DAILY1AD WfcEKLYAITOL TEBJftJ Of (ll liM BirTIO.1 BAILT. Cm yr...... i tint muti.t ..... 10 no , 5 HO . J SO , 1 00 t as swat.. ricoiT, Cm year ...... .U OttA I 2 00 1 (JU 1 1 M 00 SAss ttmr. f tx mtmu ................. To rnlrlbalpr nud t'orifpond- CBI. Conpianlratloni for publication must be , wttum on n side of tb puge only, and. with all other matters connected with tlx ditnriat department, should be addressed: To tbi Suirok uf Ibi ArrtkL, Muiphis, Tni. W cannot, M rule.undertaite to return artiotes not found suitable lor publication. Oar mail books arc kept by postoffioas, and not by individual names. We solioit letteri and communications Bpnn tab acts of general interest, but such must always b accompanied by the name and address of th writer. as a suaranto of hii ood faith and responsibility. No notice can be taken oi anonymous communica tions. 6p-iimea copies tent fro of chart. fusitMS letters should bo addreiaed c n ordering paper! changed from ore post office to another, th names of bothpost oBoas shnold ho riven, 6ALLAWAY A KEATING. M. C. Oaxlswav, I UHH Second itreet, J. M. Ktiwq. I " MciTiphi., Tcnn. 5IEMP1IIS APPEAL. SAIUKJHY, I I D1C. 4, 1880. A CRUEL POET. Twenty years ago Henry 8. Foot'e wrote a bcok on the war. It found no sale. Trie publio shunned each volume as II it were to much dyna mite with hilt triggers attached, ready to exp'ode at the slijfhteot touch. One oi these books full into the bands of a Mississippi school teacher, who fright ened bis pupils into cbadience by threatening to make them read it A bad boy committed some horrible offense and the teacher was forced to inflict the severest punishment, and be locked the boy up in a private room and told him he had to read Foote's book. The teacher visited the offender late in the afternoon and found him in a collapsed condition ; the boy's heart was broke and he was never any account afterwards and finally died in convulsions. Our ex cellent and highly esteemed friend, the Bon. Win, R. Moore, is as remorseless in bis cruelty as the Mississippi peda gogue. After reading our criticism of his poetry, be determined to avenge himself and laid awake at night devising methods of torture. With a demoniac chuckle he hurriedly seised two of his speeches delivered in Congress, mails them to ns with huge black lines drawn around the instruments of torture. As 'we read we thought of the sufferings of the poor Mississippi boy. Fox'$ Book V Mmrtyrt furnishes nothing to com pare with the agony we endured while reading ths extracts marked for our punishment. We are doing as well as eoild be expected under the circumstances. We must have a jt charmed life to live through such an i , awful ordeal. We have survived Moore's Congressional eloquence, but If he should be so oruel and wicked as to bombard us with his poetry we'll climb the golden stairs make our ' bed with the grave worms, where the Memphis bard can never molest or . make us afraid. HOVTIIEBN nHCCEMI. The improved position end bright prospecta of the South are the subjects for extensive remarks by the Northern preea. Even, as was shown fey extracts recently published in the Appsal, the New York Tribune acknowl edges the vast strides la advance the South is making. The New York Timet also joins In expressions of ad miration at the manner in which the Bouth ha? emerged from past troubles. It points, for Instance, at the perplexl ty in the North with railway quarrels and cuts and reckless opposition, road to road, and says: "Ths result most come with a crash some time." Against this state of things it compares the comparative quiet an 4 harmony reign ing among the Southern roads; add ing, that while Northern roads that formerly stood first in Wall street are neglected, Southern railroad Btocki are regarded with increased favor, The Timet sums up the cheering artl cle ai follows: "The West gives way to the South; Dixie is be coming king in Wall street. Only a casual glance over the daily dealings of the Stock Exchange is needud to show how true this is Southern securities make up the big figures that show total transactions. There ars many reasons for the change. The South is more prosper ous than any other section oi the country today. Facts abound In proof of this. During the last six years $1,000,000,000 hava been added to the wealth ol the old twelve Southern States. Nothing to be compared to this hai ever happened in the land before. A kindred advance has been seen in one or two quickly growing Western States -Kansas is an in stance but no group of States can in any wise approach the record." SPECULATION HUH HAD. The depression from which we are just recovering, and which is still troubling the markets of Europe, has caused capitalists to become wearied on account of the inactivity and con sequent profitlessness of their funds. The result is a mad whirl of specula' lion. Companies are forming tor all kinds of enterprises, and shares are telling in endless speculative ventures Something of tbissams feeling Is man ifesting ItU'lf in Wall street. As specimen, we find the following In the How York Bulletin oi Wednesday ' The excitement on the Stock Ex change today was almost unprecedent ed; the total transactions beirg the largest ever recorded, or about 003,000 sharrs. In Reading the transact'ons lojted about 300.0UO, which is equal to nearly ont-hjlt the cupital stock This excited coudi ion of things th ifuMc.'