Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-18
Personal.

degree Of LID: at the recent COM
mer cement of the Delaware State COL
lege.
The work of restoring the tomb of
Heloise and Abelard In Pere Lachaige
cemetery, near Paris, has been suspend
ed on account Of O lack of funds.
Mrs. Lincoln, widow OF Ex-Presihent
Abraham Lincoln, is staying in Boul-
der. one OF the most picturesqu9 places
in the Rocky mountains of Colorado.
In consequence OF Illness, R. w.
Drawn, Of Boston, has resigned the po-
sition OF grand master of the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows OF Massachu.
sets.
The SEVENTEEN anniversary of the
Emperor Williams entrance into the
PIussian army will occur January l,
1877. He began military life before he
was ten years old.
Cardinal Donnet, archbishop of Bor-
deauX, who is also metropolitan OF some
Of the West India islands, has sent 3
letter to the pope urging the canoniza.
ton OF Christopher Columbus.
M. and Mrs. Bravo, ST., whose names
have become household words in con-
nectiOn with the latest British criminal
mystery, reside in the Queen Anne
house, at Palace Green, Kensington,
built and inhabited for short time by
Thackeray.
Hon. VIM. II. Sage has given five
thousand dollars to Cornell university to
complete the grading Of the grounds on
the west front Of the northern group of
university buildings. The money is to
be spent under the direction OF Prof.
Prentiss, the head of the botanical de-
partment.
Prince Alexander Of the Netherlands
has been initiated into Freemasonry by
Prince Frederick, the Grand Master Of
the order. Prince Frederick recently
celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of
his investitnre as Masonic Grand Master
for the Netherlands, and was presented
by the brethren with gold hammer set
with bril- iSnts.
"Daniei Deronds," per English ad.
vices, turns out to be the son of Jewess
formerly great singer, now, by her
second husband, princess. "Grend-
courtn was knocked overheard, and
"Gwerdolen" refused to throw him s.
rope. He was drowned. She loves De
ronda," and "DeFonda" loves ''Mirsh."
The Athgaeun1 pronounces the plot
failure.
Queen Isabella, on leaving for Spain,
wrote a letter to Marshal MacMahon,
expressing her thanks for the friendli-
ness displayed toward her during her
eight years stay in France, and begging
him TO convey the expression of her
gratitude to the French people by means
of an official communication. she in-
tends to retain her house in Paris,
doubtless as a wise precautiOn in view Of
future possible revolutions in Spain.
Baron Osten, Sacken, formerly first
secretary OF the Russian legation at
Washington, and now Russian consul
general, is abOu. to visit Denver and the
Rocky Mountains. He goes mainly for
the purpose CT investigating the natural
history Of Colorado, but will interest
himself more particularly with its er-
tomOlogy, branch of science which he
has cultivated for years with great sue
cess.
From the last number of the Court
Journal it appears that the new Ameri-
can minister in London attended an
evening party at the house Of the Mar
quis of Salisbury, and that among the
guests were 1.-the Earl and Countess
Manvers and Lady Emily Pierrepont."
How interesting it will be TO learn
whether the spirit Of "dear Lady Mary"
awaited itself Tor hersell?) of the aus
picious occasion to supply that missing
link" which go long been locked for be-
tween the ducsl house of Kingston ana
the Pierreponts of North Haven!
A visitor Of intelligence and distinc-
ton, complaining of being Kept in
Washington curing the heated term,
says in q letter to friend in this city
"Hus have been rewarded by making
the personal acquaintance of Senator
Thomas F. Bayard. His lofty views,
his loyalty to truth and his own nature,
his keen sense of justice and deep love
Of country and his sympathies with hu-
monty, make me consider this an ines
timable privilege. His report on Mis-.
sissippi, in Dy judgment, will place
him above all living American states
men, and rank him with tie best that
nave gone before him."
"The Scholar in Politicsn is not to be
lost to congress by the retirement of
Professor Seelye, that is il Professor J.
Laurence Smith receives the nomination
for Congress in the fifth Kentucky dis
trict, for which he mas just announced
himself candidate. The Proft ssor has
made much reputa ton in his chemical
an is and ex-President OF
the American association for the ad-
vancement CT science. His collection of
specimens at Louisville |
liz one Of the largest in the country. He
is gentleman of large fortune, having |
married daughter OF the late James
Guthrie, secretary Of the treasury under |
Pierce, and this, we belive, is his first |
venture in politics. Although held in |
ia great esteem by the citizens Of Louis |
vile, it is not very probable that he will |
succeed in the congressional eonven-
ton.
Senator Jones tells story, which he
probably will be greatly mortified to see |
In print, of his experience with q rOulet- /
in San Francisco. It was tWen-
ty eight years ago, and in those days Mr..
Jones Was thrifty soul, not above ngo-
ing into gambling-house to raise a
stake" as ne finelp expresses it. He
mad been told by an experienced profess
,ional that the safe thing in roulette is
always to bet against the pile, and he
followed his instructions. The
was that he came very
lear being kicked down steps. The
ecret OF it Is that the gambler who
nanipulates the wheel uses a small wire
Which raises either color at will, and
hrows the ball upon the other. When the
,ulk of the money, therefore, is on one
DIOR ard small amount on the other,
be dealer will take care to win the large
I'm and pay the small one, Senator