Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-13
VARIETIES.

lied in Boston.
{ Canvas-baek ducks are now plentif
: on the Susquehanna.
A new religious sect in Kentucky
e called "SOul Sleepers."
An indianapolis paper speaks Of Q
"Argus-nosed policeman
= An Indiana farmer has bought Il
Cardiff Giant for a gate post.
Beet z is said to do better tina
any other kind for confectionery.
A tame bear in Mobile died of ind
gestion, oecasioned by swallowing
sponge.
The new Catholic Cathedral at New
ark, New Jersey, is to cost n million
dollars.
Fears are entertained that the Vii
ginia tobacco crop is not as good as usu
al this year.
Kansas City has increased to the ex
tent of twelve hundred and forty house
in two years.
Wedding cards are now issued witt
the notice, "No plated ware" printe'
in one corner.
Scion Single, known in this neigh.
borhood as John Z. Owens, is said to be
worth two million dollars.
The practice of giving medals forcom
petition among the children in the pub
lie schools Of Boston has been abolished
A traveller who has just returned from
England, says the first thing he missed
on arriving in London was his shadow
An election for justice of the peace
was broken up in Savannah, Georgia,
by the owner of the house in which the
voting vas going on unceremoniOusly
ordering everybody off the premises.
Edward Tompkins, of San Francisco,
has given land valued at fifty thousand
dollars to the California State Universe
", for the endowment Of an Agassiz
professorship Of Oriental languages and
literature.
The morning and evening frosts of the
past two weeks have opened the chest
nut burs, and consequently on last Sat
urday, the woods in the suburban dis
triets were swarming with schOOl-bOys,
gathering the nuts.
The Russian government is said to be
preparing to publish a complete eOllee-
ton Of all autograph letters, orders,
memoranda, etc, Of the Gar Peter the
Great, including those of a private as
well as of a public character.
A lady in New York wears as a breast
pin a beautifully carved, dark glossy
stone, in a gold setting. 1t is the front
Of her husbands favOrite meerschaum,
she having induced him to stop smOk-
ing, and now wears his pipe as a trophy.
During the year 1871, more than three
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sons, exclusive of season ticket holders,
Travelled over the railroads of England
and Wales. Out of the whole number
only six persons were killed by causes
beyond their own control.
A vixenish wife in Gainesville, Him
Ois, turned the partner Of her joys out of
doors on a stormy night, as the only
way of getting the better of him in a
domestic argument. The husband was
unwell at the time, and laid down on the
step, where he died before morning from
exposure. The woman is now awaiting
trial.
The young ladies Of Lowell, Massa-
chusetts, have invented a new plan for
securing husbands. They 90 out boating
with the man Of their choice, contrive to
upset the boat, and then grab him and
save his life. The victim, in his first
burst of gratitude and admiration, gem
orally makes the desired proposal to his
heroic preserver.
Monhegan lighthouse, in Maine, was
established ifty-twO years ago, and is
a flashing light of the second order.
It has two keepers, n of whom is a
woman, the widow Of a former keeper.
The light can be seen in favorable
weather at a distance Of thirty mills.
The Illuminating apparatus is of French
manufacture, and cost the government
twenty-five thousand dollars.
The difference between Englishmen
and Americans is thus stated by a recent
writer: "America is inhabited
5y Americans, and not Englishmen; by
men, that is, who trust. instead of men
who distrust their OWL intellectual con-
men who are not disturbed be-
cause the operation of a healthy princi-
pie may, like the use of chloroform,
occasionally produce death"
The "King Of the Dogs" has recently
lied in Paris. He was an ironmonger,
and being Once bitten by a mad-dOg,
after the wound was eauterized and
healed, he always took q strange fancy
10 stray CANNES. He kept a number
him, and had them so trained that
hey would stand on their hind legs and
salute him whenever he appeared. To
.hese he gave the name of Minister of
War, Minister Of Justice, etc.
The telegraph has been found useful
n a curious way in Connecticut. A lu-
latic, who was formerly an operator,
stely escaped from the asylum at Hart
ord, and no trace of him could be found
until one night an old associate OF his
recognized his touch in the click of the
instrument at his side. The message |
anne from Wallingford, and there, sure
enough, the missing man was found,
tried his hand at his old craft, 1
md thereby revealed his whereabouts.
The Nassau Guardian of recent date
that a large flat buoy, with the
igure 4 painted on the side, is said TO
nave been seen, apparently moored in
he Gulf Stream about ten miles west
ly-north from Bimini. 1t was first dis
covered on Saturday week, and re-
NAMED in the same position up to last
saturday. The rushing Of the stream
enders it difficult for persons to APP
roach the buoy, which is supposed to
,e the missing one to which the West
india cable is attached.