way, "the curse OF Bismarck" will be
an oath on every Polish tongue. Bis.
marck's notion appears to be that IL Is
the soil, not ths people, that consti-
tutea a State, and he IS beginning the
process OF Punishment that history
shows has 30 completely failed in Ire
land, and that will ever fail amosga
determined people, and the Poles
have manifested that bravery and de-
termination are immovable zones.
sions OF their souls. Bismarck Is trav.
cling backward. He is trying in the
nineteenth century the policy and
methods OF past ages, driving a con-
quered people into exile. Is this the
purpose for which he Ia seizing islands
In the ocean and territory in Africa ?
Is this the way German colonies are TO
DO estsblishedH Bismarck does not
like to be outvoted in the Reichstag,
especially by aid of Polish votes.
What would have been thought
OF the English Ministry which
has just been driven from
power by Irish votes, ", instead
ciresigning, they had proposed to clear
Ireland by banishin9 its people ? What
would be thought of one of our parties
II it proposed to send the other into
exile for voting against it2 AT this
age, and with the lights now before
the world, the policy proposed by Bis
marck can only be regarded as mon
strous, unbecominR a man, and as
cowardly outrage against weak peo-
pie impossible in brave man. Let
Bismarck carry out his unmerciful,
hateful policy, and the future history
Of Germany will blush, as 1t records
his great rervices to his country, that
his character was without generosity
and his soul destitute OF magnan-
unity.
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THE ERIE CANAL.
National Aid 10 he Asked for Its
Improvement.

ALBANY, N. Y, February 2.-The
Joint Canal Committee of the State
Legislature met to-day and listened 10
arguments on the question of deepen
ing the Erie canal and frightening
the locks, aud whether it should be
done by the State, or the Federal gov
eminent be asked to do it. All the
speakers favored the Miller bill now
pending in Congress to reimburse the
State 10 the extent OF S5,000,000, but
all opposed calling on or turning over
the canal to the government. Mr.. o.
B Potter Of New York made the
principal argument. He said tbat,
as the state had built the canal and
had found it profitable investment,
it should improve it and retain pos
session Of it. II the government
should undertake the work it would
be done slowly and in costly
way, and in the end would cost
New York nearly as much in
taxation as il she took the work on
her own shoulders. So far the gov
eminent bad only undertaken to i'm
prove the natural waterways; but il
the work of making artificial water
ways were once undertaken, there
would be so many calls for improve
ments of that sort that the National
Treasury would be bankrupted, and
New York would have TO pay hum
dred fold more than the improvement
of her OWE canals by herself would
cost
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Associated Press Report.

CHATTANOOGA, TENN, February O.
A special to the Times from lockwood,
Tenn, says that last Friday night
three men attempted to burpllrize the
store Of j. Handy at Glenmary.
They were detected by Handy
and twenty shots were exchanged
between the store-keeper and the
burglars, but no one was wounded.
Handy and a posse { lowed the bur
glars this morning to Knoxville juno
ton, on the Cincinnati Southern road.
They were commanded to surrender,
and when they refused the posse
fred, killing two OF the burglars in
stantly. The third escaped. Nothing
was found on the persons of the dead
men which would lead to their identi-
fiCation.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-03
A Rat Cremated by Electricity.

Philadelphia NetUS: The complete
disin. egation OF rat by electricity so
that it retained all OF its natural APP
pearance, but crumbled to dust as
soon as touched bv metal, is vouched
for by Mr.. Henry ]. Tolbert, now Wis
iting Philadelphia--although electri-
clans connected with the electric light
plants in this city remain rather in
credulous. The story was told the
NelCs gatherer yesterday. The city OF
Reading is furnished portion of its
light by a company which produces
the electric current by means OF the
Brush machines. Mr.. Tolbert says
that he visited the plant Of the Real.
ing company, and while looking at the
brushes gathering the sparks If the
fluid a rat came running over the
floor. To escape his human enemies,
he jumped directly to the floor on to
one of TIE brushes and was thrown
back to the ground. He lay motion
less, apparently and certainly dead,
but without even hair turned. One
of the employees was sent with a shovel
to gather it up, but az soon as the
shovel touched 1t the rat fell TO dust,
with little cloud of PARTICLES rising
from the place where its body had
seemingly lain. There was no vestige
OF hair, fssh or bones remaining.