Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-03-31

were awarded and paid az Washington
Saturday.
II Is reported from Harrisburg, Penn
sylvania, that movement is on foot for
b peoples convention in the interest Of
political reform.
Foreign letters report thai Sir Bartle
FTeeref failed in his mission to the
sultan Of Zanzibar against the carrying
ON Of the slave traffic.
George w. Abbott, proprietor of the
Randolph Express, was accidentally
thrown from train at Braintree, Mas
sachusetts, Friday evening, and killed.
Mrs. Kerwan's husband and woman
named Burnett were arrested in New
York, Saturday, on the charge of the
murder Of Mrs. Kerwan, reported Fri
day.
A London telegram says that the
crowd gathered on the Thames to wit
ness the bOat-race between the Oxford
and Cambridge crews was unprece-
dented.
The race between the Oxford and the
Cambridge crews on the Thames, Satur-
day, WAS won by the Oxfords in three
lengths. Much interest was manifested
in the race.
a locomotive went through a draw
bridge on the Central Ohio division of
the Baltimore and Chic railroad, at
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Saturday. No person
was injured.
Anton Holmes, The st. Louis wife
slayer, who was to have been hung next
Thursday, has been resp.ted to NOvem-
Der l4th, that his case may have hear
ing before the supreme court.
Judge Brady did not decide the case
of George Francis Train Saturday. 1t
is reported that the warden OF the
Tombs, on hearing the fact, became
sick, and was under care OF his physician.
Barnum Saturday paraded the streets
of New York with q procession of his
new show over two miles in length.
Great crowds of people were assembled
on the principal thorOCghfares to witness
the event.
In Mrs. Eiske's suit against the
Union Pacific railroad company, appli-
cation was made in New York, Satur-
day, in her behalf, to vaeate the order
extending the time for Durant to pre-
pare his answer.
A telegram from Baltimore says that
Mr.. Stockwell has been obliged to mort
gage over a million dollars worth of the
property Of the Howe sewirg-machine
company to the Pacific mail company
TO cover his late speculations.
The Milwaukee Daily Sentinel will |
appear this morning for the first time as
a Sunday paper. 1t has recently as
sumed the quarto form, and been other !
wise improved and populsrized. The /
Sunday edition Of the paper has been in /
for soI-e time, and its 1
business prospects are very fattering.
A box containing extensive forgers'
intended for operation on the
funds of several national banks and /
railroad corporations, has been found in |
the river at the Wall street fsrTy-hOuse,
New York. 1t had evidently been
abandoned recently.
An insane American appeared at the
lodge gate of Windsor Castle Saturday,
and demanded to see hequeen, alleging
that she was his mother. He was ar
rested, and upon being threatened with 4
in the mad-house, prom
sed to return TO the United States.
A Joint resolution indorsing Governor
Walkers plan for the resumption by the
Federal government of the debts of the
States, has passed both houses of the
general assembly Of Virginia, and the
governor has been instructed to forward
copies of the resolution and his message
IN the subject to the legislatures of the
several States.
The Carlist committee of London
publish the details of the report that
Don Carlos has gone to Geneva, or abdi-
,ated his claims to the throne of Spain.
The committee say the king don
Jarlos) is actively preparing for the
.dvance of his army upon Madrid, and
will head the troops on TIE day fixed for
he movement.
This is the way in which the New
FORK correspondent o. the AjssOUri Re
,lf6lfcdT satirizes her SeE: Little, heavy,
umbrellas will be carried
instead of parasols; oXidi-ed silver will
,e stuck on in all practicable places
and costlier eI-brOideries will
upersede ruffles and pIfls on all white
lresses and underwear. Gloves with six
buttons and seven crowd the importers
counters. i therefore unhesitatiDgly
,redict they will, in time, push
side such minor items as sleeves and
waists. We shall require very little
more than a pair of gloves and trained
kirt to clOthe us comfortably. Then
anguid expression of face 8 to be fash
enable, and the eyes will be worn very
much closed. This, with the high comb
n on the bias, and the hair arranged a
a scramble, has an after-dinner effect
perfectly indescribable, but rather nice:
md classed, in my mind, among such
adventurous spirits as Columbus and
OeSOto, will ever remain the nameless
heroine who wore a chip hat last
sunday, together with g pale gray
ilk and rose-colored ribbons. 1
lung to friendly hydrant for support.
Thought l, what has the March wind
ent us now2 In she came, "sit up
sarah Ann and show yOCr breastpin"
tyle. The gray silk balloohing out,
he white chip hat bearing climbing
ose with tendrils enough 10 go over
ront door. The wind had the whole
,arniture stiff and straight in the air
Ibove her, the Dolman sleeves were like
wO immense wings each side of her,
md numberless ends of rose color fin
shed the fiY-awSy picture.