.'a tptakj oi as "nn extraordinary m-jve-ciit," v. Li's ths Philadelphia Ledger mentions that "the judicious j use of 'wind' in the present gaceous condition of Wall street, which seems to l8 ready to take hold of any wild speculation, has raiily and quickly expanded this lateit balloon." This la not a pleaslrg condition of things. Labor troubles and reckleos specula tion will not acrelorato our progress toward "g. od times," but may end in largely increasing the bankript list and the safTeri-'jis of the poor. POOR PANAMA. Poor Panama! it appoars to be the beet abused f pot on earth. Occasion- lly a visitor gives it a half reluctant pat on the back, but generally a priest in the mlddlo ages with bell, bcok and candle, or Sterne's cursing Dr. Slop, could not outrival the terms in which condemnation is conveyed respecting the canal enterprise there. The New York World has some details from a recent official visitor to the Isthmus, and the reading roust be bad for Da Lessens. The whole of this latest re port Is sad. According to it the canal Is full of evidences of bad work ; en gines, dredges, excavators and other valuable plant stand abandoned, rust ing and rotting, along the line of the work, like bones along an old prairie Wflgon trail. "The wholo enterprise is covered over with red tapn, ind In the midst of all ths circumlocution the money is lost by the thousand." The men die dally and are generally burled; coffinlesa, where they drop; n fact, the work is one continued graveyard ; e'ght out of overy ten in the hospital die, and a switch engine takes those to whom regular burial Is grant'jd up to the cemetery twice a day. The Pannma canal is a great enigma everybody dlep, yet the work goes on. Ths concern is "burst up," yet clerks and laborers tug away there still, and bnrdly do so for the mere fun of the thing, If fun and Panama may be mentioned in the earns breath BBTBIBVTIOgf IK IRELAND. Ths Tories of England appear to be determined to make the tenants in Ireland pay the rents the landlords demand. Should this design be car ried out the consequences may be most distressing. They ones resolved that the Catholic Irish should pay tithes to the Protestant clergy, when the Irish people on their side de termined they would submit to such an infamous extortion no longer. Armed police and regiments of soi dlers were sent to enforce the tithes. When the money was refused the property was seised and offered for sale. But the incensed people would not bay the seised goods; if some would be willing to secure a bargain, they dared not. Under these circum stances what could the government dot Nothing, and they had to pro vide by law some other way of set tling the diffloutty. According to ap pearances the Irish people are going to re-establish the old tithe policy, this time directing it against rend when they consider them to be unfair. The misfortune is that many good men and their families will be made to suf fer. Many of the estates are mort gaged, and from many of them in comes left to relatives by will, and all they have to depend upon has to be paid from the eetate. Ia many of these fAste, farther to reduce rents the law has already cut down, is to deprive the owner of the power to sat isfy the mortgaga, or to pay the annu ities. The result is not pleasant to contemplalo, especially aa we see it stated thut in consequence of abate ments of rent already made hundreds of ladies, delicately nurtured, are ut terly destitute, and have to depend upon the charity of friends to keep them from becoming paupers. Poor Irelandl It is aad to see that even efforts to rectify past wrongs causes the innocent to suffer. Insolent with power, the landlord of past days de fled justics.and trampled upon right. The evil reign has been long, but retribution has come at last, for the evil fowls have come home to roost PROTECTION THAT DOES HOT PBOVEOT. Whatever protection protects, it does not protect American labor, and the sooner our workingmen become aware of that fact the be tsr it will be for their interests. As the labor field ia widened ths laborer flads more em ployment and better wages. But pro taction limits ths area to which the American workman has access. For instance, in South and Central Amer ica a vast trade is done with England Francs and Germany, while we get a mere small percentage, although we pay large sums for coffee, sugar and spices in the lands south of us. There is an excellent market tor many of our manufactured and other productions, but the weight of taxation high tariff pats upon our productions disables us from competing with Europe. That is, protection nearly closes our neigh born' markets against the products of American toll and skill. This meant that protection, by a high tariff, nar rows the area to which the proceeds of American labor can bs tent. To cut off from the products of its toil and skill, the extensive country south of us, Brasll, tlas Spanish Uspublio and the West India (sUmls, is a strange way of "protecting America labor. ''. The same withering itaflaencs kas also cut the ocean curving trade away from America labor, so