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


to be leased by the Pennsylvania Gem
trail railroad, is estimated at 6 1000, 600.
Irma is in Paris. Rose Bell died
recently in London, of cancer. TO5-
tee and Auiac are singing in Brussels.
Leduc has been in the war and lost
one of his legs.
Governor Hoffman refuses to par
don a murderer on the plea Of ''infe-
riOr intellect and blunted moral
sense" He. says that is exactly what
is the matter with all of them.
A man in Chicago, in his will, left
one dollar each to two daughters and
the estate Of $2j, 600 to his wife, but
with orders that the whole estate
must be sold, if necessary TO give the
daughters their share.
Mr.. John T. Ford, the well-knOWn
owner and manager OF the Holiday
street theater, Baltimore, is erecting a
new theater in that city, which will
be completed, it is thought, in time
for the next seasons commencement.
Here is a Baltimore obituary verse
on a dead husband:
He was loved by all who knew him,
Aud he was loved on earth too well;
Dearest husband, the angels drew him
By the cords they loved 10 dwell.
Madeline Henriques, "the sweet,
the fair, the beautiful actress, is soon
to assume a new role in an old dOmes-'
tic drama, in which, if there be more
characters than the doctor, the nurse,
herself, and another, the odd one is
usually called the twin.
MI. Grant, on Monday last, accepted
a magnificent carriage robe made of
jaguar, wolf, and fox skins, With
heads, legs, and tails of the natural
animals intact. 1t is valued at $500.
A half dozen Indian agents were
appointed next day.
The Hartford and New Haven
Railroad Company are paying divi-
dends in coin, and Philadelphia has
resumed specie payment Of all her
stock issued before the legal tender
act. The interest due, and the prin-
cipal as it natures, are paid in gold.
Some malicious sensationaIist has
started the story that ParsOn Sabine,
whose rigid righteousness revOlted at
the idea Of reading the burial service
over the actor HOlland-Was not in
his "sOber senses" at the time; the
i~nsinuatiOn being that he had a ru-
brio in his hat.
The Philadelphia Ledger Of Satur-
day says: 1.-The Morning Post, of
this city, has been purchased by a
joint stock company, and will appear
on Monday next in new type and IN.
der the name of the Philadelphia Post.
1t will be issued from the Old office,
Seventh street, above Chestnut.
The Lake family, Of Greene county,
New York, furnish the most remark
able cases of longevity Oh record.
There was a family reunion lately, at
which the following members of the
family were present: Mary Lake,
mother, aged 106; Martha, "A; Eliza
beth, Y Joseph, 20; Miller, IS; Hen
ry, 81; Deborah, 50. Three members
of the family are dead-Hiram aged
66; Christina, II; and Ann, 81.
The Reverend Mr.. rockingham, in
one of his characteristic sermons, in
forms US that, though nature is not
God, It contains the visible evidence
of His presence, and man, living in
the midst of it, nestles to the bosom
Of the Great Father. He also adds,
with considerable peTtinenCe, that
virtuOus and sober living among men
and women, and q refusal on the part
Of the latter to use certain drugs now
popular, will go far toward making
the eaTth We live on g near approach
to the paradise we sigh for.
The Raleigh IN. O. Standard es-
Enlistment, owned and edited by
Governor Holden, was sold at auction
on Saturday last, under a mortgage,
and was purchased by W. T. AskeW,
Esq, for $4,000. Immediately after
the sale the Sheriff announced that he
would sell the same establishment, the
goods and cbattels of which were then
under execution to certain parties,
and give a better title than the Gtt0r-
ney Of the MORTGAGE could. He then
proceeded to sell out the concern in
detail, realizing not quite $1,000.
There is q lively time now among the
rival claimants Of the property.
1t is a curious circumstance that
there is hardly a single journalist of
note connected with the New York
press who is to the manor born. HOr-
ace Greeley, MantOn Marble, W. G.
Bryant, G. w. Curtis, c.. A. Dana and
George Ripley are Of New England
extraction; II. j. Raymond and
ThurlOw Weed were born in New
York State; Parke Goodwin, in New
jersey; J. @. Bennett, in Scotland; E. |
l.. GOdkin and Jennings are English
men; while Whitehw, Reid, Charles
NOrdhOff, Major Bundy and Junius
Henri Browne, are from the West. !
The only native GOthamites we can
recall are Theodore TiltOn, Joe How
ard and J. @. Bennett, jr.
The San Antonio Herald Of the 18th
at is with profound regret that
we announce the death of Don Jose
Antonio Navarro, the venerable citi-
zen, the revered patriot, and the hon
est man, who expired al his residence
in this city, on yesterday Saturday.
morning, 18th instant, at u o'clock,
aged rs years. To none Of her great
est statesmen, nor to her many emil
nent patriots, is Texas more indebted
for her existence as a Republic, than
Dan Jose Antonio Navarro, who, ever
retiring in his manner, but ever firm
and unhinching, and always honest,
unseltish and answering in his de-
vOtiOn to the cause Of Texan indie
pendence, proved in his support a
of strength. He lived and died
a thorough and consistent Democrat,
noble examplar, who, though gath
cred to his fathers in the fulIness of
age, yet his death has caused the deep
est sorrow throughout the commu-
and his memory viii be cher
ished with the fOndest regard.
If Europe can boast Of an M. P,
SOmerville, America, is not without
an eminent lady astronomer, in the
Of Professor Maria Mitchell,
Of Vassar College. This distinguished
as we learn from an exchange,
a native of Nantucket, and is now
years Old. By birth and ed
IcatiOn she is a member of the Society
If Friends. When but eleven wears
I'D she taught in her fathers school,
md from him she learned the first
elements of the science in which she
las been so much distinguished. On
October /, 1917, she discovered a tele-
comet, which was af6erWard
observed by Father Du Vico, at
and elsewhere by other as
.rOnomers. For this discovery she
vas presented with a gold medal by
he King of Denmark. She was sub
,equently employed in observations
connected with the United States
-G Oh