Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-20
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70 three children on Tuesday.
Cranberry picking Is now At IL
= height on Cape Cod, and the berries sci
|. at SO to Sl3 per barrel.
During the present month herrings
= are taken in large numbers along the
eastern shore Of Massachusetts,.
1t Is stated that ell the sswing-biFds
: sll the eall-bells, and all the tape meas.
{ ures msde in this country are manufae.
. tured in Meridian. "a
Mr.. Grsu has Introduced at his thea
: ter In New York the English half price
system. Spectators arriving after half.
past nine are entitled to the benefits Of it.
: 2l1-There are now two hundred hands
: at work on the railroad from Sparta to
! McMinnville, Tenn, and the mum Der is
) soon to be increased to four hundred.
I'VE learn from different farmers th at
; the present crop Of corn will be the
largest that bss been gathered for some
years past.-Fredericks6urg { (HG.) NetOs.
. Mrs. Hannah Wick, of Tennessee, is
l07 years old, and still sufficiently ener-
Eetie to draw pensions on account Of her
husbsndi who was revolutionary SOL
dier.
Charles Franklin Robertson, Epis-
eopal Bishop elect of Missouri, is but
nine years out Of college. He graduated
st Yale IN 1855, and took charge OF bis
parish only six years ago.
Dali OUgsro, the great italian meet
and dramstist, has written tragedy ex-
pressly for Miss Madge Robertson, in his
liSPinioD the most poetical and refined
actress on the London stage.
-Flesh-colored gaiters, with the toes
stitched with black, to look ss II the
loot was bare, are reported to be the
newest mode. They are said to have q
BhOckingly natural effect.
One in seven of the population of
Holland consists of children between tbs
ages OF six ana twelve years attending
the public schools. There are no less
than AZ 900 of such young pupils.
"A Vassslboro,' Me-, farmer has been
raising peanuts the past season. He says
the seed was plsnted in April, and as
soon as the blossoms open they are COW
cred with earth. The crop produced
] nearly pint to the bill.
-Montresl is rejoicing in the arrival
Of statue Of the Queen, TO be erected in
| Plsce d'Arms, and marble busfs of the
| Prince Of Wales and the lats Bishop OF
/ Montreal. The statue was executed BY
| Mr. Marshall Woods, the eminent En-
( e;lish sculptor.
The violent deaths in New York CITY
| average one thousand per annunn, and
/ the deaths resulting from disease, but in
! Vestigsted by the Coroner, amount TO
about one Thousand more. The fees
alone paid to the CoFOners Of that city
amount to S26. 500 every year.
Santa Anna was ordered to Isave
the island Of Cubs in consequence of his
Mexican complications, q Juaraz spV
having unrAveled all his plots. He was
given thirty days to leave, and is so
poor that his friends will have to pay his
passage.
"A Havana letter says the captain
general will not trust the Spanish ms,n-
ot-war any more than to have one davis
ratiOns st time TO prevent their putting
to sea, as they might otherwise do i
should they conclude to recogpize the
new government at home.
"A Madrid dispatch saws fiat de-
cree ordering elections for the Cortes in
the colonies viii soon be issued. Slaves
will not be permitted TO vote. The colo
nisl deputies will be allowed to propose
plan for the abolition OF slavery. Free
schools in Spain have been reopened.
Wisconsin farmers find that q hon
crop, selling at twenty-five cents q pound |
pays better profit to the acre than a |
wheat crop selling at 81 50 or 81 80 q /
bushel, and that, too, on 8 Weld OF I
eighteen or twenty bushels Of wheat to .
the acre. Hops would be good thing to |
try IN Tennessee.
in the year 1857, in which Al .IO2 |
persons died in England and Wales.
Qlsf Of them minors and sbout half the
others women,l 81 ,497 probates OF wills
Or grants Of letters Of administration
were issued-l4, ,623 in London and % B74
in English and Welsh provincial regis
tries. The personal property of these
persons amounted to S461, ,517, $50.
The following is list Of cadets from
the Southern States admitted TO West
Point. A number Of others who were
appointed did not pass their examins.
ton: Tennessee, W. H. w. James
North Carolina, s. w. Jones, w. Lassi-
ter, II. R. Lsmby and J. z. Tyler;
S0uth Carolina, g. d. Wallace; Ala
bama, W. 81. Miller and o. B. Warwick;
Florids, G. B. Varnum; Arkansas, H.
Wygant. 4,
"A new planet has been discovered in
the constellation of the whale, by Prot.
Watson, Of Michigan University. He
says it resembles a star of the tenth mag
BitOds, and was situated in right ascen-
baJl ulLcH4 ubEIccs duu bNGuLV HllDutEes
and in deeliDation zero degrees and
thirty-two minutes north. Its daily mo- (
tion is forty-five seconds of time retro
gsde in right ascension, and three min
utes Of arc south in declination. !
AT Berlin, Prussia, Il is stated that
great demand for American gold coupons 1
can be noticed twice year, R mouth or |
six weeks previous to May or November.
advarffeapao,ta d.,
dsily in all the papers, and show that
something is made by the exchange op- I
Grafton, the dollar in coupons being |
valued at about one thaler eleven and !
quarter groscheR, while the coined dollar (
is quoted at one thaler twelve and
quarter groschen.
-" Ixlon; or, The Man at the Wbeel,n
is the title of a new piece just produced
at the Metropolitan TbeateF, New York,
by the English troupe. Miss Lydia !
IN the title role Is success,
and The Home Journal declares that the
managers have, IN this play, +" a mine of
wealth more golden and more profuse
than are the rare. flowing locks Of the
beautiful English blondes who personate
the leading characters in Mr.. Burnand's
burlesque."
The Southern C7triStiGR Advocate ,
gives the horrible details Of the murder
Of a white woman eFaciente by a negro :
burglar. The brutal tragedy occurred
st Orange Springs, Fla. The poor wo- !
man, after she was shot by the black
fend, was beaten with the gun uatiI her
features could 20 longer be recognized. ;
Her body was then rent with a spade,
ber limbs being forced apart. It Was 8 F,
double murder and double crime; the
vlSlation Of the woman, her murder and :
that of her living but unborn child. +
IA Lims, Peru, letter of September 8
2Ssh, says shocks Of earthquake are still Z
felt 10 Arequips and africa, but theeities s
are so thoroughly ruined that no further :
damages can be inflicted. A reappeaf- {
anee Of the yellow fever was sppre- I
1ended at Lima and Calloa, aud strict ]
sanitary measures have already been in Q
A Yalparaiso letter OF the 18th | {
states that great fear prevailed that q :
disastrous earthquake, like that of last t
August, Is about to visit Chill, as the z
same circumstances which preceded that q
terrible calamity in Ecuador had been 4
for several days. The people {
Of Valparaiso had in consequence voted
zeeordiDg 70 custom for patron saint,
and had eleefad the gayfnr-