thai American letters, ia many eases, have to go to Eontaud to get to ths interior of South America. When will onr working people open their eves to these faois and demand access, for their produc tions te the markets of the world T Tone MK PaHKrne!. Washington, December 3 Charles Tong Sing, who was steward of the Jcaunettti, and also a member oi tne Thetis rsrns mrtv. was afterward convicted of awauU wit'i intent to kill another Chinaman and sentenced t seven yeti-i' lajprbonmnnt, hue been pardoned by tie O;veinor of Ntw J erjoy. MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL-SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, BMDSTRHTS REPORTS BODERAIE GUNS IS THE K0TE- JIESIT Of General MerchnsdUe From Bos ton, New York, Itultlmore, Kerr Orleans and 'i i teco. Nkw Yobk. December 2. Brad- street p'in s to moderate (ruins in the moveniurit of gf n-r.,1 merchandise from Boston. New York, Baltimore, Detroit, Milwankee, St. Faal, Minne apolis, New Orleana and Han Fran citco. Except in so far as this is due to increased bread tuffs Hnd other ex ports (mm the Atlantio sosboard, the gain is due to stimulated demands for dry goods, groceries and notions, ow ing to cold weather ana to ise ap proach of the holiday season. There is no material char ge at Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Louisville, Chi cago, til. Lou s ana Kancas uity. At mot t points a wide spreaa connaence is reported in ths future of general trade, notwithstHnT ag a noticeable check to the moveaent of goods Irom first hands in textile and other lines. The total bank clearings this week at thirty-two cities ehow the unprece dented Increase of 1282,000,000 over lat week, the total being St,2(i8,74t,- 793, agtinst 1,006,000,508 a week apo and suw.zw.buu lor tne weex enu- Da one year ago. ihere is an in crease of 20 per ceut. over laut year aad 10 per cent over the like week lor lust vear. The week's sain at New York alone is $184,700,000, or about 20 per cent., due very largely to the heavy specu auve transactions in railway snares and bondt, petroleum and Produce Ex chiDge dealings. An increased ex port had some influence. Philadel phia's increase of 30 per cent, was owinii to the heavy Ktin in volume of railway share speculation, notice- ablv In Heading stock. Boston i gun of 11 ter cent, was caused to tome ex tent by like lnnaences, but mat oi ou rer cent, at fan Francisco mart bs explained by the outbreak of a mln ing stocks speculative fever, and that of 40 ner cent, at Uhicaeo largely to the incieasea grain, provisions ana railway share speculation. Domestic money markets are easier, ana in a few instances since the first of the month mercantile collections at the West and Northwest are slow, owing. to a continued disposition on the part of the farmer to bold back bis produce lor bisner price.'. The flew York stock market this week has been the scene of wild speculation In Bead ing, which mads a considerable advance on somewhat indefinite prospects that ths reorganization plan will be favorable to the stock. Manip ulation on the largest Bcaie seems to be at the bottom of it This gavea decided DDward Impetus to the mar' ket. "the fancies" being prominent In ; . ... . .. the trading. While the excitement was at its nlgnt realisation selling for foreign account set in and waa ao companied by a bear raid, nnder wblch prices uaa a snarp reaction; at the same time the changing of loans usual at the beginning of a month caused some difficulty in carrying lane lines oi the lancy and epeouia tlva stocks, and for ths latter part of the week the market has been dull and feverish. A heated speculation is also in progress in mining shares, The welt's transactions aggregated 3.888,138uhare8,aginnt 2.50r,l 70shares in the preceding week, 1,900,823 ahares in the IcorresDunding week oi 188?. and 1.722.800 in 1884. Heading coo tributed about 1,070.1 00 shares to that of the preceding week, or altogether about double the share capital of the company in tbe two wepks. Binds are firm, and advancing in anticipation t f a large demand for investment af tr January 1st. At t'.ie west and Mou n the pig iron market is quite active, Some southern furnaces have left the market, owing to an advance of ntocks and heavy orders ahead during tbe week. WBi at options at Ui'icago and New York have advanced 4Chih. and for spot 4j per bushel ou increasing exports and speculation and smaii stacks abroad. The renewed strength is quite pronounced, and the opinion gains ground that permanent gain in wheat prices hue nually begun, n dian corn went ljo higher with email st'rcks and a Heavier demand, and wheat flour with a better inquiry for export and reduced production hss been marked up loo per barrel. Dry goods at fiiBt hands remiin dull and steady, except ginghams, which tend upward. Woolens are only nrm white prints are ia lower, and wool is affected unfavorably by tbe London sales, which are on 6(410 per cunt. Irom previous auction prices. The Louisiana Futar crop is now es timated at 160,000 bogheads, a reduc tion Irons previorts estimates. There is more activity in hog products. Boson lativa markets are in sympathy with the upward turn t) grain prices and owing to an increasing ootside demand Pork has advanced $2 per barrel and