Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-12
SHORT PARAGRAPHS.

A reporter of the Troy Press uses
''thick clOts of rOpy gore" in his ac-
counts of street difficulties in that san
culinary village.
The Book Concern committee Of the
NJ. +. Church hold daily sessions in
New York. They are still engaged
on the alleged frauds.
The Senate Indian Affairs Commit
tee have agreed to report favora-
bly, on the proposition for a Joint Com
mittee on Indian Affairs.
Olive Logan CLAIMS to be " as well
known as the nude Cardiff giant"
Perhaps she is; but the friends of the
other humbug are inclined to dispute
the claim.
An arrangement has been effected
whereby all through passengers on
the Atlantic and Great Western and
Erie railroads can have secured seats
all the way, without additional cost.
Salt Lake papers contain letters
from Mormon missionaries ''labOring'
in Massachusetts,. One of them says
he has converted a large number and
viii bring them to Utah in the spring.
A terrific wind storm occurred at
San Francisco Thursday. In Vir-
ginia City a number of houses were
unroOfed, chimneys blown down, sew
eral persons seriously injured, and one
man killed.
The Conservative members of the
Virginia Legislature were in caucus
Thursday night, to nominate j. Nc
Donald, editor of the Richmond WhiQ,
for Secretary of State, and VIM. +.
Taylor for Auditor.
The Mormons, it is said, have made
a large number Of converts on Long
Island, scattered through a dozen
towns, a majority of whom are girls
of eighteen to twenty-five years. They
+ to be sent to Utah in the spring.
The Committee on Roads and Ca
mails Of the House have decided to re-
port a bill granting alternate sections
Of lands to the Little Rock and st.
Louis Railroad of Missouri. 1t will
be reported to the House in a few
days.
The Select Committee Of Congress
on Decline of American Commerce
have nearly completed their report.
They will recommend a drawback on
all ship building materials and repeal
Of tonnage duties on American YES
sells.
A healthy competition is waged by
two opposition stage lines in Wis
consin. One line carries for nothing
and gives a dinner to each passenger,
the other carries for nothing and gives
each passenger a dinner and a pair of
buckskin gloves.
Mark Twain was married the other
evening to Miss Olivia l.. Langdon.
Of Elmira, New Yorh. No cards. ex-
cept the pack with which the BRIDE
groom took a game or two of freeze
out poker with his father-in-laW and
the parson just after the ceremony.
We are told that "Rev. Horace
Cook is now with his family, near
Boston, under medical treatment" 1t
is TO be feared that the poor, dear gen
tleman, 50 cruelty victimized by a de-
signing schoolgirl, is slowly gliding
into the silent tomb with a broken
heart.
A number of prominent gentlemen
OF New York city organized into a
society a day or two ago for the pur-
pose OF producing a stronger feeling
among business men in behalf Of
General Mcmahon is among
the number.
A letter from Marshall, ILL.,, dated
on the 9TH inst, says: Miners from
the diggings on Big Greek to-day re-
port the prospects for gold to be bright
They declare that SIS per day
can be maG.e at the present discove-
ries. There is great excitement on
Big Creek and surrounding country.
General Roberts, postmaster at
New York, in 1S67-6S, was
arrested yesterday on the charge of
smbezzling from the money order
und about $500. The discrepancy in
his accounts was discovered before he