Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-29
c PARAGRAPHS.

"A wild hunt after items Yesterday
resulted mink.
Several colOred Ee8Bles dr. pare
found their way into the station house
iast night.
Our readers will not fail 10 be
pleased with, and to read the choice
selections on u second page.
The Ledger agrees witt, us that
the county printing should be given
10 the lowest bidder. We shall see.
The dead-ialI on the south side Of
Jefferson street, between Main and
Second, IS still ready sprung for u or
a dozen victims.
Coroner SamelsOn held an inquest
on the bodies Of Anna Dick and her
child Yesterday morning. Verdict in
accordance with the facts elsewhere
published.
Center alley was visited by the
sraVrnpprs Yesterday much TO tbs sat
isflrtiou of residents in that neighbOf.
hood. Il nov looks rs clean Us amy OF
the well paYed-strests that are justly
the pride and boast of MeIqphians.
Bob GriHdr0d, in anticipation Gf 2
heavy demand on the part of the ORR
entails O o To be brought here, has i'm
ported a pair of white rats As the Eu-
cleus of "A Tattery from which to supply
the larders Of Hang-FeW aud Oh
Shaw.
st. Pltrick's Catholic Church is
10 he -cousecrated to-day by Rt. Rev.
Bishop Feehan. The choir will be
uuder the the leadership Of Prot. Sa-
hatzkE. assisted by the SOdaiity Silver
Band. The ceremonies will take place
at 10 o'clock, and no doubt will be
largely attended.
About haifpast l. O'clrk yester-
day morning a fire vas discovered in
the blacksmith shop of ROush 4 Gun
ningham. corner of DeSOtO and Union
streets. Ii vas put out by the neigh
bOrs with few buckets of water before
much damage was done. 1t is sup
posed that the fire was the work of an
incendiary.
-Rey. Moses Dickson Of Carondelet,
Mo, came into possession of some
SO by the death of Mrs. Harriet
Penny, late Of this city. IL was a
pleasant surprise for the reverend gen
tleman, a. he had not the remUtest
idea that the time would ever arrive
when he would he worth One-tenth
the amount.
Mr.. james +. Merrim3n, Of the
County Commissioners, published a
card in the Ledger of lastevcRing, eX-
h~onerating himself from the charge of
having instigated the suit against the
county by Mr.. Cherry, President OF
The Merchant National Bank. The
latter in "A note, made part Of Mr..
Merrimau'S card, disclaimS entering
4he sui; in the name OF his Bank,
ayerring that it WAS altogether for
himself and ON his own account.
"A woman known "a Mrs. Anna
Dick, employed as teacher in one Of
the negro schools as the city, COM
nitted suicide by jumping into a
well last night on the premises at the
corner Of Union and Lauderdale
streets. She drowned her child, only
q week old, just before making away
with herself. The suicide, though
nearly white, had a trace of negro
blood. She had been living with a
aegrO named Douglass Bonner aS his
mistress, and his desertiOn of her to
return 10 his wife at Lagrange, Ten
ne=ea. j. thought TO have been the
cause that induced the commission Of
the rash act.
The Grand Jury report Is the topic
OF conversation in ak parts OF the city.
Merchants and business men say that
DIR. Writes letter does not effect its
withdrawing purpose; that it prom
ises much Or the future, OF which
they will take care, but does not af-
ford such an explanation Of the gene
Tal workings OF the Board, official
and s~emi-oihcial, inside and outside
the Court, as the public Of shelby
county are entitled TO. The people
want more light. They want the
particulars of the Grand Jury report,
and made so plain that ali can under
stand who of the Commissioners are
10 blame, If We cannot get this in
formation now, we will have Il, after
The State Convention meets, when we
expect the County Commission to be
abolished, or the press0t Commission
ess 70 De replaced by other and differ
ent men. who viii examine into the
affairs Of tslsiE predecessors and pus-
fish the result.