Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-11
PERSONAL.

| THE late Capt. c. C. Daily, of Portland,
Me-. left 900 his entire fortune to the Atlantic
| Lodge of Free Masons, of that city.
JOAQUIN MILLER risss to remark that The
daily wspaper is 'the sixshooter of eastern CIV
ilization," Every man must have one or fall to
| the rear of the proc ssion.
Mr.. w. C. HowELLs is about to resign his
toronto eonsulship. This means that Mr.. How
/ ellis now feels able to write books and magazine
| articles at his own expense.
TIE Duke of Edinburgh is responsible for
| the latest English craze-mule-rding. He intro
| ducei the fashion by himself riding one of the
particularly fine mules which he obtained in
Egypt
MIR. TREvELYAN says that the Irish land
act has reduced rentals by 81 900 coo year. Next
| 70 the emancipation OF the serfs. it is the most
radical measure any modern government has I'M
ROBERT c. WINTHROP is at Washington
| making his snnual visit to Mr.. Sanders W. Irving
nephew OF Washington Irving, who resides
there MI. Winthrop will enter his seventy. fifth
| year on the 18th of this month,
SAMUEL J. TILDEN has sent check for
$500 to Ms. heiklehsm, the last surviving grand
| child OF Thomas Jefferson. The last Conere ad-
lourned without setting upon bill providing for
the declining years OF this lady.
JOSEPH w. SWEET was not the man to
make display Of his wealth He was rated in
the Textbook of Providence as owning $1,000 in
real estate and $4,000 IN personal property; but
on his death he is found 70 have lett nearly half
million
JOHNSON c. WHITAKER, the colored ca
connection with a charge OF having mutiiated his
ears while a. NeAt Point, is now filling profess
sors chair in The Avery Institute at Charleston,
South Carolina.
SURGEoss BRIGes and Blackman, of Nash
ton Gen. d. g. Buell. removing the left hsif OF
years ago by fall from a horse. The general's
prospects for recovery are all that could be de-
sired.
II a.. d.
George w. Cables Old Creole Days have reached
New orleans. OF the three publishers, Mr. Doug
las, OF Edinburgh, is the only who recognizes
copyright. Mr., Cable is writing an article on New
Orleans for the Encyclopedia BritaHHied.
Gov. FOSTER. of Ohio, already rich. re:
eeiyes $4,000 more By the death of his father,
that State. Notwithstanding that fact further
Political preferment Is far from him as could
possibly be, thus illustrating that the race is not
always to the swift, and that honest poverty is
often more powerful than all the golden coiors
that could be created.
GEN GRANT and Sen. Romero, the Mex
lean minister, are going TO London shortly to Sc
cure boosting for big American scheme. A Lon
dol letter TO the Philadelphia Pres says: Gen
Grants ability promoter is highly REGARDED bI
the English, and be is exceedingly popular with
the moneyocracy and those in power" 1t is as a
promoter that We are largely called upon now to
ADMIRE Grant He seems to have gene into the
business OF promoting on an extensive scale
Gov. BLoxHAM, of Florida, who was in
Philadelphia few days ago, in an interview said
that the scheme OF the Okeechobee Land and
Drainage Company to utilize the IL 600 600 acres In
the SugsrgTowing districts of Florida bids fair TO
prove a highly remunerative venture IL is a
mammoth Undertaking, and the Florida people
heartily wish the Philadelphia apitaIiss who had
the courage to go into it viii meet with the most
hattering success. He also said that The English
syndicate that recently purch ased 40 900 acres of
reclaimed land is arranging 10 buy 90 acres ad-
ditionRl.
"THE grandest humbug in New Ysrkn
cried the Rev. Mr. Potter, of the Sixth Street BAD
ust church, at 8 recent Baptist Conference
lis the association palace at the corner OF
TWenty-third street and Fourth ayeuueV
According to the Times report this Statement was
approved by several of the other brethren AT the
Baptist Ministers Conference of last Monday A
director of the Young Mems Christian Association
and professor attacked the Rev. Mr.. Potter 81
severely that at the last he led to say that he
mad perhaps been trlfie hasty in characterizing
the association in its entirety as g humbug;" but
II must be admitted that this qualification of the
terrible charge originally made BIZ the Rev. Mr.
Potter was OF very slight account. The moderator
Of the conference, however, seized upon the quail
lying language at once and ended the debate By
exeialmlng: The word humbug. then will be
stricken out" Well. the word humbug may be
stricken out OF the Official record but It remains
in the published reports, and has got into the
minds OF the people of the city.