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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-13
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
Attempted Murder by Poison - A
students Suicide.
lsPHoIAL TO THE APPEAL.I


BIRMINGHAM, ALA, February II. -
City Marshal GafFord last night re-
ceived telegram saying there was a
supposed murderer on board the mid
night north-bound Louisville and
Nashville passenger train. de had a
policeman meet the train, aud they
took in and jailed J. B. Shackelford,
from Green Pond, six miles from here,
in Tuscaloosa county. For some
time Shackelford has been noto.
riously intimate with the wife Of man
named Bartlett, at Sloss Mines, ten
miles below here. Between his visits
10 the mines a resident miner named
Penn has been paying the woman at
tention. Yesterday afternoon at the
mines Shackleford gave Penn drink
OF whisky. Shortly after ward Penn was
taken violently i'll, and doctor being
summoned said he had been poisoned
with strichnine. 1t was thought he
would surely die before morning, but
to-day physicians said he would prob
ably recover.
The first issue of the Alabama StddtS
Zeitung, a creditable German weekly
PAPER, appeared today.
Thomas @. Wilson, law student at
the University OF Alabama at Tusca-
loosa, committed suicide in his room
there to-day by shooting himself in
the head with pistol. No cause is
assigned for the act. Several ether
students were with HIM at the time.
He was from Montgomery.
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The Presidents Reception 10 the
diplomatic Corps,

WASHINGTON, February 12.-The
scene at the White-House tonight
was one Of the r'ost brilliant ever
witnessed there. The occasion was
the Presidents reception to the dip
lomatic corps. In spite OF the dis
agreeable weather the attendance was
unusually large. About two-thirds OF
the diplomatic corps, large number
of officers OF the army and navy,
judges OF the Supreme Court, the
Cabinet Ministers and many Senators,
Representatives and government off.
cials, with the ladies Of their families,
were present. The President was as
sisted in receiving by Miss Cleveland,
Mrs. Manning, Mrs. Endicott, Mrs.
Whitney and Mrs. Villas. Among the
prominent people present were Judge
Thurman OF Ohio and ex-Secretaries
Boutwell, aud MCCulloch.
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RIOtOus Denominations at Mount
Pleasant

PTTTsBURe, PA, February 12.-Six
hundred strikers marched from Mount
Pleasant over to the Alice Works TO-.
day, where it was reported number
of men were kept under the police
surveillance and compelled to work
the mine. Arriving there, it was
learned that only few men had been
drawing coal, apd they promised not
to resume work. Superintendent
Whits gave his word that no more
work would be done until the strike
was over. Then the strikers departed
peacesbly. On their way back they
caught sight Of Robert Ramsey, super
intendent for Frick & Co., and they
pursued him almost mile. He finally
managed to elude them, and the strik-
ers returned to Mount Pleasant.
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THEDILKE.CRAwFORD SCANDAL.
DIlhe's Escape Under n Technical
Plea.

LONDON, February l2.-Although
Sir Charles Dilke escaped under the
technical plea that Mrs. Crawford's
unsworn con- isssion was insufficient
evidence, the whole tenor OF the trial
has produced profound and univer-
sal conviction OF Dilke's guilt. JUS
tice Butts, in summing up, described
the respondents statement rs clear,
distinct and substantial, and said they
compelled him TO conclude that the
adultery charged was actually com.
mitted. II the woman had been put
in the witness box aud had given the
the same testimony there would
lave been evidence against
Dixie. Dilke's position was, further
damaged by her retaining from giving
evidence. The Attorney-GeneIaps
defense, "Were we to put Dixie in the
witness.box his rossexamination
would be on the indiscretlOns OF life,
from which no man Is free, was taken
as frank admission that Dixie was
unable to give an explana alton, The
part OF Mrs. Crawiord's confession
describing the depth Of the debauch-
cry between Dixie and her is unfit for
publication. The trial has caused
painful impression throughout the
country in regard to the state OF 60
Ciety morals.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-13