Western s'eam lard a quarter of a cent per pound on the week. On the whole, the week is marked by a dis tinct increase of speculative activity at all points. The total number of failures in ths United States repotted to Dradttreet't this week is 238, against 204 last week and 247 in the week one year ago. The total from January 1st to date is 94011. against 1253 in 18.SO, Canada hss had 1079 failures this year, against 1183 last year and 1297 in 1884. Gold Pena at Mnlfonl's. Crop Bprt Hob Cholera. Columbus, O., December 3. The crop report of the State Board of Air riculture for December shows wheat area sown, 101 per cent; estimated number of acres sown. 2,741,000; con dltiou, 97. The condition of live stock, except hogs, is generally good, Hog cholera prevails in twenty -three counties of the Stats. Caws involving ths constitutionality of the Dow liquir tax law, brought from Cleveland, Cincinnati and Troy, Ohio, were argued in the Supreme Court today. A decision ia expected in about two weeks. Diamonds at Hnlford'a. The llaadard Oil Do iSMnay lai Caiepe, Niw Yobk. December 3. The Hail and Exjireu says, in (egard to ihs cable dispatch from Berlin indicating that the Standard Oil Company waa nego tiating tor tne purchase oi tneiaapian oil fields by loaning a lag sum of money tothe Russian NapthiOompany of Nobel Brothers, whose business is to be transferred to the bands of ths American petroleum producers prominent rfQ.ial of the company said: There is not the slightest foca- dation i t the story.' " Inspect .TnUrr Block. sa 0,000 BJftvrd fcr iha Bdaello of aura. Philadelphia, Pa., Dumber 3. The H admit Hi lirai CornDiuy man ageumnt i xpc g totfTiicta saving of nbout J350 UK) bv the reduction oi the wages of etnpLyte, the dismissal of employes and the conroln! vi;a of bureaus and d vif'ons. Official notics was recti ved by the rfci-ive's of te I'hl'alehiha end Beading It -li I road Companies today from Mewirs. Harris na Kennedy, receive! b tl the JNew Kreey UeDfal luilro:.'.d Uonrtpnny, that tbo latter cirpo a'ion wr uld 1 niflud ih resvua'ion of i s prorefw fths Heading (Jem; any on ll.e 1st January next. BRIEF TELEGRAMS. EaiCKTOS. Mam., Deo&mbc-r'3. The fetal lea by t!n tire hero last night is -timatud fat$j:u.uuu. WiLWACkEK. Wis.. Dacember'3 The i Wauwatosa Pickle Works were s'.royed by Cm tonight. Luse, $10,- C00; no insurance. Newport. R. I.. Decembsr 3. Gen. Bobtrt B. Potter is lying ill ut How ardOoih gaon Jiy street. There are to Hopes oi his recovery. Boston. Mas.. December 3. In the case of the Netional Sodiers' Home agairtst Oen. Butler, the jury today und a verdict for $16,537 50 against Gen. Butler. Portland. Ma., December 3. A iloop, su pooled to be the Superior, of this port, sunk in Mink Inland Pas- en today aud ths crew oi two men were drowned. Washington, December 8. The Comptroller of the Currency today authorized the Frut National Bank of Shreveport, La, to b'gin business with a capital oi f'0J,(iuo. IIalifax, Diceuibt-r 3. The bark Mary Ann. from Boston for Little Glaus Bay, is ashore near Little Glace By. The crew have been unable to lend owing to a heavy sea. Elhika. N. Y.. December 3. An- gu'ttine Janow; ki and Ohas. Bohlke were killed today wune taking sand from a Wood la n Cemetery sand pit, by ths bank caving in on tuem. New Yobk. December 3. Reports from Albany are to the eflVtct that thirteen grain laden boats, en route tor tide water, are froaen in the canal between this pdut and Little tails. St. Paul. Minn.. Dncraber 3. The Ditpakh'B St. Cloud (Minn.) special says: Amours nourmg mm was wrecked and cornea Dy an explosion last night. Lost, $00,000; insurance, $15,000. New York. December 3. The Mc- Quade iurv at adjournment this even ing was complete in number. The people have yet nine and the defense thirgeen peremptory challenges re maining to them. Mount Holly, N. J., December 3 Col. A noes S ratton, a well known law yer and forme rly Judge Advocate of tbe national uuam ot new jersey, committed suicide here today by shooting himself in the head. De spondency on account oi mness is tne supposed cause. Chicago, III., December 3. Presi dent Spalding, of the Chicago Baseball Club, today wired President Von Der Ahe, challenging tbe bt. .Louts Browns to play a aeries oi seven or nine games in ADril next for the world's cham pionship. Dates and other details were left open to be arranged later. FiTTSBOBd. Pa . December 3. The Executive Board of District Assembly No. 80. Knights of Labor, met at Coal Valley, Pa., last evening to consider what action should bs taken with re gard to an ad ranee of wages for tbe river miners. As no answer had been received to the letter addressed to the operators it was decided to defer ac tion nd give lurther fme lor a reply. Chicaoo. December 3. The report reaches here that 240 car loads of live stock are lu danger of freezing on the Creator branch I tbe Uhicago, Bur lingtnn and Q'lincy. The bridge over Fox river is broken and a num. berof trains have been compelled to await the reputing of it. The trains should have been at the stick yards at 7 o clock this morning. The Pitiable Attempt of a Hand. erne nouieia lo Mniclue. Nkw Yobk, D.cenber 3. On Thurs day evening a cu'tivaW, handsome woman, weeing diamond jewelry, registered and