Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-16
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

mo ialr 81 oaruiS VIII come on IN
18Th.
Mayor Lenwich will be home Sunda,
morning.
The coal and wood merchants did
e good business yesterday.
Yesterday was clear and cold, with
> stitf nor'wesicr blowing.
The I7th anniversary II the Memphi
Turnverein occurs on the 18th inst.
z The Board Of County Commissioner
g were engaged in correcting assessments o
taxes all day yesterday.
! Col. Charlie Stone, Secretary OF tn
C~hickasaw Jockey Club. leaves this even
ing To attend the Nashville races.
Col. Thomas Dickens was admitted Il
bail day before yesterday, in the sum o
2 forty thousand dollars, which he easily
and readily gave.
It was not the Leath Orphan Asylum
children that were marched through tht
square on Thursday eve, bat Mrs. May,
private school, on their way 10 visit tbs
Asylum.
The ease OF the State VS.. a lad named
Shelton, for killing a schOolmate tive
years ago, Will be commenced in the Mu-
nieipAl COurt to-day. The jury WAS en-
panneled yesterday.
We understand that Major Bill vii
hanson aud Col. Bob CottriI, of Mobile,
so well known IN the sporting world, have
engaged rooms at the Peabody Hotel, and
will be present al the coming races.
One OF the features OF The evenings
entertainment al the Memphis Theater
last night, was the Paragon Waltz
played by the orchestra. 1t was compos-
ed by Mrs. Geo. Scott, Of this city, and
is quite a fine piece Of music.
Sales Of Manassas street lots by Rows
ter, Trezevant * Co., auctioneers. IN
consequence Of the late hour of the sale
Yesterday, but three lots were sold, at the
prices respectively of S24 ., Sc aud SO IS
per front GOT The sale will be closed on
the premises, at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Our friend, Capt. Mont. Pepper, late
General southern Agent of the CONNER
cial News Department OF tie Western
Union Telegraph, has been appointed
Manager Of M Memphis office, vice w.
H.. Cody, deceased.
we learn tina several members of the
Memphis Boat Clint have volunteered
their services to TAX a boat and search
both banks o the river, as far as Helena,
for the body Of their late Secretary, James
p. Gallagher, who was drowned on Sun
day last.
We yesterday saw a stone extracted
from The bladder of a boy thirteen years
Of age, the son Of Col Cole, Of SenatObia.
MISS ILt eAphG AAtdSuEtQ - nf rs
inches in circumference, and the difficult
operation was performed by Or. w. E.
Rogers, our efficient health officer, as
sisted by Drs. Lynch, Rice, Erskine and
Hodges.
Boston Sheffield. so well known in
| police circles, was yesterday sent ~ Jail in
default OF one thousand dollars bail, to
answer 10 the charge of stealing wood
Irsm John Calnau on South street. Sam
! NanPelt also went through Mr.. Calnan 10
the tune Of Sl0 > in cash, for which he
was also sent up. in default of a thousand
dollars bail, TO answer this morning al 10
O'Clock.
We mentioned yesterday morning
that a butcher had sued the city for the
possession Of a stain in the Beal street
market, which he had rented at the an
nuAl renting of stalls, and had also sued
Tor $50 damages for being deprived of
possession. The case auie up before
squire Swan yesterday and was decided
IN favor 9th complainant, Judgment be-
ing given against the city by default.
Madame Vincent received at her two
houses Yesterday. the finest lot of shell
oys-ers chat have been received this sea-
SON They were from Norfolk and Mo
bile, each lot being equally fine. She Will
serve them up ia ssyle at lighthouses. No.
IS Union, and corner of Washington and
Front. Lovers Of the bivalve will bear
this ia mind.
DIR. Dickens received a letter yester-
Gay from Marion county, Ala. which
stated that Henderson Inman, The brother
Of James I~nHsan, the desperate recently |
killed in the attempt to capture him. was
sent 20 The ~peniientiary for four years on
W cunCsday last by the Circuit Court for |
stealing is0rses. He was indicted on
day by the grand jury, tried ON Wednes-
day ana "sent up as stated.
We are sorry 10 learn that the hose
Lewis =. smith, 50 promising rs a colt, |
and for whom his owner, Major Billy Viii
Hanson, of Mobile, pruphecied so bril-
a future, Is a total wreck. We are
thar in the fall OF To- or is. the
horse was dOsed with mercury. Before il
operated, he took a cold, which settled on
his lungs. Last summer he was carried TO
Hot Springs, lArk.l and treated by the
BEST veterinary skill, but 10 no avail. He
il nov worthless as a racer.
