Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-09
NEWS IN BRIEF.

-Dore went out in his working COS
tune, which is a blouse, to see the
Paris riots. Feeling some one touch
his pocket, he found in it a five-franc
piece. On the strength of his looks
and his costume, some one had paid
him to flght-which he didn't.
Mr.. Grant, in four months, has
had two Secretaries of State, two of
War, two Of the Treasury, and two of
the Navy. At this rate, there is dan
/ ger that any incompetent and un-
known Radical may be snapped up
at the shortest notice and injured for
life. 4 549i
Miss Florence Rice, a Brooklyn
cOntraltO, is studying ON the COnti-
nent. Her voice, which promised
much here, realizes much there, yet
she has wisely determined to study
tW' years more before making her
det,It.
Two blind people in Iowa heard
harper harping with his harp on the
opposite side Of the street, recognized
him by his touch of the instrument,
crossed over and shook hands With
him. The three, all blind, were old
friends who had not met before for
years.
Five English gentlemen have de-
cided to make in September next
complete tour Oh tae coast of England,
Scotland and Wales, on bicycles; and |
one Of them has undertaken to per-
form on one day of the Journey 100 |
miles on his velOcipe for a wager of aS !
many soYereigns.
Nine de Brfassae nee. plain Mile. |
Say IS a Partisan beauty who knows |
how to dress. Recently, in comment |
ing on her attire, one Of the +. F. P.'s |
said: 'T'is very superb, but it has a
speck Of tallOW on it." "Better a
stain Of grease than Of blood" said /
Madam. Her critics fourth grand
father had helped murder the Duke of
Guise.
The Madison Ind.) C0aFie,- says:
. Miss Della Webster, who some /
years ago gained considerable E0tQ-
riety in this region by being sent to
the Kentucky penitentiary for run
ming of negro slaves, is now in Louis
willie, looking after her Interests in
suit she has brought in the United
States Court against a party Of men
who, during the war, raided her pre-
misses, tore down her fences and de-
strOyed some Of her property"
Hints are given of the dramatic
and musical treats ia store for New
York next season. The officers of the
of Music say that the house
is positively engaged by Dir. Maple
son, and that both Mile. Titiens and |
sre-tO be IN the visiting party.
Agents are also after Mr.. Sims Reeves,
LiStz, Gottschalk, Mile. Luca and the
female orchestra now performing in
Germany. Mr.. Strakosch's errand in
Europe Is understood to be to entrap
and bring back Mile. CarlOtta Pattie.
Mr.. Lester Wallack will import
in the fall, and Fechter is to
he brought out by Mr.. Tayleure.
The Russian Princess SuwarOff is
the greatest female gambler in Europe.
She makes the tour of the various /
resorts, going from Baden
10 Monaco, aud spending ali her fine
at the tal. les. she is still Young, but
has been married three times, and is
now separated from her last husband. |
she wins largely and at
other times loses very heavily, but
PLAYS incessantly and is still very rich.
She is superstitious about her luck,
and sometimes holds her face in a par
ticular position to attract good fortune.
At other times she is careful TO ask
persons 10 leave the table,
and those whom she regards as LUCKY
TO stand hyeher side While she plays,
The ice factory at New Orleans,
in one of the elevators, is a
great success. 1t consists of six re-
torts Of chemical freezing mixture.
From these six retorts six pipes de-
scend to six huge chests, which chests
in turn radiate severally off into four
In each compartment
are long, thin, tin cases, seven ON one
side ana eight ON the other. This
by all the rules Of arithmetic
a total of flfty-siX cases in box, and
there being four boxes to a chest, and
six chests to a factory, it follows that
at full blast this Southern ice factory
can turn out 1874 cakes of ice, eigh-
teen inches long, twelve broad and
two thics, at the completion of each
process. The ice is much colder than
that frozen naturally and lasts much
longer. The factory is a joint stock
and the property is eX-
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