Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-10
PERSONAL.

-ARAOAl9C 0C AdlllGIALu
is to be erected in Macon, the tow
where he was born.
Sir Humphrey Davy is to have {
statute erected to his memory at Pen,
zance, his native place.
The Baroness Talleyrand wore over
100000 OF jewels on a costume of 3
lady OF Turkestan at Florence ball
recently.
M. Villemessant, who is giving his
recollectiOns of Paris journalism, say:
that Alexandra Dumas, who gained
millions of francs by his pen, died
poor.
A native of Madras, in Hindostan,
teaches school at Lafayette, Indiana.
Three idols, Brahma, Vishnu and
and silva, form the chief decorations
of her apartments.
The last act of M. Cont, the late
private secretary OfNapoleon III, was
to send a telegram to his old master
at Chiselhurst, saying that he died
faithful to the Imperial cause.
Sir John Duke Coleridge, in his ia.
nous speech in the Tichborne case,
spoke, altogether, twenty days, C C
pylng foUr or five hours each day.
The speech is the longest on record.
Mr.. A. S. Solomon, a Jewish gen
tleman, residing at Washington, mas
secured the removal from Webster's
and WOrcester's dictionaries of the
verb Jew; to cheat or defraud; to
swindle."
Mr.. GCdding, the celebrated Lon
don brewer, was a great lover Of mu-
sic, and once JOurneyed ali the way
from London to Vienna for the sole
purpose of hearing a certain stringed
quartette played.
Mark Hopkins, one OF the four own
ers of the Central Pacific railroad and
the State of California, who is said to
be even richer than Stanford, has
commenced the construction of q pal
ace in Sacramento.
It is reported that Cardinal Anto-
NELL, the secretary OF state and presi-
dent of the pontiical ministers, has
signifed to the Pope his intention of
resigning from his cabinet. He is
now sixty.six years of age, and fall
ing health is the cause of his resigna-
ton.
Prince Poniatowski, the favorite
composer Of the Empress Eugene.
who was made a senator of the en-
pire, and sfterWard went with the
imperial family to England, has re-
.urned TO Paris, and lis now a candi-
late for Auber's seat at the French
institute.
Tho ondoD COurF Tou-.oI
Nilsson will return to Europe worth
400, 600, half which she made in
America. 1t cannot be said that she
ook it all away, for she has proved
Ter admiration of the country by in
nearly all her American
,roits there.
DR.. Minor, formerly Of New Haven,
Who recently killed a man in London,
ieeame insane from a sunstroke dur
1g the war. An inmate of an insane
for two years, he was dis
harged as cured, and went to Eng
and, only to have the malady reas-
ert its presence. He was born in Cal
utta, where his father was a mission
ry.
Professor John O. Draper has re-
entity investigated the absorbing
over OF different building materials,
} determine their relative value in
esisting dampness and the formation
I vegetable groWths, which will, to-
ether with frost, aid in disintegra-
on. He finds red brick more dura-
Ie than Nova Scotia stone, and white
rick is the most satisfactory material
sted. !
The late Mr.. elliott, the great pen
Ianufacturer, was not only an ardent
Imirer of the fine arts, but he also
I'd a passion for collecting fine vio-
althoughnot himself a player. He
lssessed q very valuable collection
the rarest Instruments, including
veral genuine Crem0nas. In fact, 7
70 three great families of violin max 1
s of Cremona were represented- I
matt, Guarnerius and StradivarIus. Y
OF these cost e400 each. }
The Hon. James Brooks, in round :
z of his very interesting letters Of !
avel, says that the proper way TO !
COMMUNICATE the globe is to leave y
a Francisco in August, see Japan a 7
.nth or less, ard then, m September I
" GEhAA dAO Oi4dukuEl :,
en-, coast of China; then, to Hong =
Ong and Canton; thence sail for Y
1gapore and Calcutta, to reach there =
December; to Egypt and Palestine E
March, and all the next summer 4
Il be lett for European travel. =
Dr.. Wilhelm Jordan, the great rhap- =
list, and said to be the greatest liv- y
I German poet, viii visit Nashville :,
xt week. He VIII read "The Nj q,
.uDgeD,n his master piece, and one i
the finest productions Of the coun- n
Men like Kreysig and Gottsohm i,
Dnounce the poetical illusions of Il
dan to be equal to the poems OF
ethe and Schiller. Indeed, they
that jordan Is the only German n
Il whose poems have been pro- IN
lnced classic masterW0rks during a.
lifetime Of the poet. IN
'rince Charles, OF lHohenzollern- TI
m8ringen, Hcspodar OF Roumanis. er
sued Tor q divorce lr0m ht wife. n
: npon which hs suit IS icl