Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-30
THE NEWS,

The wife Of T. Buchanan Read, the
poet painter, bears a striking facial
resemblance to the world renowned
| Venus de Medici in the Pitt Palace.
The conloined capital Of all the
banking houses of the Rothsehilds in
| London, Paris, Frankfort and Vienna
is said to be, in our money, not less
than $500, 900, 900.
Phelps, the English tragedian, at
one time very prominent on the Lon
/ don bOards, is reported TO be 50 bro
ken in health that he cannot live
long.
King, or Emperor, William is said
| to have become so impatient at the
prOtracted siege of Paris that, detes-
ter Of tobacco as he has been all his
life, he has begun to smoke for cOnsO-
lation.
John A. Bergner, Of Frisco, has
sued Oliver Dale for damages to the
extent Of 500, 900 for enticing away his
wife, Mary Elizabeth. Mary used to
meet him in the dale near where Lily
lived.
The ladies of Rutland, Vt, who
have occasion to go out Of doors have
converted themselves into casters OF
cayenne pepper to season the sauce OF
rOwdies mustered at nearly every
corner.
A. II. Stephens having become sat
isfied that fraud had been practiced
in the leasing of the Western and
Atlantic railroad from the State Of
Georgia has withdrawn from the
company.
Edwin r. Campbell, now in San
Francisco, though hardly fOrty-five,
boasts that he has killed in his edttO-
rial capacity not less than twenty
nine newspapers.
An Arabian physician, Abjul Ra-
shib, is exciting wonder and making
fortune in COnstantinOple, by his
extraordinary power of healing. The
common people believe him a magi-
clan, and regard him with supersti-
tiOus awe.
A third claim to the hand and heart
of the pOlygamOUs Congressman Bow
en-, of South Carolina, has turned up
in the person OF a lady in Georgia,
who afirms herself to be the original
and only genuine Bowen Of his Bow
en-.
A Western journal recently pub
Iished this extraordinary notice:
+" Married at the residence Of the
brides father, by the Rev. a. M.
Lyons, John P. Ellis, Esq, all Of this
city" That is what is called in
euchre, going it alone.
A London Frenchman went out
shooting, but having poor luck re-
turned to town. Slipping and falling
on the icy sidewalk, his gun was dis
charged, bringing down the first game
Of the day-tWO Poles walking ahead
of him, who were peppered in the
legs with fine shot.
Mr.. Newton and Mr.. Rockwell, Of
New Orleans, playfully disputed
which should pay for the cigars. ''I
suppose you are a fighting man, ="
said Rockwell, loosely. NeWtOn's
reply was five revolver shots, one Of
which severely wounded ROckWelPs
neck.
If a man is humorous, sprightly in
imagination, and witty, how he can
make a whole household cheerful and
happy. How much power one that
is lively, and gay, and witty has to
redeem men from the sOrdidness Of
life, and lift them up to higher range
Of thought and feeling.
Four years ago, Mrs. CObIedick, OF
Cleveland, kindled a fire with ker-
Osene, and was badly burned. She
-a-,noe,fF tho av-y.orf yerav,A aud v1orTn O
complete success of her attempt at su-
icide, besides hadly burning her
daughter.
Mrs. Haywood has received $3.50
from the Moline and Rock Island
railway for injuries received in con
sequence Of the premature starting Of
a car from which the was aIighting.
The claim was for $4,000, but was cut
down to the amount mentioned.
Fisk, in a note to Mr.. Greeley,
tenders a bit of advice; 81 under
stand" says James, ''yOu are not
we'll II you are about to die, be sure
and take your summer clothes along,
as you viii certainly need them.'
Swinburne, who has lately received
so much incense as the poet Of the
day, is not altogether popular after
all. An article in the Spectator says
that he 'has striven hard, no doubt,
to erect an English literature Of inn
purity, based on the best models of
France; but when the thing was done
in English its vileness, its want of
manliness, its imp-like orgies, filed
men of the world with unutterable
lOathing, which was only intensified
by the plaudits of the little clique
who placed the young poet in the
same rank with Shelley"