Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-01
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Mrs B. G. Enos, the song-writsr Of
Rochester, died in that city on jhs 18th.
at the age Of thirty-siz.
"A corn harvester, the invention Of a
Virginian, has been tried IN that STATE
and Is a complete success. 1t Is verv
simple in its construction.
Nevada silver mines have ue1rsv
reached the place where earthquakes are
made. At the bottom of some the tenn
perature is 100 degrees.
President Bsez has signed a contract
for the establishment of line of steam
ers between New York, New Orleans md
San Domingo.
The French postmaster general
states that nearly as many American
journals are now taken in France as
English ones.
An American dramatic company,
consisting of five actors and three ac-
tresses, are playing at Shanghai Sests
in the boxes So, pit 81, gallery 81.
"A company of seventy Germans pa
raded New York the other day. none Of
whom had a beard less than a fo0t long.
The captain 5 whiskers reached his knees.
An association of the new church
(Swedenborgian) was formed in Colum-
bus, Ca, last week, embracing the States
Of Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.
The valuable jewels which deco
rated the altar and images at the Church
of Atocha, at Madrid. have been de-
posted in the Bank of Spain by order
of the authorities.
It is stated that in some counties in
North Carolina, famous for their high
priced tobacco, dried blaekberries yield
a greater amount of money than the crop
Of tobacco
"A LynehbUrg lady, who has been to
see Gen. Early, at Drummondville, Can
ada, says he is somewhat bent, and suffer
ing from rheumatism, but otherwise his
health is good He still wears the gray.
In Charleston, s. c., the tTade-o Of
this season Is three times as ne1vv as
that Of any other season since the termin-
alton of the war. The jobJing mer-
-AtAuAo "Setl NAAtAALA- AdIGs-
1t now takes $4,000 initiation fee
TO enter the regular board OF the New
York Stock Exchange. A resolution to
this effect was adopted on F-idaT at
meeting of the Board The fee hereto
fore was $1,000.
"A convention of railroad conductors,
representing many of the leading roads
of the country, have formed a mutual
insurance company. In the case Of death
by accident or otherwise, each conductor
belonging to the association shall pay the
deceased one dollar.
in England there are many farmers
who more than support themselves and
large families on the product of six
acres, besides paying heavy rents. Agri-
culturalists IN Germany, who are proprie-
tors of six acres, support them=elves on .
two, and lay up money On the remainder.
The Mayor Of Macon lately caught
a negro thief, at midnight, robbiug his
garden. The Mayor shot at him and
brought him to halt. Nothing daunted.
the negro Indignantly exclaimed that
q the time was coming when the people
could go where they pleased without be-
ing halted,
"A Spanish paper makes the remark
that the revOlutiOnists have exchanged
one Queen for two, viz: The beautiful
Duchess de la Tore. wife OF Serrano,
and the Countess de Reus, wife of Prim,
ereOles both Of them. the hrst q Mexican
and the latter a Havanese. 1t appears
that SerranO does pretty much as his wife
bids him.
Tho journalists of Paris brought
about the revolution of 1913 and sev
sral journalists have had hand IN the
present Spanish revolution. Aguirre,
the President Of the Junta, started IN life
as a journalist. Gonzales Bravo, the
Minister of Isabella Il, whose conduct
vas the main agency in bringing about
The revolution, was for z long time a
journalist.
1t is said that poor German ne
shanic of New York has Just invented
board which solves the long
sought problem of the prOlougation of
sound in the piano. The invention is a
very important topic of discussion among
and if the report is true,
and the sounding board should prove to
be what it is claimed to be, the einventor's
fortune is made, and the piano becomes
at once the most perfect of ali musical
"A large stock grower in Texas, dis
yusted with the prices offered by butch
ars and drovers, has posted notice in
the market place at Brownsville, that he
viii begin to slaughter drove Of beeves
and give the meat to the poor for moth
ing, and will do so until the whole drove
is disposed Of, OF until he can get reas-
enable price. This, he says, he can af-
ford to do, as he can sell the hides and
tallow for more than the butchers offer
for the animals alive.
The France Of Paris indirectly men
tons the one difficulty which prevents
the Sehleswig business being satisfaeto-
rily settled; it is the participation of
France in the treaty of Prague, which
was quite indirect and by which Prussia
would disgrace herself in the eyes of
Germany If she tolerated for one mo-
ment. The treaty Of Prague is treaty
drawn up between Prussia and Austria,
and though one clause was inserted on
the pressing instance Of the French en-
VoYs at Berlin and Vienna, sac has no
right whatever to insist OF its execution.