Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-29
THE NEWS

Ile Southern OLlCeES WHO lave ell
listed in the service Of the NicerOy of
Egypt are reported to be greatly dis
satisfied with their new position.
Like Mr.. jeremiah Blossom, they
want to go home.
A woman Of Newport, KY, on ac-
count OF a quarrel, resolved TO leave
this mundane sphere, and, ike Ophe-
liza, 90 TO Heaven by water. Once IN
the Ohio, however, she quickly con
clud5d to swim, and accepted pro-
posals from two coal bargemen TO
draw her out.
The militia have been called out to
regulate the regulators" on the Mis-
sissippi. Ouachita and Red river rail
road, on which the cars are running
out as far IS Williams Depot, which
is lust on the east side Of Bayou Bar
thOlOmeW. The iron for the remain
ing portion Of the road is all that IS
wanting in order to have the train at
Monticello in a very short time.
An enterprising and patriotic pho
tOgrapher Of Parchim, in Mecklen-
burg, sent to General Won Moltke as
a present on his 10th birthday a very
accurate photograph OF the house
where he was born, which IS stll
standing ia that town, The veteran
was much pleased, and replied by a
letter, IN which be says: 81 am glad
To have been reminded of my early
days-which were all peaceful-nOw
that in age I am surrounded by the
tUrmOils of war"
The Meridian Gazette of friday,
SAYS: "The jury Of inquest on the
body of the Dane, who perished in the
fire, are suhjecting witnesses to q rigid
examination, in order to arrive at
some facts connected with the disas-
ter. While the fire was burning a
negro named Alfred Beasly was ar
rested for setting fire to an clubhouse
belonging to Mr.. Logan Cline, about
one mile from the Beacon Office. The
flames were arrested and Mr.. Cine's
property was saved from destruction.
The negro is now in Columbus Jail"
The Hon. Henry d. Washburne,
Surveyor General Of Montana, died
at his home in Clinton, NermilliOn
county, Ind, at 4 O'clock yesterday
afternoon, Of pulmonary disease. Gen.
eral Washburne served in the Union
army withgmUCh credit as Captain,
Colonel and Brigadier-General; was a
member OF the Thirty-ninth and
F0rtieth Congress, but declined a re-
nomination, and was appointed by
President Grant SurveyOr-General Of
Montana, which Office he held to the
time of his death. He was nearly
thirty-nine years Of age.
The wife Of a Cabinet officer
at Washington has received
a private letter from a lady
| friend In Munich, Of which the fol
/ lowing is an extract: "Ihe draft al
most en- nlQsse Of the able-bOdied pop
ulatiOn Of Germany for the war has
caused sad havoc At home Hardly a
family but has lost some member. AS
many are dying from hunger, cold
! and disease as from the bullet. Many
| have gone insane. To add to the
horrors, the winter is Of unusual Sc
verify. On Christmas-day the ther.
| mOmeter (Reaumer's) stood at % de.
| grees below zero, which is about
equal to II degrees below Fahren'
heit."
A curious case is now on trial in
the Court Of Appeals for Upper Ba
I varia. The photographic Institute
/ of HeldelbUghausen brings sui
against His Majesty Ludwig ii. Of Ba
v8ria. as the heir Of Ludwig l., on the
| following grounds: Peter Won Corne
/ lius. ia 1887, sold the cOpywright o.
/ tbe celebrated hescOes in the GlyptO'
/ thek To the above mentioned publish
! ing-bouse for 1900 forms. The new
owners Of the copyright had Vefy
/ careful engraVings made from TWO o
/ the freseOes, and these were greatly
| admired by c0nnOi5seurs, being the
/ work of eminent artists, among whom
was A. Merz. In 1865, a phOtOgra
pher, named BOetger, published col
/ lection Of engzaving5 from these same
! frescOes, in a a large volume which h'
! called stThe Architectural Monument
of King Ludwig Ip' This work, be
| inc sold at a lower price, became more
| popular than the first series Of en-
/ cravings made from the fFescOes. Or
examination it was found that tn,
/ second enterprise, as well as the first
was authorized by royal patents; anC
the plaintiffs, therefore, brought sui
] against the King, for the infringe
ment made upon their copyright e1
/ his predecessor, and llXed their DANA
/ ge5 at 80, 600 fiOrins. They we're non
suited ia a former trial, and have
! therefore, carried their case to tn
] Court oi Appeals.