Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-24
BREVITIES.

-Beecher's church IS q serious com
petitor with the theater.
-Infanticide is fearfully prevalent il
New London, Conn.
England last year realized 81, 096, 56j
from tax on dogs.
There was a fearful gale at Umatilla
Oregon, February Is, which destroyed
many houses and a number of lives.
IGEs-The Morgan raid compensation bill
was defeated in the Columbus legislature
All northern Ohio voted against it.
"A couple in Maine were married on
the ice. Coel, if not romantic.
The Catholics are going to Elild
both a chapel and a college at Oxford,
England.
The German steamers are expected
to bring over 10000 immigrants during
the summer.
1t i said that the Austrian clergy
are to be taxed to aid the government.
Boston and Roxbury are to be united
under one municipal government.
Among the other popular street mel
odies in Charleston is heard the dnlcet
notes Of "sea crab"
Eighty radical papers in the south
are supported by $4,000 worth Of gov
eminent advertising.
"A London paper says that America
is a home for old world errors.
The Oh City of Boutwell,, Canada
West, has been nearly destroyed by
fire.
Queen Victoria has left Off mourDing.
The "swell-mob" is on the increase
in Cincinnati.
The fossil skeleton Of a whale, per-
fectly entire, and measuring $50 feet in
length, has been found at Hokitika, New
Zealand.
The immense shell combs, such as
were wern forty years ago, are to super
eede the waterfall.
Captain J. G.. Chambers killed his
brother in Perth, Canada, the other day.
He shot him for calling him a liar.
Max Maretzek has been presented
with a beautiful gold mounted baton, by
Ronconi.
The underground railroad bill for
Broadway, n. Y, has passed.
The French government has trans
erred the base of supplies from Valpa-
to San Francisco.
The poet Whittier is out in a letter
irging pecuniary aid for the South. He
asys Massachusetts never hated the
south.
"A country paper notes a remarkable
peeimen Of poreine fecundity, the pro-
.uction Of thirty pigs in one litter.
1t has l@es been discovered that
he fashions Of New York are extrava-
and absurd beyond all description
ihen compared with those Of Paris.
There are twenty-five beautiful and
educated girls at Port Royal, and
OF a single bachelor. That must be a
god place for young men to emigrate to.
The vertical rise and falls of the
hattahooehee is 40 less than sixty or
'venty feet in the course of the year.
"A case Of courtship Of forty-three
ears standing is reported ia East
ynne, Massachusetts. The gentleman
paid bis visits on each alternate :
lnday evening. !
-Menken is free again. Robert Fl. {
ewell, one Of her latest husbands, it is 3
ated, has obtained a divorce from her. :
Sixty buildings were burned on
onday night in the town Of Boutwell,,
.nada West. The loss il estimated at :
1000.
The Methodist church at Ports L
outh, Ohio, was destroyed by fire on \
ndsy night. The building was valued !
1000. l
Mr.. Hepworth DMon's book. 9New q
neriea,n has reached a third edition in a
tndon. q
"A Miss Margaret Newman, of Bos- =
has left $4,000 to the theological 6.
looI at Meadvilie, Pa. IL
The Jewish population Of ST. Louis
Ie,0eo.
Nevada is going TO manufacture silk.