Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-01-16
Personal.

son OF Gen. VIM. Preston, OF Kentucky, with
Miss Sadie Mcdowell, of St. Louis, is au-
nounced TO come off in February.
DIR. DAVID STERN, Of Wilkesbarre, Pa,
declares that either Sunday services must be
established throughout the land in Jewish
synagogues, or Judaism ia doomed 10 extinc-
ton.
A FRENCH physician has invented a pro-
cess and apparatus for super. feeding con-
sumptive patients, by which larger quanti-
ties of nutriment than can be eaten by we'll
persons can be pumped into the stomach and
assimilated.
The Breckenridge NeuS and other reckless
sheets find fault with the portrait of Miss
Emily Faithful. Emily is not ravishingly
beautiful, but she has done more beautiful
things than halt the pretty women OF the
United States.
"WHAT astonishes me-" remarked Mrs.
Mann, SIS how Col. Dreadnaught manages
to keep out OF the State prison." "The
probability is" replied Blunt, that it is
feared lhaf he might corrupt the oonyioas,
and SO they let him go at large"
The Louisville MedicnI Herald says it was
6lepharitis ciliaris that allied Lsah's eyes
when she married Jacob. Her eyelashes
dropped out, and she could not be beautiful.
Fortunately j scob did not know the medical
name of his wife's sffiiction, otherwise he
would hardly have remained 10 wait for
Rachel.
CARE you the judge Of reprobates?" said
Mrs. PsTting,op, as The walked into an office
of a Judge of probate. 81 am judge of
probate" was the reply. We'll, that's it,
expect" quoth the old lady. "You zee my
father died defested, and he left several little
infidels, and / want 10 be their executioner."
Troy Times.
MRS. PETER SCHINsKY is one of those
ladies' who lake much better care of their
animal pets than they do of their children.
She has got pet poodle by the name OF
Fido. Yesterday Mrs. Schinsky's little boy,
Bob, asked his mother: "Shall 1 give Fido
this piece of sugar he is begging forp 'No,
my child, it might spoil his teeth; eat it
yourself, Bobby"
JENNIE JUNE writes that there is a strong
indication of the revival of the knee. breeches
costume-not as yielding to Oscar Wilde,
OF course not-bu' in consequence Of the
general feeling that it is more picturesque
th an the panIaloon. She asserts that ION
every hand there are evidences that the
stope-pipe and the high, stiff shirt.colar. as
we'll as the long trouser, is breaking up"
Mr.. VIM II. VANDERBILT, who gave up
last week his intended trip to Cuba and Mex
leo, is now organizing one of the most in
teresling and enjoyable expeditions ever
made. He proposes leaving New York, at
the end OF the month, in a special train OF
five palace care, thoroughly fitted out for
four weeks trip to the Pacific coast and
back. He will lake with him his own family
and some intimate friends. They will 60 10
California by the new Southern route,
through Texas, and return by the Central
Pacific.
WAGNER, the composer, as is well known,
ran away with the wife of Hans Won Bulow,
the eminent pianist, with whom he was then
on terms of intimate friendship Won Bu-
lows wife and his two daughters now live
with Wagner as though legitimately the
latter's wife and daughters. This singular
arrangement does not seem to cause much
difficulty or dissensiou in the respective
families, and ii is reported that Won BuloE's
mother, who is very wealthy, has just made
a will bequeathing $50, Doom. (about $780,
000) 10 each of the granadaughters whom
| Wagner has cared for.
The telegraph brought US the news Satur-
day that Clark Mile, the greatest OF eques-
trian statue eculptors, was dead. He was
| the artist whose fertile brain gave to the
world the efigy of "O.d Hickory" which
now rears itself upon the hill OF the capitol
at Nashville, in Jsckson Square New Orleans,
| huO IL 4iOSioSnh w tOhs
During the inauguration of the statue at
| Nashville, the World recalls that he was "a
| familiar figure among the thousands assem-
| bled. The life OF Jackson was the greatest
| inspiration that his genius ever felt. 1t was
this that placed him at the head Of his pro-
| fession."
In view OF the retirement Of Sir Edward
NJ Archibald "a British consul general at
New York, on December 3lsi, after having
repro scented his country 10 that city for the
| last twenty-five years. a large number of
prom inent bankers, merchants, lawyers and
citizens, have rendered to him a compliment
airy dinner. Sir Edward has accepted the
invitation, and the dinner will be given at
Delmonico's on January 10Th. The Hon.
VIM. NJ. Evarts will preside. Among the
subscribers are Sub-Treasurer Thomas c.
Acton, Hamilton Fish, George W. Lane,
| Braem, J. NJ. Requa, S. d. Babcock, w. II.
Fogg, w. n. GuioD, John J. Cisco, J ohm Rsy,
R j. Cortis, Jesse Seigman, d. Willis james,
A. A. Low, j. NJ. Brown. George Bliss, Cyrus
w. Field and Stewart L. Woodiord.
IT WILL. be remembered that Nine Ma
terna was highly Pleased at an inspection
afforded her BY the FIRE department of Gin
cinnati upon the occasion OF the last May
| Festival, and that she sent s0uUenir from
| Germany in the shape OF one of the
safety-cloihs used in the German ire de-
partments Unfortunately the ship in which
| il was sent ioundered before reaching her
port. Another arrived Friday night. Il Is
| a stoat cloth, elosel. woven, OF coarse linen,
eleven feet square, strengthened with broad
tapes sswed on and crossing each other one
foot apart. A thick rope is fastened around
the edges and looped to allow as many az
eight men to hold it on each side. In two
coruer's Materials name is worked 40 red
| silk The cloth is intended TO be used IN
| cases where persons are compelled 20 jump
from burning building, the safety-cloth
catching them.
THE contractors who have undertaken to
cart away the ruins of the palace OF the
| Tuileries have received some curious pro-
posals and Suggestions. Mile. Louise Michel
Offers, in the name OF "a group OF an.
| srchis's," 10 remove, free OF charge, the
remains of the former den of tyrsnts," and
she undertakes that the work shall be nm
| ished sby the 14th OF July, the anniversary
of the taking OF the Bastiile by the noble
populsce.o Many letters have come to hand
| pUrporting to give information as to where
gold and Jewels have been buried; but al
the government distinctly reserved all treas.
urs-trove BY the terms of the sale OF the ma.
| terials, it is not likely that the contractors
| will trouble their heads about the matter
Among those who have come forward &c
| point out hidden treasure ia q son OF the
| matchmaker Nanndorf, one of the many
| persous who have claimed to be the DauphII
(Louis XVII.