Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-01-23

AACCNAE ~ WAA1 1919 WV
upon other issues.
GENERAL NEWS
The Cairo Democrat Of the 21st says
Let the work Of Organization go on
In Egypt it should be perfect, harmoni-
Gus and thorough. Illinois Is to be car
ried for the Democracy! To that end
the Thirteenth Congressional District
must contribute q majority Of at least
three thousand votes! To our friends in
the Center and ia the North we say, put
us down at that figure, and we will not
disappoint you.
The death of J. c. Hutchinson, Esq,
Is announced as having taken place on
Friday last. He was a practical printer
and a man Of ability. He has been, in
the course of q somewhat eveRtful life,
the head Of seven different newspapers.
Samuel N Pixies fortune Is said to
be eight or nine millions, oae-third Of
which he made In the last two years.
-Ex-Minister BigsIow has wholly
disposed Of his interest in the New York
Evening Post, and does not contemplate
again returning to journalism.
Bryant has just been elected editor
in-ehlef Of the Post for this year, and
Greeley to the same position on the
Tribune.
Victor Hugo sells his autographs for
ten francs-two dollars each-invarisbly
in advance. He makes q large income
from this source.
The Empress Eugene is reported to
be the most graceful smoker in Paris.
When Louis Napoleon scolds, Eugenie
puffs.
-Manton Marble, of the World, is re-
ported to have q salary as editor-in-
chief of $4,000 a year.
Henry ]. Raymond is a Presbyte-
rian. Mr.. Greedy, as is we'll known, is
an attendant OF DR.. Chapin's Church.
The latter has Appropriated to an ortho-
dox standpoint in late yesrs. Mr.. Bon
ner is a COngregationslist, and Mr.. Jas.
Gordon Bennett a Roman Catholic.
William Cullen Bryant and Peter Cooper
are. Unitarisns.
Helena, Montana, is to vote on the
third Monday IN February as to whether
she will be q city.
-Ex-Gov. Army, Of New Mexico, left
Santa Fe on the eth for Washington.
He has with him many specimens of the
minerals of New Mexico.
Hon. Jas. Hall, an esteemed men,
Der of the bar, died suddenly al Chey-
enne on the 18th instant. The body will
Re forwarded for interment TO st. Cloud,
MINI.
The Cheyenne Argus, of the 18th
inst, learns that T. j. Welsh and a Mr..
Kramer were robbed Of 5000, near Malad
Station, on the road from SoImon river
to Boise, and upon Mr.. Welsh stating
that be knew the robbers and would
have them arrested, they Immediately
shot and killed him. Mr.. Kramer was
ordered to proceed, and told that if he
looked back within half an hour he
would be killed also.
A letter safely reached its destina-
ton in Iowa with this Endorsement :
" There is q ten dollar bill folded in this
letter, and if you want itWorss than my
mother does, take it."
The st. Louis Times newspaper an
nounees the death, In Ireland, of VIM.
J. Gleason, who was formerly a collector
for that paper, and was charged with
S~wartwouting with three thousand dol
lars Of its funds. The obituary is brief,
and no tears are shed by the publishers.
Two more eases Of trichina are
reported as having terminated fatally in
the hospital at st. Louis. Even cook
ing does not always cure the poison in
PORK.
"A fellow named Sullivan was ar
rested for obtaining four trunks, eGntents
valued at $500, on q forged order. He
implicated DR.. Geo. w. Irwin as author
Of the forgery, who had heretofore borne
3 good name.
During the day the inhab-
tants near Fort Bridger, Colorado, skim
waters Of the creek and obtain kero-
sene for the midnight lamp.
The Montana Legislature has passed
a resolution asking Congress to appro-
pirate $4,000 to improve the navigation
Of the Upper Mississippi.
John G. Nicolay, for five years Prf-
vate Secretary to President Lincoln. now
American Consul at Paris, has in con-
temptation the writing Of g history Of
Mr.. Lineoln's administration.
Coral jewelry, which has of late been
very fashionable, IS said to be to a great
counterfeit. Much of it is prepared
artifieislly from marble dust made into
paste by using ~siIicate Of potash, and a
little ~isinglass, and cOlored by Chinese
vermilion. {
Cen. Longstreet recently paid bis
to Gen. Hancock in New Or.
The latter introduced his guest to !
friends, as follows: Ladies and
gentlemen, allow me to introduce TO Won !
! gallant gentleman to whom 1 am in
iebted for an u~ngrseeful limp, and whom
had the misfortune to wing, in the {
anne combat"
The latest bulletin from Jenkins is ,
hat Alexander T. Stewards personal +
wardrobe does not cost him $500 a year.
The truth is, a man with $4,000, 0GO Of 9
income cannot afford to dress well. +
j b. McCullsh, the Cincinnati Com =
Mack" it is said, is to be l
Johnson's Private Secretary, +
iocd for Mack" maybe hem get back r
0 Democratic principles. f
As anticipated, the Military Treas {
lrer of Georgia, on taking possession of ?
he strong boxes, found no money. I
-Four hundred inmates of the Deer a
Stand institution, near Boston, were re-
emily poisoned by arsenic, it is supposed. v
q the food or water. Most of them will u
robably recover. il
Earthquake shocks were felt at st. y
andrews and Montreal, Canada. at
of the 18th inst. .
In the South Carolipa Convention n
coIored Sergeant-at-Arms, who was {
lected the day before, was induced to b
on account of incompetency. u
In the North Carolina Convention o.
Radicals took umbrage at a newspa- Il
er which called the black delegates b
negroes" and passed a resolution re- r
niring more respect from reporters in tt
d
There is said to be neither meat. a.
nor money enough in Wilkinson 9,
1unty, Mise, to support the inhabitants =
Tree months. h,
John William Fielder, of Laporte. OF
was found lying in Union Park,
hicago, on Sunday morning, with a ~
Die through his heart, a pistol by his If
de and ten cents in his pocket. ar
father Of a family at Washing
n holds q chief clerkship worth 5000. ID
sons have $1,000 clerkships, and an ~
her, d of SI400, while the daughter is
divided for with a 1900 piaee-nearIy
600 per year to q establishment. =,
The officers of the Milwaukee and djl
Paul Railway Company have issued
to their La Crosse, Prairie du as
lien and connecting lines, f~orbidding gr'
g practice OF locking the doors of cars,
that passengers may not be debarred an,
way OF escape in case of accident. pa
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