Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-11


read before Iyceums the coming winter
by another gentleman.
Rev. DR.. William 8. Perry, recently
elected bishop OF the diocese of
| Iowa, will be cOnsecrated Cd September
10th, at Geneva. Bishop Huntington,
Of central New YORK, will preach the
| sermon.
Rev. G. D. Lothrop, of Amherst,
| Massachusetts, whose cruelty to his
family has been the CAUSE of much local
excitement. is fast losing his health.
President Seelye, who has kaown him
well since they entered college, pro-
nOunce him crazy.
"Rab and his Friendsn and quaint
little "MaTjorie Fleming are next to be
put into the Vest Pocket Series, where
surely no brighter sketches are to be
found. They will be suitably illus.
| trated, and will form one of the most
delightful volumes Of that delightful Sc
ries.
DR.. Martin, the eminent young En-
glish Psychologist, was passenger by
the Germania on Saturday. He comes to
this country to take the prOfessorshio Of
physiology in the John Hopkins univer-
sity of Baltimore. He is sure Of cor
dial reception from mis- scientific breth-
rem.
Hereafter Madame Janauschek will
remain in this cCuutFy-a fact which
playgoers here will be glad to learn. She
will begin an engagement in the Boston
theater on the rhirtieth Of October, dur
ing which three new plays will be pro-
duced, namely: Bru6hilde, PbaedYo
and Katharine the Second of Russia.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Washington Bas-
sett, of Clover Lea, Hanover county,
Virginia, last Tuesday evening celeb
rated their golden wedding. Mr. Bassett
is granddaughter of Martha Washing
ton, and Mrs. Bassett q grand.niece OF
General Washington. They are pro-
baby the Oldest living relatives of the
Father of our Country, and are aged
respectively seventy-six and sixty-nine
years.
DR.. Henry Slade, who left New York
July 1st, under contract to produce his
spiritual manifestations in the pres
erce of royalty, has been heard from in
England. Accompanying him are his
agent, Simmons, aud their two daUgh-
tiers. They are now at the country-seat
of the Countess of Caithness, and her
guests for the pext two months, during
which time Crooke, TyndaIl, and other
scientists, Will meet Slade there.
A work throwing light on some of the
earlier writings of Luther is announced
in Dresden. twill contain his first and
oldest lectures on the Psalms, and will
be printed from the autograph Lstin
manuscript in the Dresden public libra
ry. 1t will be very interesting, from the |
fact that these lectures were written at |
the time when Luther, tn ugh still a |
Catholic and monk, was beginning to |
perceive his change to Professionalism.
Sultan Mursd's condition is pitia5le |
indeed, il accounts from COnstantinople |
are true. A CORE spondenU Of the Mes. |
SageT dU Midi sends TO that paper let |
ter purpOrting to have been written by |
the sultsn's physician, which says that |
"Murad is dying from deliTium tremens, |
brought on by hard drinking, principally |
absinthe. reckless debauchery, remorss |
for his uncle's death, the dread of a Rus
sian invasion, or attacks on his palace |
by Mussulman fanatics"
On Wednesday next Miss Laura C.
Redden will be married in Mystic, Con-
necticut, to Mr.. Edward W. Gearing, of
that place. We know not who he is, but |
she is we'll known all over the country |
as deaf mute, who for the last fifteen |
years has supported herself and made
her own way in literature under the
rather masculine nom de plume Of
h" Howard Glyndon.n She possesses
energy, and accomplishments
and requirements of high order.
Mr.. Potter Palmer of Chicago gener
ously gave free hospitality to Mrs. Cen
eral Custer and several Of the wives of
officers who were killed in the recent
Indian massacre, during their stay at
Palmer house in that city on Thursday.
Mrs. Custer was rluch pr0sirated, and
in order that the party might enjoy
the necessary seclusion Mr.. Palmer gave
them the use of his private rOoms. After
their departure be started subscription
for their benefit, heading it with two
hundred and fifty dollars.
The First National bank of North
Vermont, of which Trenor
". Park is principal owner, has again
sued the town OF Bennington, this time
IN the United States circuit court, for
the unpaid interest on the town bonds
issued In aid OF the Harlem Extension
abroad in 1867, which the town has
steadily refused to pay. The principal
point Of defense is that the bonds were
rsudulently issued, and that Park, as a
nent against the town.
Miss lone Burke, an actress who was
7ery popular in this city in certain !
plays, notably in the SfGughTduga, and
n the Romance Of q Poor Young Man,
md who, until recently, played one Of c
he principal parts in the MiQhty Dollar, !
It Wallack's tbeater, did not appear 4
asst Saturday night, and has not been 3
N 10 |
orted that she returned to England Y
asst Saturday with her husband, VINO
7ss summoned home by his family,
,om whom he had, it is said, been for 8
ONE time estranged.- York EUen. Q
1g Post, Of Monday, E
Mr.. Conway, in 8 late letter from =
,ondon to the Cincinnati Commercial, :
AVS that Mr.. Gladstone recently defined |
le. difference between thefsm and
1ristiaDity as follows: 1.-THE grave diff. E
renee land tits deep lies, ! aprrahend, 81
/ the conception of SIM" MIR. Conway a
Ids: 81 do not think the Sphinx could II
ave drawn a more remarkable distinc- b
On between theism and christianity, h
nd if Mr.. Pierrepont should ever be
ficially called TO account for not under 4
anding Gladstone's Homer, l should =,
y the above definition might be used -
2 him as an exhibit" ~
Lucy FHamilvon Hooper, in letter al
Om Paris to the, Philadelphia TeIe. K
Gph, relates Sn incident that occurred
a fete at Versailles recently: 1.-THE
roGg was immense, and just in front Q,
me strOng-armed French soldier y
as in the act Of making as much room ~
possible fer himself by the simple p'
ocess of leaning backward with all his a.
eight against party of ladies who ~
ere Immediately behind him, regard ID
IS OF their remonstTarces. Among
EN- was q keen-Witted little Ameri- pl
n girl, who, after receiving one push al
I'M the rude fellow, said nothing, tut pl
ietly removing long pin from her pI
t, proceeded to hold its point forw I'd XII
q pleasingly insinusting position. in
" soldier pushed backward AGAIN. 70