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


The Norfolk VrginiGn claims $40,
600 acres OF " oyster rocks - in Virginia
yielding annually Sl0,OOO,OOO
The Irish girls of st. Louis sen
nearly SIC. 900 during Christmas week Il
their friends in the old country.
John Logan, in eulogizing Ben
Wade, wanted to know " if tree should
cast its shade over the sum-" Win some.
body, filled with ga divine sffi atus,' y
tell him ?
Once a Month, the cheap eclectic
lately started by firm in Fulton street,
has become the property OF T. S. Arthur
& Sons, Philadelphis. The latter now
publish three magazines.
"A hair buyer in the Tyrol convinced
the women that their tresses were sent
by him to Plus TX, for the adornment OF
| the heads of the MadOnnas in the
churches of Rome.
"A rural paper in Germany notes the
recent presentation Of gold pin TO "Herr
7 Ed. S. S slomOn, the present Governor
of Chicago" and says he served with
distinction in the Tanner corps during
the late war.
An Englishmsn relates that he re-
Gently dined in Nevada with an editor
of that commonwealth who inquired sf-
ter the health of Tennyson and "ThOs.
L. Carlyle" TemsrkiDg, Them men
kin sling ink, they kin"
The Southern Pacific Railroad, says
the San Francisco Bulletin, cuts one of
the richest mineral belts in the world,
in California, Ariz1ns and New Mexico.
The road will thread its way among gold,
silver, and copper mines.
According to the Providence Journal,
Mr.. VIM. Hamlin, of that city, is the
oldest living FTeemRsOn in the United
States, if not in the world. He is nearly
ninetV-seven years old, and has been q
member Of the Order siXty-five years.
The people of Wisconsin are, or just
have been, inflicted by an inundstiOn of
vinegary old AmazOns crusRding for
wOmenis " Tjghts.u Were not the peo-
pie Of Madison possessed Of infinite gall
lsntIy and patience, they would sup
press these gatherings for being nuis
snces.
The accumulati0n Of models in the
Patent Office makes il necessary to dis
pose OF all that are over twenty years
old. An exchange suggests that they
be advertised ard sold at auction to in
ventors, as there must be many valuable
germs Of mechanical ideas in the cOllec-
ton.
The New Zesland rebels seem to be
very thoroughly drilled in the use Of the
spade, OF some similar instrument. An
army OF them were suddenly discovered,
one morning, completely intreDched
within 1909 yards Of the British head
quarters. They had thrown up an earth
work and erected a palissda during the
night.
"A theatrical critic in Boston lately
took from an English paper an account
of the first performance of She new Eng
lish play Of " School, at Selwyu's, but
forgot to cut eff the concluding part,
which stated that the author WAS called
before the curtain and ss the author
has never visited this country, the theft /.
was at once perceptible.
We are panied TO observe that Miss /
Susie B. AnthOny's workiDgwOmen in |
her absence, express their distrust Of the |
sincerity OF the Worlds conversion to |
Woman's Rights. Such marvellous
seepticism is one OF the most discoUrsg- /
ing features of even this scepticsl age. I
Miss Anthony must be recalled from her
Western mesnderings' The BeUoluti0n
to the rescue.
A gentlemanly beggar in Philsdel-
phiR sends up his card TO ladies, and Is
1shered into the parloT. After arrang-
ing their toilets to meet some oee whose
name they fail to recognize, but who is
sCme casual acquaintance,
the ladies meet him, shake hands, and
after q few moments conversation are
to buy some soap or station
cry and listen to melancholy story.
Philadelphia has no moTgue. Her
dead are taken to what is
called the Green House, where they
are placed in q small room, without any
Of the facilities for recognition that we
have in New York. A committee 3e from
.he city councils OF Philadelphia was
sent last week to examine the Morgue
In New York, with view to the adOp-
lion of a similar arrangement there.
"A weekly paper at Chicago, called
Lhe ClticuQOdp, has declared Itself to be
woman suffrage organ on this platform
- We herewith warn all who are favora-
bly, inclined TO woman suffrage that,
ia its granting, the knife is placed at the
throat Of the present legal marriage sys-
tenn. Those who would preserve this
system invioiate, as the keystone OF the
arch Of social society, should understand
this.n
"A little black horse named Prince,
" hich will be remembered by visitors TO
the White Mountains, died q few days
since, aged thirty-nine years, and the
funeral ceremonies occurred two days
after bis death. He was drawn to his
grave by six white horses and followed
by forty of his stable companions, led by
the grooms. He ives buried st the foot
Of Mount Washington, and next spring
q marble monument Will mark his rest
ing place.
Bleeding, once a favOrite practice in
France, has now decidedly gone out Of
fashion. At the central bureau of the
medical establishments forming the de-
partment Of what Is called "pAssistsnce
Publique, ,"6l5l prescriptions and 1918 ver-
bal consultations were given in the year
1857, Out Of these 7644 cases there were
only two in which bleeding was pre-
scribed, In the year 1852 the number OF
cases in which bleeding was prescribed
amounted TO 1856.
A young and thrifty farmer in New
sent to market last season
II We hundred and ninety eight quarts OF
field-hulled Strawberries. They were all
picked by himself and neighbOrs Ia q
small part of the SlncCok Valley, and
brought from twenty-five to forty-five
cents q quart. That limited section is
said to be the most prolific in wild straw
berries OF any place in New Hampshire
Many families there purchase with their
berries oil the groceries they use through
the sumner,
Capt. Mullins, Of the Fifth Uaited
States Infantry, has reached Fort Hays,
Kansas, with a "wild woman OF the
plains (" in his possession. She Is 5 poor,
iemented, half-clothed white woman,
about thirty years OF age. The Captain
vas at less what to do with her, and
the Governor telegrsphed to Gen. Grant.
he received no immediate answer, and
the officer has left the woman on the
hands OF the hotel proprietor. The Gov
srnor proposes to ask the Legislature for
3 special act giving her home in some
State asylum.
In order to accommodate newsps-
per language to the new theory that
electricity is merely a "m9de OF mo-
tiOn," and not fluid, the Chicago
Times publishes the following model of
2 paragraph: During the thunder
storm OF yesterday the stable of Mr..
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