Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-05-28
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days and Fridays.
r. c. GIST, Postmaster Memphis.
Notice.
The public are hereby notified not t.
pay 10 any n any bills due THE AP
PEAL, for advertising since January 3lst
unless they have written authority from
me. JOHN AINsLIE,
Cashier aud Manager.
TO the Patrons OF the Appeal.
You are requested not to pay any car
riers without a certificate from me, anC
to report at the counting desk any ir
regularity in carriers. L. DAVIES.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURoH-There vii
be preaching at the above church. thii
evening at s O'clock, by Rev. Mr.. Miller
pastor Of the church. All are cordially
invited to attend.
COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.-One Of tbs
I" black Douglass" family-Willism-
was this morning committed for trial il
the criminal court for robbing a coloreC
woman of SI95 a few days since.
PosTPoNEMENT OF GEN. CHALMERS
LECTURE.-IH consequence of the pend
ing fair at the Tabernacle, Gen. Chal'
mersI lecture, already once postponed
will not be delivered this evening, as in.
tended, but next Tuesday evening. The
subject is obedience TO Law"
CHAyrBER OF CoMMERCE.-A meeting
Of the Chamber Of Commerce WAS Il
have been held at twelve O'Clock yester
day, but one o'clock found no q pres
ent, and consequently no meeting wa!
! lid 1W,n rnr1ffnlfaifu NJ these fallnrnl
is not particularly conducive TO the vel
fare Of the organization.
THE PRoPoRTIoN.-only six hundred
and sixtv-six whites had been registered
by Mr.. Davis up to Saturday night. The
coIored list embraced four tigures-foul
thousand five hundred and siXty-two
The regular daily registration will CEASE
on Friday, 3lst, but the office will o,
open three days each week during June
PERsoNAL-H. B. Butler, our ener
retic and popular insurance agent of The
North American Life and Accident in
surance Office, goes to Philadelphia. We
wish him a pleasant trip, and hope hi;
face may be seen among us again in 9
few dsys, ~unscarred by accident and IN
furnished by radicalism.
AN EARLY SETILENENT.-It is under
stood that yesterday, Mr.. Vincent Baci-
galupo, the well known saloon keeper,
who owns q portion Of the new block on
the northeast corner of Court and Second
streets, paid his proportion of the ex-
pense of putting down the Nicolsou
pavement in front OF his premises. He
is the first on docket.
TT..-r--- D1.n~,r w Ausoo, $780,
arrested Saturday night for robbing 8
countryman named ]. l.. Carr Of q
pocket book containing $500. While his
'tpaIu was a-ffectiOnately hugging Cary,
who was intoxicated, Allison seized the
money. Yesterday Esquire Lee com
mitted Allison for trial in the criminal
court.
SHOOTING FUGITIvE-On Saturday
night Edward Bloom, %(celOred) while
attempting to escape from officers Ran
dolph and Brandy, who were attempting
to arrest him on the charge Of stealing
from Mr.. ]. w Vaught, was shot and
! seriously wounded. He was conveyed
to the city hospital.
A DAsTARDLY AFFAIR-Reuben
Morris tcOlored) was attacked by three
white men near the corner Of Poplar and
Third streets, Sunday morning and
stabbed with a dirk knife. His wound is
not dangerous. Two men, arrested on
suspicion were afterward discharged,
there being no proof against them.
COURT SQUARE.-The recent rains
have caused the grass in the square
trSdden into the earth during the late
public meeting TO again rear its head.
I y &. - -, I.,.l ~ 80 n,9aLaaa - iodine
| will be held there. A few such large as
semblages would leave little else than
INITIATED shrubbery and dead grass
plats.
THE MASONIC PIC NIC.-Those who
attend the pic mic to be given at Bartlett
station on the 4th proximo under the
auspices OF the members of Hamilton
I lodge, may safely anticipate a pleasant
/ time. Tickets s. each, but no extra
ticket Is required for a lady or ladies.
Tickets can be purchased at the music,
jewelry and bookstores.
THE GALLAGHER INvEsTIeATIeN.
The examination of Michael Gallagher,
/ charged with numbering Henry Cooper,
was terminated before Esquire WaldrOn
yesterday. The magistrate refused TO
| admit Gallagher TO bail, Snd he was
accordingly remanded to Jail. 1t is
Thought an effort will be made to secure
his release on bail before Judge Hunter
in a few days.
A FORTHCOMING "HoP."-we learn
that the young ladies and gentlemen
connected with the Grace church fair,
which closed Saturday night, design
having a "hop" at the Memphis club hall
Thursday evening. The arrangements
are being perfected, and the occasion
promises to be D of the most recherche
affairs of the kind ever given in Mem
phis. The price OF admission will be
five dollars Ter couple, the proceeds to be
devoted to the object Of the late fair.
THE APPERsoN-D Esoso INSURANCE
COMPANY CASE AGAIN.-The case of
| +. NJ. AppersOn & Co. VS.. the DeSoto
! Insurance Co, involving the question Of
the liability of an insurance company
for loss sustained by an individual who
had requested insurance, bat obtained DO
policy, and which was decided adversely
to the plaintiffs by Chancellor Smith,
came up before the supreme cOurt at
Jackson last week. 1t was argued on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, by
Niessrs. Estes & Jackson for plaintiffs,
and Judge H. y. Hart for the defense, at
the close OF which Judge Hawkins af-
frmed the chancellor's decision.
A COLoRED TOURNAMENT IN Pros
PECTIvE.-Our colOred brethren, having
obtained their other rights" do not
propose to be led in the tournament
rites. The success Of the gallant knight
Of the Uncovered Auricular has put all
Africdom in a futter, aud the result is TO
be a tournament at no distant day. There
will be the Knight of the Ebo Shin, the
Knight of Chalk-in-the.Eye, the Knight
of Tar Heel, the Knight of Dat Colored
Cuss from Africa, the Knight of Dinah
.Jinkins, and other ~gsllants, who will
enter the lists, and snatch the bubble
glory from the end OF a stick. What
dusky Dinah, Chloe, Araminta or Cslan-
the, the hollow of whose foot makes a
hole in the ground, viii be crowned
queen Of love and beauty? .
THE BEAUTIES OF REGISTRATION.
Commissioner Davis continues 10 regis
ter applicants-particularly those Of
dUsky hue-With astonishing celebrity.
He is able to worry through several hun
bred per day without seriously impair
ing his physical health. To be eolored
and a radical Is 70 secure q certificate In
sfantar- Rut O~nsaryaTiVa DsrticularlV