Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-29
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

St. Peters Orphans picnic comes of
next Monday.
To-day is the anniversary Of the death
of Henry CLAY, who died Juue %, 1852.
Officer Orr was Yesterday hOnorably
acquitted and discharged by Squire
Burke.
ID. c. Buell., formerly Major-General
Of United States volunteers, is in the
city.
Only eight arrests reported at the
First District station at eleven O'Clock last
night.
A breezy day in the Criminal
Court yesterday. See our law reports for
particulars.
The proceedings of the Chamber of
Commerce are of interest To every bust
ness man in Memphis.
The WEEKLY APPEAL. the largest and
best paper in the Southwest, will De for
sale at our eO~unting-rOOm tomorrow.
Price, five cents.
We received a cotton bloom on Satur-
day, from the farm of Mrs. c. 4. rOpe,
who lives about six miles from the city.
on the Raleigh road
The Rizzi-Smith case was yesterday
put an end to-for the present, at least,
by Squire Griffith, who bound all parties
over to keep the peace.
On the 23d inst, Col. !. T. TreZevant,
Of the Yszoo Valley Railroad. completed
a survey Of the line Of that road from
Yazoo City to Canton.
Tonight La Salette Academy gives lis
annual exhibition and concert, al the
New Memphis. The exercises viii be of
the most interesting description, and we
expect to see afull if notacrowded house.
The Chinese, who passed down on the
Thompson Dean, were not Coolies, hut
laborers. The term coolie implies invol-
untary s~ervitude.
Tn thermometer Gas again up among
the nineties Yesterday. Heavy clouds
hung round the horizon almost all day,
and there was q fair chance" ola shower
several times.
The police of the Second District were
notified last evening that they would be
expected to enforce the dOg-laNv more
rigidiy. In parts of the Town a muZZlcd
dog is the exception.
The WEEKLY APPEAL. containing
forty columns of reading matter on every
live topic Of the day, neatly done up in
wrappers for mailing, viii be for sale at
the cOuntng-rOOm. No. j Jefferson street,
tomorrow. Price, only five cents.
The first number Of the Hot Springs
Weekly Courier has been received. 1t is
published by MessrS. j. ID. Houston *
Co.. and viii prove quite an acceptable adj
ditiontO the attractions Of his celebrated
watering place.
One Mr.. Warren assaulted Charles
Smith, with murderOus thoughts intent,
or, as the docket expresses IL. with intent
10 kill" yesterday. hut officer Hartman
"s~natched " him in time to prevent his
carrying out so blOOd-thirsty a resolve.
The case viii be heard before Squire
Burke to-day.
We are in receipt of the initial num-
Der of the Catholic Hdr0cdte, a weekly
journal devoted 10 the Church, published
at Louisville, Ky, by Bell & Co. It is n
large eight-page paper, printed from clear
type, n is replete with excellent read
ing matter. W. J.. MansfOE1, at the Cath
Ole Bookstore, is tho agent here.
The Queen Sisters gave a concert. i'm
Brownsville, on Saturday night and re-
peated it again Last night by request.
They viii, tonight, sing for the public
charities Of the town, the people Of which
have received them well and fayOrablv.
Emile Levy, of this city, is the pianist of
the troupe.
To-day, 18th Of June, is the feast Of
81. Peer, the Apostle, familiarity known
as Simon Peter, son Of Jonas. This is a
festival not only ofthe Roman but Of the
Anglican Church. 81. Peter has $50
churches dedicated TO his sole honor in
England, and some forty Others in con-
nectlOn with some other SAINT.
We are informed that there are some
negro militia about to be. or already.
quartered upon the people Of Jackson
port, Ark. What in the name Of heaven
this new outrage means we are at a loss to
know. We have advices from there that
the people are perfectly quiet, and that no
outrage of any description has been COM
mitted since Clayton's h6Rd-hounds left
there.
The Memphis Balloon, which Capt.
), p. Thompson has been building in this
city during the last three months, is fin
ished. The mechanical attachment hv
which they expect 30 maintain the balloon
at any reauired altitude may be seen al
the Western Foundry. 1t is a beautiful
piece OF mechanism, works admirably,
and so confident are Capt. Thompson and
his coadiutor. Prot. Brooks, of its success
that they 90 prepared for a nocturnal yOy- |
age. The ascension takes place at she
head Of Poplar street, July Sd, at 4 p.m.
Squire Burke was engaged late yes
terday evening in hearing a " mighty |
mixed " case, in which Frank Bras and
John f.. Harris were the attorneys, and
where several darkies were plaintiffs and
defendants. We stayed long enough TO
hear some very tall swearing lone ON
both sides, but could not get at the merits
of the case, any further than that Louis /
McCurry had been hit by one Frank Tay-
Tor with a Ratchet, whereby his life might
have been in danger if his hide had not
been too tough. 1t created great excite
ment among the +" cuil0d popilashun.''
A correspondent writing us from
huntsville, says bat some four or five
miles south of That place, on the farms of
G. w. Moser and Eli CallicOtt, a buzzard
with a small bell round its neck. Il was
first discovered by Mr.. Moser some few.
days ago. lie heard the noise of "A small
bell in his field and Went to see what il
was on, and discovered a buZZard in the
direction which he heard the sound Ofthe
bell. He approached a little nearer and
saw that II was on the buzzard, when he
states appeared moretha usually wild and
few upon discovering him. 1t has since
been seen by Mr.: Calicott's family in the
same neighborhood
YESTERDAY afternoon as a colored wo-
man and several children-some white
and others colored, were returning from
blackberrying, when in the city limits
thew We're stopped by a black mackere1
named Albert Mitchell alias Groves, who
demanded their berries. The woman re-
fused TO give mp the berries and the black
desperate seized her, chOked her and cut
her face with a penknife severely. A ne
gro man came up just in time to keep the
Young william from killing one of the
children. He then made his escape, bnt a
warrant has been issued for his arrest, y
and as be is well known 10 the police we
hope he will soon be caught and pun
ished.
- City and country buyers o. Dry Goods,
sure and attend the grand -seIni-annual
= ing sale Of summer goods, at greatly
Ge2Ad priefR during the month OF Jnne
2 OF thSrfus&<o., cor. Main and Adams.