Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-12
NEWS AND oTIfER TENS.

Teams crosa the EIldson sc Albsuy
in safety.
-Mlineao.a has school fuHd Of 3 :
03l O0).
The State of Oal0 has u go instltu-
ti7u= Of learning.
There srs ssiito bo 10000 Free
I mss0nR in the world.
A thief recently stolo q hundred
( pEsyer books i1 Cbicago.
-Duboque wishes to oompromiss her
/ iudeb,edoOes 90 IS per cent.
j acksunvile. III, proposes to Fsse
so coo FOX pablic library.
A new ofnnihns rHuning up0u two
wheel Is under trislin Edinburgh
-"Oger!ena ~ New Y rk il eleven
dsys" f" cysss $3.50 la San Francisco.
About go coo citizens pay all ths
4 reveHUs derived irom the Iucome lax.
The famous Black Holop Of Cal-
eu,ts has been discovered and Identified
The average sge Of the new Brilish
Cabinet Is rifty years and four mantbs.
During the reign ofLauis XVI three
thousand persons were actually broken
on the wheel.
-Engd.h railroads are adopting
American cars, while We are busy intro
ducing theirs.
The average weekly number of
deaths In London. during the winter
season, is about 1850.
"A Newark genius hss conceived The
iies Of applying steam to the thEse-
wheeled veioelpede.
-Bcs'an went 20 500 funerals, talked
shout 1864 marriages, and welcomed
1854 little dubEites last year.
Aide TCpp lately sant 5000 70 her
aged mother in Germany, and is clearly
lip-top girl.
Stone tattlsments are being replaced
with modern ornaments In San Francis
CO, for fear Of another earthquake.
American c1rn-c0Ia are sold IN the
street, Of Ls1cd-n as Patent fire light
eTs-e' 'gbt for penny"
-Mcssrs. Dunv;ljs * Co.. of Be''s-+,
I-eisu5, s7e said 20 be the largest holders
Of EhisEy Ia the world.
The United States hzs beeu invited
to participate 10 the German IcdIstTisl
Exhibition at LeiPsiC, IL Stay next.
A wealthy citizen Of Tsrre Haule,
Ind. hiss proposed 70 eri7w q Female
Seminary al thst place with $40 o0l
The C-iy-Tsi-y o. Virginia has no
cUrTieuI1n. each student taking bis
ch0icz. Honorary degrees sEe fJr5idGeD
these.
o. the old F-z7ch leE.tim'-t families
IN Psgis, about fly srs IN lHlgeut cir
cCmEaCoss. IS many live comfortably,
ard the others are very poor.
Gas has been lately Introduced 10 tae
csthejrsi in B-mVsy- Tie spsTTows
made pests iD the burners, snf reEe
rather surprised when they wsrei' lighted. (
The Trinity Tablet issued 9 Christ
mas sEu-iH HTaert, c1EtEiliLEE com aIsre |
list o. the : h-leaictIT5sU= aud SaiUtstgTi-
ais Of Trintty. since 1927.
-Ta0aas J-fI-rsou, tla founder o7fre
UnjveTiry of NiFgiu.s, had prohiJi-
ton of 8leairEielf Depart CIsuL il- {
serted ia the original charter.
Prof James S. Siu0uton, A H., o. /
St Psu., Aiill.. has 5esD elected PrOfas- I
s0r Of Mathematics ard Astronomy 10 [
Washington ara Jefferson College, Pa. /
"A Cbaplsin is elected ffizuniziFv by I
the Facuify OF the University o. Vtr- /
giuis, y 10 is supported by vCluDfa-v {
contributions from the Professors and /
students.
RI. Pauj de CassazuEc, editor OF the /
PGVs, hes fought another 9uei, this time Z
with his OwE u-iu. He wounded hi- 4
V2s tiled for gaa crime, and 1
10 SIX 6ags i1Ur.s0ums at.
-F4TxeIl Hall. 80 ChIcaza, rebuilt on /
The raius O. the bsii burned last spring,
IS Gales the largest aad finest iu tbz |
ocuntyy. l. vii sCcGmuo ste four /
% u-srd people, JhaUgh it hes seas fpT 4
Oh y shi-.y-Gva hundred. The means Of /
egress sre ample.
Notwithstanding bis ripe years, WEa. !
Cullen Bryant aas5 not shirk the duties 4
o. his litsrsry position. EEs j. To b. Pres I
ident of The new National Institute Of I
Letters, Art and Sciences. De has l8teiy /
pub isn5G poems in four period iCsls, and /
hs hss spoken within the last tgO weeks /
al two great dinners. Meanwhile he /
continues his translation o. the IliGd.
Russia has Eit spoG = new plan fer /
assisting the starving iuHsusJauts Cf /
Finland. l. assists them out OF their /
country srd sends hem TO COIon'zs the I
AmOUr regions. 7 ch man who en- /
grslss receives two hundred acres 81 |
ground, tGCis Sad stock, al except the /
land t3 be paid for a. eight years, the /
farm beiug a gift. They are besides to I
be wholly exempted from taxation for 4
twenty FOUR years, aEd thereafter taxed I
but H. moderately. The offer IS said TO be I
popular aud satisfactory both to tie /
Firms and to Rassia.
Passengers by last evenings train, /
SAYS the VicksbUrg Times o. Saturday,
report that !. w. X Lucy, some years I
ago a conductor on the NIcksburg and /
Mer;disD Railroad, was shot ami iu-
stsndy kil!ed in Jackson yesterday BY 4
Richard Winter, United States Marshsi. |
The Tumor that reaches rs ig That Mr. \
Lucy, who has been IN the reveuu- de-
pETtment recently, teiegrapbed he had 4
been robbed in New O-izsns OF q SUN of /
money. Upon his return
Mr. Wluter went to arrest him, when he
drew pist0i sHd resisted, wher. upon
Mr.. Winter fired, with tie result above
stated.