Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-03
NEWS AND OTHER ITEMS.

Sorrento wood carving is the rage a
the Hub.
Mrs. Gladstsne is playing in Calves
ton, Texas.
The Davenport brothers are hum
bugging Washington.
Moose steak is served up In the Non
} tresl diaing saloons.
, A poultry convention Is to " set - IL
New Haven next mouth.
Spain has seventy. seven normal and
2. 600 elementary schools.
DIR. Mary Walker is leoturing or
"L0ve ans Marriage"
The World, singulsriy enough, is the
organ Of the Positivists or Comtists.
Chicago proposes to bring all The
railroads into the city by underground
tunnels.
"A gentleman in Strstford, Ct, has
raised e bushel Of oranges from one
tree.
Gen. Van Wyck, Of Orange county,
has been taking 1000 children out sleigh
riding.
France produces the annual value Of
$3.50 0O0, 600 in silk, and exports S66, 600,
coo.
Springfield, H., has discharged its
entire police force for completely with
thieves.
The Ipswich, Mass, cotton mill man
ufactures annually 1,70O,00O pairs Of
stockings.
Columbus, Ga, claims without reser-
vstion TO have the best water-poWsr IL
the world.
George Peabody, rumor says, is in
FoaTF
/ States next fall.
An English farmer has been sent to
prison for month for sending bad beef
/ to msrket.
The velOeipeje mania has broken
cut in the Eternal City, right under the
nose Of the Pope.
1t Is said that Mr.. Dickens is to re
ceive from Mr.. ChGppell $50 600 for one
7 hundred farewell readings in England.
"A bank in London has offered to loan
ten millions OF dollars TO Lime, 10 be eX-
pended in public works.
in the map Of the earth raised by
the Hindoos, America is p aprincipal town
of Africa, which is q small island.
The English speaking race already
owns an empire "fiye times ss large as
the Roman Empire al its greatest ex-
tent"
Congressman P0meroy wants to
know if Miss Murphy was a loyal
man ? " and Dom Piatt hasi Mrs. Sue
Murphy"
Paul Visit, o Boston boy Of twenty
one, has lately purchased Ia Iudia and
China six ship csTgoes for shipment to
Boston merchants.
Vanderbilt ia understood to be DeEo-
tiating fer the control Of the roads TO
Montreal and Boston, with prospect Of
getting them.
Prof. Syme and Sir James Simpson, /
Of Edinburg, have pronounced against /
cutting tae ugature which unites tn ST.
Rmese twins.
Cabinet makers are curious about the .
Intimate relations between Gen. Grant .
and Hamilton Fish, whose guest the 1
General will be next week.
There is 3 grocer out West who ia
also & justice o. the peace, Rnd who Of .
feTs to marry gratis ali couples vine will .
pstronizs his store.
The Missouri r ldicsl House of Rep I
Tesentativss have expressed their oppo- .
sition to 6 repeal Of the T5nure-of- Office /
law by Congress.
A farmer near Dubuque had the fol- .
lowing additions to his treasures within
twenty-four hours: Two boys, seven
lambs, one calf and seventeen gigs.
"A man being asked, SIS ne lay summing
bin1salf 10 the grass, Whist wss the hight
81 sia ambition, replied: "To mary
with bad cough"
Isabella during her reign appointed
s Minister every tVenty-fOUr days,
Senator every sixteen, General every
nine, and gave decoration every two
days.
1t Was wittiiy, but somewhat uugal-
lsntly said, that wcman is the very re-
verse OF her Inirror-the one reflects
without talking, aud tho other talks
without reflection.
DIR. FoOts, pastor OF the Episcopal
Church st Salt Lske City, WAS recently
arrested during service by one Of Brig
hsm's officers, for driving his holse to
church faster thsn walk.
The thrilling and dramatic story
about Laura RenO's oath OF vengespce
against the men who lynched her bro
t6ers, is said 10 have ell been the inven-
ton Of an imaginative reporter.
TIE London Spectator asserts that
the only innOcuOus dark dye Is weak
glycerine, which gradually daTkeus the
hair snd has tonic effect.
Ten thousand French Canadians now
in the United States, are reported sDZ
ious TO return to Canada, and the news
papers ere urging the Quebec Legislature
nOt % give them free grants OF land.
A prize Of COCO roubles is offered for
the best history OF yscciuai3D in any
European tongue, at the anniversary Of
the INTRODUCTION OF vaccination into Rus
sis, soon to be celebrated at st. Peters
burg.
The Legislature Of West Virginia
will dispose, shortly, of bill chasing ell
stoslsch bitters as liquors, and eZacuUg
g J,-suss ta- Of one hundred dollars from
All drugs, s',s,s ana Gas!eEs Offering them
for sale.
Said q youngster in high glee, dis
D!ayinq his purchase TO q bosom friend
on the eideWelk; 1.-Two cccOanuts fer
ten cents! that wiz make me eick to-
aud won't have to go to
schOOln II
The Pope is negotiating with the
head Of the Russian Church for the sub
mission OF the Polish Catholics to the
government OF the Gar, provided the
privileges formerly existing IN Folaho
are restored.
-"If you must get drunk, I1y good
fellow once remarked Tom COrWin to
sn inebTiste youth, be careful to do so
on good whisky ami among gentlemen.
In this way you will escape headache
and eeusGrs."
"A female recently psrsded the streets
cf a Western town exhibiting, above q
pair Of stout ankles, a skirt, upon which
the indellible brand Of tie miller was
still visible, ninety sir pounds ertrG su-
sUperfHe- e-tUdTTGnted" !"
queen Isabella, who has q great taste
for society, being asked recently by q
distinguished official how she liked
Paris, replied, like i'll II had only
known how nice Paris Is, / would have
abiicated years sgo."
"A terrible warning to bachelors IS the
experience ofHerry Kincsid, OF S Stafford,
who, having lived single to his 57lb
wear, married girl Of ~ lasE fall, and
last week was consigned to the insane (
asylum at Concord, N. H. 1t was too
r,roL For him