Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-24

An unknown opera by Gretry, on
the subject of the Abeneerrages, has
been discovered, and viii be brought
out at the Opera Comique, Paris.
The murderer Traupman, said re-
Gently, with gratified air, to fellow
prisoner: 81 am certain that | am
now as well known as Alexander
Dumas"
John O'Neil advertises in Mon
tana paper, that he viii take "Deer
Lodge County Scrip in exchange for
ready-made eofiins and all other kinds
of furniture"
Mile. Sessi, the new soprano, who has
been so praised for the beauty of her
hair, has been engaged for the Royal
Italian Opera in London, at salary
of e400 a month.
The fact that Jenny Lind can no
longer sing as she could once, is rea-
sonably accounted for by the state
ment that her little daughter has ''in-
herited her mothers voice."
A fellow in Indiana put one end Of
a gun barrel in the fire and looked
down the muZZie to see whether it
was loaded. A eorouer's jury decided
that his suspicious were correct.
Two Texas boys were playing in
cottOn-house, the game being to see
who could 90 head-first the greatest
distance into the cotton. The one
who beat didn'tc0me out again.
LitoifE, for producing some extracts
from lie Damnation de Faust OF
BerliOz, st a late concert, has been
presented with the baton with which
Berlioz used to direct his orchestra.
Fanny Janausehek, the German ac-
tress, who has been studying English
for the past year, is to appear in Eng
lish tragedy at Booths Theater, in
New York, some #ne in February.
Wagner, the Musician of the fu-
ture," is about to be married to
Madame Hans de BulOw, the divorced
wife of the late director Of the Munich
COnservatoire, and daughterof List.
The wife of DR.. Patterson, of Dun
cannon, Ohio, gave birth, few days
since, to four bouncing boys. One of
them has since died. The mother and
the three remaining boys are doing
well.
The demand for Cardiff giants has
increased to such an extent that the
manufacturers, it is said, are about to
give up the retail business and devote
themselves entirely to filling large or
ders.
Verdi many years ago wrote for
Jenny Lind the opera II Masnadi-
eri,' founded on Schiller's Robbers"
The work is soon to be revived in Par
is, with Mile, MarimOn in the leading
part.
An Episcopal clergyman, a full
blOOded Oneida Indian, was at Christ
Church, Norwich, last Sunday. He
is travelling under pay Of the Cana
dian government, gathering informa-
ton.
The 'Joke Of the season" is the
statement that, while Christmas, this
year comes on Saturday, New Years,
this year, comes on Friday. The
point Of the joke is in the two words
"tiis gear"
John BroJgham informs the the
atrical profession that he is determined
to resist any Infringement upon his
rights in the matter Of the play Of the
"Red Light announced as purchase
able in Chicago.
They call the State EntOm0logist in
Illinois BWgmaster-G General y He
has collected more than thirty thou
sand bugs; and 1t is feared, as well as
surmised, that he intends to open a
hotel in Chicago.
J. II. Hackett has Just completed
his sixty-sixt1 year. ftg- commenced
playing Falstaff in 1926, since which
he has appeared in the character no
less than two thousand one hundred
and sixty-three times.
DR.. RicOrd has enunciated the re-
markable opinion that the EmperOr's
health has been rather consolidated
than otherwise by his recent illness. /
On this principle, the oitener a man
is i'll the better for his health.
Six months ago the town ofCalvert,
Texas, existed chiefly on paper, con-
tanning at that time about fifty horses
and elght el Ih.,s..,iured souls; now there
are over one thousand buildings and a
population Of over six thousand.
1t is said that Mr.. Grants reason for /
favOring the removal of the seat of
government is that he expects to be
obliged to leave Washington at the
end of his present term, and would
like to take the capital with him.
Gen. Fremont and wife have taken
apartments for the winter in Wash
ingtOn, where the General expects to
reside, in order to superintend the
passage through the Senate of his
Memphis and FL PaSO Railroad bill.
Antonucci has been singing Narcey
in London to the Valentine ofTieGens
and the Alice Of de Murska. His per-
sOnation is criticised as possessing
much merit; but as Bertrdm in "ROb-
ert7 his voice was thought to be lack
ing in depth and power.
The South Carolina Legislature ad-
iourned the other day to see John
RObinson's circus. A motion to that
effect was made by Mr.. De Large, the
colOred leader of the House, in these
words: 'NIr. Speaker, de circus hab
arrObe, and darfOEe / moves dat we
adjourn"-Which was done according
ly.
In Otto Goldschmidt's new OratOriO
of Ruth there is a remarkable
paucity of airs, the proportion they
bear TO the whole work being as 6 to
96. Ruth herself has only two songs,
and the solo tenor only recitatives and
a part in trio. The OratOriO con-
tains thirteen chOruses.
Among the taxpayers of Boston
there are twenty individuals and cor
pOrations who pay upward of $4,000
each. The highest tax paid by any
single individual is that paid by Au-
gustus Hemmenway, which amounts
to $50, $50. The Boston gas-light COM
pany is taxed more than any other
corporation, the amount being $50, ,289.
The French theater in New York
produces a new musical sensation.
On the 18th Mr.. Clifton W. Tayleure,
its indefatigable HOUeLiSt, isn't a man
who brings out novel things a novel
ist?) and manager, gives Gotham
simon pure Russian opera, by Scla
vonic composer and troupe, and with
Russian subject and costumes.
A new work by Ludwig Nohl, the
celebrated musical critic and author,
entitled "Gluck and Wagner" is an
nOunced in Germany. The two eele-
brated German composers have fur
nished only the title for the new work,
but its subject is a more comprehen-
sive and larger one, treating as 1t does
of the development of the musical
drama during the last hundred years.
A little boy recently asked his mo-
ther if " damn" was bad word. She
replied that it was. Whereupon the
little fellow asked her if cofferdam was
a bad word. To which she answered
no, explaining that it was an engineer
ing term. Studying for a moment and
looking at her comically, he said:
Well, if our COW gets another potato
stuck in her throat she'll "cog 'er"