Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-28
c PARAGRAPHS.

Thanks to the gentleman who re-
turned us our reporting case.
There were eighty-seven prisoners
in the county Jail on Monday even
ing.
Gen. Alcorn, of Mississippi, is in
town and stopping at the Overton
Hotel.
Mr.. Mount, the well known build
er, is cOnvalescing. He was on the
streets yesterday.
Registrar Boughner goes to Raj
eigh to-day to perfect the registration
at that point.
]. H. Irrelevant, Esq, of Louisville,
who has been in the city several days,
stopping at the Peabody, left yester-
day for Texas.
Our German fellow-citizens are
talking of celebrating the centenary
of Humboldt, which occurs on the
18th of September.
The trial of McClung, who is ac-
cused of being accessory to the killing
of Haynes by Clarence Collier, COM
menees tO-daya at Marion.
Judge Foute's Court will convene
next Tuesday for the August term,
and will probably adjourn forthwith,
as is customary, we believe.
The Tennessee Dental Association
lately in session in Nashville, adj
journed on Saturday to meet on the
Dist of July, 1870, at Murfreesboro.
John Overton, jr., is in Nashville.
BE has recently had an addition to
his family in the shape of a "bounc-
ing boy" to be known as John Over
ton No. 8.
John Burke, armed with a pistol,
threatened the life of an old man
named Barney Reilly, and the latter
had a warrant issued for his arrest by
Squire Norton yesterday evening.
The case will be heard to-day.
The Criminal Court were all day
yesterday engaged in the MOntalta
case-he having changed his plea from
guilty to not guilty. A great deal of
time wa spens in empanneling a jury.
The case will be decided this morning.
The charge made against the
Sheriff and Coroner in the morning
luminary of yesterday morning is alb
solutely without foundation in truth.
If any such murder did occur that
paper is, so far, the only party that
has found it out.
About three O'Clock yesterday
| afternoon a negro boy named Carter
Campbell, while trying to fish a log of
wood ashore, near the deep eddy at
Fort Pickering, fell into the river and
was drowned before aid could reach
him.
Eliza Coleman and Mandy Davis,
two scrumptiOus wenches got into a
quarrel at the balloon rink yesterday,
and pitched into each other savagely.
The prOpinquity of the First District
station prevented their doing much
damage to each other.
AT one of the last bull fights in
Madrid, one of the most pugnaciOus
and stubborn bulls was called Andrew
Johnson. This horned Andrew John
son died game after ripping up the
bellies of several horses and hurting
the matadOre twice into the air.
We had the pleasure of meeting
yesterday, Mr.. c. 5. Stearns formerly
of the book and publishing house of
Church & Co. Mr.. Stearns, after the
sale of the establishment to Messrs.
Young d Co., settled in st. Louis,
whence he now comes.
The new building on the corner of
Madison and Front, or rather on
Madison between Center alley and
Front, is progressing splendidly.
The lime stone front is especially
handsome, and when finished will be
an ornament to our city.
The County Commissioners had a
meeting yesterday and talked of adj
jOurning until the first Monday in
October. They did not do so, how
ever, a fact duly appreciated by Ger
tain parties who have large bills before
them, which the said parties would
like to have paid.
-Mayne swears vengeance against
J" that little devil" who is putting his
niger wife up to coming down on
him for $500 damages. He had better
cash w and call it quits or the de-
serted lady" swears She will publish
his letters, and sue him for breach of
promise. Two of the best lawyers in
this city have volunteered to under
take the case for her.
We learn that United States troops
are being poured into this State at the
present time, and are being c%Oncentra-
ted at various points in East, Middle
and West Tennessee. The aVoWed |
purpose of this move is the election of
Stokes, and the carrying out of
Grants policy. viii the people stand
this? Will Gov. Senter stand this? |
" We shall see what we shall see."
Police Commissioner Richards
had a jolly time of it last evening try
ing a case in which Miss MOllie NTer-
win accused some young men of hay
ing behaved in a terrible manner to
her, and in her hOuse-breaking the
furniture, cutting the carpets, etc.
There were still a large number of
witnesses to be examined when we
left, but we understand that the fair
but determined Mollie has taken out
warrants for the arrest of the parties
and their trial in a magistrates court.
DIR. Guerrant, whose name was at
tached to that card" informed US
yesterday that he did not sign it, nor
did he authorize any one to sign it for
him to any such document. He was
asked several days previous to its is
suance, if he would sign q true state
of the condition of affairs in
He answered that he
would, and authorized the party who
asked him, to sign his name for him
not dreaming of the character of the
document that would be drawn up.
are glad to have this chance to ex-
him.
The New Eclectic Magazine" for
has come to hand, having a
portrait of Gen. B. G. Humphreys,
constitutional and legal Governor OF
Mississippi. The table of contents is
unusually interesting, and will be
found so by our literary friends, to
whom we cordially commend this
well-condueted Southern monthly. d,
Readers of the APPEAL will bear in {,
mind that the best features of the
8 Land we LOve"-Gen. Hills maya
among the most attractive I
Of the New Eclectic" !
Detective Hayden yesterday ar |
'ested a negro deckhand of the steam
n st. Francis, named Henry Mitchell, {
Who was one of a gang of negro
hieves who robbed a Mr.. James
Dougherty, of Madison, Ark, of about '
hundred dollars worth of clothing I
md bedding. Mitchell "squealed, " j
md the police arrested James Taylor c
md Lafayette Calvin, two of his con- i
ederates. Some of the goods were re- '
covered among their plumber, and