Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-30

WHO Week WOIk VIII De -
Sharpe's rifle factory at HARTFORD,
the forty thousand guns which the COM
pauy made for the government during
the war will be altered so that metaiiC
instead Of paper cartridges can be used.
Patrick Mevin, sixty years old, went
on the roof OF q five story house in
Nashville, on Sunday night, slipped and
fell to the ground. IDstaBt death was
Of course the consequence.
Christ church cathedral, Montreal,
G. E., was c~onsecrated with great pCmp
recently. A large number Of clerical
dignitaries from the states, among whom
were the bishops of Virginia and Illinois,
took part in the ceremonies.
"A very modest young lady who was
a passenger on board a packet ship, it is
said, spru X out of her berth, and jumped
overheard on hearing the captain, during
q storm, order the mate to "haul down
ne Sheets"
IA society exists in London Of a ven
fable character, for il is in the 2l3th
year Of its existence. On the 18th OF
May the festival of the soRs OF the clergy
wa held in st. PaUls Cathedral, and in
the evening there was a dinner in aid of
the charity. The society affords aid to
1900 impoverished relations.
"A traveller in Texas writes that that
state, as soon as the Indians are reduced
to subsection, will be able to supply the
whole country with better corned beef
than can be purchased in any other
part OF he world, and Of cours much
cheaper.
The sherry wine merchants at Cadiz
have told our consul that " the stuff sent
to the United States was not sherry at
all, but slOps used to wash out the tubs
and for other dirty work about the stills"
This will be a cheering reflection for
lovers Of "Amoretiilado" and pale
golden
Petitions are circulating in New
York, praying that the constitutional
convention in that state coneede suffrage
to women.
Victor Hugo has addressed an appeal
to Juarez to spare the life Of Macmillan,
insisting that his most suitable punish
ment would be TO live by the mercy Of
the republic.
There were already assembled st
Rome, on Wednesday, over 400 Catholic
prelates, and upwards Of 1000 priests,
~cOngregated at the call of the holy IA
ther, to celebrate the eighteen hundredtb
anniversary of the msr- tom Of st.
Peter.
The feeling against the Catholic
clergy in Italy, is still very bitter. On
Monday the people refused to join the
e~cclesiasties in celebrating the festival Of
st. John, the patron saint Of Florence,
giving As a reason that the latter had re-
fused 10 celebrate the national festival Of
free Italy two weeks ago.
"A confirmed votAry Of Bacchus', re-
in Bergsmo, Italy, has discovered
a method OF self destruction as strange
as it is new. He made q bet that he
would break several hundred plates with
his head. He did 50, and won his
but on returning home was
seized with a burning fever. His head
swelled to a fearful size, and he expired
after some hours of excruciating suffer-
Some OF the proprietors OF the At
lsntic telegraph stock in England are
making efforts to obtain q weekly publ |
cation Of the receipts by the cable. They
thst the Interests involved are con-
siderable, and that the desired publica-
ton would tend very materially TO assure
those most concerned Of the actual posi-
ioG 81 Their sec&Nies.
The Union movement among Pres
.yterians imparts new interest 10 the
statistics of the several branches The
old school is the largest having 2SS3 sos
members; new school, $50, 401; UnifA
Presbyterians, 5S,9S6; Cumberland Pres
byterIans, {, 1000. The union Of the
denomination would give D HA
membership Of yer SOC, 900. nv