Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-04
THE NEWS.

THE NEWS.
Sehurz will settle in Washington.
Rosa Bonheur smokes after dinner.
President Grant kissed 300 misses in
Philadelphia.
The rice crop will not turn out as
well as expected.
The last new word in the New York
vocabulary is q ''jimfiskiSm.'
Cary Is at last 0fffor Europe and the
international Labor Congress.
A Boston lady has seen a vision on
a hOusetop. A Thomas cat, perhaps.
Parliament refuses to change the
name Of Mr.. John SHORTCUTS, of Lon
don.
The Austin Repu5licdn tells Of a
horse that pumps water for It's own
use.
Mr.. Joseph Davis, Jef''s brother, is
opposed to the Dent party in Missis-
sippi.
Svracu-ans are the hardest drinkers.
Gypsum cocktails are all the rage IN
Syracuse.
The latest reported windfall is one
of SlJ0,000 TO a waiter girl III hed
Wing, MINI.
Dalrymple, the Minnesota farmer
LAWYER, handled $4,000 bushels Of
wheat this year.
Lorillard is building a stunning
brown stone front on Fifth Avenue.
Great is tobacco.
There will be a grand barbecue and
mass meeting of Conservatives at Port
Gibson, Mississippi, to-day.
1t cost the Government $2l4i &C to
take a defunct Congressman from
Washington TO Eaton, Pennsylvania
A fire in Williamsburg destroyed
Titus & Shepherds wagon lactDry and
John Grass Drehcstricon Han, with
loss of $50 600.
Gen. Logan has become a temper
ance man, and has Joined the Metho-
dist Church. Good for Logan, but
bad for the church.
At the Sultan's dinner in honor OF
FgEenie, she was presented with one
DISH composed entirely OF the brains
of ostricheS. Oh, turkey!
Renorts at the New York Merchants
Exchange show that twenty-eight
vessels were lost in October. valued at
nearly one million Of dollars.
Grant attended the wedding of Miss
Simpson in Philadelphia. His pres
ent 10 the bride was the appointment
Of the groom as consul to Brindisi,
Italy.
Rev. T. Abbott, a UniverSaliSt, and
Rev. T. c. Frogge, have had debate
In Christian county, Kentucky, IN
which the points Of difference were
sharply contested. .Greek met Greek"
weapons not carnal but spiritual.
The Cirittq Cattoliea says the Bish-
OBS have been summoned to the cOun-
iii in Rome, not to deliberate-On and
decide questions by the vote Of the
majority, but TO ratity decisions already
made by the Sovereign and iniallible
PontiH
Rev. Samuel Luckey, ID, Of the
East Geuesec Conference, has died at
a very advanced age. He was editor
OF the Christian -4urOcUte, New YORK,
from 1886 to 1916, and was q leading
minister Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church
Thirteen divorce cases are on the
calendar in Brooklyn, New York.
There Is evidence of fraud in nearly
all Of them, and several lawyers con
eerned have lied to Canada to escape
arrests. Curious developments in law
practice are promised.
The Catholic Telegraph says the
Devil could never have been 50 pOpu-
lar on earth if he had not rebelled
against God in heaven; and so Father
HyAcinihe would never have been so
applauded il he had not initiated the
pride and disObedience Of Satan.
Father Kicker lately announced in
fhe cathedral Of Pittshurg that Roman
Catholic parents would be required TO
withdraw their children from the pub
Die schools One hundred scholars
have already been taken from the
First Ward school
Rev. q. b. rockingham, the lead
ing Unitarian minister of this country, .
in sermon on the AVUndale disaster.
said: God is a UniycrSaliSt, having
Two methods OF saving the world.
With one hand lie invites, and with
the other cOmpelS.'
Hon. Beaufort T. Watts private
Secretary 60 many successive Govern
grF Of south Carolina, died at his resi-
denca in L8urens county, on the 18Th
ult., after q lingering illness. Hewds
Charge q AiiaireS many years ago 10
one of the South American Republics.
Tde notorious Jim LittlePage, .
whose exploits in Mississippi a q
- freight Utter" and burglar, together
Nsith his narrow escapes, during the
last eight months or year, would do
fiedit TO " SiNteeH-string Jack" has
finally been arrested and his career
brought to a Temporary close.
Numerous large veins Of gray COP
per oip. a very rare metal, and never
before discovered az any considerable
quantity in thi. country, have just
been found 8u the north shore Of Lake
Superior This metal Is very yaiGs-
h!a fur its use as the U-st kROWn al
10y for gold and silver.
Commissioner Dalano to-day se-
ceived 81 letter from Cincinnati, en-
closing large amount OF revenue
stamps, which read as follows:
three hundred aud sixty dollars
worth OF Stamps, which l stole. rye
reformed.
one hundred and twenty-five cler-
gymen and l8ymeH Of Ohio have T.
signed a call Tor a Convention of the
Evangelical churches Of Ohio, to
meet in Columbus on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, November
3yth, and December 1T and ID. Each
society is urged to send its pastor and
al least one Iayman.
fp Great Britain, with a population .
of = ,363, coo, there are 81, 200 minis .
tiers. and 34,IJ0 churches and chapels, .
or one lgF every 400 persons, and q .
mini-ier- 10 every 6T2 Inhabitants In .
this country. ia 1859, there were - 900 4
churches, being an average Of ore (
church for every 80 persons OF all +.
ages
Rev. II. y. Pierce. D. d., of Spring
field, H., was nominated by the .
House OF Episcopal Bishops, recently
IN session, for election as Missionary
Bishop OF Arkansas. This action Is .
thought To DE premature, As the elec- .
fiOn cannot take place until the meet .
IRg OF tie General Convention IN ISL. /
The principal missionary societies
of England reported the following col
lectioll- for the past year: From the
Established Church, $7S5, ,0O0; from
the Society FOR the Propagation Of the .
Gospel, S572. 2.U0I; from the London 4
Missionary sGciety, S5j5, 900; and from .
the Wesleyan Missionary Society.
S75G, ,009.
The Jews have had a large meeting
i'm Berlin 10 consider the segere dis
tress Just ROW prevailing among the
Israelites in Western Russia. end their
irrespective emigration from that
country 10 land securing 70 them re-
Iieious liberation. They appeal o.
fheir people in America for contribu-
tions 10 relieve their suffering breth-
ren.
The yearly meeting Of the Society Of
Friends for Greet Britain has just been
held. The meeting continued for p
fl,rtDight. and was largely attended.