Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-24
personal MENTION,

da. As he stepped on board he dropped this
dismal prophecy: "The levees OF the Missis-
sippi have given way, but the damage is
nothing compared TO what will follow when
the levees OF Wall street are swept away.
Look out for the freshet."
Mrs. Keller, the wife OF the Speaker of
House, stands at the head OF the female no.
bility OF Washington, for the present, as
both the President and President of the SEN
ate are widowers. David Davis is said to
have his eyes on a widow, however, with a
design to promote her over the head of Mrs.
Keller.
1t is related of General Zachariah Deas,
who died receHtly in New York, as an in
stance OF his chivalric character, that after
the battle of Chickamauga he returned the
body of General Lytle, under the protection
OF flag of truce, to the Federal lines, and
aiterward sent the sword of the dead soldier
to his widow.
The Astors pay taxes in New York on
S1l ,5C0,0 900 worth of property; w. II. Van
derblt on s., 250, 900; A. T. Stewards widow
on s., 100000; Amos r. Emo, S4,O00,OOO; }.
G.. Bennett, 81 100000, and so on. The bulk
OF their wealth, however, consists Of secu-
rites which are not included in the personal
estate taxable in New York.
Is not the editor of the New York Sun
taking too much for granted when, in the
course of an editorial on matrimony, he says
the bridegroom, if he prefers, can 'live with
his mother-in-law, at her own home, sur
rounded by harmonious and loving cor
diality" The question of harmonious and
loving cordially" in connection with s.
mother-in-law, is, in the minds of many, one
of grave doubt.
The A. t. Stewart estate gives signs of gen.
eral decay. The vast wholesale warehouse
has stood empty for nearly five years at an
annual loss of interest, insurance and taxes
OF 100000. The retail trade, as well as the
wholesale, has declined, and the prospects in
dictate that this is only the beginning of the
disruption of an immense estate which has
been OF no public benefit.
Henry Wutterson, the editor of the Louis
vile Courier-JolvEdI, will contribute a Gu
rious paper to the April Century, on the
oddities of Southern Life" 1t deals mainly
with the humorous side of the Southern
character in the days before the war, and
contains also the authors views OF the
changes for the better that have grown out
of the new and more wholesome relations
between the North and the South.
Victor Hugo is reported as having said to
a friend only few weeks ago: 81 have
more to do than l have done. 1t might be
thought that age weakens the intellect; my
intellect, on the contrary, seems to grow
stronger, and does not rest. 1t seems to me
tndI as duVdnce my horizon grows Wluer;
and SO l shall pass away without having fin
ished my task. l should require several
lives still to write all that my mind con-
ceiyes; | shall never finish. l am resigned
on that point"
Emperor William, of Germany, celebrated
his eighty-ffth anniversary Wednesday, hav-
ing been born March %, 1897. His fail of
Saturday evening has not proved serious, but
the frequent occurrence of such stumbling
full constitution. He is one of the lew men
whose good fortune came late in life. He
assembled the Prussian throne in 1861, and
ten years later he was raised to the imperial
dignity, being in his sixty-fourth year on the
first occasion, end in his seventy-fourth on
the second.
Many butchers will thank DR.. Hammond
for this: Eat plenty Of we'll cooked and
nourishing food. The nerves cannot be kept
healthy on slops. Gruels, panadas and teas
are well enough in their way, but the nerves
require Tor their proper nourishment I'M
diluted animal and vegetable food; as a rule
the former should predominant. Meat eat
ers are rarely troubled with nervousness.
Americans eat more vegetables than any
other well-to-d o-people, and they are proba-
bly, the most nervous nation on the face of
the EARTH"
Guiteau is reported to be breaking down.
ne cause Is SdIu DN his Keeper 10 ne ludl ne
has seen Chicago paper in which was pub
lished an interview with Scoville, in which
he said that public opinion demanded the
execution of Guiteau, and that he ought to
be hung for the purpose OF inducing the
passing of better laws relating to insane
criminals. Guiteau is quite willing that the
defects of our laws should be fully demon
strated by hanging some one, If necessary,
but he would far rather the experiment
t,ll ha triad on cnvilla III m bir,salt
That persons are sometimes buried alive
is very generally believed, and the case OF a
young lady in Evansville, Ind, will not
serve to abate this impression. While in
trance she her friends lay her out, pre-
pare her shroud, press their lips to her own
and drop hot tears upon her brow. In vain
she attempted by some sign to acquaint them
with her real situation. 1t was not until
| they had clipped a long tress OF hair from
her head, preparatory to placing her in the
coffin that by n supreme effort of will she
sat up erect, and put TO flight her lugubrious
attendants, who thought they were in the
presence OF resurrection.
a petition for divorce, which promises
rather sensational Developments, filed in
the Court Of Common Pleas at Dayton, o.,
on Monday by e. L. Bauman, in behalf OF
Levi Lehman, who. in his plea, charges his
wife with adultery. The plaintiff, in his pc
] ItlOD, aiIeges lndt MS VIE, AidIliua Lehman,
nee Matilda Stanley, is the daughter OF
"Sugar" Stanley, the gypsy king, we'll known
| in most of the Western States bordering on
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. He AYERS
! that he was legally married to her in Boli-
var county, Miss, in January, 1881, and that
she came to this city later in the same year
with her triba, and on the 23d OF September
was given in marriage to one William jeff
rey, with whom she has been living since.
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en- route for this neighborhood, which they
make sort OF headquarters every summer.