took a room at tbe Grand Union Hotel, under the name oi "Mrs. A. 1 unbar. .Nawark. w. J Nothing more aas seen of her till this ai term. on wntm ner room was broken into by the hot-1 people and she was round entirely mine, lying across tne ben. almost di ad Irom the enects o chloroform and a dose of chlorat. Medical aid was summoned, and after shs had been revived to some extent. she was removed to a hospital, where shs was finally brought out oi danger, in ner delirium stie constant v cauea for her little boy. When pressed, she admitted that she bad attempted suicide; raid her name was Catharine Skilligs. and that her home waa in Winchester, Mass. She would say no more. On a plate on a bag which she carried the name "Sk Uingv' was en graved. In a mmorandum book the words "Mrs. M. W. Davis, Hotel Dun bar. Roxbury. Mass.." were written, The police believe the name Davit is that oi the woman. at Dawa for tbe Wlatcr. Cafb Mat, N. J., December 3. The sorghum works at Rio Grande, Cape May county, where for several years sugar has been manufactured from sugarcane grown in the vicinity.have been closed and all the employes dis charged. The works may not be re opened in the ppring. They have been fostered for several years as an experiment by a bounty "Irom the State, but last year Gov. Abbett vetoed tbe bounty bill and the works were operated last season at a loss, A Lockoat Looked For, Fhiladblfhia, December 3 The power loom in grain carpet manufac tories are seriously contemplating a general lockout of all their weavers In a short time, in order to fores'all the latter in their intention to strike dur ing the busy season of the trade, which will be in January and February. Advice to Hother. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teething, Is the prescription of one of .he best female nnrsea and physicians in ths United States, and baa been need for forty years with never-failing suctess by millions of mothers for ths children. During ths process of teething its value ia In calcuable. It relieves the child from pain, ourea dysentery and diarrhoea, griping in the bowels, aal win! eolic. By giving health to the child it rests ths mother. Prios 2 cents a bottle. ' Solid Hllter at Jrlnlord'aV, A remleenre lose Hotel. Kansas Citv, Mo., December 3. The Cen'roiro'is, oue of the leading hottlsof this city, will bs closed to morrow under foreclosure of a mirt Kage n;'on the furniture. The mnrt gigs is held by W. O. Dunn, a rla ive of J. C. Dunn, h is the proprit-tor. It is undtrstood that the hotel will be reopened at an arly day. A large ad dition to the building it nearly com pleted. mm mm mm ON THE WHIfSS STAND, TESTI fYINtt In Her Own Beha f Mia Declares That Jfa-'ion Authorized IIer22 to Draw the Money. Bitblikotov. Vt.. Dc-niVw 3. The heuring in the Maaon Saxtou f;-iyery caw wes resumed this morning. The courtroom was crowdtd. fctate At torney Foster at once resumed the ro8 examination of M.si tiaxtin. In relation trr the letter she r-tited to Ma con that the was in trouble. She said she did net remember why it was written. She was at borne when she recovered from her first trouble. Shs had a standing order to draw money from the bank in the name of Mason. She went to Boston with Mason in the spring or fall of 1884. She knew F6d Ward, son of the cashier of the eavings bank. He met ter last sum mer and a-ked her bow the old man was. When aeked who he meant, he raid Meson. When she presented the first order te Ward she told him it would probably do no g od. as Mason had told her to give it to Fred. She went to Boston a year ago last summer with Arthur Lo.klin, of MoLtpelier, under the promise of matrifgs. They slopped at tbe Arlington Hotel. They re mained several nights and occupied the same room. There were two beds in it, however, and no improper act took place.- biie knew Arthur Wilson, and hid met him frequently at Bet lows Falls. He never paid her hotel bills, and, although eha corresponded two or three weeks with him, none of the ietteis contained money. iiiUu barton, sister of Jennie, took the witness stand. She knew oi Mason's relations with Jennie. The latter had a habit cf being out late at night, sometimes nnti) 11 o'clock. She bad never talked with Mason about it, but cad rent ner lather to nim. The next witoesi was Mis. Sarah Richardson, another sinter of Jennie's, who was married on the night of Jennie's arrest. She was tbe one who took care of Jennie during her con finement, ner testimony developed nothing ne w. Ad j ourned. The Carroll Pariah Outlawry. Nbw Oblbans, La , December 3. A BDfcial to the JyuM iromiiake a.tM.? ,nlnrBTan8J there of rreaton Kumsey, colored, son of the woman murdered and burned ... . . . . . ... . n with Mai. McKay in West Carroll Par. ish. Rumsev savs he recognised three of the men who participated in tne murder; that some of them were present at the Coroner's inquest, and he tes'ifled as he did for tear of his life. There is also other testimony identifying the persona engaged in the outrage. HlaeWllI Be Ptoseeattd. Chicaoo, III., December 3. Though the relatives of Theodore S. Mize have virtually left themselves nenniless in attemDtine to make good the 112,000 he embezzled from Minor T. Ames, the millionaire coal mer chant, it appears that a