Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-29
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/ Nine. LaGrange returned 70 New
YORK from Europe, last week, in the
Vile de Paris.
| La Grande Duchesse is the rage at
Fox's Varieties, and Crsig's buriesque of
it at the Eleventh Street Opera House,
Philadelphia.
Mid StsD1nlef. Nights Dream has been
produced by McVlcker at Chicago, and
the critics are unanimous in pronounc-
ing it the "most complete and artistic
spectacle ever prepared in that city"
-HoFley, of the famous, opera troupe,
is about to commence the construction
of an opera house in Philadelphia. It
will be located on Chestnut street, and
will be handsome affair.
Mrs. Florence, the sctress, who b I'D
brown hair last year, has returned from
Europe with her hair of a gorgeous
golden blonde, which increases her
beauty wonderfully.
In San Francisco, Cal. the opera
season closed on the LAST Of s sptember.
like beautiful dream" Gays q poetic
local, $" to the subscribers, but stern
reslity to the management, who have
lost money"
The " blondes Of Great Britain,n as
tisements, have become popular favor
ties; and in LTioa, which is very joIly
burlesQue, continue to have great sue
cess at Woods Theater, New York.
"A curious stati5tieisn has calculated
that while so much gold is spent to ena-
BILE men to carry deadly iron on their
shoulders, the 800 600, 900 francs In the
Bank of France would only require 5l02
men to carry the whole sum away in
useful gold pieces.
AT a marriage ceremony recently
performed at Pres Saint-Gervais, France,
the young bridegroom complained of
drowsiness, and before the wedding
breakfast was over he fell into q sound
sleep, from which he was not awakened
during eight successive days and nights.
"A curious electrical phenomena was
recently produced ny lightning during g
violent storm at Y0nne, France. Ii
struck house, and passing through one
OF the rooms, incperreptibly touched an
contained about 500 in gold, silver and
copper, and on being opened it was dis
covered that the whole was converted
into one solid mass. Most Of the copper
had been vOlstilized. The silver was
fused into one ingot, but the heat bad !
not been sufficient to melt the gold |
pieces, which were, however, firmly i'm |
bedded in the silver. This curiosity has (
been removed to the imperial mint.
The family OF n athanieI Hawthorne |
left Concord last week, and will sail to- !
morrow for Germany, in tbs steamer |
Deutchland. They will go at once to /
Dresden, where they are to spend the /
winter. The health OF Mrs. Hawthorne. |
who was very Ill in the spring, is now /
much improved, but Miss Hawthorne. !
the Oldest child, Is in very delicate |
health, and it Is hoped that the charge /
viii benefit her. TIE child en- all share
their mothers love for aFG and her skill /
with the pencil, and the youngest |
daughter, IAiss Rose Hawthorne, gives /
promise Of becoming distinguished as an |
artist. IL Is not generally known that /
sn edition Of Hawthorne's story, "The /
Gentle Boy" was published many years
ago, with Illustrations by Miss Sophia |
Peabody, afterwards his wife. This /
story, thus illustrated, led to an intimate
between the author and |
artist, which ended In their marriage. /
They went, almost Immediately after
their marriage, to live in the "Oid
Manse" at Concord, and it is there that
so much Of the Journal was written by
which Tioknor is soon to |
publish in two voiumes.-Sprinqfsld
Mass Republican.
The process Of laying the track on
the Pacific Railroad is thus described by
Hon. Mr.. Ogden: A side track, OF " turn
out one mile in length, is put down at
every ten-mile section, and telegraph
tent pitched, bringing the world ia COM
with that station. The con-
struction train has two boarding cars.
with accommodations for 500 men and
tents for the same number, while some
swing their hsmmOcks under the cars.
The washing, far eclipsing any of our
,ity laUndries, was in full operation, and
he culinary department was turning out
bread st the rate o; six barrels q day.
The necessity of firearms was not liz.
lored, the men being trained to the use
II guns as well IS picks. The water
rain, containing fifty tanks, stood upon
! side track, anu was connected by a hose
o the steam-pump at the rear of the
rain. A long train loaded with ties was
lnlOaded in i've minutes by a gsng OF
ifty workmeD, mule teams taking them
'riskly to the place where they were be.
ng laid. After the ties arc laid, car
Osded with iron rails Is pushed to the
nd Of the track; two rails gauged and
piked, the car pushed q length farther,
nd two more rails laid, he car tirped
ver on its side, of the track, when an
ther takes its place, and 50 on Gd inf
tttsns.