Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-23
THE NEWS.

Thomas Pollock, deaf mute, eloped
with another Of the same sort,
named Arabella Martin. Both were
residents Of Allegheny City.
Queen VictOria's John Brown
whose soul amt a-marching on, wa,
the occasion Of Her Majesty being
hissed lately by her dutiful and loyaI
subjects.
Rhode Island has presented a statue
of Gen. Nathaniel Green, of RevOlu-
tionary fame, to the United States. II
will he placed in the old House oi
Representatives in Washington.
Gems. Ord, Thomas and Sherman
recommend to Congress that civil au-
thOrity be extended over the Indians,
and that they be empowered to appear
as witnesses in all cases affecting their
own interest.
Secret political societies have been
discovered in Moscow and in the in
terror provinces of European Russia,
which are plotting an insurrectiOn for
the 18th Of February, the anniver-
sary of the emancipation Of the serfs.
The Captain-General of Porto Rico
has granted permission to return 10
the natives Of the Island who are
compromised with the revolution of
last year; but all foreigners implicated
IN the movement are 10 remain ban
ished.
On Friday Mr.. p. V. DucrOs, Secre-
tary of the kuickerbOcker Insurance
Company, shot and mOrtally wounded
Mr.. Z. J. Byrd, in New Orleans.
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the affair grew out of some domestic
difficulty.
What a lovely little snOw-drOp
that is" said a friend to Voltage as a
blonde beauty, with flowing tresses,
passed them on the Brighton read.
"a snow-drOp! l should say she was
a hair belle" said the practical para
grapher.
Archbishop DupanlOup, Of France,
viii lead the minority in the Gcu-
menical Council, against the infalii-
bility of the Pope. He has publicly
asserted in Rome that be hopes to sue
ceed in crushing out the idea Of Papal
infallibility.
George Francis Train has sent
telegram to Sir John A. Mcdonald,
Premier of the Dominion, Ottawa,
Canada, from Pontiac, Mich, asking
permission to lecture in Canada
against reciprocity, annexation, and
Feniau invasion.
n. is said that very fine flannel can
be mace out of the tags OF the pine
tree. Vu,N it is done We cannot con-
ceive; but thai such Is the fact must
be true. for there IS a specimen of the
fabric to be seen at the Neurological
Institute, Boston.
A Paris woman bought "blOnde
wash " of a druggist, and her hair, in
stead of turning yellow, came OF I'M
til she is as bald as a glacier. The
facts came to be known, when her
husband sued the druggist for dam
ages-and won his case.
It is given out at Rome that two Of
the vacant Cardinals hats will be
fIled with the heads of two distin-
guished American ArChhiShOpS-the /
M0ss Reverend Martin John Spald- |
ing. on Baltimore, and John Nc /
Closkey, OF New York.
From the Lnder Of the 18th, we
learn that an Immigration society has .
been formed at Columbus, Mississippi, .
STYLED "The Solomon Valley lmmi- |
grafton Society of LOwndes county, |
and the necessary ar I.
rangements We're made for bringing
on the immigrants at a rapid rate.
The citizens Of the Texas side Of the /
Rio Grande are making out and sub 4
stan, tiating claims against the Mexican I
ment for pay for cattle stolen .
by Mexican citizens with the cOnniv- /
ance of THEN officers. The claims viii .
be presented TO the commission now ,
in session.
The Alabama Legislature has been /
in session four weeks, and about forty 1
eight thousand dollars of the peoples I
money have been expended. As vel f.
only six or eight bills, and they for
divorce, bigamy, and allowing GER
tain persons 10 marry, have been pre-
sented to the Governor.
IN arecent number of the New York
Herald, it isannounced as lis purpose.
IN its SUNDAY editorial religious les
sons, 10 cultivate the grand idea of /
the tendency of the material and moral
forces Of the age to fusion of all
creeds, all cOlOrs, and all nations, un-
der one grand system" That is an
ample field for theological, ethical and
philosophical disquisitiOn, certainly.
Alcoholic rheumatism has been dis
covered and defined ia London. 1t is
q complaint resulting from the too
general use Of alcoholic beverages;
the marked eject Is slow and rarely
ever developed except after middle
life; it causes stupidity, stiffness in
the body, hobbling gait, and ultimate
lameness and palsy. The cure lies
mainly in gradual and then total ab-
stinence from the use of all fermented
llc,2hOlic drinks, ald taking vigorous
in the open air.
The new bridge over Niagara was
put 10 a very severe te5t, dur
.ng a heavy gale. The wind r0ared
the shTOuds, making "A noise
like thunder. The bridge VibIated,
and in the center rose and fell fully
two feet, giving 10 the entire structure
1 motion similar to that of 2 snake,
shaking il to its very foundations,
one after another the guys
until more than half Of them were
gone. Every one expected 10 see the
bridge a total wreck, but it stood the
storm, and finally the wind changed,
all danger.
Miss Lydia Thompson, the Grand
Of the q" bleached blondes"
denies that she intends to 20 to Utah,
As has been reported. She says, how
ever, that if she should visit Great
Salt Lake City, and Brigham Young
should capture her and her troupe, she
would not be unlady-like enough to
icream. On the contrary" says
Lydia, although / am not indeed a I
as other men have been, I
would write a letter to the New York
Tribune, and wait for Messrs. Greeley,
Beecher, rockingham and Field to
get me ont of the scrape."
People Of all denominations will
earn. without regret, that the Coun-
IN OF Freethinkers, convened at Ma
lies on the 9th instant, has ended in
moka. or buTsted up. in a row. 1t
vas caileG to take action in opposition
@ the Ecumgnical Council at Rome,
md was COMPOSED mainly of atheisti-
al. deistieal and EOurierite self-ap-
pointed delegates, VINO would not
lave suggested any reforms in the /
Jatholic Church or in the practice Of
but would have endeav-
red solely to inaugurate a revolution,
which might have caused turmoil and
and could not have resulted /
n any benefit to religion, morality, or
mankind.
The Methodist Episcopal State Con-
'enuOn, held in Boston on the 10Th,
.dopted the annexed resolution in ref
renee to the alleged Book Concern
rauds
Whereas, Painful and alarming rumors
ave spread far and wide Of defaications
b she management Of our Book Concern
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