Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-20
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PERSONAL.

The marquis OF Taylstock, heir of thu
duke Of Bedford, is to marry danghte
of Earl Corners, whereby two historic
Wing houses come together anew.
Hon. L. @ G. Lamar has been ad
! vised by his medical advisers to retire
to the White Sulphur Springs, Yves
Virginia, for rest and recuperatiOn.
Mr.. George w. Childs, of the Phila
delphis Le5geT, at his own expense, il
sending all the boys in the HOUSE. o
refuge at Philadelphia to see the Centen
NAL exhibition.
frederick Gavill's attempt to swim
the English channel proved failure
He remained in the water about twelve
hours, and was very much exhausted
when taken out.
William T. Adams seriously injured
his spine last week by falling from s
window at Dorchester, Massachusetts,
He is better known to youthful reader;
as SOLVER Optic"
Lord Napier, of Magdals, presided al
the Royal military academy, Woolwich
| in the absence OF the Duke of Cam
bridge, over the distribution of commits
sions to the graduating cadets.
Sir r Randall Roberts, an English baro.
| net, formerly an army officer, who re
Gently went on the stage and made 8
tour OF the provinces as an actor, is now
in New York looking for manager.
Mr.. Reuben Polk, a colored man anG
an old servant of President James K.
Polk, living at Columbia, Tennessee,
| has given five dollars toward a "memo.
rial window" in honor OF his old master
A statue to ThoIbecks, the great
statesman and patriot, 10 whom Hol
land chiefly owes her reconstruction il
1880, has recently been set up in Amster.
dam. IL is by the Dutch sculptor Leen.
hoff.
Ashford Center, Connecticut, has 8
century-Old tavern at which Washing.
ton took his grog, and the Landlord
points with pride to the AUTOGRAPH Of the
| truthful George scratched on window.
pane.
Three sisters, formerly of the name Of
Brooks, whose respective ages were
eighty-nine, eighty-four and seventy
niue years, held q reunion at their old
homestead in Shrewsbury, Massachu.
sets, few days ago.
Miss :. Mary Anderson, the young
Louisville tragedienne, who jumped sc
last winter, has gone to San Francisco
to fulfill two weeks engagement al
John M'Cullough's theater.
The distinguished German authoress,
the Countess Hshn-Hahn, has recently
provoked most bitter controversy on
the subject OF religious art by a little
pamphlet on the true dim snsions of the
altar in christian churches.
Information has been received at
Washington that Rev. B, P. Smith,
president of the Howard university and
late commissioner of Indian affairs,
died at Accrea, on the west coast Of At
rica, during the latter part Of June.
Lady Herbert, Of Lea, an Englishwo,
man, is writing book to set forth the
social and legal position of the wife and
mother in the fourth century, and to
show thc TesembI ance between the do
nestle life Of the present day and that OF
the early christians.
Zion church, at Montreal, has given q
call to Rev. Mr.. Bray, of Manchester,
England. Il is understood the salary
ia to be more than four thousand dollars
gold per annum. Mr.. Bray's congrega.
lion in England seldom numbers less
than two thousand.
Last week Mr. John T. Abbott, brother
OF Timothy ABBOTT, president of the
Mechanics national bank OF Trenton,
aged sixty.nine years, committed sui
eide at the White HoraG tavern, four
miles from Trenton, by blowing his
brains out with shotgun.
Ex-Governor Sprague Is at his mills
in Providence, Rhode Island, working
hard to redeem his fortunes. When the
dams were overlooked recently he as.
sisted his laborers to repair the damage.
The time for settlement OF the firms
debts will expire next February.
Since Stanley has asserted that he has
discovered q tribe of beautiful women in
the interior of Africa, there has been a
suspicion that the M. Of his middle
name stands for Munchausen. 1t is pos
sible that he is only making vigorous
attempt to Overstock the missionary
market.
A Miss Humphrey, of Georgia, was
struck by lightning few days since and
badly burned. The electric fluid ran
from the shoulder down the whole
length of her body, scorching the sur
face in its passage and tearing one shoe
from her foot. Her injuries are not con-
sidered fatal.
DIR. FOrdyce Barker, of New York,
who has been to London on his annual
summer visit, has left his London friends
and isolated himself for three weeks in
Boulogne-sur-M Mere, to prepare the paper
on obstetrics which he will read before
the medical convention at the Centen-
NAL next September.
F. Reuleaux, head of the German
commission to the Centennial, gave q
banquet last week, which was attended
by one hundred and twenty five guests,
including many OF the commissioners
and judges from this and other coun-
tries, members of the Centennial man.
agement, and prominent citizens.
Thomas Cox, longshoreman in New
y rleans, has saved eleven persons from
urowniDg during the last two years.
His latest exploit was the rescue of
woman and two boys who b d been up
set in q skiff some distance from the
shore, and which was effected st the i'm
mInent peril of his life. The local pa.
pers refer to him as "hero of the no.
blest type"
Mr.. Kirejen, very well known per-
son in ST. Petersburg, and one of the
leaders of society, who was killed on the
Serbian side in the encounter at Salt
char, had formerly been an officer in
the Russian horse guards. By founding
the Kydeinsky railway he fell into debt,
and then Joined the Serbian army, may
hap seeking death. His widow, very
handsome lady, Of princely origin, sur
wives him.
Rev. J Sella Martini colored preach
er and noted Republican politician in
Louisiana, died few days since under
circumstances that pointed strongly to
suicide. An empty phial of lau1anum
was found by his bedside, but, rs be was
q heavy drinker, and likewise addicted
to the use OF chloral and other drugs,
it is not known whether suicide was in
tended or that he simply took an over
dose. He came home very much intox-
icated the night before, and bought the
lsudanum at a neighboriDg drug store.
The Japanese Prince Khits Kawa
Shuva, an uncle of the mikado, who
Joined the Prussian army to make him
self acquainted with the service, has, :.
after some preliminary instruction In an
infantry regiment Of the Guards, entered
the military academy, where his dill.