Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-20
ITEMS OF ALL SORTS.
Peach trees are blOssoming in G;el
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. ANef MISS
The Baptists have eight colleges and
seminsries in Illinois.
Tallahassee papers complain of 8
scarcity Of labor in Florida.
There are $3.50 q" Second Adventists !"
in Massachusetts,.
"A citizen of Warren county, Miss.,
is cUltivating spsrrOws to be used in de-
stroying the cotton Worm.
Mr.. Samuel Miller, of Campbell
County, Va, returned an income of $685.
600 last year.
The packers Of Norfolk, Va, are
preparing extensively for the spring
trade in fresh shsd.
There are now at work in the Meth
odist Episcopal Church 7l30 effective
iline-ant ministers.
The English Rtuslists now keep
seven pendent lamps before the altar in
stead of two lights on it.
There are forly-three Episcopal
Churches in CslifOrnis, seven of which
are in San Francisco.
The American and Foreign Bible So
ciety snd the American Baptist Publlcs-
tion Society talk Of consolidation.
Oysters ia large quantities were
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week, at twenty-five cents per bushel.
The Emperor Of China has issued an
ediet fOrbiddiDg the repairing Of any idol
temples except those Of Confucius.
-Fhe new steam fire-eDgine pur-
chased by PSducsh was tested on Thurs
dsy to the satisfaction OF the city fathers.
There are 1852 orthodox Congregs-
| tional churches in the United States,
] fvef1 a. mn iorc
"A nail factory is to be established in
Chattanooga, Tenn, by Northern cspi-
talists, as soon Sc they can get their
/ charter.
! -G,snders is prevailing among the
! horses in BOtstOurt county, Va. A Mr.
Brewboker died Of it, having caught it
! from his horse.
Coy. Reed, of Florits, has been
| completely exouerated from all the
charges preferred against him by Gleason
and his friends.
"A tract Of land in Shenandoah
! county, We, containing 225 acres, with
/ out improvements, was sold few days
since for seventy-six dollars per acre.
The machinery for The new rolling
/ mill ST Psducah arrived last week. The
! establishment, when in operation, will
give mptOy lleuJ 10 lou meu.
The Arlington Mutual Life Tnsu-
rance Company OF Virginia, whose home |
office is located in Richmond, hiss just
declared dividend Of forty per cent.
The King of Denmark has educated
himself in chemistry, in order that he
may the more readily discover when
there il anything rotten in the State of
| Denmark.
"A mob OF negroes in Lynehburg, /
Va, on Friday, made 3 desperate at |
tempt to rescue a negro from the police |
officers. The military were called out |
aud dispersed the rioters.
Harriet Hall HcsmeT, who died re- /
Gently in Hartford, gave sbout 500, 600 /
| TO various benevolent objects, including /
S25, GOO TO found q homo Jalhic branch Of /
the Hartford Hospital.
"A shooting afIray occurred near
NOlensville, Tenn, on Wednesday even |
ing, between Patterson and COnDell, /
which resulted in fatally wOunding q |
bystander named James Phillips.
AT the Radical Convention in Han
cock county, East Tennessee, held last
week, the delegates appointed 30 the
State Convention were Instructed 10 vote
for Senter for Governor.
" Gen. Butler was sometimes successful
in bullying cur courts. He assumed q
big job when he undertook 70 tuiiy the
Senate of the United States.n
W. c. DummODd, sn actor 10
Booths New York theaieT, was leading
actor at q New York theOter IN 1872, aud
in that city with the elder Kean, and
wss intimste with Tom Moore when he
visited America.
1t may not be generally known that
Miss Maggie Mitchell, the popular act
tress, was married, last Juue, to a Mr..
Paddock, of Toledo, q merchant OF near
nifty. The attachment has lasted through
many years.
Among the Cuban Republicans is the
Marquis Aldsms, who owns five est ates,
five thousand slaves, and the finest psI-
ace in Havana. He is ready TO sacrifice
all to get rid Of the Spanish tyranny
With such leaders the instruction can
not be put down.
"A plsnter on the Mississippi offers
500, GOO TaInie plants for sale, and it is re-
ported that orders for rsmie from all
parts OF Europe have been transmitted
10 New Orleans and Mobile, Offering to
purchase the rough fibre at ten cents in
gold.
The case Of Mrs. Fitzpatrick vs.. Reid
is before the Davidson county, Temp,
Circuit Court. This is a suit brought to
recover about two thousand dollars for
services alleged to have been rendered as
hOusekeeper and gOverness for the period
Of twelve years.
Fremont, FOrney and other Radical
Republicans had an interview with sun
dry Southerners, recently, with refer
ence to the promotion Of 3 more kindly
feeling between the two great sections
Of the country. FOrney and Fremont
arc understood to have made large in-
vestments in Southern real estate.
"A few days since Mr.. Wilder, his
wife aud two children attempted to cross
the kentucky river at Clay's Ferry in a
skih. When nearly seross the skiff was
capsfzed, and Mrs. Wilder and the two
children drowned. Mr.. Wilder remained
10 the water holding on 90 the limb OF a
willow three or four hours, and rescued
by a small boy.
The Lynchbusg, Va, NeUs learns
that the r. ". Hugh Roy Scott, a prOmi
neut minister of the Protestant EpiscO.
pal Church, is collecting mGteTials for
the history Of the celebrated division OF
Gen. Pickett, which immcTtalized its
name during the iSts war by many
deeds OF Chivslric daring on nseriy all
the battle fields ia which the Army OF
Northern Virginia was engRgsi
Willie, son OF D. w. Whitted, Of
Hendersonviile, n c., shot and killed
Mr. A. NJ. Hawkins, Of that place last
Sunday. More than year sgo there is
said TO hsYe been improper intimscy
between Hawkins and DIR. Wbitted's
wife. Willie shot at Hawking last sum
mer without effect. On Sunday last, IS
hawkins came out Of the Baptist church,
Willie shot him ia the breast with !
pistol, causing death to ensus 81 ONCE.
Willie then gave himself up to the au-
thorities. De is only II years OF age.
in Texas the castor bean Is q large
and profitable crop, aud the cultivation
every year increasing. Between cotton
800 600 baies), corn ian immense crop),
aud an almost bOundiesg range of cattle,
Texas Is one Of the most remarkable
States in the Union. and destined to IN
surpassed prosperity, The cry, there
fore, ia for free government and down
with the carpet-bsggers, who do 50 much
not TO promote but check prosperity.