Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-10
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De etStsDuGB - 70 nave y DOlAEical
congress in May.
Russia has 1900 miles OF railway,
completed and building.
The population OF Philadelphia is
now estimated at 769, $50 souls.
Chicago has nearly sixty miles OF
Nicholson pavement.
Cork trees are being raised in FlOri-
da from seeds procured from Portugal.
-MsZzoleni hss lately been singing
the part Of ManssniellO in Naples.
Matilda Heron will soon sppear in
the lecture room to discuss the drama.
Madame Conneau, a new soprano, is
attracting much attention in Paris.
st. Louis proposes to purchase its gas
works, now ia the hands Of 3 company.
There are said to be sixty National
Bank Directors in the House of Repre-
sentstives.
The girls of Decatur, Ind, are prom
ising each other nsver to marry 3 man
who drinks, smokes or swears.
"A yellow silk handkerchief made OF
SPIDERS webs has been exhibited at q
fair in Bermuda.
"A bed OF pure chalk hes been found
nesr Omaha. Nebraska is now expected
to make its mark.
Madame Scheller is on her way east
ward, after s long professional visit to
the MormOns in Salt Lake City.
A Canada correspondent says q
" msnia" " for pOmmelling newspaper
men appears to prevail in that Prov
ince.
A family in Gloucester, Mass, were
violently poisoned frCm eating par
tFi6ges, which it was supposed hsd fed
on poisonous berries.
"A young couple got So, 900 to set up
housekeeping from R1ckpeTt, Msss each
having broken leg by falling through
hole 10 the sidewalk.
"A jealous wife in San Francisco
dOnned pantalOOns the better to watch
4 gay husband, and brought up in the
stAtiOnhOuse.
"A woman confined in jail at Toronto
bad three babies on Tuesday night. Let
her out! But it may be replied that she
has let herself out.
AT Peoria, H., a convention of grape
growers sat down 10 repsst which was
wssheu down by native wine furnished
from 225 samples.
"A United States soldier has found =
real black diamond near Atlanta. Il
weighs two ouEees, and is said to be
worth several thousand dollars.
-Lkzt, it is rumored, has been re-
guested by the Pope to improve the pres
ent state Of music in the Roman CAtho-
lie Church.
La Grange learned the music of the
role Of Salika in "L'Atricaine " in two
days. Sne is one OF the most accom-
plished readers of music in the world.
The conductor Of a Vermont night
trsin noticed a house on fire lately,
whistled up the inmates, stopped the
train, and had the passengers extinguish
the fismes.
Charles Kean, who put Shakespeare
on the British stage with every appliance
OF science, only managed to pay expen-
ses and to do even this, often had to
call in the aid Of the sensational drama.
There is alI the difference in the world
between q rehearsal as msnsged in 8
French thester, and the same as n an
aged in an English or American theater.
The French reheaTsals are by far the
most thorough.
The Boston Post, speaking of the
DEEACAAAtE1 IA+Ae = Al AAAN @NCW i VI n sDteSeI
OF 8 dinner 10 John c. Breckinridgs by
the Manhattan Club, says that dinner
70 Breckenridge was q hOsX-One OF
Daua's elephsntine jokes" l. it not
waste of type to call by this long name
what is better characterized by one word
OF three letters?
The Secretary CT the Interior, by Or
der of the President, has returned to
old To- -rrfaDz md "a
broken china, left by George Washing
ton to Mr.. George Washington Parke
Custis, father to Mrs. Lee, aud removed
from Arlington during the late war. At
this, the Press goes off in one OF It's trea-
soa spasms. Is this cheap patriotism, or
3 fear that restitution is to become gene
raj ?
Anna Dickinson wants to know il
men try to please women, snd ironically
asks: Does 3 woman ike to have
man wear dirty boots in the house, or
wear soiled linen, or chew tobacco, or
spit tobacco juice, or smoke q great many
cigars, or drink bad whisky, or wear
the same clothes six months, or swear
IL they want women to be refined and
tender, and lovely, what will they give
in return2 Is it likely that women like
those tad ways of men any more than
they like str0ng-minded women 2' To
which all OF the biiureated garment will
please respond.
"A bet Of SIS, made at Pittsburg
Landing, Tenn, in May, 1852, between
w. Knox and Albert ID. Richardson was
paid recently. Knox at that time Of
fered to bet that no rebel leader would
be tried for treason by any high civil or
military authority and executed, and
Richardson took the bet. IfnO prOmi-
nent rebel were caught, the bet wss to
be drawn, and likewise If one should be
caught and escape by any other means
than formal liberation. The recent am
nesty Rnd the nOLJe prOSeq1l in the case
Of Jefferson Davis were Acknowledged
IS deciding the bet against Richardson,
and he has given his check for S25 to the
winner nearly seven wears after laying
the wager.
A singular instance Of the sbsurdi-
ties Of charitable bequests is furnished in
London, where some hundred years ago
some good old soul left house and gar
den in the city as perpetual maintain
ance for three poor women and cat.
The property is worth pow some 100000
a year. Three poor women ard their
cat-frieuds of the tTustees-sre main
ra1UEI. AAu Ah6 rest VI kut AuEOnG9
$50 per annum, is expended in salaries
on upcles, RUnts, and cousins, appointed
as secretaries, tressureTs, ehRplains, Wis
itors, etc, who see to the proper distri-
button OF sims, cstechise the old women,
and stroke the cat.
The system Of licensing couvicts In
Ireland to enjoy their freedom before
the expiration of their term OF service,
for good conduct, works better ia that
country than it does in England. A
gentleman who is officially eonnec.e l
with the system writes " can ssy af-
ter a period Of thirteen years practicsl
and by no means unimportsnt expe-
Renee. that the prejudices Of the public
against the convict are every day di-
1Inisbipg; and it is q source OF gatify-
inc pride 20 me to ssy that no well dis
Dosed released prisoner, no matter what
iail or county he halls from, can plead
want of honest employment IS sn ex-
cnse for the pursuit Of life Of crime"
The Louisville Courier Journal says:
Mr.. Ben. Wade, old Benjamin Wade,
Sturdy Ben. Wade, goes out OF the na-
/ tiOnai collection of 0onscript fathers.
/ The Sturdy One has stuck SO long that
| he has become known ss Il" the Father OF
the Senate" whatever that is. The heir
| apparent to the title is the youthful Sum-
j npr who Il not s,urdv 1t il we'll that