Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-12
SHORT PARAGRAPHS

Sims. Reeves is to give English
opera at the Standard Theater, Lon
don, with Gustave Garcia as the bari
tone of the troupe. YaaIrs
Hitler is to compose the oratoriC
for the next Birmingham festival. He
still resides at Cologne.
The acoustic properties OF the new
opera house at Vienna are such that
the pre-eminence is claimed for il
over all opera houses in the world.
The Boston Transcript estimates
the net receipts of the Gilmore pesti-
monfaI Concert at a little over S26, 900.
That speaks well for Boston liberality
and appreciation. -
Latin eravats, of solid colors, or
striped, are also selected, together
with Roman ribbons, so much in
vogue among the ladies, and any of
these are suitable to wear with the
full dress of funeral black.
Thirty miles of the Lake Superior
and Mississippi Railroad are compile
ted, and the remaining one hundred
and fifteen miles is being pushed with
such financial arrangements as to as
sure its completion within year and
a half. e,t-- a -r--... fa-
The Walla Walla Statesman says: :
"The White Pine bubble has finally
bursted, and discouraged and disgust
ed miners from there are arriving from
the upper country and reporting
White Pine to be the most stupendOus
sell ever seen on the coast"
1t is said that the bodies of the
soldiers killed in the memorable Fort
Kearney massacre have been found to
be petrified. The victims of that af-
fair numbered -eighty-One, and were
buried in boxes, each box cotaining
eight bodies.
We have reports by way of Lon
don that Lopez had offered through
our Minister, Gen. Mcmahon, to sur
render on condition that he, Lopez,
! be allowed to leave the country in
peace. The report seems credible
enough.
1t seems from a dinner speech of
Gen. de Rodas, in Havana, that he
expects the help of fifty thousand
volunteers TO put down the Cubans.
: That is a very suggestive and encour-
aging estimate Of the strength of the
rebellion.
The returns of the vote on lay del
egatiOn in the Methodist Episcopal
| Church, as received by the .lfethodig,
| foOtup as follows: Number of votes re-
ceived, %, 400; for lay delegation, 40,
3S5; against lay delegation, l3,024.
| Majority for lay delegation, q 1851.
For neckties, the same tender con-
rNn--ihiIffsn= Shnrrr-
itself There are dainty ties that come
lawn, starched and pressed TO shape
by the laundreSs, who never takes the
cOl0rS.
F1ZRobeson's idea of thevalue ofthe
navy may be learned from the feet
that he telegraphs fer s slOop-of-war
I to be cent hOnlei from her station in
| Cuban waters, in order that she may
serve the purposes of g a pleasure party
of high officials" That'sa Jersey idea,
truly.
Tie knights IF 4sythias, i secret
| society which was started during the
war and has since been spreading rap
idly, obtained foothold in Springfield,
Mass, on Friday night. This society
! is no burleSque affair, like the Sons of
Malta, but is similar in intent and
purpose to Masonry, though not a
copy of that organization.
Narrow hair-striped prints are as
popular rs the Scotch giIghaIAs, ang
( thougk got asSseTyicestble, YET give
good wear. They are made with
! double skirts and trimmed with fEillsl
! and every possible means is taken to
| add to the original cost and bring
them up to decent figure.
-Ginghams come IN very genteel
natterns this Season and make pretty
| dresses for home wear CT street SUITS
TLey aye uoI cnnhuef'to Title girls or
young ladies either, but are pQpglaF
among all agesi they wear WelG and
wash well, and are very desirable teF
sehaai dresses,
THAT way railroads increase the
value of property is shown by the
rapid rise in land along the limo of the
Ware and Palmer Railroad, in Massa-
chusetts, since the corporation began
to buy land for road-bed. Several
narrow strips have become worth the
price of q small farm.s.H..h 49,
Bullock, of AlbiDn, \. Y, now
Governor of Georgia, denies that he
wants to buy the AtlaGta HlteHigencer.
HHe don't take stock in newspapers
The State Treasurer, however, accuses
him of "taking stock" quite consider
ably. Nevertheless, it remains true
that though Georgia papers are very
hard up none are so poor as ''to take
stock" in Bullock.
ND-s..I,4 a,,J VNV;U;o,,, INor-Aar
have retired from the London Reform
Club because a gentleman recommend
ed for membership by them was black.
balled. Itseems tous that Reform
: Club In England from which John
: Bright has to retire, out of self-respect
+. must be very like the play of "Ham
let" with the title part left out.
There is a London on dit to the eff
{ feet that Sir Edward Landseer's pic
: ture of the Eagles attacking th'
Swans Nest, !" has been sold for the
;. enormous sum of seven thogs31l
: pounds. 1t is said that the artist re
f; fused an offer Of four thousand pound
S from nobleman, who sent him after
S wards a blank check which Land
seer filed mp to the above amount.
The wheat crop win be simpl,
l. immense, says the editor of the Kan
? sas Journal, after passing through th
II State of Maryland, Pennsylvania
is Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri
p The wheat products of the Wester
I. and Central States will this harves
k amount to full one-third NOR
n than any previous year. The pros
h pect for cheap breadstuffs was neve
le SO f1attering as at the present writing
o. Alderman Coulter, of New York
= = in an excess of patriotism, decided o
y the Fourth to make Grant present
e on the ground that the great smoke
~ ~ had never received anything from hin
- Accordingly, he purchased a sixt
! dollar velOcipede, and shipped 1t
= the White House. Now, then, Gran
y can give Bonner ride, and Coulte
! ! has a claim for Robeson's place in tn
4 Cabinet when the latter individual n
- tires.
es An overdress of blue or pink sill
m with short sleeves and low, square CT
70 corsage, is worn over a dress of whit
ne muslin. The overskirt is looped up {
~ the sides with bows of the same colo
20 displaying an elegantly trimmed skir
rich with embroidery and volantes, (
lace insertion and pufings of the mi
IN terial. The muslin waist is high, an
. puffed with rows of insertion between
p and the sleeve is puffed to the wrist.
- ax c,o.,-a,.d a,,,s his. family saa,