Central Avenue, the road out to the
new race curse and fair grounds, is in a
cOGiitiOu-almost impaSsable-
and in view oil the approaching fair and
races, ought 10 be worked. we under
stand that every effort has been made TO
the Commissioners 10 repair il, hut !
avail. Why is thisT d. they
ban that DC is moi worth while 10 do the
people Of Shelby county some good while
their brief tenure Of Office lasts? They
had better be fleeing the wrath that is To
come in some such practical manner. or
the mere " cessation Of being will
not be all the Ills hat they will have to
undergo. /.
The document with which the Ere
mont party propose to Get hold of the Lit
lie Rock stock is a simple Iced Of trust.
No formal proposition in writing has ever
been submitted TO the Board by them, nor
ioes Mr.. Fremont's agent offer to make ,
any guarantees whatever, that he will
larry cut any portion of the proposition
except the lending of the $4,000. We
would Ike TO have the acting Mayor and
others explain why they are 80 nixon To
with "JOhu c. and keen the
members Of the Board and reporters i'm
his chronic state of called meeting"
If there is one hole in the city above
mother, that needs the attention of Or.
peaTne and the Metropolitan Police. that I
lole is the negro gambling-helI and
o lush-drum Of John Cooper, on the 5
,o1ier Of Fourth and Jefferson streets.
IN Thursday night a masquerade ball ,
given there, at which the usual
mouut Of lightning rOjgut was con-
.umed, and amid the festivities one Jane
Dyer got into a scrimmage with MOlIie
Douglas, and assaulted her with a razor
he cause of the difficulty being the at d
empt on the part Of Mollie to steal James
AAA We y EEA AouN A4AlA1EG a AOLAE. D4i 1
be matter Will be looked into by Squire
irihith to-day. s
William lie2thman, a big, burly and {
'icious looking negro, was arraigned be- |
Squire Griffith yesterday afternoon.
N a charge preferred by his wife Betsy,
# crueliy ami numerically beating her. v
betsy, WhO IS a thin. sickly. but very gent r
eel looking woman OF griff color, gave a
cry plain and straight Onward story of
Ter maltreatment, and her story was cor 4,
oburatcd by her employer. Her hus- :
and was defended by Mr.. Yeoman. who. y
n the course OF The crOss-examinstion Of =
er statement, asked her If her husband 4
any worse about whipping her than 1
lOst n sgrOes were toward their wives.
Ter answer was rather remarkable. mo.
as l knows of. All niggers beats
heir wives. 1 never seed a Niger man
et dat didn't whup his wife" William
'as put under $50 bonds to keep the
eaee. -
As indicating what the people of Lit J
e Rock think of the conduct Of our n
GARD Of Mayor and Aldermen, and what n
likely 20 result should the city stock in
BE- Little Rock Railroad be sold TO John i
i. Fremont a Co., we copy the following I
sragraph from the Little Rock Gazette: e
The telegraph informs Us that the Board
Mayor and Aldermen Of Memphis have "
It's order in reference to the sale
AtAN AaANNAL AhOAAA IAAilAtA ENAths Ne ]
displayed by this Board Is about
lual to some of the transactions Of our Y,
Their resolutions are like the phases
the Little JOker-"nO o sec il; now pl
DIV YOU don't see it," Ii is real child's
something worse. tits from this ii
I'd kindred causes thar the completion Of
e road mas been solOng deferred. Mem NJ
ais shouid either sell this stock, or tic Il
, SO thar it cannot he disposed of. So 81
ng as it Is hawked about on the street
rners just so long will the building Of j
e road be deferred. Epperson & Co, of
e Memphis and FL Pas0 Railroad Com p
my, seem 20 have entered tho ring of
mpetitors for the purchase OF this stoek.
the event of their @being the lucky
en-, il is boosted about the streets that al
II pretty sister city, Pine Bluff, will soon
putting on metropolitan airs. We 81
her all success"
DER KID GLOVES, the establishment oil
erybody. Every pair warranted, for
HERkOG 4 BRO.
JUsT received, direct from Saratoga. 100 fu
zen Congress Water.
CHANDLER & co. do
NEW SILKS and Poplins at Oh
MENKENs'.
2IANosi PIANosl PIANosl-Great bar. E
ms in Chickering's and other pianos,
d Estey & Co.'S Parior Organs az their ]
snt's, % Second street. gr'