Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-18

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Butter, 81 kegs Hogs, $50.
, Cotton, 1913 bales Horses and Mules, 2.
, Candles, lU0 boxes. Oats, 3lg SKIS.
Candy, II. OIL, Is bbls.
Cattle, b Salt, 8 do.
Corn, ass SKIS. Tobacco. Is boxes.
Corn Meal, 81 bJls. WHISKY, 10 bbls.
Wine. lOJ Dbls.
F6E" Libby Prison is now a Grocery
Store.
IA A Freedmm's Savings Bank has
been openedin Savannah, Ga.
p%The small pox is subsidingaiMont
gomery, Ala.
BT- A young man recently died in
London from the effects of fascination
produced by a water snake.
aea- The recent garroting of two re-
porters in Richmond realized ten cents
70 the garroter.
na-P Planters around Montgomery are
paying the fines OF negroes in the chain
gangs, in order TO get them to hire.
BO- \. NJ. Boutet, of Augusta, Ga,
accidentally killed himself with a pistol
in his own hands.
B@A Federal soldier was hung in
Macon for killing Capt. Cook, of the
United States army.
n1- Daily trains have commenced
running between Columbus, Kentucky,
and Mobile. Time, t~hirty-six hours.
RSy In Columbus, Ca, spurious coin
representing gold and silver, is said TO
have been freely sold to the negroes by
some enterprising Yankee.
E- The longest railroad in the world
IS the Grand Trunk of Canada-from
Detroit to Portland-eight hundred and
thirty-seven miles.
ia Officer Joseph Smurney, of Louis
vile, was shOt in the abdomen by a
rogue whom he was attempting to
arrest in that city.
EJ- VIM. Mackay, Cashier of the Sub
treasury here, is q defauIter to the amount
Of thirty thousand dollars. The Govern
ment will lose nothing.
E Second Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral Fenly has left Washington for vari-
Gus ports of the South, in order to make
better arrangements for mail facilities.
bSr Maj.-Gen. Lafayette McLaws,
who commanded a division in Long
streets corps, is a candidate for Clerk OF
the Superior Court of Richmond county
Ga.
pea. It has been decided by the su-
preme Court of the United States, that a
hid at auction is a mere offer, and that
it has no binding obligation unless ac-
eepted.
NB- In the large crowd Of negroes
which assembled at the Freedmen's Blu
reau in Charleston on Monday last, a
child in the arms of its mother was
squeezed and sGfocated to death.
bg- The Reading Pa Railroad Com
pany have three tracks over most of their
road, and propose to add a fourth aud
run two for passengers anG TIVE or
freight. 3
parFather LavSnge the venerable
President of st. Vincents College, fen
from a ladder in Wheeling, Va, on New
Years day, and broke his thigh. He
had a narrow escape from death.
DSTIt is a noteworthy fact that not
withstanding the disturbed condition Of
the nation during the first part of the
present year, no less than six thousand
six hundred and sixteen patents have
been issued from the Patent Office.
BS~The property of the Eagle Manu-
featuring Company, of Columbus, Ga,
was recently sold for II hundred thous-
and dollars. A number Of the former
principal owners are concerned in the
new purchase, and they intend rebuild
ing the factory on an extensive scale.
IA a negro actress is about to appear
in tragedy at the leading theatre in Paris,
and it is said that Aldridge, the mulatto
actor, who has met with such success in
London, is now in negotiation with an
American Manager toplay in New York,
Philadelphia and Boston.
BS- The commerce Of the great lakes
during eighteen hundred and sixty-ive,
amounted to thirty-five million bushels
of grain, two million hogs, five hundred
thousand cattle, and two hundred thou
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