Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-03
THE NEWS.

Lopez Lost IL coo men In his recent
battles In Paraguay.
Money is " tight " at Rio lie Janeiro,
In CONSEQUENCES OF the
The manufacture OF Ice is to be COM
menced al Montgomery, Ala, in q few
weeks.
The st. Louis City Council has pass
ed 8 resolution to purchase the City Gas
Works.
The mvalide Russo publishes an Or
der OF the the day recognizing the War
Office.
The WILLIAMSBURG VA Gazette, the
oldest paper in the United States, has
been revived.
In La Vendee tho almond trees are In
blossom. The blossom is white, with q
delicate pink tinge.
There are many farms in California
hat give a clear profit of from $4,000 to
$780, 600 q year.
Eighteen inches OF snow has fallen
10 Maine, and the railroads are block
AIDED ali over the State.
A bill has passed the Georgia Legls-
lature permitting all manned soldiers to
peddle without license ia that State.
Elk Gov. Henry A. Swift, of Mime
sofa, who has been in poor health for
some time, died on Thursday at st. Paul.
1t is said that the French Red Back
(LiUer rouge contains seventy dOcu-
ments treaIIng OF the TurkO Greek dis
pute.
"A resolution of thanks TO Andrew
johnson, for the able manner In which
he has discharged the duties of his office,
was lost in the New York Assembly.
Information received ct Army Head
quarters, st. Louis, states that Little
Raven and three hundred Sioux Indians
had surrendered TO Gen. Gustav.
The mission TO Chill Is to remain as
at present, in accordance with the re-
quest OF Gen. Batter, who now says that
be doesn't want to disturb Fitzpatrick.
Last Sunday, 8 man named Murray,
OF White Post, Fairfax county, Va, died
Of delirium tremens, and on the next
day bis wife ALEC died from the same
cause.
"A company has been organized in
New York, and will sail shortly, to raise
Two million of dollars in specie from the
Spanish ship sunk Ia the West Indies In
1740.
Canada Is being buried in snow.
Railroad travel is seriously interfersd
with, business in Montreal il almost sus.
pended, and still more heavy falls Of
snow are reported.
The Germans Of New York, who
love the memory Of Alexander Won
Humboldt, propose to celebrate the CEN
tennial anniversary Of bis birth by cree.
ting a mnnnnnanf m him l., E.-s-.p
Park.
Prof. Wymsn, OF Harvard Univer.
sity, has srrived at Fernandlns, Fla.
from whence be and a party OF gentle
men are to stsrt Ia the yacht Azalia on 8
scientific exploring expedition on Indian
river and along the coast of Florida 10
Key West.
There was quite a scene In the House
when Menard advocated his claim To the
Second Louisiana District seat. He is
the first negro who hiss spoken to Con-
gress from the floor of the House. His
pies did not help him to the seat, how
ever.
Whatever the stockholders may
think of the great battle Of the railroads
for the trade Of the Mississippi Valley,
there is no doubt hat the costly fight
will result IN benefits Il the public. The
Erie Railway has done much 10 cheaper
the cost of transportation.
"A singular report Is furnished by The
foreign papers OF the trial OF q girl, in
France, and her conviction on her own
confession. Circumstances subsequently,
developed showed that the girl was in.
nocent, and the Court Of Appeal set
aside the verdict, holding that the con-
fessi0n wss obtained by Intimidation.
In conversation with Mr.. Dickey, of
Pennsylvania, Gen. Grant alluded to
inaccuracies which characterized
MeClure's version OF their recent
conversation. He informed Mr.. Dickey
that he did not say that he was not the
representative of a political party, but
that when Col. Mcclure mentioned the
name OF g. d. Stuart and others as not
representatives Of the Republican party,
they being unknown Go the politicians az
Pennsylvania, he (Grsnt) remarked:
u On the same ground you NIGH say
hat l am not the representative Of any
party, although / have been voted for by