Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-16
PERSONAL.

EMMETT O'NEILL, a Schenectady IN. W
broker, has gone 10 Europe, leaving num-
Der of victims, whom he swindled out Of
100000.
CAPT. J. l.. WADDELL, who commanded
the famou, Confederate cruiser Shenandoah,
was injured seriously by fall in Annapolis,
Nd, on Thursday.
FREDERICK BOYER, eight years old, died
Wednesday, in New York, from hydropAobia.
He vas bitten On the hand, nearly three
yeare ago, ny d EPI,D uOes
Col. MAPLEsoN, the operate manager,
has sued the Cincinnati Enquirer for alleged
the effect that he had left an unpaid hotel
bill in Cincinnati.
WAGNER's property was much larger tn an
ia generally supposed. From the Berlin
Oper shouse alone he had received upward
| Of $250,000. His musical copyrights, too,
| for some years past have been bringing him
| a nice income.
Col. CHARLES MARSHALL, of Baltimore,
| is 30 i'll as to cause concern among his
| friends. He was one of Gen. Lees favorite
staff officers, and he probably knows more
than any other an about the circumstances
of the surrender of Appomattox.
| MANAGER DEFossEz tells the New Orleans
Pcdyune that he has lost about $4,000 by
| his searon of French opera in that city, and
although his lease of the operahouse runs
for two years longer, he would not undertake
to bring an opera company next season I'm
less he is guaranteed a subscription O
S45, 900 at least.
Ex.Gov. SPRAeUE seems to be getting VI
in the world sgsin, in spite of Conkling anc
financial disasters in the past. He has en-.
tered both politics and the state of matri
mony again, being candidate for governor
of Rhode Island, and having married a few
days since. This is going in with vim, j
he docs get squeezed.
GEN. SHERMAN, q few days ago, wrote a
follows 10 an sutograph collector 10 Brook
lyn, who asked for few linss on the senli
meut, "The pen is mightier than the sword
Lord Lytton would never have put his sig
nature TO so naked a sentiment. Surely
will not. In the text was prefix OF qualifi
cation.
Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mightier than the sword
To the request that he become vice
president of The Baltimore Anti. VivisectioI
Society, Archbishop Wood has replied tina
while he was in perfect accord and sympa
thy with the object of the society, and OPP
posed TO the Outrageous and sbomiRabl
practice of vivisection," he has never len
his name to any society not connected will
/ Tue SQufCQ, anu ChDQOt mdkc du e4CcptlOi
in this case.
REAR-ADMRAL J. w. A. NICHOLSON, il
command of the European station, wa
placed on the retired list Saturday, unde
the operation of the law. He is succeeded
by Re.r-Admirsl Charles H. Bald win, of tn
Lighthouse Board. Resr-Admiral E. r
Calhoun will be retired next month. Thes
two retirements will create a vacancy iu thu
list of rear-admirals, which will be filled b.
the promotion of Commodore Shsfeld.
COMMISSIONERS HAWKINS has issued hi
frat report of weather service for Tennessee
The report is published in q neat pamphle
form, aud contains observations taken at dill
ferent stations over the State, showing III
, minimum and maximum temperature, tn
amount of rain and other facts concernin
the condition of the weather. Upon tn
whole, the report is OF much interest, ar
! will doubtless prove a success to the sgricul
tural interest of the State.
The New York 1ribuns's London CORE
. spondent telegrapbs that preliminary cor
, situations have been held in reference 10 tn
farewell dinner to Mr.. Irving before his do
parture for America, Lord Chief.J usiic
Coleridge acting as chairman OF the commit
. | tee. No announcement has beer author
: lied, but the first rupors brought applies
, lions and offers OF cooperation from friend
, Those concerned believe that the largest an
i | most brilliant company ever known wi
I unite in Offering a testimonial TO Mr.. lrvini
WE are bo6nd to say, Gays the August
i (Ga.) Constitutionalist, that DIR. Crawfor
:. Long will never supplant Drs. Wells an
| Morton as the discoveries OF an@,thesi
DR.. Marion Simms, with all his brillisnc
= | and ingenuity, has failed to convince III
, country of the superior preferment Of d
t Long. So that, much as we may regret j
the people of the United States did not tab
kindly to the suggestion that the statue {
the doctor should be placed as Georgia
contribution to the hall at the capitol
Washington. But the whole world wi
| recogniz. and applaud the suggestion tia
the marble efigy OF Alexander II S.epher
shall be this commonwealth testimonial |
the national gallery.