Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-10

entlemen will undoubtedly afford Mr.. Va
| oorhis deal Of satisfaction, witcout hurting
| anybody else, it may be treated as merely cheap
| brsvado. II reveals him in both a foolish and
eowarily light, and puts the finishing touch to his
record ofincompetency for the position he held.
| Those who become 60 holy and SO aspir-
ing to soar away into the empyrean "above
party usually soar beyond the reach OF the
| practical things Of this life. We groveling party
people will try to make shift to do the best we can
with sublunary things, while they attend to those
| things which are ayant the moon.
ACCORDING TO the Washington correspond
ent of the Augusta tGs.) Chronicle. Congressman
| Phil Cook would as soon hear pig squealing IN
der gate as priHsd donna singing in grand opera,
and says that the best music in the world to his
mind is when, at a negro camp-meeting, big
| crowd puts up 1.-The Old Ship of Zion"
PROHIBITION, which Wss laid on the table
| at Jefferson City really died from the effects of
wound received in Kansas in the November cleo
ton. The Missouri legislator is apt to think that
| If Kansas with its PuritGn leanings, could not
stand it, there in trying it on in State
| settled by Kentuckians virginians, ohioans, Ger
| mans and other natural anti-prohibitonists.
THE Pennsylvania House of Delegates has
unanimously passed resolution requesting
Uncle Jake" zeigler, the veteran Democratic leg
islator deliver lecture IN the hall of the House
on any evening he may name upon his recollec-
tons. Mr.. Zeigler says he has been in the House
in capacity another since 1893, when he was
the first reporter ever admitted to the floor
ONE of the pleasant facts says the Little
Rock Gazette, in connection with Speaker Keller,
who adjourned the House after lengthy address,
is that he has ceased to be Speaker Keller, and
will never resume business at the old stand He
was chosen the instrument of the protection
lists, and his guiding spirit was Robson, of New
jersey, who knew exactly the kind OF man he
wanted and found him.
Fx.Gov. HoRATIo SEYMOUR, recently
wrote letter to the trustees OF the State capitol
expressing desire to purchase the chair which he
used as governor of New York. There being no
authority vested in the trustees to present the
chair. and no disposition 10 require price from
the venerable statesman for such q relic, both
houses of the Legislature will pass a resolution to
donate the chair to Mr.. Seymour
In December, 1866, President Andrew
Johnson appointed John Taylor to be postmaster
at Richmond. Since then each successive presi-
dent has re-appointed him, Grant twice, Hayes
once, Garfield once, and now by Arthur, making
six times. Mr.. Tayler has been so attentive to his
duties and SO courteous to the people that he has
always been held up a model postmaster, and
the very fact that he has never had opposition
since his first appointment proves the satisfaction
that he has given.
THERE are eleven States in which women
can vote for school directors. women for these
Offices" says Susan B. Anthony, "are particularly
appropriate, since q large portion OF the school
teachers are of the same sex. find that they
show much more tact than men, as, of course
they do in every position. In those eleven States
the qualifications for voting are in nearly every
instance similar to those of men. In Kentucky,
however a woman has to be a widow to poll, and
in Michigan q taxpayer.
THE iesders of the Rhode Island De-
mocracy disclaim any intention of nominating
ex-senator Sprague for governor this year. and say
they want nothing but 1.-THE simon pure, unadul-
terated Democracy in their political pie'' Mr..
Sprague's friends however still profess to believe
that msjority of the Democratic delegates will
be pledged to vote for him. and that in the end he
will be unanimously nominated. Among the
other candidates for the Democratic nomination
are ]. B. Barnaby, Horace A. Kimball, Charles s.
Bradley and Charles R. Cutler. The leading Re-
publican candidate is A. Bowen, of Bristol.
GEORGIA has a law which gives the voters
OF each civil district of counties the right to de-
termine by ballot whether they will have fence"
or mo fence" If the majority of the voters de-
eide on the latter all private fences abolished,
and general fence built around the entire dis
trict. The Atlanta COWS and hogs have been
troubling the people of adjoining districts and
the people of each have held elections and voted
mo fence" thus virtually "fencing in" that