Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-10
GENERAL ITEMS.

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State Bank OF Ohio, on May 10th last,
was S407 ,52l. There was redeemed our
ing the previous six months S23 ,209.
Hon. Igna.ius Donnelly has COM
menced 8 suit against Z. b. Wsshburne
and the paper il st. Paul which publish.
ed WashbuTne's letter. D0nnelly lays
his damages at 100000.
WIN. 2. Ender has brought suit 10
Brooklyn against Eliza Sloctbof, bis
mother-in-lAw, for demoFslizing his wife
and interfering with his c%OnnubiAl hap.
piness, laying the damages at $4,000.
Joseph RObideauX, the founder of st.
Joseph, Mo-, died at that city On Wednes-
day, at the age Of eighty-fOur years. He
established an Indian trading post al
that point sixty years ago, and resided
there ever since.
"A family Of astonishing proportions,
consisting of two women q a boy, ar
rived in Chicago a few days ago, TO go
into the SHOW business. One woman lie
seven feet six inches high, the other
weighed seven hundred pounds, and the
bow, an infant Of four years, weighs
two hundred and thirty pounds.
The total annual circulation Of news
Bapers in the United States is now esti-
mated to be 1900, 000, COO. In Great
Britain it is 500, 900, 0OO-just one-Ehird
that Of the United States.
"A Chicagoan about to set out on his
travels, and having his feet lighted by
the lamp Of experience, has procured y
trunk encased in sheet iron, on which
his name appears in large letters, with a
defiant " Throw and be -.n
The rails on the Central Pacific were
laid to Rene, the Virginia City station,
on the Sth cit. Thus there are nOW for
ty-fve miles OF rails being operated be-
yond the Sierras. -RIGceTVMe Cal Her
aid.
The Chicago platform on the money
question reminds one OF the old rhymes
slightly altered
1t wires in, and wires out,
And still IL leaYes all folks In dOubt
II ". L. Grant and :. COlfa1
Mean pay in gold or IN greenbacks.
A Blood Horse Association has
been formed in Giles county in this
State, with q capital of SO 900, and the
following officers Gen. John c. Brown,
President; u. Edmunds and Scion E.
Rose, Vice-PTesidsnts J. B. Stacy, Sec
rotary G.. w. Lewis, Treasurer.
Our Irish fellOW-citiZeus have good
cause for pride in the details OF the
storming Of Msgdals which have just
been received by mail. Il seems that the
brunt Of battle was borne on the plains
OF Abyssinia, as it has been borne in SO
many other fields, by the Irish soldiers
Of the Queens army. What that army
would be without the recruits it draws SO
freely from the Emerald Isle, we need
not stop to cOBjecture.s
The pension office business for the
past mOnth vas IS follows: Whole num-
bgr of claims received during the month
Of May, original aud increase, of widows,
etc, 22I6; Of invslids, 8S5 total, 3I0l,
Number of claims admitted, original and
increase, of widows, ETC., 1880; Of in
vsiids, ga; total, 1854. Number Of
claims rejected, original and increase, Of
widows, etc, 149; OF invalids, 455 total,
604. The whole number Of claims dis
posed of during the month was 349S,
The number Of letters written was 1925
circulars sent, 1851. In tie bounty
land division 90 warrants Of 100 acres
each were Issued 4 of I20 acres; l of 81
acres. Whole number Of warrants issued
during the month, 95 covering "A $50
acres. New applications received, 50
letters written, 2l9; circulars sent, 173
claims suspended, 252; duplicate war
rants issued, %.
O[AAAGA O4AGNNOA VI l4O DAAGAI
of Statistics, has compiled and published
a complete list Of ali the merchant yes.
sells OF the United States, by name, rig,
tonnage and home port. The total mum
Der of vessels is 16, 218, of which 545 are
ships, 745 are barks, sos are bTigs, $685.
are schOoners, 2846 are sloops, 46 are
yachts, IS are long boats, and 2507 are
steam vessels of various kinds. The to,
tai tonnage of the vessels contained in
the list is 2,755, 504. To each OF thess
vessels has been awarded an oficisI
number which is required to be marked
upon the vessel and upon her papers
To each seagoing vessel has also beeE
awarded agroup consisting OF four alpha
betiesl letters to form part Of her number
and to be used as It's symbol for purposes
Of signalling to passing vessels ut ses Oh
stations on shore.
The mother Of Charles F. Browne
(Artemus Ward has finally heard from
the English executors, but in such vague
and unsatisfactory terms that she might
as well not have heard from them at all,
There is something very strange about
the disposition of her sons property. h
certainly lett q considerable sum-, but
what has become OF it nobody can tell
on this side of the Atlantic at least.