shortage of many thousand dollars st.ui exists. Until this evening there was little dcubt that the settlement was an ami. cable one, and that Miza would never be prosecuted. Xbe fact that tne em- bet zer's lather today engaged legal counsel, and that Mr. Ames warmly contradicts many statements made by members ot the Alias lamny, led to a belief that tbe affair may end in Mize being given a long term in Jiilint orison. During an interview to-night Mr. Ames angrily denied that 1 1 1 - 1 in. n.nu.nt. i The father ot Mize, ontoeotneriiaaa, authorizes the emphatic assertion tnat Ames, made at least a tr.cit agreement that the embezzler should be saved the difgraco of the penitentiary. A Fatal Tragedy St. Iocis, Mo.. December 3. A EDCcial from Cbattanoogt. Tenn .says A terrible and latal tragedy occurred last night at SCephennon, Ala. A man Km iYia numa fit Jamaa Tiirnnr want tft the house of Frank Carter and called the owner of tbe house to the door. As soon as Carter opened the door Turner tired two shots Irom a snotgun at him. both taking effect in tne breast.. Aa Carter fell he caught up his rifle: which was standing behind tbe door, and shot Turner in the right side. Both are now dying. Xbe cause of the trouble is not known and can not even be guessed at. for the men have always been intimate friends. LITERARY iNOTES. Tnt January number of Lippincolt'i Magazine will be a gala cumber, witn such namoa as Julian Hawthorne, Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, Walt Whit man, EJaar Fawcett, Austin Dobson and Sidnev Luska among its contribu tors. Julian Hawthorne contributes the comDlete novel. "Sinnre." which is said to be as strange and weird as his "Archibald Malmaison." Miss Cleveland has a long satirical poem on the woman onestion. entitled "The Dilemma of the Nineteenth Century." Walt Whitman talks about himself and bis poetical theories under tbe title of "My Book and I." Edgar Fawcett takes the opportunity to hit back at his critics in a truculnnt arti cle, entitled "Should Cniica Ba Gen tlemen t" Austin Dobson has a poem Sidnev Luska contributes "The Story of Angris, a toocmug ana Deauuiui tale of New York me. SntMcribo for the "Appeal." Condition or the Blver at St. Lonla. St. Louis. Mo.. December S. The river continues to (all rapidly under the influence of low temperature, and tonight tbe government gauge marks 2.4 feet of water above the low water mark. The ice is rnnmng very slug gishly, and it will take perhaps but anoth'er "day of Ihe cold to s'od it and close the river en- tirely. Tbe weather, however, is mod eratins stiahtlv. bnt nnless a thaw fol lows and a rise of water take place there will be no more river navigation this winter. All steamers nave Rone into winter quarters, excepting those of tbe Anchor Line which were in the lower river. These will rnn from Cairo sonth. There are now between here and Cairo the steamers Hudson, Olvde. Powell and Anderson and the tng Eagle, all of which have probably made a sate landing. Fine Watchea at Multord'tw A Knllroad Hieatalg. Saw Fbakci co, Cal., December 3. Canadian Pari Ho Navigation O nnnnny hts contracted with the Union Iron Works of this ci v for the contraction of a vefsfl arrew strainer of 1000 tons, to o.mt Oikl. The Teasel i to be tt"d as a i eder to the Canadian Pa- c.tlu lailroad toPogrii' Sjuud. Fine Watch Impairing. .wnlfonTs. " ma i " i i ' 'I Ton- OEGILL BROTHERS & CO E E M OVAL. We have remove! our entire business to Ifos. 318 & 3SO Front St., adjoining the Byoo Hotel, where we are reoeivinr a larse afiortinent of Car. rimer, Uuealfa. H ". HarnrMH. oaodiery, K.,all of which will be eold at Very Low Prioee. A full line of Horn H'Auitftis and . . on nana, ju perioral in need of t oo above goods will (lave money bj enminins our stock before pur ching. WOODRUFF & OLIVER, Manufacturers' Agents. FRUITS. Oranges, Malaga Grapes, Anples, Bananas, Lemons, Cranbcrrios. DRIED FRUITS. Pitted (erries, Evaporated Peaches Citron, fvaporated Pears, n ' i, . T p'i German Pears, Lemon Peel tlfirman t inprnps Kvnnorftted Annies German Cherries, Evaporated Apples Orange Peel, Dates, Raisins, Prunes, Pino Apple Glace, Figs. NUTS. Almonds, Pecans, Filberts, English Walnuts, .Brazil JNuts. Jellies, Preserves, Etc. Shaker Preserves, Canton Ginger, Dundee .Tarns and Marmalade. Currant, Raspberry, Strawberry and reach Jelly by tne pouna, Annie Butter. Mince Meat. Maple Syrup, Honey, Maple Sugar, New Molasses, Sugar, syrup, Plum Pudding. RELISHES. Currv Powder. Celery Salt. Olives. Olive Oil, Capers, Mixed and Plain Pickles, bwect btuned Mangoes, Chnw-Lhow. EoHand, Pine Apple, Young Amer ica and Cream Cheese. Salad Dressing, Deviled TJam, Worcestershire Sauce, Tomato Cat sup, Mustard, i'epper Sauce, Sage, Thyme, Sweet Margorium, CJ C. . FARINACEOUS GOODS Buckwheat Flour, Graham Flour, Dried Corn, Farina, Tapioca. Sago, Corn Starch, Lcntrls, Rolled Avena, Oatmeal. Cracked Wheat, Split Peas, luce, hite Teas, May Ucans, Farinoca, Hominy, Grits, Barley, Green Kern. CALIFORNIA FRUITS. White Peaohee, Apricots, Epg Plums Yellow Peaches, Grapes, Nectarines, Green Gages, Cherries, fine Apples, Gooseberries, iiartlett rears, VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Baked Beans, Peas, String and Stringlcss Beans, Corn, Tomatoes, Okra