Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-08-14

II fever in the city.
The mad dog excitement has agaiI
broken out in Chicago. On Wednesda!
afternoon several rabid dogs were seel
on the streets and killed.
H The czar and sultan distributed 81
e many snuff boxes shat q Paris jOurna
hopes the next present may be supply
4 of handkerehiefs.
q Counterfeit tens on the Flour CITY
3 National bank. of Rochester. n. Y, ar,
- now in circulation. They are said to be
well executed.
A red cedar post is standing in Sharon
\ n. J., which is not at all decayed
: though it was put in its present position
i in 1749-llS years ago. -
Letters from Utah deny that trouble
: exists among the Mormons, and says
!. that Brigham rules the saints as sbsO-
lutely as ever.
The war department has issued an
y order that hereafter mileage will be CON-
puted by the shortest route usually trsv-
{ eled.
Butler, in q report of his action as
! commissioner of exchange OF prisoners,
. saws that he acted under the direct or
] ders of Grant.
1t formerly required majority of the
: votes Of the state to make 3 man COVER
|. nor, now a man only needs one vote,
provided the voter is district satrsp.
-Thursd,.y the thermometer was 9S in
the shade at st. Paul, Mimi, the warm
est day Of the season, and the day after
il was SO.
The revenue cutter Pswtucket was
sold at auction at Baltimore, on Tuesday,
for SIS, 6OO to parties in that city. She
will be dispatched to China.
The president is quite shOOtist. At
l.. chnnfsTaCr q fah lost fI'nrru-
day, he hit the bulbs eye three consecus
tive shots, but at what distance we are
not informed.
The total sum set down'for the interest
in the French Budget Of 1855 is 5l2, $780,
56Sf. That amount is an increase Of
s. 94S, 761fOn 1867.
The New York Times complains
( tbat the books in the Mercantile library
in that city are defiled by filthy seriblers,
I and that the managers seem to care
/ nothing about it,
/ Vessels st Boston reports the ship
! Gen. Mcclellan, from New York for San
/ Francisco, during gale on the I'd inst,
/ lost overheard two seamen and another
/ fell from sloft snd was crippled.
/ In England any place of amusement
which has been visited by any member
Of the royal family, is permitted to name /
! itself the royal thester or opera
Those in Paris who go to places of
amusement in hired carriages are COM /
PEELED to pay their fare before they reach /
the place, in order to avoid delay upon 4
arriving.
A large bed Of paint of various eolors |
and Of superior quality, has been discov-
cred IN the township of Pine Plains. .
seven miles from Allegan, Mich. 1t is
thre miles in length.
nf nafrOif a on q
strike because the publishers refuse to
employ certain men recommended by
the Union. Over one hundred are out of
employment.
In Philadelphia, on Wednesday, a
negro named Nolan quarreled with his
wife, and in the melee cut her with a
knife some thirty times. The injuries
were not fatal.
Sweden is about to increase her fleet
by a formidable iron clad, the Scorpion.
The turret Of this ship is to carry Arm
strong guns Of the heaviest calbre.
Mr.. Z. White, pOrk-packer, of
Milwaukee, some time ago packed sand
and salt in barrels and sold it for pork
and lard, realizing $4,000 by the swim
die He has been arrested.
The United States cemetery at An
tietam is to be dedicated on the 18th of {
September, with imposing ceremonies.
1t is stated that the banks in Frede- {
rick, Nd, have instituted suit against
the corporation for 500, 600 claimed to {
have been paid by them for ransom when
Gen. Early captured the place in 1854. |
"A water spout was seen few days !
ago of the coast Of New Jersey, and the
Long Branch Ne1CS describes il as being
like a long, tapering cloud, with spiral
point resting on the water, and extend {
hon r.fN !
clouds, where it spread out ike the top {
of an umbrella. When it broke, the {
long, tapering column eLrled up in grace
ful folds, and gradually melted into the [
overhanging clouds, while st the same 5
time the clouds poured out torrent Of
rain. 1t lasted about fifteen minutes. q
Pennsylvania furnishes 733 per cent. I
on all the coal produced in the United
States, and sends the greatest number of 6
fools 70 congress.
The army worm has made its ap-
among the cotton on several Of O
the sea islands between Charleston and C
s
A prominent Indianapolis grain +
dealer estimates the wheat crop Of that d
state at about seventeen bushels per acre &
The usual average is between twelve and {
thirteen bushels.
The lowest estimate made for the v
expense of registration in Arkansas, is Il
eight hundred and ninety thousand dol Il
ars 1890, ,000.) On the same basis the Q
entire cost Of registration in the south n
will be fifteen millions. il
A union man of the original stripe Is
q Atlanta was approached the other day Il
md asked to subscribe to the Lincoln S
he remarked that be had e
.lready subscribed fifty three likely ne q,
,rOes, and did not feel able at present to ol
ubscribe any more. d
Sponge instead of hair, for upholstry, tt
5 one of the latest devices of this de az
Using age. The sponge is to be reduced W
0 pulp, and then dried and used for fill
ng mattresses, sofas, chairs, ETC., instead ST
f hair. III
Gov. Patton, in a speech the other Y
ay, estimated the cotton crop of Ala "
anna, for 1857, at 40O,0 900 bales. th
The mayor Of Baton Rouge has is vi
ued a proclamation prohibiting chari- O.
sris. M
An exchange says that a concentrat- A
d neutral solution Of tungstate Of soda, b
iluted with water to twenty-eight de- as
rees. and then mixed with three per- m
ent. of phosphate of soda, will efec- in
lally protect muslins against fire. 1t
an be used in the laundry, and will not na
rove Injurious to the texture. kr
The London Standard admits that it
ur $50 pound guns would penetrate any kr
,nglish mailed war vessel sfioat. To
According to the Pail Mall Gazette, fal
be long run" system of theatrical
lays in its present form of development
a thing Of quite modern character In no
-aTriek's day the managers were under TIC
pledge not to run new pieces more as
lan nine nights successively." Indeed, VI
/ the last century, an attempt to run a Is
lay, say hundred nights, would have on
reduced riot no
1t is a rule in the counties Of Culpep- up
sr, Madison and Green, Va, to invite gel
le county clerk to attend all the mar bu
ages to see that they are properly sol oI d
nnized. tn
Some of the orators at negro meet ter
gs in North Carolina are making Is
Oney by peddling brass jewelry after col
them. So says paper Of ga
lat State. tot
house keepers ia New ~
ork have a superstition that advertise ~
ents which appear in newspapers on u. u.
riday are never answered. ~
The two papers which have the SCI
rgest circulation on the continent of W ~
urope at the present time are the Gar ~ ~
,lLoU6e, an illustrated weekly journal ~.
Leipzig, and the Petit Journal, the w
leap Partisan daily. Each Of them has ~, ~
G, 600 subscribers. ~
A correspondent of Northern paper sur
Inmates preachers salaries at 1907 2s WI
4 annum. He based his estimate on or
e salaries of one thousand clergymen eff
siding in different states. ms
1t is proposed to raise money to re- IN
lid the Louisiana levee by grand lot tn.
~ scheme. EE