Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-02
Personal MENTION.

The London Court Journal says that curates
receive an average of SIS a week.
Jacob Thompson, formerly secretary of the
interior in President Buchanan's cabinet, is
now living in Rome.
Two marriage notices in a recent number
of a Philadelphia paper were Birch
Twiggs" and "Price-Given."
Ex-senator Sargent who has been nomi-
mated as minister to Berlin, began the work
OF life as a journeyman printer.
An advertisement in Washington paper
reads: "a gentleman will sell his ticket to
the Garfield memorial exercises for S25."
Whittier is writing much this winter, his
friends say; and he has made frequent trips
to Boston, appearing occasionally at a quiet
dinner party, or at reception.
Mr.. Potter Palmer is about to build the
largest and most expensive private residence
in Chicago. 1t will be situated at the north
west corner of Bank street and the Lake
Shore drive, and will cost 100000.
The Chinese minister was the only silent
guest at the recent diplomatic dinner at the
White House, since he has not yet mastered
the English language, and etiquette did not
allow him to be accompanied by his inter-
prefer.
The late Ex-Governor Samuel Purdy, of
California, acquired national reputation
by refusing s. 5000 when a member of the
State Legislature for his vote, which would
have given the waterfront OF San Francisco
to a corporation.
Mr.. Talbot, OF Margam Abbey, lord lieu
tenant OF Glamorganshire, and father of the
house OF commons, says that in hfty-eight
years he has never raised a tenants rent
His rental is nearly $3.50 900 year. The
ill-luck said to attend abbey lands goes with
his. His father inherited through an heiress,
and he himself lost only son, who died
when under thirty, unmarried.
A gentleman in Paris owns a handsome
and valuable dog named bismarck" lie
recently received note from the German
embassy inviting him TO remove the name
Iron the dogs collar and to cease calling the
animal by II underpaln OF prosecution, upon
the ground that the patronymic belongs ex-
clusively to the German chancellor, and the
embassy cannot allow it to be publicly ap-
piled to dog.
81 heard" says Labouchere in:his paper,
the London Truth, "of ball the other day in
average middle class society at which less
than 200 persons were present, and the liquor
consumed between 9 pm. and am. amount
ed to seventeen dozen of champagne, two
dozen of sherry, twelve bottles of brandy, be-
sides several dozen Of claret. The scene at
the finale was almost precisely similar to that
described at the commencement of the first
chapter of Harry Lo7reguer."
Extraordinary rumors are propagated in
some parts of Russia as TO the death of the
late emperor. In one place il is confidently
believed that the landed proprietors did the
foul deed, and that the reigning monarch
has hung up the guilty ones on line of GLIB
bets stretching from St. Petersburg to Mos
COW. Another locality is profoundly pene-
trated with the belief that the authors of the
crime were students, but the people are too
ignorant to know what student is.
William P Ridgeway, of San Francisco,
fell in love with the widow Forbes and en-
gagged to marry her. He was about seventy
years old, and had valvular affection of the
heart, besides being q sufferer from paralysis.
His physician assured him that marriage
would be speedily followed by death. Un-
willing TO take that risk, he broke his prom
Use. These facts were presented in his defense
to suit for damages, but the jury did not
deem them material, and gave the widow a
verdict for $1,000.
Rescuing Britishers from the hands of
brigands in Turkey seems to be rather
pensive game, says a London paper, judging
by bill Just rendered to the foreign Office
on account OF the two patriots who recently
fell into the hands Of the Ottoman Mountain
pirates. The total sum is s25, 040 15s lid.
The odd lid looks very funny. The amount
is arrived at in the following manner: Colo
mel Sypge-ransom, e10, S55 IL Sd; watches,
ETC., 942 is Sd; brokerage, el23 Iss; ex-
penses, SI63 lbs 3D.. Mr.. Sutter-ranson,
e1s, ss6; brokerage, GlsS Ia Sd; expenses,
ees o. Sd. People viii probably wish 20
know why E42 worth OF watches were re-
Quired, while they may have hasty ten
dsncy TO inquire, "Whe were those brokersT