THE New York Herald calls at
tention TO the fact that Mr.. Eustis, in
his democratic attack on the Demo-
cratic administration, said: Il have
received communications from an
other cashier Of a bank in which he
gives the startling information that
country merchants in the interior of
those States are to-day refusing
to receive silver dollars unless
it be at discount" Does not, asks
the Herald, this ridiculous United
States Senator see that he is, in a
street boys phrase, giving away
the eighty cent silver swindle, when
he makes his confession that even
the country merchants in Louisiana
and Texas, like sensible men, want
a full dollar, and refuse to receive
silver dollars unless it be at a dis
COUNT
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DARING ROBBERY
At the Pennsylvania depot at Jer-
sey city.

JERSEY CRY, n. j., February l2.-
The facts concerning a robbery which
occurred at the Pennsylvania railroad
depot in this city, last Wednesday
night, have just transpired. Two well
dressed men, one of whom was under
the influence OF liquor, entered the
waiting-Ioom about 1880 o'clock.
They sat down snd one of them placed
brown leather valise at his feet.
After a few minutes conversation they
walked over to the Pullman car ticket
office where they bought tickets for
slee ping car. When they returned
to their seats the valise had disap-
peared. The a'arm was raised but
no trace of the thief could be
found. The man who lost his
yalise gave his name as Frank j. Bow
man, and his address as Willard's
Hotsl, Washington. He claims that
there was $l0O,G00 in telephone stocks
and bonds in the valise. The two men
went to Washington ON the midnight
train, and since then nothing had
been heard from them until tonight,
when a dispatch fIOm Washington
was received saying that Bowman hal
left for st. Louis. The clerk at Will
lard's Ho.el says Bowman lost stock
the face value OF which was Sl00. 600,
but the real value not large. Bowman
had protected himself by stopping
payment OF the original shares and
obtaining duplicate certificates.
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New York Custom House InvestI-
CATION.

NEW York, February 12.-Senators
Allison, Aldrich, Miller, Mcpherson
and Beck, the Subcommittee on
Finance OF the United States Senate,
arrived here last night. To-day they
called upon Collector Hedden at the
custom.house and asked his aid in the
investigation which is to be made
into the methods of the customs
service, and especially into the evils
said to exist in the appraisement Of
goods, and the appraisers depart.
ment generally. Collector Hedden
promised the committee all the aid
possible. The sessions of the com
mittee will probably begin tomorrow.
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The psirrmen,s Convention.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, February 12.-The
morning of the second days session
of the Mississippi Valley Dairy and
Creamery Association was opened by
the report OF the Committee on Reso.
lutions. Among the resolutions which
were adopted was one calling a con-
vention of all dairy associations in the
United States for the purpose of franz
ing and procuring the passage OF law
prohibiting the adulteTatiop Of dairy
products. After the discussion of va
Tious topics, the convention elected
the following officers: The Hon. N. ].
Colman, president; W. S. Trusdale Of
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GALVESTON, Tax. February PA
NeUs special from San Antonio says: /:
Deputy United States Marshal Long,
whose headquarters are in this city,
has been mysteriously missing since
the 4th instant. Long is the principal
witness against Aufdemorte, the New
Orleans defaulter, whose trial is now
going on. Long should have arrived
at New Orleans a day or two ago. His
friends are beginning toSentertain sus-
picions Of foul play.
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LABOR NOTES.
Investigating Imported Labor.

PITTsBURG, Pa, February H.
Chas. F. Gillian, special sgent OF the
National Labor Bureau, has arrived
here from Washington to investigate
the case of the men sent here by
Hargrave's Agency in Liverpool,
England. The men said they bad a
letter to Superintendent Lynch of the
Frick Coke Company, and were as
sured there was no trouble aud that
they would earn from 81 to So per
day. Their passage was paid, and
they gave their notes for e6, to be
paid from their first earnings. On
learning the facts on their arrival,
they wrote to the British Minister,
who referred the matter, and the
agent vas sent here to investigate.
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The PennsyIVania Coke strikers

MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa, February II.
Peter Wise, president Of the strikers
organization, was arrested this morn
ing by Sheriff Sterling and taken to
Uniontown Jail. He was followed
by numerous friends, with ample
mt ans to bail him out. Charges OF
riot and assault will be preferred
against him. The report that furnace
men and foundry men were willing to
pay 81 % per ton for coke has made
the miners jubilant, and it has been
decided to hold a mass.meeting at
Scottdale tomorrow afternoon, 10 de-
mand an increase in wages to cores
pond with the reported advance in
coke. O. F. Gillian, special agent
of the Interior Department, is here
investigating the complaints OF party
of English miners, who allege that
they had been duped into coming to
this country by an agent in England
who misrepresented the facts. The
foreigners reported the matter to the
British Minister at Washington, who
referred it to Secretary Bayard, and
Officer Gillian was deputsd to make
thorough investigation.
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The COmPtrOIIershIP OF the Treas.

CHICAGO, ILL, February 12.-The
Inter Oceans Springfield, ILL.,, special
says: The Hon. Charles Rdgely, a
leading banker and iron manufacturer
of Springfield, has been rendered the
Comptrollership OF the Treasury by
the President. Mr.. Ridgely has tele-
graphed his brothers, who are his
partners in business, as 10 the advisa-
bility OF accepting. He is the father
in-lsw Of Ex-Judge Vincent of New
Mauicn
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-13

22d. The list is as follows: So
pranos-Lillie Lehman, Emma Juch
aud Helene Hareiter. Conualtos-
Emma Cranach, Helena Dudley
Campbell and Jessie Bartlett Davis.
Tenors-Wm. Ca1didus and VIM.
FessendeD. Baritones C. Ludwig
aud A. S,oddard. Basso-Myron W.
Whitney. Mr.. Ludwig is the singer
recently engaged in London for the
American opera, who is expected in
this country next month. Mr.. Theo.
dore Thomas will conduct the festival,
and will take to Cincinnati an oTches-
ira of 100 New York musicians.
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RumOred AbdIcatIOn of the Queen
of aDniu

MADRID, Feb. 1.-THE ProgresSe, a
Z1rilist newspaper, says that when
the Cortss meets it will be TO receive
the announcement OF the abdication
of the Queen.
For the first time in eighteen years
ex-Queen Isabella met her husband,
Fracois, at mass in the escurial at the
tomb Of Alfonso. Fracois will remain
in Madrid until after the marriage OF
the Inianto Eulalia.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-13
The New York Cigar-Makers' Lock-
out ENDED.

New YoRK, February I2.-The lock-
out Of the cigar-makers, which lasted
about four weeks, is at an end, the
committee on equalization OF prices
having come to an agreement, which is
iudorsed by the manufsC turers and
the Progressive aud Central Labor
Unions. All OF the Progressive and
most Of the International men returned
to work this morning. Members Of
the Progressive Union have filed the
places left vacant by the International
Union men.
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The BcarIet-Fever at BhenRn.
dORh, Pa.

SHENANDOAH, Pa, February l2.-
The scarlet-fsver epidemic which be-.
gan here in December continues to
rage, aud is aggravated by tae un-
sea enable weather of the present
weeks. Upwards OF 200 children have
been carried off by the disease within
the last two weeks. There are over q
hundred cases now in town.
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DIED.

RUDISILL-At the residence Of her sis
Friday morning. February y, 1885, at
o'clock, In the ffty-sighth year OF her age.
SUsANL. RUDIsILL.
Funeral will take place from residences
this SATURDAY morning at 10 80 clock.
Friends are invited to attend. Services BY
the Rev. DR.. Daniel.
ARNOLD-At Bond Station, Tenn, FRI
day, February ~, 1886, at 4 o'el ok an,
after a short and painful illness, Sr. CLAIR
NJ. ARNOLD, aged thirtyf four years.
Notice Of funeral will be given in Sunday
morning papers.
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RniInroa fnrlI.n NQoeIl.

NEw York, February l2,--Business
failures for the last seven dsys, re-
ported tl X q. Dun Il Co.: Number
for the United States, 23S; Canada, 81.
Business casualties continue very nu-
merous in Western and Southern
States and in Canada. In other sec.
tions liRht.
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Death Of the Hon. George @. Bates.