and Tomatoes, Okra Succatash, 1'umpkin. Canned Fish and Meats. Lobsters, Bloaters. Deviled Crabs, Finland lladdies, Salmon, Sardines, Mackerel, Shrimps, Russian Cavier, Cove Oysters, Pigsfeet, Chip Beef, Ox Tongue, Canned Beef. SUNDRIES. Gelatine, Flavoring Extracts, least rowder, Jilanks s liana-made Candy. Larrabee & Kennedy's Cakes and Crackers, Creamery Butter, Sweet Cider, Boston Brown Bread, Deep boa C od fish, bhellcd Almonds. Bartholdi Souvenir Officially Copyrighted." LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING the WORLD WE hare manufactured and now offer for sale the only and correct souvenir ol theRTAI I UK CF Linaai s, anowingino Bridge, BedWe Islaad, the Bat- t.rtand tba lsfnw York Harbor lu the di. Krnnt TD Hrtrtvi SarfiM Hritsiii. This beautiful vi Bookmark ia worked on cbolo colored Holla), showlna all th details yery clearly. Th roTeriesfde having an Orlarsnal ! and a calendar for tnus oeing .oii as well as ornamental souvenir for the year. Will alao look handsom as a Baaa.rslte for th center table. A kwasstlfail and iastini prcaesit. Price only 1 , Two for 26 oents. (To aaenU. 11.00 per doien), free by mail. Postage stamps taken. LIBERTY MANUF'G CO., 150 Jfaoan St., New Terk. DB.ILII.LEYIS, OCULIST AND OPTICIAN, LATK OT ST. LOUIS, HO., has lust Itted up an elegant offio ever Lytl A Bhlcldi'e grocery store, oorner of Adams and Main, where be 1s ready to tt all sights and make Inane, to onlnr. Tba nuhlio are informed that th Drotor baa no glares for Oe other than those made by himself and in conform II with th. inauurAinailt of the T. Th Doctor has msde that his special study and has all the latest soientido tst and instru ments to injure perieot and easy sight. PhyMOiani prescriptions fi r glasses carefully filled, umoe Hours Irom w to ivana a ion p.m. DR Ii. M. I.KW1S, Oculist and Optician. No. 218 Main street ...that Mirnu A&Hi..ml M.ln.l JIMbaiCo ) i i. I., .ii.. naar-T' Mia1.'y1ns.rTe Important Sale ot Ycry Valua ble Lands in the States ot Ar kansas and Mississippi. Memphis, Tenn., December 1, 1884. UNDER and by virtue of tba terms and conditions of a certain deed of trnat executed to me, at Tro-'ev, by K. M. Appet eon and others, on the 30tri day of May, 1Hb6, to tecare the imiettedn'M therein men tinned, dulv recorded in Book " A." Daaei 4ti2 to 471 ioolonne, of the Oironit Court of Crittenden county; Book 44, pagea 72 to 83, of theCirouitCnnrt of Phillip county i Book I , pacta lai to l-7, o uircuit uourt ot L?e count : nook A A. pares vt to 111, A." ranea 94 to 111. oln county, SBte of t "H H," pare 230, of H'.lirar eounty, and . ot Circuit Uourt or l.tnf olr Ark.nau, Alto, in Book the Chancery Court ot H" in Book 21, pours 49i to 507, of Panola coun ty, ritata cf MinlsMppi i dMault navinir been made in eaid truttdned, and being- requested I y tlte maker of find iruft deer) end tne ben eficiary tnereol, u win, ai said Iruatee, oa Tuo.-day, December 81, 1886, on the aonthweat corner of Main and Madi son streets, onmmencin promptly at 12 o'clock m., and continuing fr.nn day to day until the said lands are all (old, offer for stle, at rublio outcry, and sell t the highest and best bidder, the follorina; de soribed land and property, tituuted in the States of Arkansas and Mississippi, and particularly described as follows, to-wit: Tbe following; lands, lying in the eounty of Phillips and Slate of Arkaveaj, on the bank ot the Miseiasipni rivur. about ten miles be low Helena, Arkansas, to-wit Tbe east half of section thirty-three, con taining itb 69 acres, and all oi seotion 34, containing 6j9 8S acres. The south hull of section twenty-seven, containing seventy-thrca acres. The west half seotion 35, containing 320 acres. The northeast quarter of station 28, eon tainiog 1:0 aores. All in township 3 south, rar.ge4 east. Fractional northeast ejuaner of section I, containing 112 acres. Ail of fractional section S, containing 465.48 acres, in township 4, rang 4 east being the landr konwn as " K. M. Apperson S Vt'eatover Plantation," containing ia all 2034 67-100 aores ot land, more or leas. The southwest quarter ot the southeast quarter of section 3". containing 38.82 acres. The south part of the southeast quarter ef section 35, containing 4.41 acres. The south half of section 'A, oontaininf 320 aores. All of fractional seotion SA,"eonUInlng20T acres. The northeast quarter of seotion 35, con taining 160 aores. The northwest quarter of the southeast fractional quarter of seetioa S3, oontaininf 40 acres. Part of the east half of the southeast quar ter of seotion 35, containing 71 aeres. All of fractional seeiion two, containing 74.25 aores all In township 4 south, rang i oat. West half ol southwest fractional quarter of seotion 30, and the northwest fractional quarter of aection 31, containing f6 aores . township time (3) south, range 6 east, known as " M. Appersnn'i Maney Plantation," containing 1013 48 100 aores of land, more or loss. Also, certain personal property now oa the said Westorer Plantation, to-wltt U head of mules of various ages, siati and de scriptions; also, one steam engine and all the appliances and attachments thereto be longing ; one gristmill, two cotton gins, one cotton press and all the appliances and at tachments to the same