Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-04
GENERAL ITEMS.

"A1AAAAEAL AAEMS
The members of the Merchants
Board OF Trade at Norfolk have held
special meetings to appoint delegates to
meeting at Bristol, Tenn, to take
place July Is, 1868. They have APP
pointed fifty delegates from among the
merchants and business men of Norfolk,
and it is expected that Richmond,
Petersburg and Lynehburg will do the
same, to confer then and there as to the
most effective manner to further develop
the resources of Virginia and Tennessee,
to induce capital and immigration to our
midst, and to organize q Virginia and
Tennessee Steamship Company from
Norfolk, Va, to Liverpool, England.
All who feel an interest in this Object
are cordially invited to attend. Also
any or all of the merchants from Chat
tanOoga and intermediate points be-
tween there and Bristol, aad Nashville
and Memphis.
J, 9. Ray, formerly a citizsn OF
Nashville, committed suicide at the vt.
Charles hotel in that city, on Monday
night, evidently from sheer despair of
securing the employment necessary to
earn for himself and family livelihood.
1t seems that he was out OF business, out
of money and although net without
friends who would willingly have rem
dered him assistance, was too proud to
speak of his condition or ask favor. At
one time he was a merchant tailor, or
cutter, in Little Rock, Ark.
-The.tollowing advertisement appears
in the Chicago Post, Wanted-Iu re-
spectacle colOred family, a white woman
to do general homework. Apply st No.
70 Carroll street. No Irish need apply.
l. JORDAN.
The exiles in Siberia, according to
the report of the President Of the AID.
mlnistrative Council of that country,
are estimated to reach twelve thousand
a year. During the last few years the
average has risen to fourteen thousand,
OF whom more than sixth are women
and children. Q1ite recently the jour-
ney was performed on foot. a fifth of
the exiles die on the way or ia the hos
pitfalls. That mortality is explained by
the fatigue Of travelling apart from all
other circumstances. The mean dis
lance is about two thousand miles, which
represents about two hundred and eighty
days walking. The time necessary to
reach the more distant government, is
one year two months and half.
Mrs. Mary Lswler, young and at
-rsctive married lady, committed suicide
BY drowning herself at st. Louis on
Tuesday. An unmarried cousin visited |
her house occasionally and, Mr.. LayIer. /
who is hard working mechanic, occa- .
'ionally saw the young lady to her home. 4
Mrs. Lswler got Jealous and tired Of life, /
20 she jumped into cistern and put an
md to her supposed troubles.
Col. Fem, Chief of Police of St.
Louis, has been removed.
The artesian we'll at the Insane
Asylum grounds, st. Louis, now In its
,wenty-sixth month of boring, has
'eached a depth OF 3147l feet, but no
water has appeared fit to drink. This
3 the deepest well In the world.
Eminent Berlin physicians, it is said,
concur in the opinion that both Bismsrk
md King William will die very soon
md very suddenly.
"A correspondent writing from
omaha says In the last week there
ave been sixteen failures with business
houses, and before the next sixty DAYS
oil around they will double that
mount. Our streets look as if the
,lace was being deserted. Omaha can
lever get up The same excitement she |
lid this spring, In my opinion she Is
lead for years to come, and if the truth
gss told by all they would coincide with
ne. Two months ago there was not a
tore to be rented in the place. To-day
here are sixty-one stores for rent.