Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-17

to be more careful how they name thelT
children.
The San Francisco newspapers are
making a bitter war against the extor-
tons of the Central Pacific railroad.
They urge the construction of a new
road, TO be called the San Francisco and
St. Louis railroad
DR.. Peter Wilson-Ha-da-gohs, or
one-who-heals-siek, in the Indian ton
gue-a chief of the Six Nations, died re-
Gently on the Cattaraugus reservation.
He was a descendant of Red Jacket, and
was literally educated.
Mrs. SOuthwOrth continues to reel her
adjective OcOOn She has already
written thirty-fve works of fiction, and
still the insatiate nOvel-gobblers "ery
for them.D She Is twiTling down to the
pupa of two others a. rapidly as pos
sible.
One of the latest sensation stories
commences with the casual remark,
Did you ever, gentle reader, have a
tussle with a full grown Bengal tiger?"
We did, and if the king had turned as
we betted ii would we'd have come out
thirty-ive dollars ahead.
The Philadelphia Democratic Con-
vention has elected delegates to the
State Convention at Reading. The del
egates are instructed to vote for George
W. Cass for Governor. A resolution
favoring Thos. a. Scott for President
was tabled-eighty-one to ffty-seven.
And now comes Marion with a phe-
nomenon in the shape of q spotted negro
baby; its face part white and part black,
the whole front of its body spotted in
the anne manner, and Its back as black
as was that black boot-blaek's face that
wanted the white boot-black to black
his boots.
A Reunion and Reform Association
was organized in Chattanooga Thursday
night, with Harry Wilcox as Chairman,
and ]. Z. MCGOWAN, Secretary. Gov
ernor Herald, of the Daily Standard,
endeavors to grow faeetiOus over it. The
Governor is for Hoffman and Grant. A
pretty good Kangaroo ticket
In Philadelphia they are advocating
the Hanson cab system, to mitigate the
eXtOrtiOns and imPositiOns of the hack
drivers. 1t is proposed to form a conn.,
pany with a capital of one hundred and
nifty thousand dollars, which would EN-
able them to keep two hundred and
my Of these vehicles running.
The Nashville Enterprise mentions
thirty-eight counties in Tennessee which
have distinctly announced to the world
that they are in favor of free schools, for
all classes, by voting a tax through their
county courts for school purposes. Its
facts are gathered from the report of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Mr.. I. {. De Icons plav called
Chedt-written for Mr.. Lawrence Bar
rett, andnow the property of that actor
was performed at the Mobile theater I
April LIST, for the first time on any stage.
by a local theatrical club called 1.-The
Histrionics,H and the author personated
: Nynne Meredith, - the leading part.
An Indiana woman got a large num-
Der OF names 10 a petition for the pardon /
Of her husband, who had the misfortune
TO get into the p~enitentiary. On her
rounds she met another fellow who
her better; w%hereupon she burned
the petition, will claim the divorce the
gives her in such a case, and be-
come the blushing bride of said other
1t is estimated that seventy-five mil
ion dollars worth of fuel is burned YEAR
y in the United States. Locomo-
ives consume over eighty million
;ords Of wood annually, and over one
hundred million dollars worth of sawed
lumber is yearly employed in building
md in manufactures. -Four millions
# acres Of forest disappear every wear
'efOre the K to supply all these de-
hands. 8
The Hamburg papers report that the :
prlng emigration of Germans to the :
United States is already beginning. and :
hat tho movQunanf FROM RT1.EIaOa-I Z
J Of such a remarkable character that {
everal villages are almost depopulated !
0orty-1ve hundred Meckfenburgers =
assed through Hamburg last wear on :
heir way to this country, and large 4
umbers are preparing to follow them =
his season. u
Somebody faneies he has hit upon the h
Iartlng-polnt for a new earthquake !,
leory and writes TO the World that 81
Antioch, where the recent ~conyulsjon
)ok place, is almost underneath the
one Pine California; shake. His the
ry may be better than his facts. but the
Utter are undoubtedly wrong. as the citv
I Antioch Is at least a thousand miles Il
NJ of diametrical line with u uufortu-
ate American neighbor.
The ceremony of ordaining Miss Will
a deacon in the Episcopal church q,
as made the occasion of a special ser 4
ice, recently, in Brooklyn. Bishon =
.fttiejonn preached IN the occasion TO ~
DIVIDED congregation, from PHILIPPIANS -
3: And i entreat thee also, true ~
lkefellOw, help those women which -
bored with me in the Gospel, with -
ement also, and with other my fellow n
borers, whose names are in the Book y
Life" -
Boyton, Of the Cincinnati Gazette. u ~
'oduces the documents to show thai ~
ebert G. Schenck, when chairman Of =.
le Ways and Means COMMITTEES in =.
Ongress, was a party TO the fraud by ~
hich several millions of worthless ~
emphis and FL Paso railroad bonds "a
ere put upon the French market IN
SO. If this relentless Washington in
lisitor is as successful in disposing of
,heDek as be was of Harlan, there wiiltlu
good radiance TO some more bad rub 90
sh. an
A layyomanln providence, q milliner m'
trade, but nevertheless a favorite ex- eh
rter at the evening meetings Of the de
thus gave her reasons for belief for
the existence of q Supreme Being. ini
lister, / am just as confident that there ter
3 God IS l am that there are bonpeH in:
Paris and that 1 know for certain. as VIC
yesterday received from there q choice tie
iortment of the most fashionable no.
les, which / viii trim with more oy,
tie and sell lower than any milliner in ma
city, col
70 discover spurious greenbacks of dy
tiOnal bank notes, divide the last two tbs
lres of thenumber Of the bill by four. str
! if one remains the letter on the genu- des
Willie A; If two remain it VIII be b; car
hree, G.; and should there be no re- tho
inder the letter viii be ID. For ex- %
pie, a note Is registered 246l divide
Ly-one by four and you VIII have one6
According to the rule the EN-
er on the note viii be A. In case eltL
rule isis be certain that the bill is gro
nterfeit. so9l
priest the other day, who was ex- ncs'
mug a confirmation class In the n
tn Of Ireland, asked the question, e
hats the saeramentof matTimoay?b 49,
title girl at the head of the class an 49,
red, ''Tis a state Of torment into -,
sOwls enter TO prepare them for son
Their and a better world ssPut her 49,
p, says the eUrate, tlput her down a aGJ
the tut Of her elass.T Lave her "'Si
le," said the priest; "for anythinq IN
III know to the contrary. She NAV Rem
'effectly riQhtU 49,