Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-02-02
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-Zara, the fine hurdle racer, bred by
the late r. A. Alexander, in 1868, sired
by Lexington, dam Zeta by Zsniths died
on the 18th ult. She was owned by c. J,
Alloway, of Canada, and cost him
$500.
1t is announced that Mr. Patterson
has gone to Mobile to prepare the Mag
nolia course for the spring meeting tax
irg with him the horses "Gen. Rous.
seauu and "Stsr of the West THE
former a brother of " Muggins."
The f" old Bourbon - of Kentucky Is
made II several other counties besides
the one from which its name, if made in
the state at all. Harrison " is famous,
and 'f Nelson " has never been exceiled.
" ScottU isEO8 y going deeply into the bus.
iness. In the month Of December, En-
erson & Wiggingtnn made l77sE gallons
Of whisky; 4 J. Marshall, ls95l gallons,
and James NJ Stone S075 gallons. One
day recently Mr.. Stone made what might
he called {" big rum" turning of eighty
barrels Of the "juice Of the corn,h the
government tax amounting to 5000. He
Is making an average Of thirty barrels Of
whisky a day.
H-Thev have q ghost sensation in Du-
hpoue. where a house has been for some
tine pestered with noises, crashing Of
furniture, etc. What's TO prevent them
from having oEe wherever there Is a
spiritual medium .
The Dem )erstic papers Of Michigan
are urging the call Of Convention on
the 1 b Of March, for The nomination OF
a State ticket and the election of dele
yates to the National Democratic Con-
ventions
Fifty barrels more Of highWines, in
transit from PooTis, H., to Louisville,
were seized at Indianapolis on Tuesday,
and placed Ia a bonded warehouse.
Forty five barrels were branded reetified
whisky, aud five fine alcohol.
The pT0priet0rs and editors Of the
Charleston Mercury were on the 18th
excluded from the Reconstruction Con-
vention, to prevent breaches of the
peace and personal collisions on the
floor.
On the Goth ult. they had dquite
breeze in the Florida reconstruction
Convention, which adjourned amid con
fusiOn and Excitement consequent upon
: motion to amend the rules ezgelling
any member guilty of bribery OF intimi-
dstion The motion was ruled out OF
order.
A cotton factory at Wappingar Fails,
near Poughkeepsie, n. Y, was burned
on Monday. Less $50. .000.
1t is sscsrtsiDed beyond doubt that
tie Frsedmen's Bureau is to be indeh-
ni5ely continued in the States Of Ken
lucky and Tennessee.
The Maine House of Representatives
Friday voted, leo to So, to repeal the
laws.
Wednesday Vas the coldest day of
the season at st. Louis, the mercury in
three degrees balOw zero. The
river wss frozen over and gOrged be-
tween that point and Cairo.
"A Are in Bushnell, Illinois, Tuesday
night, destroyed fifteen frame buildings
On Main street. Loss about 1000.
Two sun dogs we're distinctly visible
In the horizon at st. Louis Thursday
at sunrise.
The Cincinnati Chamber of Com
neree hes appointed thirty-two delegates
10 dhe Commercial Convention, which
meets in Boston on the 9Th inst.
The Internal revenue officers Of Bos-
ton OH Tuesday seized all the refined
petroleum in first hands on suspicion
that the tax had not bsen paid.
The Albany IN. " Academy OF
Music wss burned early on the morning
1f tie 10th. Nothing saved.
One Of the new colonists Of Alaska
has died Of too much whisky, or watering
il too much.
in the Charleston Convention, on
Tie 18th, . resolution was introduced for
the purchase by the State of all lands
forced on the market, then TO be sold to
sctusl settlers. Also praying Congress
10 appropriate out of the collected cotton
tax Of South Carolina $500, 900 for pur-
chasing land to be sold to the poor. An
ordinance providing for taxation for the
payment Of the expenses Of the Conyen-
lion, amounting to $4,000, was passed.
The 29lh nit. is generally conceded
10 have been the eoldest day this season,
throughout the country.