Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-07-23
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Dec LAw.-The dog law is in operation in
Cincinnati, and under it's operation -four bum
dred dogs have been killed.
LrnEsroNE.-The ~artesisn well at Colum-
bus. Ohio, has been sunk los feet, more tnan
one thousand OF il Is through a solid limestone
formation, In which the suguT lie still at work.
SuoAR.-This article continues to ommsn
more attention In all the markets than any
other. The fact 10 that the stock 10 ell the
principal home, as well as In foreign maIts, are
smaller than last year. Prices are continually
advancing.
FNrAL-Wm. B. Hall, from Evansville,
while STOPPING down TO lift a stone from the
ground, In Mariposa county. Cal, on the nth
June, dropped a revolver from bis bosom,
which, exploding, drove a bullet through bis
body, killing him almost instantly.
RAREr-Wm. Rarsy, elder brother Of the
celebrated horse tanner now IN England, has
been giving lessons IN the art At the National
Theatre, in Cincinnati, and in Louisville. He
lie Just as successful IN bis experiments as bis
brother.
DRowNED.-Fivs girls, who were bathing In
the North River above New York, walked for
ward, hsnd in hand, until they got out Of thsir
depth, when every one Of them were drowned.
They were from fourteen 20 nineteen years Of
age, and belonged to the I" House OF Mercy
SMALL NorEs.-The Padueah Herald says
the citizens Of that State have been saved thou
sands Of dollars, by the law which prohibits
the circulation Of small notes Of other States.
On account Of that prohibition but little has
been lost there BY the failure Of the Citizens
Bank.
srANIsH-Thsy have q queer way Of study
ing Spanish ia NeU Orleans. An advegtise-
ment in the Ddid, OF the 18th, says: Several
spanish ladies are engaged at tTot. Brette's
l3 81. Charles street, to afford students an
abundant practice il Spanish.
O~RrooN.-OregOn must be a very mOisty
country. A letter from there says at rains
twenty-six hours In the day for seventeen
months in the year. A shower commenced on
The Sd Of last November, and continued until
The 10Th Of March, when It set In for a long
storm, which lie not ended yet"
REruRNEp.-Mr. Vieuxtemps, the finest viO-
linist that ever visited this country, sailed from
New York on Thursday FOR Bremen. in the
Borussia. Mr.. ThalbeTg went sometime since
to the North, and left Boston on wednesday
for Liverpool.
RE1Ics.-There are yet standing, in sight Of
the Olympian Springs, Bath county, KY, four
teen log-cabins built by a regiment Of United
States soldiers IN 1872, under command Of Col
Owens, whose headquarters were there. =
W1rcHcRAFr.-Tbe Manitowoe (Mich.)
Herald states that the house Of a farmer re-
siding In the southwest part OF that county,
was burned to the ground on Saturday week, BY
a company Of persons, under the belief that
the occupants had bewitched all the cattle In
the nsighborho0d.
REv. LADIEs-At The recent annual session
Of the Ontario Association Of UniyeTsalists,
Mrs. Lydia A. jenkins received a letter Of fell
loWship as a preacher OF the gospel. Her bus
band is also a minister. This is supposed to
be the first female who ever received a letter
Of fellowship from any eeelesiastie body.
Rev. Antoinette Brown was only ordained by
her congregation. The Quakers have been in
the habit OF having female preachers, but they
never oTdain.
CONCEALED WEAPoKs-At Savannah the
crime Of carving concealed weapons is re-
garded, as it ought to be, Rs q serious ofense.
The Republican, Of the 18th, reports: Charles
I Trippe and James White, charged with carry
ing concealed weapons, were arrested yester-
day afternoon and taken before Justice Hart,
who bound them over in the SUN Of $1,000 TO
await an examination. The latter gave the re-
qHired bail the former, in default, was sent
TO Jail.
A WRErcH.-In the police report in the
Louisville Journal, Of Monday last, we find the
following: John Burke, drunk and disorderly
conduct. This man is an Irishman, and, at the
funeral Of his sister yesterday, was drunk.
Her remains, By her request on Der death-bedi
were buried alongside those Of a brother.
When the cortegs reached the grave, this fel-
low Jumped into it and commenced splitting
open a box containing the coffin in which were
bis brothers. remains. He opened the lid Of
the coffin and exhibited a bone Of the corpse in
an e~xulting manner. ALI present were disgust
ed with bis conduct. He assigned, as a rea-
son for his conduct, that the grave had not
been made large enough. Sent to the work
j houaa for one wear in default Of $500 bail.