Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-30
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

COuuby OOnlHllsSlOpoIs yeSLefUdY.
The business in the Magistrates offices
yesterday was confined to civil cases
almost entirely.
Henry Jones and Dan Mumford will
be tried before Squire Greene to-day, on
charge of . assault with intent to kill"
What has become of the boulevard,
plank road movement which was inaugu-
rated last spring, and for which subscrip-
tions in stock were eaIled7
The old ruins on the corner Of Third
and Adams streets, erst q yelocipede rink,
and afterward a balloon circus" are be-
ing converted into cotton sheds.
Nothing has yet been heard of theman
Byrd, whose mysterious disappearance we
spoke OF a few days Ago.. 1t is now almost
certain that there has been foul play.
I'm our notice Of Messrs. Bloch 4 Lio-
tsyd's RESTAURANT, yesterday morning, we
neglected to stat6 that Charles Berton,
formerly of French Johns, presides at
the counter.
About l O'Clock yesterday morning
three heavy pistol shoIs were heard in the
| vicinity ofthe Peabody Hotel. The police
were unable to learn whence they pro-
ceeded.
BY anotlce posted on Squire Grifath's
door, we see that the DeSoto Boat Club
have one more boat than they know
what TO do with, and that a constable
will sell it on the 9Th proximo, "levied
on, etc."
In our yesterdays issue we spoke of a
man whose business was peddling Chi
nese grip " through the streets. We or
the composition dropped the grip and
made him a peddler of Chinese sort of
retail KOopmanseha ap.
The Board of Aldermen meet to-day
TO sell the city's Little Rock Railroad
s~tock-that already reported sold by our
vic awake telegraph people here, 10 Col.
kellar. Unless he comes liked to pay for
it in cash this evening, he had better with
draw his proposition.
We are informed that tho avenue on
the east side of Elmwood Is in IA most
wretched condition, and that several wag-
ons laden with cotton and other produce,
comingint the city on 1t have been broken
down recently. This ought to be attend !
ed to Immediately, n we hopo the Board
OF Aldermen will do 50.
We notice that neat bulletin boards
are being put up at various places around
the city for the reception of theater post
ers. On the corner Of Jefferson and Main
streets . huge broadside, some thirty or
forty feet long, is being crested for the
same purpose, We suppose. This Is much
better than defaciag neatly painted walls
With amusement BILLS,
Mr.. A. Mcdonald had g very iae aoat
stolen from his Office on Saturday last, |
GnG on Sunday, while perambulating the
suburbs, saw a d4rkv named Ed Bush |
sporting the toggery." He put the case
In the hands of a detective, and yesterday |
had the garment returned to him. He de-
clined to prosecute.
Squire Willard Yesterday sent one
Shet Collins, Il burly, savage looking ne
gtQ, 70 jail In default Of $1,000, for assault
ing aHd'brutally boating Hr.s n. 'Fenster,
q White maj whom Ae imagined to have
insulted him on Tuesday evening. M.
Fenster was not able TO appear against
him, having been badly injured internally
Ia the fracas-
Judge Marland L. Perkins Yesterday
received u dispatch from Chancellor sum-
mers, stating that he would be in the city
to-day and take up the long delayed COR
tested election cases OF PERKINS -. Lee,
and Wallace vs.. Hudson-the first being
on the docket for to-day. Messrs. Ed.
Beecher, John Bullock and Col. CAN'T
will appear for Judge Perkins, and j. B.
Woodward for Judge Lee.
AS the first Of October draws near fur
niture cars are becoming IN demand, and
busy preparations are being made for
" fall moving day" Yesterday, already,
vans, wagons and drays were TO b seen
passing through the streets, laden with
the furniture and household goods of
movers, who are taking time by the fore
lock, and mean to get comfortably settled
by the LIST.
zCommissione r Bnrditt sat in Judgment
over twenty-siK edeqders against the
peace and dignity OF the State Of Tennas-
see and the city of Memphis, In the Sec
ond District, yesterday evening. Thirty
five dollars were assessed in fines, of
which sum but ten were collected. Eigh-
teen were State cases, Of which ten were
sent TO Squire Greene, four to Squire
and Burke,
1t has become a custom of late for the
drivers of buses and carriages going TO
or retu ming from the night trains to rat
tie through the city at n uriou rate of
speed, arousing the entire population of
the streets through which they pass, and
making sleep impossible At the hotels and
in their immediate neighborhood. We are
glad to say the police have taken cOgni-
sapce Of it, and Capt. Atlee, of the Second
District, yesterday evening gave orders "a
put a stop to it in future. We hope ths
order will be strictly enforced.
If a. stranger were to walk through
Causey street, from Beal TO the Second
s~tatiOnhouse, at any hou of the
day from seven in the morning till dark, !
he would declare Memphis to be the city,
OF ali others IN the country, khe !
most prolific Of children, white
and black, goats, pigs and pup !
pies. There seems literally to be no !
TO the feeundity of this delectable :
The houses and yards fairly !
swarm, and rs 10 the streets, it Is almost ]
impossible to walk them without treading !
on some juvenile animal OF one or the 9th i
~ of the above breeds. =
The Board of Directors of the.Aash- I
Tille and Northwestern Railroad, as we {
earn from the Nashville Onion and Amer
can, held a meeting in that city on Mon 3
lay present, NJ. Burns, Judge Kingman, ~
col. V. s. Allen, Col. John A. Gardner,
Maj. Alfred Gardner, A. II. Hicks, Ed. b.
Hicks, Judge w. f. Cooper, W. +. Bang
ind r.. c. McNairy. Judge Kingman and il
-oIs. Allen and Gardner were appointed s.
committee to confer with Gov. Senter, Il
t9 running saia rosf, WHO IN:
hat the rood should not stop-thSt, IT a
necessary, tie Receiver should run 1t 4