Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-02-18
NEWS ITEMS.

Jenny Liad viii be fifty next Octo-
Der.
Jessie Fremont drives a pair Of
'iblOOGs."
Marked men-Msrk Lemon, Mark
Twain, end Bismarck.
Bathlehem, Pa, has built a new jail
ataH expense Of S92,049.
The terms OF twenty-fOur Senators
expire on the 4th of March.
At Newhallville, AConn., 800 girls
are employed in making rife cart
ridges.
Cinnamon sew up pigs mouths and
eyes 10 prevent sQuealing and wander
ing when being driven,
Thirty bales Of cotton were raised
by the boys of the Mississippi Or
phans' Home this year.
Troy, n. y, has just decided a law
salt involving S4OJO, which has cost
the county and State $4,000.
The first part of Prof Seeley's edi-
ti0u of Livy viii appear shortly, with
a preface and long dissertation.
A New York musical critic is Of the
opinion that Chicago people are sun
able % tell a symphony from a sar-
dine
Three men claim TO be Lieutenant
Governor OF Florida, and the dispute
is distrscting the Supreme Court OF
the State.
A New York cat was so rash as TO
lick the cheek Of a lady Of improved
complexion, and in a few minutes
was 40 more.
Pittsburg, in the opinion of Halls
Journal Of Health, is the healthiest
city in the country, San Francisco
alone excepted.
Nilsson having given a former
schO0im8te three hundred dollars, Is
surprised at meeting lOng-lOst school
mates every day.
Two short treaties on Pennsylvania
German are in course OF compilation
a Grammar 10y Prof. NOtZ, and EO-
Cabulary by Mr.. Rauch.
A sharp young woman says there is
nothing more touching in this life
thaa 10 see a poor but virtuOus young
man struggling with a weak mustache.
The railroad intere SIS Of Massachu-
sets are looked after by the Adams
family, John O. being on the Railway
Committee, and Charles F., ir., on the
Railroad Commission.
It Is asserted that, absurd az the
high hat is, it does keep the head
more comfortable, il does maintain
more equal temperature, and il does
feel better than any other form OF
head covering.
The Potomac fisheries are a bad
failure this year. The catch is re-
ported TO be unusually limited, and
the fishermen, in consequence, are
low spirited. The fish, 1t is feared,
are deserving the river.
The Catholic World says that with
6,0O0,OJU members there is but one
Catholic paper in the United States
with over 10000 paying subscribers,
and scarcely one that can afford TO
pay for contributions.
Agu8ssi B0achi. of Batavia, p negro
prince, son Ofan African gran dee, was
a student Of the School of Mines at
Freiburg, thirty years ago. He now
sends a thousand forms to the Ger
man widows aud orphans of the war.
The entire B8yariau army is sup
piled with the Nerder breech-lOading
rifle, which the PrUssians consider
superior 30 the needle gun. The
Bavarians also have In use a mitrail.
leuse which IS more effective than the
French one,
The second verse Of Five O'Clock
In the morning F" commences with the
words, " And Bessie the milk-maid
merrily sang" etc. A critic thinks
the sentence is very uugr8mmatical,
If e Intends TO imply that Bessie made
the milk sing.
Baron Haussman, x-PTefect Of the
Seine. Is at Rome, in consultation
with The Italian authorities regarding
the demolition OF old buildings, and
the reconstruction of the city In con-
f0rmity with the requirements OF the
future capital Of Italy.
The African Z0uaves at KOnigsberg,
who never before saw snow or ice, are
ia chronic wonder at the scenes pre-
sented on the Court Lake, now frozen
over, where by day and by night
troops of gaily-dressed men and WO-
men 90 gliding over the ice.
Oranges raised in Los Angeles, Cal,
to the number Of 50, 900, were recently
received at san Francisco, California.
Orange now find ready sale in that
market At thirty 10 fifty dollars per
thousand, but viii soon decline to
twenty-five or thirty-five dollars.
A third edition Of DR.. Nicholas
s. Pedigree Of the English People" is
In preparation, containing cOnsidera
bic additions on the influence Of the
Norman conquest, and on the Opin-
ions of writers, Continental and Eng
iish, as to the physical characteristics
of races.
The Princess Dora D'Istria, who has
permanently taken up her residence
in Florence, has just been elected an
honorary member Of the Academy
PicOdella MiraudOla, The Princess Is /
at present engaged in preparing an
important work on the popular songs
Of Turkey.
Or. Pusey, il is said, is founding a
new community Of Anglican nuns,
who5e dress is to be entirely of white.
Protestant sisterhOOds, such as the
kaiseyWerth Deac0nesses. are very
dOurisSing 10 Germany, and are gain- I
ing in p15lic fayer both Ia England
sud America.
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