Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-11
PERSONAL

PHIL SHERIDAN used to drive a watering
carl at ZinesvIlle, o.
Gov. C~RITTENDEN, of Missouri, aud Gov.
Murray, of Utah, are travelling together in
California.
The. Ri Rev. Bishop Shsnahan is mentioned
az the likely successor to the late Archbishop
Wood, OF Pniladelphia.
The largest mau in the British service is
Lieut.. Switzerland, of the Fifty sixth regi-
menf. He is eight feet four inches high and
weighs about 364 pounds.
Mr.. HARRINGTON NASH contemplates the
removal to Americs, in the autumn, OF his
fine collection OF the works of Barto!oZzi and
his school, provided, Of course, The exhibit
tors are willing to iorego pos sssion OF their
treasures for some months to come.
LORD SALISBURY is going himself 10 farm
several of his farms row left vacant. Close
By the grand entrance OF his ancestral Hat
field house, one of the grandtst places in
Great Britain, is a row Of cottages that would
disgrace an impoverished Irish landiotd.
"THE only thing to mar the pleasure OF
the occasion" wrote a Boston editor in his
account Of a suburban funeral, "Tas a little
difficulty between the clergyman and one Of
The mouIners CONCERNING the ownership Of a
flask found in the carriage they had occu-
pied"
The remains Of Charles LIE, who was Al
torney-Gsn1r al under Presidents Washing
ton and Adams, are sooH 10 be removed from
The old colonial church. yard, two miles from
Warrenton, Va, where they now repose, to
the Warrenton Cemetery, near the C5nfeder-
ate monument.
THE Sultan was recently delighted with
an exhibition by Col. and Mrs. Boone, the
American lior-:amers, who walked into a
cage OF lions drawn TO The palace by oxen.
The harem watched the performances from
behind 4 tcreen, and the Sultan paid $1,000
for his pleasure, and decorated the Boones.
Gov. BLACKBURN, of Kentucky, during his
incumbency, has pardoned $40 criminals.
The latest abuse OF his Executive clemency"
was Saturday, 10 the ease of a murderer
named Clarence Rutherford, who protested
religion and i1ioed the Methodist Episcopal
Church at the the instance OF Mrs. Blackburn.
LONDON truth remarks OF 0scar Wilde:
off be WIS saubbed, he did not see il; if he
was laughed at, he did not heed it. There
was no guile in the man, and little method
in his madness, for though on lap-dog terms
with many women, he was never connected
with any scandal, nor can it be said Of him
that he was a hunter Of heirs IS Is"
RUFUs HATCH, of New York, is entertair-
lux q large party VI huIOpcdur, mOslN Luz
glishmen, and yesterday he started with them
for the Yellowstone C. untry. Meanwhile his
gussts, among whom are Cueva Ter ScheIzer,
the Austrian naturalist, and John NJ. Lesage,
the manager of the London Telegraph, have
been enjoying themselves in the East.
WHEN Marco A. Soto, president OF the
republic CT Honduras, had placed $50,000,-
900 in his hands IN gold certificates at The
Sub-Tressury 10 New York the other day, il
is said ,hat he was "speechless from smaze-
tneni." More likely speechless with anxiety
% get away with il, but the doors were Sc
curely guarded before he was permitted TO
touch go much wealth.
Few citizens OF New York realize what
an amount OF pauperism there is in the rich
est State in the Union, and how its industri-
GUS people are taxed for the support OF the
poor, the sick, the demen'ed, and the unfor-
tunate. During the fiscal year Of 1882 the
State ex expended S9,320,IS5 for the relief Of
these people. These expense do not include
the east sdms given by voluntary ~associa-
tions, churches and individuals.
THE Eoglish nobility are fast looking out
for their rainy day 10 come by going into
trade. Lord SudelY is buildipg a im factory
on mis- estate in G.oucestershire, nhtr two
years ego be planted SO, 1000 goosebtrry, l67,-
600 black cur.ant, Is, 200 raspberry and TO-
GEO red currant bushes, besldts 10000 plum
trees, with apple, pear, dsm3on aud cherry
trees in proportion, sheltering the whole by
leo Scotch frs and 10000 poplars.
Mr.. L. L. BARNUM has been spending
some time at the Ocean View House, Block
Island, and Is the most popular person on
the island. The guests Of the hotel, hearing
that he is soon to leave for a voysge TO Eu-
rope, petiliQned him to deliver an a1dr.s.
before he left, which be did a couple OF ZEN
lngs ago in the psrlors of the hotel. He re-
lated come OF the more striking experiences
OF his life, told his auditors the best methods
Of advertising, and concluded by p~eIflrmirg
several clever sleight-of-hsnd tricks.
A eooD man in Northern New York had
lived happily with an excellent wife Until
they were we'll on in years, when she died
He bethought him Of some fitting memorial
10 place over her grave; opd the happy
thought struck him that the squsre stove, by
which they had been comfortable through
many lopg winters, would be Just what she
would like TO have il she had a vote in the
matter. He had the s.ove taken to the
church-yard and paced over The remains Of
his companion, who sleeps Quietly under
nesth it.
The Yale class OF 1888 has 149 men, of an
average age OF. % years 5 mon his. OF these
SO smoke, 81 indulge in bazing during SO
phomore year, 20 have attended ell the
rushes, is drink liquor, Al are Congregation
alisis, IL Episcopslians, 10 P~lesbyterianE, Z
Meihodists, 5 B,piists, 2 Catholics, 2 R.
formed and l Jew As to professions 50 will
study law, y medicine, 6 theology, l surgery,
ID will teach, ~ enter busiGes,, 8 Journalism,
8 civil engineering, and "a are undecided.
The average EXPENSES have been lighter than
usual-SSS3 for freshman year, 1904 for
sophomore, 1894 Ter junior and $l007 for
senior.
The order rendering the study of Arabic
compulsory in the Spanish staff school is
suggestive, Gays the New York Sun. Ger
msny has French handy phrases taught even
to enlisted men; and this acquisition would
be useful 10 them 10 invading France.
American officers at West Point have long
paid special attention TO Spanish, the lam
guage spoken 10 Mexico. The Anglc-Indisn
army offers rewards 10 officers for proficiency
in the native tongues Of the East Indies, and
has Just added such a rev ard for the hill dia-
| lecls OF Assam. Spain's military outlook is
evidently toward Morocco, and hence the
education Of her staff officers in Arabic.
DAKorA's aristocrat, the Count de Mores,
ia a thoroughly practical man of business.
Securing q large tract of land in the valley
OF the Little Missouri, in a region bounded
by limitless stock ranges and buffalo and
deer walks, he set to work erecting hous y,
offices, stables, barns and corrals for his
| cattle, gathered in a settlement Of farmerz,
provided their families with a church and
schoolbeuse, and took to himself 10000
head of cattle, many ticks OF sheep and
blooded horses: He dealt literally with his
poor reighbors, furnishing them sheep and
cattle TO keep on shares, and looked to the
org iniz ,tion OF a refrigerator car company,
that he might Command the means of getting
his meat to market. He is said 10 have
spent 100000, and good judges think he
will succeed in his undertaking.