belonsing) all of the wagona, farming' utnsils, implement and toola of every kind and character used In the oullivtion of the said plantations, on bait of which will be delivered to the purchaser of the Maney plantation. Each of said planta tions are in good state of cultivation, and hare all necessary buildings, .including dwellings and storehouses. . . . l r ii : .1 :l 1 . , 10.1 . tiioiuiiu.iui u.'iutu UKtv, ii.r eel ot land, lying In the said county of Phil lips and Stat of Arkansas, and described i toiiows; The northeast aosrter of section sixtesn. township one south, range four east, con taining 160 acres. Also, tbe following other lands, lying in the oouoty of Lea and State el Arkansas, about twelve miles niilfS from the town of Marianna. to wit: The west half of th . west half of section twenty seven (27), con. taining 160 acres; the northeast quarter of seotion thirty-three (111, containing 160 acres; the eas' halt ot the northwest quar ter of aection thirty three (33), containing; 88 acrea, and the northwest quarter of section tbirty-lour it numuenug itxi acres, con taining in all 'CO acres, and known a th "Cotter tract." - Also, the following other tracts of land, lying in said counts ot Lee and rjtato of Ar kansas, on and near the M s.-ifsipul river; The nortbe.st quarter of section one) fractional southeast quarter of ecoiioo one; fractional' east nail of section twelve (U), and tbe fractional southwest quarter of th Southwest quarter of si etion on. dou'd nail ot soutn nan or aeci'enz; Weat fiaotional hall of aectiosi 12; The nortbeaat quarter of taction elcvaa Xnc soutn iraononai nan paction ii ; The west fractional hall of section 13; The northeast fractional qua. tor of ae ... . tionH; All ol fractional seotion 24; All of fractional seotiou 25. containing 2245.91 acres, more or less. Also, tne toiiowing traota or parcels oi land, lying ia the county of Crittenden and State ol Arkansas, to wit: Southwest uuarter ot section twenty-on (21); Kaat bnlf of southwest quarter of section twenty-three (23) ; West half or souon six v: yi est half of soUion seren (71 1 Northwest quarter of seotion eighteen (18). Rm,thMt Irnc-innal fliartef Of BCCtlOU nineteen 119). all la township 3, north rang 7 east. . Xbe said six to) last names nracta eon uu- ing 1070.77 acres. All Iso.'tha following other lands, lying In the counts of Monro, and State of Arkan sas, and described as tbl owsi Th outh west quartnr of sactua sevenveeu (17), containing 160 acres; The southwest quarter ef th northwest quarter of section 17, containing 40 aores; The north half of the northeast quarter or section 26, 80 acres; . The nortbeart quarter oi n sonuwwi quarter of sect on 2. 4D aores I Containing in all 420 aores, and known as part of the "Redmond traet," all in town ship 2, south ran 1 west , Also, the following other lands, lying la the countr of Arkansas, and State of Arkan sas, and described as follows, to-wit: Th north half ot th north half and th north half of th south half of seotion 10, township 6, south rang 1 wat. containing 16Also."th following tract ot land, lying la Bo'irar county, Mississu pi, to-witi It being the north half iexoept twenty-two aores) as sessed to Lobdell, of section twenty-si, township twenty two, range euht, conUm ing three hundred (300) feres, and being th sam land conveyed by J. D. Quigtey, trus tee, to K. M Apperson Co., and known as the "St. John Pi .ee." Also, th following tract of land lying in th eoaoty of Panola, and State f Musieaippi, and atore particu larly desoribed as folro.s, to-wit: The north east quarter of section twnty-six (20), th west half el seotion twenty-fir (25), th southeast quarter of section twenty-fis (25), f.art of tt northean quart or of notion wenty-flr (25), all of nectioa thirty-six (36), In townships, rantre 6 west, aad containing about 1332 acres, 696 acre of which is cleared. Also, th following tracts f lands fituat d, lyiasand beinit in th county or Lm ooln aad SUU of Arkansas : Sonth fractional half of seotion thirty-iAr (),; township seven (7), south (5) west! W of Boon lake, aeetioa tbirty-thr (3SI. township seven (7), rang tv (51; east half east of Bopne lake, soiioei fear (4). town ship , range 5; northwest qoarser of ettea S, townihip 8, range 5; aortl i IraoUpnal half S, raaae 5; southwet quarter seetron t, township 8, rsnse. oonUia.ng Iis4ta.2 acres, together with all ac)rarUHt..fb f nertbat quarter oi 7uui th Arkansa rtvr. koow as r . pl. a.A. Vlantat oo." together vtf fu.t lowleg personal property: Tejfwa f. head of mules of various sgea, glaca aooti sorlptions: two head o cattle: on steaut sngin and fixtures; on gristni'l; on cot ton gin and cotton pre s. together with wagons, tools and farming uUn-ils. Terms of sale One-fourth oat h oi the price, balance in four equtl it sUllmenU, pay able in one, two, Ihire nnd tour years, evi denced by notes exrcuteJ by tbe purchaser besrin interest at tba rate of six per cent. Ser annum until pail, and secured by trust e.-d on the sa'd lands The title to sbove lands is good, but I sell and convey only a Uu tee. ' Iturther iiiloruiati. n can be obtalnaa or K. M. ApterKon A Co.. D. C. Matighter, Cha'rman and Trusteu, and of N. F. lma ter, ol i'orcl A Ltmaster rM 'Jf 55nt Trniitre. Mane Temple.