Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-23

collect money and food for the benefit of
the sufferers in the south.
The note printing bureau Of the
treasury department will probably be
abolished by congress. A movement to
that end has already been made. Sec
rotary Mccullough favors it.
The London Lancet is in doubt what
TO call several young ladies who recently
passed an examination for admission to
the society of apOthecaries. 1t suggests
4" apothecaresses asan appropriate title.
The successful passage of their examina-
ton might be styled the apothe-o-o'sis.
Texas has built four hundred and
twenty-five miles Of railroad, forming
four grand trunks diverging north, south,
east and west from the city of Houston,
and affording ample room for lateral
roads when the wants of the country
shall require them.
There are 2,2l8,O0O proprietors of
vineyards in France, 1000 varieties Of
vine cultivated, 5,435,OO0 acres of land
devoted to vineyards, and in 1854 the
crop was 1920, 100000 gallons of wine,
worth 500, 600 1909.
In Chicago, on Wednesday, James
Flanagan fell from Sands brewery, ads
lance of sixty feet, but fell upon a load of
barley standing at the door, and escaped
unhurt. He Immediately resumed work.
The New York Herdld's southern
correspondent says in Virginia the mill
tary rule has already been declared SUI
preme, but the fact of civil law being
abolished is hardly apparent. n Charles-
ton the revolution is accepted with
apathy, no one excepting the fre-eating
politicians seeming to take the matter
much to heart.
Physicians live twenty years each,
on an average. How many live on their
earnings is not specified.
"A number of ~kind-hearted Cincin-
natl women have organized a benevolent
society for their own sex. The object is
to procure employment at a reasonable
rate for such as are worthy.
Some enterprising "bear in Paris
lately started the story that two hundred
millions of dollars of the five-twenties
of 1862 were counterfeit. 1t caused only
a slight decline.
England and WaHs possess 925I
miles of railway, and their joint area is
1872 square miles. Scotland and Ire
land have 200 and 1888 miles, for areas
of 80, rs and 80, 5l2 square miles respect
lively.
Two young ladies, Misses kaufman
and Grof, were overtaken by a train st
a cattle guard, near Temple station, on
the East Pennsylvania railroad on the
9Th inst, and were struck by the loco
motive before they could cross tse guard.
Miss kaufman was killed and lie other
fatally injured.
"A blue tulip, for which vast sums
were offered during the tulipomania a
century ago., has been produced by a
French gardener, and win be ON exhibit
ton at the Paris exposition. Jones says
that he thought all tulips blew when
they opened.
People who write to authors for au-
tographS, should inelose a stamped en-
velOpe. Some fellows in this country
are said to derive q comfortable living
from begging autographs, and then
selling them. Mean.
-Oneof the lions at Barnum's museum
escaped from his cage recently and
fercely attacked a visitor, w%Uunding
him seriously before the brute was
knocked down by his keeper with an iron
bar.
The tax levy to carry on the city
government of Cincinnati, as agreed
upon for 1867-6S, amounts to S2,034, 900.
The city debt is So, 24O, 600. The prop
erty owned by the city is valued at S1O,-
600, 900.
From the statistics of the register
general of Great Britain, it appears that
a much larger number of those children
born at the latter part of the summer
died within 8 year of birth than is the
case with those born at other periods.
"A linen wedding" is the newest
nuisance of married life. Such took
place on the twentieth anniversary of
the marriage of a couple at Rome, n. Y,
on the Goth ult., and presents of linen Of
all descriptions were plentiful.
The Russian government wishes to
adopt the Gregorian calendar, now used
throughout the civilized world, but is
opposed by the Russian clergy, who say
its adoption will involve q recognition
of the pope. ]
Mrs. Polly Ashield, 8 venerable :
lady of Bullitt county, KY, has a living !
progeny numbering two hundred and
shirty-three souls. Mrs. Ashiield is very |
aged, not far from, if not quite, one hum !
ired, but possesses excellent health and r
for one Of her age. She was a a
grown and married at the time {
# st. Clair's defeat, and gave food and :
to the soldiers as they passed her (
house. c
The reduction in taxes under the @
amendments to the internal revenue law Il
axes effect on and after March 2, 1867. '
Ill exemptions date from the morning b,
that day. The income tax now to be v
eturned upon the income Of last year z
will be paid according TO the new law. q
thousand dollars thus returned is b
and all above that pays a uni pr
orm nate of five per cent. The returns 81 =
must now be made in March instead of 70
lay, as under the old law. h.
"A man in Cincinnati has sued an cE
ther for selling him a mocking bird &c
hat would not sing. The bird will be bs
ltrodueed as witness. ar
Among the bills passed he lower ez
ouse Of the legislature, yesterday, was 80
DE to exempt pensioners of the United he
safes from labor on the highways; one gu
.9uiring railroad companies to stop all b
assenger trains at towns having over :,
100 Inhabitants. Sd
.-Parana letters TO March 4th report ste
10 prevalence of yellow fever. Six &c
en- deaths from the disease had oe-
on board the United States steam f,
ip Jamestown. The executive officer, col
Inn o. Adams, died on Washington's for
and the paymaster and another SCI
were in 8 critical state. bri
In Toronto, on Wednesday, q a me
med Gould was put under the infiu- to
Of cA0loroform for. the purpose Of thr
wing the external lilac artery taken san
|, and a large tunor removed from his inn
Ugh; but before the operation could be aisl
be died. OF