Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-03
MUCH IN LITTLE.

Miss Colfax, sister of the Vice
President, is about to marry Capt.
Jenckes. Quere? Him of the Naval
Equestrian Brigade?-Miss Rye's
arrival at Toronto, in charge of her
brood of juvenile immigrants was
hailed with satisfaction and delight by
the people of that city. Her "Wes-
tern Home" for destitute English
children will prove a success. .--
a lady made call upon friend who
had recently been married. When |
her husband came to dinner she said: |
81 have been to see Mrs. NJ" |
"Well," " replied the husband, Il sup /
pose she is very happy" "Happy! 4
Well, l should think she ought to be;
she has a camel's-hair shawl, two 1
thirds border. Paul Geraud, /
brother Ofthe Minister from Portugal, |
is going to marry negro girl named /
Mary Wormley, thus practically /
illustrating miscegenatiOn.-An in
jured man in Dayton, Ohio, caught \
his wife just on the point of eloping
with a handsome man. He took a
demOniac vengeance by locking up all
her good clothing and then telling
her TO gO.-The poor people and
some of the rich of Naletta, Malta,
have been drowned out" of their
homes by great Denmark
Is insulted because the United States
refused to ratify the purchase of st.
ThOmas.-Orders have been issued
at Washington to have salutes fred
on TIE arrival in this country of the
remains Of George PeabOdy.-But
seven OF the active members of the
Philadelphia press in 1910 are still
alive, and only one is still in editorial
harness, filing the same post now
that he did then.-A spunky hus-
band named James I. Hall, Of River
ton, Floyd county, Iowa, has insti-
tuted a suit for $4,000 against his
wife's family, for stealing away the
partner of his bosom, and his child,
and altogether destroying his do
meStic peace.--RObert W. Cam
eron has sold his imported STALL
ion, bennington, to Welch, of
the Chestnut Hill stud farm, near
Philadelphia, at g high figure
Caleb Cushing and Judge johnson !
draw 5000 per annum, with station
cry, as memhersssOs the commission to
re Use the United States Code, and
dom. do anything for it.-The effect
of the completion of the grand Suez
canal Is a, ,-eady shown in the depreci-
alton of frei.-hts to and from China
around the Care of Good Hope
The financial condition Of Alabama is
rs bad as that Of Ten2 n2eSsee.-PrOf
LOOmis, of Yale, thinks the earth an
unsafe place, but does not tell Us how
TO better ourselves 10 the
bevy of beautiful young
Welsh girls on their way through the {
States 10 Utah.-GeOrge Peabody I +
was the first phiIan, ,hrOpist ever
hOnOred with a niche IN Westminster .
Abbey, this distinction having even
been Withheld from John Howard,
though a marble statue Of him was q
erected in st. Paul's Cathedral.-
PrOmptness in emergency Is a good
thing, and so proved in the case of a
yOung lady engaged in the United |
States Treasury Department, who, :
finding package Of currency marked !,
$4,000 to be $3.50 short, stood still in !
her tracks and, yelling for her chief,
insisted upon recount and a search [
Of her person. Her count proved
10 be correct, and no sUspi-
zion could attach 10 the maid 1
in Pennsylvania are levy c
ing black mail on viOlatOrs Of the In
ternal Revenue law.--GeOrge N.
Nluker, of Castor, Sumpter county, !
Rbama. PROCESSES 2 willingness to
Gee Ut BOnner's SI00, 900 offer for
orsa that viii trot a mile IN 2;2l2 TO C
road wagon, and driver weighing
Is NOM ds, without running, jump
10 or 81 Ipping-eyery inch to De
-0tteJ - During revival meet q
10 TN Rerrvp Na Valley, California, Fl
o1nO dan,Sal rOt excited, and, in her 7
,Iigi0us far-oT embraced a young
nTSarried man 7zeSent, The hard
ned sinner raSista, I, declaring that re-
enhance must Drao, de heaven. a
he recent strike ol fhe Paris clerks f,
as Drovad 10 ba . 600 I thing for the
larming demOiseIleS o. Luat gay cap
al. who are rapidlvtaki, x the places
the strikers.-The cOriNer-s lO2e OF Z
he new Masonic Lodge at Pie, sam
ill, Miss, will take place on /. he
n day Of December, 1869. All the 3
Idges in the country are fraternally I 10
lvited to attend and assist in the Ger pa
nOnies.-Australia seems DOS
,ssed of the magic of our West in the ~,
rowing of its cities. Melbourne, #"
AANAA q lAllAC ONNL tAliIlE Years ago ] et5
as marked by a solitary log hut, he
Ow boasts of 10000 Inhabitants To
girl of sixteen, near Montreal, re-
,ntly took arsenic to Whiten her COM
.eXiOn. None could question her tn
lcceSs as she lay in her coffin the er.
blowing day."Owing to the ex-
nsive destruction of trees in Victo- =.
a, the climate is changing. Near Ol
aliaret the rainfall is sensibly di- lai
finished, and the Government is tax
= measures 10 prevent the waste of
mber and establish nurseries Of forest :
Welt What will a girl ate
III herself for next? Miss Nolan, of hil
xford, Ind, actually strychnined
1rself to death last week because her cei
ther had purchased her a dress oel
hich did not suit her.-A lady in IeS
entucky is reported to have died WI
ON immOderate laughter over the
rest OF Gen. Butler.-It is intima-
d that the blondes are not to have it
l their own way this winter, as they
lErn hna for uax-avoH r-f., - -