Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-25
Personal MENTION.

Oscar Wildes first audience in New York
was Joy forever to the extent OF $1400.
Since Elk Senator Mcdonald, of Indiana
married a handsome Washington widow, he
is getting TO be good deal OF a society man
1t was very good OF Mr.. Seeping-car Pull.
man to give Mr.. Sleeping-car Wagner a good
character-after he had been killed on one OF
his own cars.
The "army" of the prince of Waldeck,
whose daughter the duke of Albany is about
TO marry, consists of company in the
| Eighty-third Prussian infantry regiment.
A boy dropped live coal down the back
of a schoolfelIow for fun at Ware, Massa-
chusetts, and the burned youths father
thinks the joker's father ought to pay $1,000
damages.
Mr.. Money, of Mississippi, introduced a
| bill in the House recently, providing for a
| department of agriculture as an executive
department, with secretary and assistant
secretary.
| ID. Home, the spiritualist-the original of
| Mr.. Browning's Mr.. Sludge"-is living in
| st. Petersburg, where for two years he has
suffered from severe illness. 1t is now
thought that he is recovering.
The king of Sweden will have no guards
at his country house. "The soldiers are for
the country, not for me-" he said to Du
Chaillu. Il would rather not be king if
obliged to keep soldiers watching over me-"
Il is reported on pretty fair gossip author
ity, the Buffalo COurie- asserts, that Grant
has told Logan and the rest of them that if
he is placed upon the retired list as gen.
eral he will abandon all future political as
pirations.
1t dos not seem as though Ex-Premier de
Freycinet lacks for vindication. He resigned
in September, 1880, and at the recent sena-
torial elections he was chosen senator for
three departments-Ariege, Tarne ct Ga
rome and Indre.
1t is said Mr.. Conkling is suffering from
severe depression. So Clay suffered, remarks
the Pittsburg Dispatch, and SO did Webster,
Seward, Chase and Greeley. All had the
tireIy from his disappointment.
Cardinal Howard, who has Just been raised
by the pope to the dignity OF arch-priest of
the basilica of st. Peters, was in his youth
soldier. 1t was officer in the Lie
Guards that he led the procession at the
funeral of the Duke of Wellington.
Walt Whitman has temporary place of
retreat down in the Jersey woods in Camden
county, where he lives weeks at a time, ev-
cry day in the open air. He told friend
lately that the year just ended was the best
he had spent since his paralysis, nine years
ago.
York, has written a very sensible and manly
letter to the Rev. John P. Stewart, pastor Of
St, Mary's cathedral in that city, forbidding
him to take up collections in his church for
the relief of the Irish Suspects" now in
prison.
General Grant was going to Washington
to spend few days at the White House; but
he has been pestered by ofice-seekers from
all parts OF the country to intercedc with the
appointing power" in their behalf, that it is
now announced he will stay away from the
capital.
w. W. Story is hard at work upon his
statue of the late Prof. Henry and expects to
have it ready for erection in Washington
next spring 1t is to be placed in the grounds
OF the Smithsonian Institute, and it is pro-
posed to make the unwilling an occasion of
brilliant ceremony.
The Rev. John Seely Stone, ID. D., we'll
known Episcopalian clergyman, died on Fri
day. in Cambridge, Massachusetts,, aged
locations to the literature of the church, and
in 1867 was elected professor and dean of the
faculty in Cambridge.
Hon. Samuel J. Randall has announced
himself unreservedly in favor of the nomina-
ton OF Comptroller Pattison,of Philadelphia,
as the Democratic candidate for governor of
Pennsylvania. He says Mr.. Pattison is the
strongest man in the party, and that if he
cannot be elected governor no Democrat can.
The Chicago Press Club sent Oscar Wilde
an invitation TO be present at its annual BAN
qaet, held last Saturday afternoon, and re-
ceived Geographic reply stating that the
young man would be unable to attend. As
the charges the telegram were not pre-
paid the clubs experience in Gestheticism cost
the members 81 %.
In celebration of its twenty fifth anniver-
sary, the Vienna Chess Club announces by
its chairman, Baron Albert Rothschild, an
International chess tournament, to begin on
May 10th. Six prizes have been offered,
the first $1,000 and the last $40. The en-
trance fee is SO, and entries will not be &C.
cepted after May ID.
The marquis OF Huntly, who is just now
sadly wanted by his nsoney-lender, has
ruined himself on the turf AT his majority
he came into an estate of eighty-ive thou
sand acres, with 4 rent-roll of 100000. He
married the daughter OF a wealthy banker;