Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-06-10
PERSONALS,

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Mrs. J. II. ROWLAND, Of Springfield, No,
stopped at Gaston's yesterday.
Mss LIZZIE SMITH and Miss Virginia
Joy lett for Nashville Saturday night.
NJ. S. SARGEANT, of Kansas City, visited
the Merchants Exchange yesterday.
PRoF. DowSs was among the excursion
lists who LEFT last night for Kansas City.
Mrs A. KIRKLAND and Miss Mollic
Kirkland leave this morning for Cincip-
natl.
THE Memphis Gun Club will hold a
special meeting on their grounds to-day at
:45 O'Clock pm.
Mr.. HARRY ScHLoss, who has been to
Chicago on a business trip, returned home
yesterday afternoon.
Miss Jamie NEEL, daughter Of Mr.. Sam
Neel, OF Shelbyville, Ky, is visiting her
cousin, Miss. Lucy Williams, OF Green
wood.
II. G. CHEvNEY, north western passen-
ger agent oil the Kansas City, Omaha
and st. Paul Short Line, is in the city in
the interest of his road.
SINCE the Blaine nomination the post
Office here rejoices in second assistant
postmaster-weight ten pounds, and sign
Ing himself j. S. Weller, jr.
THE following young gentlemen cadets
have returned home from the Kentucky
Military Institute: John Williams, A. j..
Vaughan, F. b. Hollenberg, A. n. Scar
brough, James Lee, ir., James p. Winn,
w. IL. Nowland.
THE Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, accom-
panied by his wife, srrived last night from,
Knoxville by the Memphis and Charles
| ton road. He left tins morning at $3.50
O'Clock Tor Little Rock on a SPECIAL train.
accompanied by his manager, Mr.. Peter
Tracy, where he lectures to night. He will
| return next morning and lecture at the
Exposition building Wednesday night.
| Mrs. Talmage will remain over at CASTOR g
| until her husbands return. Mr.. Tslmage
lectured at Knoxville to an audience Of
| e,Jo0 peopie. =
DB. JOHN FL. fuRNELL left yesterday
| evening for Malone's Landing, Ark where
he will be permanently located. He car
| ries with him the best wishes OF host Of
! warm friends. DIR. Purnell is a graduate
| OF the Melphis Medical College, and spent
| the psst winter in attendance apon tns.
| famous College of Physicians and Surgeons,
New York. He was for some years the
secretary OF the Board of Health, where
he gained enough valuable experience to
lay the foundation for successful practice.
THE Rev. George w. Sweeney, pastor of
the Linden Street Christian church,
p,eached 70 very lsrge and thovghtfqi
congregation sunday night on Medium
istic and Magnetic Forces" 1t was the
| first OF two sermons on the subject. He
| said the planefr and the sun and all the
| stars are bound together and held fast in
| their orbits by the laws of grayitation, or
| an ethereal medium, or what is the most
| proba5ls and rational explanation cleo
tlicity. Es finer than silken cords are
| quite probably our nearest material ap--
| proacli = God and to one another We
See it N universal sway srasping all
worlds, md in chemistry draining the ele-
ments ad in vital affinit;es giving form to
all life We see il ON the plane of the
senses md the sentiments and affections
and in te field of morals and religion.
The great comprehensive, universal and
far-reaehrg laws and media by which all
minds au hearts are brought into fellow
ship weDset forth, and in the light of
these ~ Sweeney proposes to discuss on
next anday night old-fashioned, simon
pure 'piritualism." It will include
"clairvqancc, necr0zaaacy, manifestations
and tab tippingA" and ali iorms of this