DENVER, CoL,, February 12.-Phe
Hon. George @. Bates died here at 8
late hour lat night, inflammation CT
the bowels, alter an illness OF less than
a week, aged seventy-one years. Mr.,
Bates was a nstive OF New York. He
removed to Michigan in 1884, and
headed a party in opposition to the
policy of the general government dur
ing the administration of President
Jackson. He was one Of the organizers
Of the Whig party, and was made a
delegate at the National Conventions
which nominated Harrison in lS40 aud
and Clay in 1914. He was a close
friend of the statesmen and also of
Webster. He was United States Dis
triCt Attorney in California under Fill
more, in 1870, was appointed to sim
liar office from Illinios TO the Territory
OF Utah, where he became famous in
defending John Lee, leader of the
Mountain Mea5ow massacre. He
came to Colorado in 1879, where he
resided until his death.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-13

DISAPPOINTMENT in matters of pleas
ure is hard to be borne in matters af-
fecting health it becomes cruel. DR..
Bulls Cough Syrup never dissppoints
those who use 1t for obstinate coughs,
colds, irritation of the throat and
lungs, etc.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-13

HAVE been a sufferer from malarisl
neuralgia for eight years, and have
tried nearly everything, without any
marked relief, until tried Tongaline,
and ! can conscientiously say it has
proved In my case a perfect success.
Fred @. Lynch, MD, Mt. Pleasant, sc.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-13
GENERAL WASHINGTON NEWS
Disastrous Flood Feared.

WAsHINGToN, February ia dis
astrous flood is feared here. There
are two ice gorges above the city and
one below. The Potomac is rising
rapidly, and it is raining hard all along
the line. Merchants in the lower part
of the city are removing their goods
TO places of safety.
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silver DoIInrs in Circulation.

WAsHINGToN, February 12. - The
United States Treasurer has prepared
a statement showing that the amount
of silver dollars in circulation July
3lst last, was SS9, ,2S4, ,433; December
S1et, S52,54l,57l; February 10, 1885,
Shl. Vi. .326.
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st. Louis and F. A. Gully, vice-presi-
dents; ]. w. Shepperd of st. Louis,
secretary, aud W. N. Tivy of st.
Louis, treasurer. The convention then
took recess until o'clock this after
noon.
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SOIOIsts for the CIncInnatI Music
Festival

NEw York, February 12.-President
Hobart of the Cincinnati May Festival
Association to-day concluded his en-
gsgement Of soloists for the festival to
be held in that city from May 18th TO
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HORATIO SEYMOUR DEAD.
PEACEFUL ENDING OF A LONG
AND USEFUL LIFE.
Cerebral EffcsiOn the Immediate
Cause Of His BlOgraph.
ical Sketch.

UTICA, N. Y, February 12.-Ex-
Gov. Horatio Seymour died at 10
o'clock tonight at the residence of his
sister, Mrs. Roscoe Conkllng. He be-
gan to fail perceptibly at 4 o'clock this
afternoon. Shortly atterward he raj
lied a little, but soon relapsed into
total unconsciousness. During his
illness he experienced little, ii any,
physical suffering, and to-day he was
wholly without pain. Mrs. Seymour,
who is very i'll, sat with her husband
during the afternoon. Most Of the
time the ex Governor
RESTED PEACEFULLY,
and his condition could only be dis
tinguished from natural sleep by the
ashen paller Of his countenance and
his labored breathing, Ats:S) o'clock
he Was sinking rapidly-his pulse
could scarcely be counted, and the
respiration was more and more diff
cult. He expired without struggle,
and as peacefully as If falling asleep.
THE BEGINNING
OF Gov. Ssymour's physical ailment
dates from sunstroke which befsll
him in the summer OF 1876 while he
was at work on the reads OF his town
as pathmaster, an office which he was
wont TO gay he had asked for. The
immediate cause of his death was ceTe-
bral effusioD, the usual process Of
death in old age. As yet no arrange
ments have been made for the funeral.
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Indian corn is strong, and the at
tempted squeeze Of The February
"shoIts" ia attracting attention. Flour
ia moderately atenAY only.
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Louisville Cement,
pRrpARn pom rInnn.

