Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-17

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Words, made vacant by the death of DIR.
Norman Mcleod, viii be offered TO Can
on Kingsley.
A San Francisco husband refused to
buy carriage for his wife, and the Lady
is trying to swear him into an insane
asylum in consequence.
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines emphatically
eOntradiets the statement that she con-
templates a matrimonial alliance, sub
iect to which she has given no thought,
and does not promise to consider.
There is more than one million dol
lars invested in the manufacture Of
lamps in this country. or chimneys,
about one million dozen are annually
sold, at an average Of fifty cents per
dozen.
Considerable amusement has been
created in certain social circles in Lon
don by some American families now
residing here, who have printed on the
back Of their invitation cards 9. map OF
that part Of London in which they live.
Seven thousand one hundred and 6fty
tbalers about i've thousand dsDars)
were paid last month for tTenty-tour
pape printed book by the British Au-
scum Library. The book was the ArS
Norieadi, without date, but printed in
the year 1850.
Notwithstanding the immense iron
mines Of our country, and the facilities
for working them, the production is in
finitely less than the demand. 1t re-
quines fully one-half of all the American
iron produced TO build our railroads and
keep them in repair.
Mr.. Joseph Jofffiou died in Mausura
Anoyelles parish, Louisiana, a few days
since, at the advanced age of seventy
years. The Register says he was born
in the parish during theSpanish regime,
and Witnessed the gradual growth of his
native State and parish. At one time
he served the parish in the State Legis-
latare.
By request from the government Of
the German Empire. the Secretary of
the Treasury has fixed the valuation Of
the mark, the new unit Of accounts of
the German Empire, at twenty-three
cents for customs purposes. This is just
one-third the value Of the old SOlferino
thaler, whose value was fixed at sixty
nine cents.
A writer from Louisiana says: "What
impresses me, among other things, in
this novel region, are the kindly rela-
tons between whites and blacks. have
not heard a syllable OF sesessionism. All
the people are glad to see Northern men;
all are anxious for immigration and cap
ital, and really they present tempting
Inducements.
The Idea of reclaimiDg the Colorado
desert, by means Of artesian wells, has
been broached. It is thought that a
large subterranean stream runs under
the desert, and that all that is necessary
is to bore deep enough to strike
it. Congress will he applied to for
grant as a recOmpense for boring these
wells.
The total annual circulation of news
papers printed in the State of New York
Is 4g2, T79, 86s, being more than twice the
number printed in any other State. The
next greatest number of copies is in
Pennsylvania, where 233, $50, 332 copies
are annually printed. Massachusetts
also prints 107, 691, 953; Illinois, l02, $780,
204; Ohio, 1884, AS.
A humming-bird flew into a court
room in Georgia during the session of
the court, one day recently, at half-past
ten in the morning, and continued to tiy
within q few inches Of the ceiling until
six in the evening, when is fell slowly
and alighted on mantel-pieee, where il
was captured. It had been on the wing
seven and half hours without rest.
A leading wine firm Of San Francisco
give it as their opinion that il is almost
certain that the vintage of the present
year, though somewhat reduced by
frOsts in some localities, will foot up
much greater than that of the year pre-
viOus. They estimate that eight million
gallons of wine win be made, beside the
large quantity Of grapes manufactured
into brandy.
The United States government is to
undertake the breeding OF salmon upon
the Pacific coast, with view TO stock |
ing Eastern rivers and other waters
suitable for salmon. The work will be I
carried on upon a large scale, and will |
be under the charge Of Mr.. Livingstone, /
of Charleston, who will 90 to Oregon |
next month and commence operations /
in the Columbia river.
A new departure has been made in |
the whale-Oil trade. A San Francisco |
paper says that the cargo Of the bark 1
Louisa, lately arrived there from New /
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anna to New York. This will accom- I
plish great saving in time, as formerly I
all cargoes were sent around Cape Horn. I
The cargo OF the Louisa consists Of one /
thousand eight hundred and fifty barrels |
Of oil and twenty-six hundred pounds Of 1
As long as horse-caTs take way-pas- |
of course they always will |
there will be as many people desirious !
Of knowing the route as the final desti- /
nation OF the conveyance. In PrOvi- |
dence, Rhode Island, the managers of
the horse railways have borne this in |
mind, and instead of putting advertising /
signs on the top OF the car, have list Of 4
the streets through which the car passes /
plainly painted in black letters upon /
white ground. This simple expedient /
saves much questioning, and is a great
TO both conductors and pas |
sengers.