Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-29
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.
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the streets were dusty yesterday.
-Gan. Albert Pike returned to tht
| civ Yesterday from ChicOt county, ARR
| He remains in town a few days.
Rev. DR.. B F. Brooke left the city
vestar4av for his rev field OF labor In
! Psnnsylyanis. Our best wishes @ with
him.
The number OF fremsn and police
registered yesterday wss two hundred
aud ten.
The Radicals hsd another pow-wow
last night. Diummers we're Cnt SIS early
as four O'Clock yesterday afternoon, cali
ing the faithful to the council.
Gen. Lilly, who has been in the city
several days, in the iaterest OF Gen
Lees College, left on the early traia this
morning for Mobile.
DR.. Lane, the Surgeon ChiropOdist,
leaves to-day for Montgomery. We
commend him to the citizens Of that
place ss a skillfui Chiropodist and q gen.
tleman.
"A friend who has been over along
the line of the Little Rock Railroad Gays
that game literally sNarms in the ham,
mOcks, being driven il vast quantities
out of the swamp by the high water.
The ease Of the State VS.. Thomss B.
MsIeu, for circulating obscene dOca-
ments, Wss Yesterday dismissed on the
ground that Mellsn was non cOHlp0s
meatiS. This may be so, but were the
printers in the same fix?
After the storm Of yesterday morn
ing the sir was redolent with the per
fumes Of the forest, the breeze blowing
off the Arkansas shore coming 20 the
- 81 -suk aL- -EnLN Ehn HEanE
and shrubs noW 10 bloom.
John Williams, an African, swindled
3 deck passenger on the Magenta on her
up trip, cut Of hf.y-one dollars, and
jumped The boat on her landing here.
He Wss pulled by officer Cusick during
tbs day and locked up.
Yesterday snd the day before were
the duilest that hsvs been experienced
IN the Msgistratss' Courts since last
summer. Ia most Of them there was
not a csse to disturb the serenity Of the
Justices, or to occupy their attention for
= moment.
-rhenew six Dared race boat for the
ChiekssaS Club srrived on the steamer
Clifton yesterday, and was put in the
water by the club during the evening.
Her performances were perfectly satisfac-
tory, We learn. She was built in Cincin>
Dsti TO order.
A little boy nsmad Napoleon Davis
wss found by Sergeant Smith lost in the
streets yesterday. The Sergeant q
aged to End out the residence Of his
parents, and restored the little stray
much to their delight and qualification,
may be imagined.
VA gentleman friend, who YVES The
happy possesecr Of 3 singing mouse, for
gettiug that cold pOieOn wac no Tespee-
ger Of nightingale lsrynXss, put some rat
poison around bis house, and the ons
duence is he sings no longer, and he is
d s~eonsolate. Buckeye sslvs" bringeth
him not to life again.
-CitizeBs in the lower part Of the city,
in the vicinity OF South street, complain
Of the negroes who assemble every sven
ing and make night hideous with drums
and flies. Cannot the Caisf o; police,
who, = e are,bouud to say, has thus far
shown himsA Zsslous in the pursuit Of
his duly, devise q means TO put q STOP to
it
"A msd deg wss killed or Alabama
Yesterday morning, but not until
the rnbid creature had bitten several per-
sons and completely cleared the street.
A little boy was mOstGferTibiy mRngled
by the f~eFCcious bIH.e, 8 large NeEfOuud-
land, Whose immense strength made him
al the more terrible. A man was also
Bitten ia tbs hand, and n little girl
thrown down by him, bat his teeth did
not touch her fash. He was finally dis
patched By E pistol shot, alter an eX
citing chase aud battle.
We were pleased to notice in the
Little Rock Gazette the marriage OF Miss
Fannie B1rlsnd, of Little r lck, and Mr..
James &. Mo0res, of this city. Miss
Borlsnd is wo!l-knoEn to tbs readers Of
the APPEAL under the ron de plume Of
"Violet Lea,n over which signature
she has written come Of the swestest
poetry that ever appeared in it, columns.
She wss eisO well known in sur sccisl
circles, having been q member, as Il
were, Of Gen. Pixies family for some
time. We congratulate Mr.. MOoTes upon
the prize which he has drawn ia the lot
terry OF life, and wish the young couple
sl happiness through life.
The Registrar yesterday decided that
he could not under the law register Mr..
Paston, the particulars OF whose applica-
ton for registration were given in the
APPEAL OF Tuesday. Phe case will now
be carried to the Supreme Court, and the
constituti0nality of the law tested. II
tie Judges ere not as rotten and corrupt
IS the balance Of the Rsdieal party, they
will not hesitate long il deciding that 1t
is in direct violation Of the very first
principles OF the crest chart of American
liberty, or Sc Mr.. johnson calls it, " the
combined and expressed viii OF the peo.
pie"
We learned last evening from 2
friend who left Humboldt yesterday
morning that Ciingmau, the hero of
Forky Deer, has Issued an order prchib-
itipg citizens from being on the streets
sitter Certain hours in the evening, and
that the streets age pstrOlled by militia
guards, who sTle,G every one found cut
after the hour prescribed. Ols citizen
wac arrested and carried 10 camp on
Tuesday night. The report brought to
the city on Tuesday, that Capt. Richard
sons condition was thought TO be worse,
was without foundation. He is getting
slong very we'll, and it is hoped will soon
be cut.
The Memphis Law Association,
composed OF the junior members Of the
Memphis Bar, held their seoOa annual
celebration last evening Ia he United
5LhLtc NGuEAAONALE IL NhC Wl4AA1L
blceE. About one hundred and fifty
ladies ana gentlemen were present "a
the affair passed OF very pleasantly.
The orator Of the evening wRs Mr.. E
NJ. Hearr, whose subject was Law and
Lawyers, which he banded in s
mastery manner The Introductory
WAS by w. G. Folcks, E-q, whose sd
dress was q glowing euiogy on woman
and her il flnence. The exercises closed
with 3 eEiti9us upon the preceding ad-
dresses by u. 2. mcfarland, E.q. The
Law Association which hss 5sen in ex-
istence but two years is, we are happy to
say, 3 thriving society. W. w. bod
win, ESQ is the President, u. w. Mil
Ter, Secretary and Treasurer, Z. d
Present, Marshal.
The day appointed by the Ladies'
Memorial Association for the decoration
Of the graves Of our desd rapidly ap-
proaches, and the arrangement for it
appropriate celebration are about COM
pleted. We would suggest to parties
owning flower gardens, who are willing
20 contribute. not to allow any f)wers to
be plUeked to-day or Tomorrow, excsI
such s. will not keep until Saturday. As
il il, we much fear that there will be a
scarcity of fowers-the spring hiss been
so backward and the flTers cut off so