Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-12-08
HI NEWS.

THE NEWS.
-" Tortola +" is the new name given b
8 hoax.
"A lady has aptly described the Cen,
trail Park as Nature with her hal
combed."
A Washington newsboy was foun,
to be a pretty young girl in breeches.
A piano at the Paris Exposition
served as q bed, bureau, washstsnd ant
bookcase.
The grave Of Lincoln's father il
marked by q piece Of clapboard markeC
at. L."
-Ex-satrap Mower has been ordered
to his regiment, seth (eolored) at Green
vile.
Several hundred persons in Francs
support each q pontihesl Zouave.
.Gafrard, the depOsed President Of
Haytl, has returned from Europe to ia,
msicG.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows fol
Colorado Territory was organized on the
3Oth ultimO.
The Treasury Department ct Wash
ington has 254l employees
-Ristor7s Havana visit has again been
postponed, this tins until February. She
will make another tour Of the States.
"A shad boning machine is the last
-Engiand has SO. OOO, 900 cotton spin.
dies.
The proposed bridge between Sicily
4 and the Continent will have four sec.
tions Of $50 meters each, and be less than
two and q half miles long.
-Greeu stre8ked marble is to be found
IN the largest abundance in Alaska, az
well IS some of the richest Ruriferous
sands in the world.
Weston, before reaching Chicago,
received 2 great many pleasant anony-
nous letters, including one rendering the
use OF 8 coffin to get into Chicago with
The Georgetown AiaeT declares that
scarcely a piece of granite can he OBJ
tanned upon Columbia mountain that
will not by assay yield a trace of silver.
There are now three m~ensgeries in
full blast in MOntgOmery-RObinson'a
Mammoth, Swayne's (the convention,
and another not named. ID
"A Western reporter calls WestOnis
walking Z" hereulRnean.n
Snow has fallen st Oswego, n. Y
to the depth Of seven inches, and it was
still showing at last accounts.
Gen. Sickles has been ordered to
Washington to settle up his accounts
preparatory TO being mustered out Of his
volunteer rank.
"A Chicago detective agency has, IL
fifteen years, recovered S., 900 worth
OF property.
Al Quincy, H., is a German with &
curious blood mark, in the form of S
perfect deer, about the size Of a silver
dollar, and on his right cheek.
The Gold Hill NeWs holds ii settled
4" that the silver and gold bearing lodges
IN Nevada do Dot necessarily increase
in richness propo.tlonately as depth ia
attained, but are usually richest at the
surface"
There is probability that q war will
bresk out between Mexico and Guate.
mala in regard to the boundary question,
and in case of such an occurrence, it liz
said that the Imperislists will give aid
and support to Guatemala.
"A New York Jenkins says /" The
wife of the editor Of one OF our chief
morning papers had 3 dress makers bill
last wear which amounted to ten thous.
and dollars, This is more than the salary
received by Mr.. Greeley as editor of the
the Tribune"
"A youth, appropriately named
Franklin, and aged thirteen years. ia
said to have discovered 8 mode of caus.
ing Q vacuum without condensation,
which will 3 = half the fuel hitherto
used in working steam engines.
The mail train OF the Union Pacific, |
Eastern Division, going west, last Thurs.
day, Pan into 3 herd Of cattle, east of
Junction City, and killed fourteen OF
them. The engineer could not see them
account Of the snow storm.
The AleutiaD islanders, who form a
part of our new INSTRUMENTATION citi-
marry as many wives as they are
able to support. Charming prospect for
emigration!
The Georgia Conservative Convention
met at Macon, on the 5th inst, and il
one Of the largest bodies ever assembled
ia the State. Every section and nearly
all the counties are represented. Hon.
H. Hill wss elected President by 80.
clzmation. His speech was able, sl0.
quent and conservative, aud was loudly
RpplaWled. eE
A Washington exchange q y the
Secretary Of the Treasury has therefore
decided, Ee ere authorized TO state, that
will be nd contraction Of legal ten
ders during the month Of December.
An English astronomer Informs
hose persons who were unable to see
the lsta star shower, that II they keep a
'harp lookout, they will be able TO see it
)n the 18th Of November, 1891 I
"A telegram from St. Thomas from
Savage, acting Consul General at
dated eth spsk, ssys the United
States war steamers DeSOto and the
Monongshela were both lost. The Gus.
.luehsnnah, although in a damaged
condition, had gone to Santa Cruz with
he crew % the MonOngRhela.