Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-06-10
MEMPHIS TENNESSEE, -THURsDAY ISIS
NEWS ITEMS.

RENrSNeEp.-At Plymouth, Mass, Mis
D Lizzie Boton, popular spirit medium, in
, formed the dnpes Of the spiritual superstition
. that she would be medium no longer " IT,
said she, +" the Angel Gabriel should stand b.
my side, and ask me to deliver a message frou
him, should reply, Gabriel, speak for your
selfl e
} PIoUs.-The late Rowland Hill once said, OF
! observing some person enter his chapel to aVOis
the rain that was failing " Many persons are
to be blamed for making their religion a cloak
! but do not think those much better who make
It an umbrella"
MINIsTEEIAL.-The Pastor and church Of the
Congregational Society in WestfOrd, Conn,
have had adfhculty for three years past. The
church having been closed against him, he
preached In bis own house, and then sued the
people for his salary. The Society dismissed
him, and allowed him elk hundred dollars.
sMALL.-Mr. John Briggs publishes a card
in the Louisville papers complaining OF the Off
GERS OF Braneh Of the Bank OF the state OF In
diana. at New Albany he having presented
81 900 Of their notes for redemption, they met
his demand by paying him the entire amount in
five cent coins.
CRUEL.-A case OF horrible cruelty occurred
in Rochester on Friday. A young man, sup
posed to be crazy, being left alone a short
time, coaxed little boy to enter the house, and
ss he was about to do so, caught his fingers in
the door, which be shut and locked, mashing
them to jelly. The fend then opened the win
dow, and putting bis head out. laughed and
yelled over the agonies Of the little sufferer until
be was released BY the psssers-by.
JEwrsH.-The solemn rite Of confirmation
was recently administered 10 a number Of
youthful Israelities, in the Synagogue at Louis
vile. A very touching part Of the services
was the Offering up Of prayer by two Of the
young persons-Simon Sale and Miss Gertrude
Oberdorfer.
DECISION At Bologna the mercantile
court have decided that no Israelite is obliged
to violate bic se5bdtu Of other holidays 20 do
business. The occasion Of the decision was
the protesting Of a note Of Jewish banking |
house, because the house refused to pay on the |
Sabbath, Saturday.
EDEN. When Dickens wrote q Martin |
ChuZzlewit," !" be certainly said some illnatured /
things Of " the land of the brave and home of /
the free,' but his description of Eden, or
Cairo, scarcely went beyond the facts. The /
Cairo correspondent Of the st. Louis RepubR- |
eGA, in that paper on Saturday last, gives the |
following description Of the present condition /
of Cairo:
In several Of our Finland seas the water is |
covered with a beautiful green scum, which /
gives it decidedly vsrdsnt appearance, so
much so, that it is matter Of difficulty to dis
tinguisA the grass from the water-that is, IL /
would be, If the yellow mustard did not point /
out the location Of the grass EnVious people /
say that every citizen has bis own private
sidewalk (that is, a segment Of the plank 4
walks) upon which be floats to and from his
residence but it is certainly SANDER, for
there are several families who have neither
skiffs nor RATS, nor floats Of any kind.
FsHY.-A correspondent Of the Detroit
Free Press, states that on the oath of MAY,
after a heavy rain tAe night previous, the
ground was strewed with email fish, which
must have fallen from the clouds. They were
found along the plankroad about half a mile
in extent, and about the same distance each
side Of the road, which is as far as have been.
They are Of two kinds; one is the kind known
here as the dog fish; the other no one here has
ever seen before.
PHILADELPHIA.-Street railways are rapid
y extending in Philadelphia.
FIRE ALARM.-This useful instrument has a
busy time Of it in Phildelphis as is evident by
he report of the work it did during the month
IF May. Lost children recovered, 1863 Coro-
ler notified, 43; horses, wagons, drsys, cattle
and mules restored, 27 insane persons recov-I
sred, II officers notified, 173; notices Of new
6 prize fights. orders Of Chief
~ Police, az; Chief OF Police notified Of riot,
!; Fire Marshal notified, 9; MISCELLANEOUS
messages, 565; total number OF messages,
O74. This instrument, it will be remember
ID, is telegraph rSnniug to all the principal
parts of the city.
TAx.-An ordinance has been passed in
Norfolk, levying a cspitation tax Of Sc on
every free white male inhabitant over 81 years
1ld.
REvIvAL.-The New York TTibHRs says:
not so prominently before the world
In everv-daV remark ss IL was few xreeks
ago, the Revival is actively prevailing, and a
yreat number of daily meetings are in the full
tide Of successful experiment. In Cincinnati
i is in contemplation TO have tent in which
% hold meetings in various portions Of the
,iiy.