Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-05-03


"A German beegsr woman in Cinein-
natl died last week, leaving cash to the
amount of $1,000 to her daughter.
"A negro named Mitchell was hanged
bv a mob in Seymour, Ind, on the s0th,
for robbery.
1t is said 70 have been the expressed
wish of Bishop Tlmon that Bishop
Lynch, Of Toronto, should succeed him
in the see Of Buffalo.
A thirty-pound shad is reported to
/ have been caught at P POughkeepsie, N. y,
few days since.
1t is stated that Secretary Seward
designs visiting Mississippi soon, and
that General Butler viii come south in
June. e
"A gentleman in Scott county, Ky,
purchased thirty acres of land at 500 per
acre. He sowed it in hemp, and the first
) years yield was $40 per acre.
The operatives OF the eight hour law
in Illinois, (which took effect on the
first, are throwing large numbers Of oP-
eratives out OF work in Chicago.
1t is singular fact that very few
crimes are committed between the hours
of and pm. People who have any
thing to eat are generally eating it about
that time.
The lockout In the Pittsburg iron
mills, which has existed since the second
{ of last Jaauary, terminated Monday, by
the mill owners giving the workmen the
lold prices. The nail factories will also
resume work.
There is an old gentleman named
Stanley Monk, residing near Whistler
station, on the Mobile and Ohio railroad,
who was born in March, 1853, and is
therefore 104 years old
The Boston Transcript has been sued
for libel by the woman whose husband
recently attempted to kill A. D. Rich
ardson. The Transcript, it viii be re-
membered, defended the husband, and
said the wife was no better than she
ought to be.
The Chicago Journal says: a gen.
teman connected with the business
management Of this paper has eaten no
meat for fifteen years past, enjoys excel
lent health, and has a complexion that
any lady might covet for its c!earness. p
The Count de Grefiulhe, who is re-
ported to have been the richest man in
. France, died on the 9Th of April, at the
age of ninety-two. His fortune is esti-
mated at from forty to sixty millions Of
/ dollars, which he has bequeathed to his
nephews.
The Fort Wayne Democrat tells Of
! beautiful, intelligent, amiable, facinating
and immensely wealthy young lady in
that city who carefully conceals the
I knowledge of her wealth, wears cheap
clothes, and works in a milliner shop,
waiting for some interesting young man
to WOO and win her " for herself alone.
A fend in human shape, named G.
. G. Williams, of Norwich, Conn, has just
been sentenced five years to the peniten-
tiary for endeavoring'to kill his child, a
little girl, first by starvation, and second
by beating her with a rawhide. 1t was
proved that he struck her, altogether, a
thousand blows with a green rawhide,
laceratiug her terribly.
Gen. Howard has purchased a fine
farm Of three hundred and seventy-five
acres Just across the eastern branch Of
the Potomac, and about three miles from
the capitol buildings, which he will
divide up into small tracts and sell to
freedmen, the object being to get them
out Of the city and make them indepen-
dent producers.
There is said to be a movement for
independence in that part of British
America known as the Red River coun-
try, lying north OF Dakota, and subject
at present to the control of the Hudson
Bay fur company. 1t has a population of
ten thousand, and does nearly all rs
trading with Minnesota.
-" Major " S w. Wood, who made
grand flourish in the north three years
ago, as the pretended hero Of an escape
from a southern military prison, in
which he alleged be had been confined
as a union spy, having been condemned
to death, etc, was arrested in Chicago,
on Monday, charged with forgery.
The commercial editor Of the Boston
WutchB30n and Reflector, in a report Of
the Lynn shoe market, notices as a curl
ous fact the difference in shape required
by various sections. " The southern
ladies' wear boots cut very high in the
instep; the ladies Of California and tie
western states require a broad, wide
boot, while for the trade Of the New
England cities a very narrow, delicate
shaped boot is demanded"
-Traeklaying on the Union Pacific
railroad has been recommended this
week, and wiz be prosecuted vigorously.
Ties are on the ground for one hundred
miles Of road, and forty miles Of iron ia
now in Omaha. Grading will be done
at the rate Of two miles per day. The
quartermaster at Omaha has notified the
superintendent Of the road that he shall
want transportation for 30, 0,0O0,00O pounds
of government stores during the coming
season.
The season thus far is certainly pc
culiar. One day we have almost a June
atmosphere, with free instalments of
thunder and lightning, followed by
temperature cold enough for March
The elements above and below exhibit
unusual disturbance. Our exchanges
tell Of much damage by lightning in
various parts of the country, while the
earthquake that seems to have shaken
up Missouri and Kansas a few days ago,
indicates connections Of a subterranean
character, anything but agreeable for
those who are within the sphere Of their
influences.
Those two well known initials, H
G., Of the Tribune, and It. w Of the
Commercial Advertiser, are again in q
terrible war Of words. T. w. pours a
loaded broadside into II. G. every after
noon, in /" five editions 2 between two
and five pm. H. G.. comes back at him
the next morning with an equally leaden
reply, and so the war RACES. H. G. calls
T. w. q "liar." The latter demands
the "proof" The former proceeds to
furnish it. T. w. defends himself by
striking at the nose of his adver-
sary and making a determined flank
attack. Then comes defense,
and rejoinders to replications, surrejoin-
ders to reioinders, rebutters to surrejoin-
ders, surrebutters 10 rebutters, and so on
in endless swash of scolding and black
guarding, to the general disgust of the
readers Of both papers.
The radical Chicago Tribune is dis
pleased with Thad. Stevens recent letter
denunciatory OF Senator Wilson's Yir-
ginia speech, in which he declared that
by the, election Of loyal delegates the
state viii be admitted without other
requirements" It says: We regard
this letter of Mr.. Stevens as pernieious
in its tendency, and calculated to dis
courage the thousands of white men in