PREPARE P0R FLOOD.
Foundations, cellar walls and build
ngs subject to overflow should be con-
stTucted with Louisville Cement. 1t is
the standard.
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Wheat has developed unexpected
strength iD the face OF a light decline
in the visible supply and an increase
in the quantity ailca, or in Europe,
where decrease was expected, The
condition Of the winter-sown crop will
now become more active price
making influence. Late advices point
TO some damage having been done in
the Southwestern winter States, from
over flows and other causes. Definite
reports are wanting.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-13

Grocery staples are inactive, the
movement of sugar, tea and coffee
being behind that Of latt year. Prices
are unchanged. Dairy products nom
insl, with the export movement
checked.
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There is no change in pig.iron prices
or demand. Old rails are over and
lees firm, steels are quoted so cents
and 81 below the late extreme high
prices NJ the mills.
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March.
THR WOOL MARKET.

In the wool market there is con.
tinuanoe Of the irmness OF holders
and steadiness In prices hereto 10 o re
ported, but no new features. Spot
cotton ut New York is off about Ac on
the week, and the market generally ia
weak, owing TO light demand, de-
clining export, and resistance of
Liverpool TO domestic views as to
priceR.
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NOTICED
Pioneer Mill Stockholders
eetiuV.

% the % SsSGhGSdSTs lSs s Ssy%s S Yin pGS. SS
Mill property, rs advertised TO take placI
February 9TH, said sale " as declared of.
Al n subsequent meeting of the Directori
the President was instructed to call
SPECIAL MEETING Of the Stockholde1|
Of selling tho Mill property or fixing upo|
some other course Of action, which will cna
bic us 10 llquidate our present indobtednes
A SPECIAL MEETING of the Stockhold
ers Is therefore called for the above name
nix Fire and Marine Insurance Company
No. 10 Madison street, SATURDAY, Febri
ary 18th, ut SPIN.
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Beyond these more favorable feat
ures the frmness noticed in brown
and bleached cotton goods at frac-
tional advance in prices calls for com.
ment. Concessions OF higher wages
by Eastern mills are announced. Dry
goods oommission-houses report fair
trade and a firm market At Chicago
there is heakhful increase in the vol
ume of sales over those OF the cor
responding period last year. 1t apI
pears to be generally held, however,
that the spring trade will not open be-
fora Mnnrh
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Ad,nInIsiratrIx'a NotIoe.

ADMINISTRATORS Notice.
TTNIIE undersigned having qualified as al
i minis tratrix Of PHILIP sauer, deeOaseI
hereby notifies all debtors TO come forwa
and settle, and all creditors 10 present the
bills, properly probAtod. All goods he
for charges must be removed by the 2lst
December, 1885.
Boots, Shoes, Tools, Show. Cases and vi
ures for sale at less than cost,
:, 50 w. WV " CAROLINE SAURR,
Admir- Of Phllip Sausr, 20 Jefferson St
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THE BUSINESS SITUATION.
BRADSTREETS REVIEW FOR THE
PAST WEEK.
Continued Depression Owing to the
UnfaVOrable Weather-The Boom
In Cotton Goods.

NEw YoRE, February l2.-Special
telegIams to Bradsireefs repeat the
previous weeks advices respecting un-
favorable weather and more or less
impassabihty Of country roads, both
of which have had a marked effect in
depressing tia1e. The feature is tha,
OF a reported moderate improvement
in business at New York, Pittsburg,
Cleveland, Milwaukee, Kansas City
and Dubuque. This is not particu-
larly significant, inasmuch a3 the
gain at Cleveland is characterised as a
fair movement Of gDods only, while
that at Pittlburg does not appear to
be any more pronounced. Kansas
City furnishes the most emphatic
statement as to better trade, with in.
creasing activity.