Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-22
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The Judge Of b Second CHANGER
Court yesterday granted a divorce whici
separates Mrs. from Mr.. Mccoy.
"A man on the streets yesterday tol,
his acquaintance he was sick of th.
horse disease-in the newspapers.
Another change in the weather yes
terday, at The atmosphere be
came mild and humid, like the eye O
the sea-lion in the circus.
1t was truly affecting to observed how
the grave people of the courts wer,
taken up with the Old Ep and the show
These two formed the staple of theiI
conversation all day.
The formal opening Of the Memphis
BEADING Room will take place Saturday,
tomorrow evening, at eight o'clock. II
is announced that speeches viii be made.
OF course. Rooms over the Merchants
National Bank, at the corner of Main
and Madison streets: entrance on Mad
ison street.
! "A telegram reached Memphis YES
, terday to the effect that Mahan's new
canal-bOat had reached New York, hav-
ing made the trip of four hundred and
fifty miles in six days. 1t usually takes
fourteen by the ordinary canal-bOat. The
run down the Hudson from Troy to
New York, was made in thirty-four
hours.
What sight could be prettier than
lhat presented TO the wOrld-weary eve
in Calvary Church yesterday morning,
when Miss Eliza Winchester and VIM.
BickfOrd, were made one for life? The
church was crowded with fashionable
people, principally ladies. Bouquets of
vfma nron,rrian anI nvra-R,Ou-o~f,r
oder, We're quite numerous. The verv
happy and handsome couple looked be-
witching.
An innocent gentleman writing
from Holly Springs, asks US to publish
the names Of fire insurance companies
that will now DO to trust. We adver-
tise several, and if there be one Of these
unworthy Of popular confidence we do
not know it. OF life insurance compa-
nies the same may be said. If one that
advertises in the APPEAL were known
10 be at all doubtful, its name would not
appear.
The marriage season has opened,
aud young couples from the country
come every day to Memphis to spend
very easily. The bride wears a white
HEA ANEaAAAEnH " AAE MtdAutlH AiAt
groom never takes off his gloves, and
both look sheepish. They call each
other dear darling "ducky,n
Glove, - and are always on the verge OF
embracing each other. They deserve
credit for their courage.
The inmates Of the stationhouse had
a debate last night upon the startling
proposition: Suppose we don't work
what thenP' The lawyer Of the crowd
urged strongly a general strike Oh the
part of the chsin-gang. He said the au-
thorities dare not starVe them TO death.
and it would be still worse if they at
tempted to whip them. The ruling
powers, he ~contended, could not treat
them worse than they were treated,
without making a h-ll-roaring noisein
the town.
"A dispatch from Ottawa in regard
10 the disease which has lately broken
out among the swine in that vicinity,
that it has no resemblance to hog
cholera, and is much more fatal, never
to kill within a few hours. The
symptom is soreness in the nose,
followed frequently by bleeding. Then
the tongue commences to swell, pro-
trudes from the mouth and turns black,
and the hog dies frequently in an hour
or less time after being attacked. No
remedy has been discovered that affects
it in the least. 1t is a swine eppizOOtic.
Thew Oman's Congress at Darmstadt,
Prussia, has passed a resolution thank
ing the government for the assistance
rendered to the wOmen's cause, by en-
cOuraging the employment of women in
the postal and telegraph service. 1t was
furthermore resolved to form an interna-
tional association for the advocacy of
women's rights, a standing committee
for which was forthwith elected. Prin-
cess Louise, Of Hesse, has been solicited
TO act as Patroness. Misses Carpenter,
Winaworth, Hill and Meriwether are
appointed corresponding members Of the !
committee.
The first man who w modelled
with any popularity in America was
John Dixey, Of Dublin, who carved the
squire of Justice on the New York CITY
Hail William Rush, at an ear
y day, cut a statue of Washing
on for Independence Hall, Phils-
and sOme figures for
ihurches. During Monroe's admins
ration John Frazee made several busts, !
me Of which, John Jay, was purchased
" CongressfortheS Supreme Court cham
,er, and another stands in Court Square,
md is an accurate representation of the
and expression Of face Of Old
Hickory.
On we 60. The horse is gradually
,eing superseded. There was a steam
for common roads exhibited at
be Augusta, Georgia, fair. The Con-
t~ititiOndiist says: 1.-TWO large wagons
nd three carts loaded with bricks were
irst attached TO the steamer. This load
be pulled around the grounds with per-
ect ease, travelling as fast as when IN
mcumbered. AS a still further test two
filed with men and boys were
dded to the already long train, and, as
efore, the steamer moved off and went
round the grounds apparently without
iffieulty. These testsdem0nstrated be-
'ond q doubt that these steamers can be
sed with great advantage on ordinary +,
Dads TO haul loads. They are not made /
speed, but simply for strength J
All the pecUliarities Of the horse be- {
ONE interesting subjects for study now {
hat the animal has become a national Z
While he is down sick let US
tudy some Of his points. In Barbary E
acing horses are held in such high esti- 7
that the method of making a '
trotter shackle like a boat in a Z
hop sea Is reduced to a science. To '
lake them rack easily, a ring of lead, I
Oyered with heather, Is put round each q
oOf; a cord from each weight ascends
nd Is fastened to the saddle. front and