Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-02-23
GENERALLY


by the Seminoles.
Wild turkeys and venison do not sell
Tor IS much as beef st Pensacola, but
cost more wherever there are game laws
as there should be.
The Central Park at New York has
cost more than ten millions of dollars,
out what would the great commercial
metropolis be without it, or how do?
Mast is painting ten pictures Of the
seventh Regiment Of New York. Were
We to judge by some Of bis pictures in
Harper, they win be Nasty indeed.
Jerome has sold the great racer Lex
ington to Messrs. BathgAte, Skidder and
constable, retaining 3 fourth interest,
for $40, 900. p
-C&mbridge, Mass, is very much ex-
ercised because negroes are excluded from
the fashionable skating rink.
ran attempt was made recently to
rob the city of New Orleans Of round
million Of dollars from the vault Of the
| CITY Hall. A policeman named G.. W.
Kent, has been charged with leaving his
beat as night watchman Of the Hall,
aud during his absence the attempted
robbery was made, and was very nearly
successful. He is regarded In the light
of an accessory, and there viii be an in
vestigation Of his conduct. He has been
suspended, and the affair will be sifted
thoroughly. 1t is alleged that there are
notorious thieves on the force, which
will also be investigated. Such chsrae-
ters should not be tolerated on any police
force, bat should be instantly dismissed,
unless completely able to exonerate
themselves. rIT FaHH H
James DelaD, formerly ofCovfngton,
was arrested at Springfield, Illinois, on
Saturday, for the murder Of his wife.
The pending bill to create the Terri
to:y Of Wyoming, establishes equal rights
ofsuffrage and eligibility to Office for ne
grOes aud whites
"A man was expelled from the Metho-
dist Church at Juuetion City, Kansas,
the other day for having obtained sd
mission on forged papers.
Large land-hOlders In Greene County,
Alabama, are offering to give the use Of
their plantations for the next year to any
one who will agree to pay taxes on
them.
New Orleans claims to possess more
miles ofstreet railway than any city Of its
size in the world.
Gen. GlIlem has ordered an election
on the ratification Of the constitution of
Arkansas, to commence on the 18th Of
March and continue five days
-On the Ilth inst, spirited horse,
half brother of the celebrated Dexter,
attached TO buggy in which were Chas.
II. Sharp and John Knight, Of Prairie
vile, Pike county, ran away on the ice
on the Mississippi river, opposit TO Lou
isans. Mr.. Sharp was soon thrown out,
and seriously, though not dangerously
wounded. When at full speed the horse
ran into an air hole with such velocity
that horse, buggy and Mr.. Knight, were
thrown oRt Of the water all in hsap
on the solid ice. Singularly enough Mr..
K. and the buggy suffered little, though
the horse vas a good deal damaged.
The monotony Of the House proceed
ings was varied on the 18th by q scene
during the consideration of the bill grant
ing pensions to the INDECENT soldiers Of
1872 As expected, Washburn, OF Hi
nOis, opened batteries on the Dill, and the
Radical friends Of the bill opened on
Wash0urne. He was kicked and cufed
so numerically that he even declined
calling the yeas and nays, and allowed
the bill to pass without division. It is
said to be the first time WashbuFne has
ever been literally whipped into surren-
der.
In Barnesyille, 0hio, fsw days ago,
Mrs. Nathan Humphery fell into the
FIRE, probably il a fit, while her hus-
band and children we're away, and was
burned to death,
The Albany Argus states that Hugh
J. Hastings, of that city, has purchased
the interest of Thurlsw Weed In the
New York Commercial Advertiser.
An incendiary fire at Patterson, New
Jersey, on Saturday, destroyed Annis'
cigar factory, IngIiss' real estate office,
Motifs crockery store, and McKse's livery
stables. Loss heavy.
-Nettia Hen, Of Wooster, Ohio, died
at the age Of fourteen, recently, from too
much skating.
Gen. Sherman declines the brevet
rank tended him by the President.
Mr.. Bingham, Of Ohio, has prepared
an additional reconstruction bill-the
9th of the serles-snd viii INTRODUCE it
this week. 1t is intended to prevent the
defeat Of rstiaestion of Southern States
constitutions by electors refusing to vote
Thats right, let Congress fetter ana
manacle the white people of the South,
ifthey can, while they may. Their time
is growing rapidly and surely short.
Captain T. Townsend, a well known
Missouri bostman has bought two-thirds
of the little Tom. Stevens. Upon his
arrival at St. Louis he viii load her for
Fort Benton.
"A Mound City paper says there is a
family named Hampton, living near De
Soto, Illinois, consisting OF the old man,
seventy-sour years Of age, his wife
seventy, twenty-five children, the young
est an infant at the breast. The venerable
mother has evidently forgotten that she
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