Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-28
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The tomb OF William Rufus, In Win.
chester Cathedral, has been opened, and
the bones Of The monarch with the veri
table arrow of Tyrell, found resting quite
comfortably.
"A New York pyroteehniss has in.
! vented portable cannon for political
or similar professions, which sends 8
shell 1900 feet ia tue air, where it ex.
| pIOdes with loud report.
For single house ia the Rue de
Richelieu, Paris, at the corner Of the Rue
Mensrs, about TO be demolished for one
Of the new streets Leading from the
Grand Opera, the jury mas awarded the
large sum Of 2, 900, 600 francs, or S350.GO0
In 1861 the same house was sold for %. :
0O0 francs.
"A foreign paper reports FIRE in st.
Petersburg which destroyed more than
100 600 bales OF q ssizand Cd coo bales of
hemp. The total less Is declared to be
3l4 600, 900 Toubles, which would be
about $22S 900 GEO., Quite an extensive
fire, II the figures; are correct.
The Huntsvflls Democrat saws: We
asked soldier Of the ThirJy-thiTd United
States Infantry how many Grant men
u.
Mighty few. We had one In our com
psny when we were st Selma, hut he de-
serted. All the rest are for Seymour"
Some interesting relics have been
discovered in the " Indian Shell Heaps,u
near Eagle Hill, In Ipswich, Mas, in
Guiding well wrought specimen o. the
fish spear, and long, slender, bone awl.
The most Interesting discovery was q
Of fo- -
being.
The novel style of novel reading
Husband (old style questiou) A" What
dipping into the third volume, to see il
every one is married ?" Wife new style
OF snswerl: " On, they were married In
the first volume; l only wanted to see IL
II was really her husband who poisoned
her,"
-RituaIism il Canada has received
decided marks Of disapprovsi from the
Provincial Synod Of the Church Of Eng.
land, now in session az Montreal On
Friday, the Synod adopted 8 resolution
fOrbiddiDg the elevation of the elements,
the use of IL cense, the mixing of water
with wine, the use Of the wafer, breed,
Of lights on the communion table and
the wearing Of vestments while saying
prayers. ...
The Brasos Sigma, published at Rich
nOnG, Texas, says: " We learn that
sour mud has been found at Diamonds
Mound, in this county. II is said to con-
tain the same medical properties as The
Sour Lake water. A small piece of this (
mud, put into glass of water, will make
it quite sour, and it is said to be good, es
pecislly foE.diseases Of the liver. We are
told thatt the mud Is being sold st two
dollars q bdshei."
In addition to " turning towers,D q (
sort OF iron blockbouses, which, the +
French papers learn, are to be estab- I
'sbed, (like the Martello towers along .
he English coast, in the time OF the
var with the first Nspoleon) on the .
Osnks Of the Rhine to protect CobIentz
Snd Cologne from French gun
OOAls, the Psris Li5eTte informs Us that .
: new artillery locomotive has been tried,
armed With two pieces Of artillery, and
ntended 70 perform scouting duty.
-Pastor Knssk, the famous Berlin
preacher who believes that the sun re-
Tolves around the.earth, is the same man .
who hsstened TO Bismarck, in 1865, and .
old him he had committed 2 grievous
in by challenging The eloquent Rudolph
VirChOw. On another occasion Knask .
iuaTTeled with the Police President, be-
,suss the latter refused to close q beer
garden, the noise of which Knaak said .
disturbed him in committing his ser
mona to memory. The reverend gentle .
nan slso believes in his own ability to
exercise devils.
Oscar Becker, the dreeicide" " who
ecently died st Alexandria, has left q
manuscript volume Of "reminiscences, in
which be bitterly complains % the treat.
neDt which he says he received at the
lands Ofsthe Mayor and other function
,Ties Of bhe city OF Baf4lo, where he
pent some time sitter his release from
he BrUchshsl penitentisry. He charges
hem with having kept him in a filthy
IUr geon foFeeeveTsl days, aud taking
rom him 3 considerable amount OF
money, which he was never able to re-
over.
Two new mprOvemeDts in the IA
nous needle gun (ZuDduaedel gewhr), it
: stated, haze recently been submitted
o-the PrussiEn war effice for approval.
)ne, which is the invention Of Lieut..
gets rid of two movements
o loading, and increases the Fapidity of
Ire about twentE-five per cert. The
theF, which is due to a country gentle
nan na..4ed ROrst, also gets rid of some
( the movements, and nearly doubles
be rspidity OF fire, raising it 10 fourteen
r fifteen shots per minute. The latter
invention, it is stated, moreover fills up
he hollow chamber behind the charge,
iRinishes the escape OF gas, and in
resses the force Of the explosion. Il
king Victor Emmanuel recently had
narrow escape from death whilst fol-
owing a "cheyreuli - In a mountain
tsss. Suddenly the King found his pro-
ress impeded by mass of rock which
ppesred impossible Undeterred by its
aspect, Victor Emmanuel put
is fool upol it, but the snow with which
was covered rested on mass of ice,
Vhich his weight gradually displaced. a
hepherd, few yards below MIN, Der
Giving the spOrtmaD' ; imminent danger,
erambled up the rock and caught him
y ths back Of his shooting coat, and
hus saved bis lie from certain destruc
lon. II Majesty took of his nat TO the
oor shepherd, aud on the spot handed
i'm one thousand scUdl. He has since
hen settled e pension for life on him.