Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-08-25
JEMPHIS APPEAL.


~ NEWS OF THE DAY. slaN Eua
People are arriving at Saratoga at the
rate Of 1850 per day.
"A dame Of seventy-eight recently
rode to the top Of Mount Washington,
"A firm at Florence, Mass, Is convert
ing bone dust and ivory filings into solid
ivory.
The registration in North Carolina
will show a balance Of about Il, 0 In IA
vor of the whites.
Lots are advertised for sale in Lin
eoln, the new capital OF Nebraska.
The number Of registered voters in
louisiana, according TO act Of congress,
is s little over 100, 600.
The glut Of money in England is be-
coming frlghtful.
Two hundred thousand cigars are
made at the Michigan state prison per
month.
The cholera Is raging among the
Seminole Indians. About twenty new
cases occur daily.
The city Of st. Paul has voted S206, 900
in aid OF q railroad from that point
directly toward Lake Superior.
The track layers on the Chicago,
Rock Island snd Pacific railroad are now
within ten miles of Desmoines.
Western dispatches say the military
authorities are arming all the citizens at
Fort Sedgwick for the protection of that
post. aa raE
The Cheyenne road from Laporte to
Phil Kearney is impossible except for
large parties, and even they are fire.
quently attacked.
Steak and tea are served on the top
OF Mount Washington for 81 so. A
traveller says the former can be eaten by
one who has q cold.
Advertisements for proposals to
carry the mails OF the Mississippi river
| from New Orleans to Vicksburg, will be
Issued Immediately.
"A negro was killed and a white man
seriously injured by q collision of trains
on the Richmond and Danyille railroad,
on the 18th.
An unusual interest is manifested
among the Norwegians of Minnesota, in
the erection of church edifees. In most
cases these churches are quite large, well
built, and reflect much credit upon that
people.
The political contest is becoming
highly exciting in California as the cleo
ton draws near. The independents con
tinue their opposition 10 Gorham.
As the passengers were going on
board the steamer South America, in
North river, Friday, the gang plankgave
way, precipitating about thirty into the
water. Fortunately, no lives were lest.
The negroes OF Atlanta, Ca, have
gone into the base ball business, and q
deputstion from one of the clubs there's
on q visit to Augusta They are dressed
in red pants and sky-blue jackets.
There were five applicants for the
Chicago misunderstanding before the reeOv-
erv OF the body of the late incumbent.
1t is said that the fair grounds at
New Orleans are to have an artificial
lake, streams, hills, etc, and that they
are to be "sOwn IN u-mbrageOus trees"
Portugal has abolished slavery and
capital punishment, and Victor Hugo, in
q rhapsodical letter, says Portugal stands
at the head Of Europe.
-Advices from New Orleans say that
Sheridan was about to remove Sheriff
Hayes, Of that city, when removed him.
self.
There Is q gentleman at Saratoga
an ear trumpet so immense that
when IL rains he sticks his can into it
and uses it for an umbrella.
A resolution was offered in a demo-
cratic convention in Pittsburg, Friday,
approving the course of the president,
but, after a rather bitter discussion, it
laid on the table.
"A dispatch from Punta Ross, Fla,
that the telegraph cable from Key
West to Havana, was recovered and
on Sunday, and was working
veil.
"A dispatch from Fort Hays on the
4th, says 1.-THE Indians are all around
Is. shooting every man that ventures
ut OF camp. They have taken all the
took in this vicinity, and stopped work
a the railroad beyond here
A New York paper marvels at the
act that Colored newsbOys are tolerated
o that city. Ten years ago the aristOc-
acy Of gamindOm would not have per-
II.
In st. Louis Wednesday, a wild steer
scaped from one of the city stockyards, ,
went tearing through town at q 4
1rious rate, and gOred a boy named
farshall, who is since reported dead. +
he animal was finally killed by the
Olice.
Visitors to Saratoga complain Of the {
lrtUre of brushing walters, and il you !
ont pay them for it you incur their {
endish hatred, cold coffee, deafness of ?
be head walters, futile bell pulling, and l
dreary dearth of clean towels. S
Cholera is raging in the nOrthwes- I
I'm part Of GallAtin county, Illinois u
hirty cases and twenty deaths have O6- 4
already, and the people are fleeing =
ON the country. Death usually ensues Z
six or twelve hours. :