Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-14
Personal MENTION,

The pope has decided to send papal dele
gate TO Canada.
81 hear that my friend General Grant is
broke. Who held the four aces?"-Em1e or
William.
| Mr.. Leopold de Rotbschild's son and heir
will have the prince OF Wales as one OF his
godfathers.
james Keene is said to have given in
structions for the building of q 100000 "cot-
| tage" at Newport.
CAmpanini owns house in an Italian
town, chalet in the mountains, lakeside
villa, and the blacksmith shop in which he
once worked.
"Birch-TWiggs" were the first words of a
marriage notice in a late Philadelphia paper
and another and still more suggestive were
price Given"
The Washington Post says that Washing
ton young men seem to be impecunious, be-
cause they are not conspicuous in taking
young ladies to the opera.
Black, the novelist, is going to Egypt with
Lockyer, the astronomer TO observe the total
eclipse of the sun on My 17Ih. An Egyp-
tan novel may bs looked for shortly after-
ward.
Senator Frye is said to be sorry that he
lett he House. Ii he would resign, Blaine
OF Maine, would catch the falling toga as the
American eagle seizes the herring let drop
by the ishhawk.
1t is significant of the change of sentiment
toward Jews in England that the evangelical
earl OF Shaftesbury writes: Il have long de-
sired to see such a man as Sir Moses Monte
fore in the house of lords"
The Boston Journal tells of a young pan
in Boston church who woke during the
pronounc'ng of the benediction and, seiziug
his hat, rushed down the aisle. He stopped,
however, when he remembered that he was
not in theater.
An official announcement has been made
to the effect that Grand Duke Vladimir has
subscribed $4,000, and that Grand Dukes
Alexis, Sergius and Paul S37 800 each to-
ward the fund for constructing a cathedral
over the grave of the late Gar Alexander IL
Salt Like Tribune: "a Mormon brother
said to Gentle that he had pigued the pc
tiiion to Congress asking them to stay their
hand against polygamy because The authori-
ties OF the church had commanded it. But
said he, Il hope to live to see the day when
every. polygamist will go to the peniten-
tiary.'"
A correspondent sends the following riddle
TO the London Truth: "My first two syllables
are what Gladstone loves Re form. My
three last are what he hates "a tory. My
whole if pronounced separately, is what he
would like to do Reform a-tory). My whole,
if pronounced properly, is where he ought to
be (Reformatory).
Senator Morrill,, of Vermont, has written
book on the Self Consciousness of Noted Persons.
The author is in the twenty-sevepth year of |
his continued service in Congress- aad was
the intimate friend and associate OF Sumner, |
Wilson, Fessenden, Thaddeus Stevens Lin |
coin, Chase, Stanton and OF many others All |
the same, the title to his book is very curious.
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Duke Constantine, does not get along well |
with his nephew, the ear. Pending the re-
of his Crimean chateau, which
was destroyed by fire last autumn, he will
live abroad, after which he will take up a
permanent residence on the shores of the
b ack Sea, playing the role of a grand duke
retired from business.
A landlord in Cleveland locked man and
MS wife in a room because they were about
moving away without paying their rent, and
hen telephoned to police station that he
lsd burglar locked up and assistance was
desired as quickly as possible. Three lusty
and well-armed officers ran all the way to
he place and then walked back to head
quarters without having made an arrest.
The landlord explained that he thought he
lad hit upon a clever plan to secure his
ent.
Victor Hugo took cab one day to pay a
lumber OF visits. These terminated he was
lriven home, but when the illustrious poet
Wished to pay the driver the man refused to
ccept any money, saying that the honor of
arrying Victor Hugo was sufficient remu-
leration. Saying this he gave his horse
mt with his whip and drove off. Some days
alter he took a cab again, and by chance he
lighted on the same driver. This time he
insisted on the man accepting twenty franc
old piece. The man was however, equal
o the occasion; he took the money to the
flee OF the Rappl, and contributed it to
Inscription opened by that journal. "Dia-
L de cocher" said Victor Hugo, "what can
o to CRAFTY him? Suppose invite him to
innerW And he did.