Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-29
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

A. J.. Donaldson and family are at tn
Peabody Hotel.
One thousand dollars reward is Offered
for the capture of Johnson.
Another quiet day at the Station housI
yesterday.
Gen. 10. Wheeler is in the city anC
stopping at the Oyerton. He is on his re,
turn from the New Orleans Convention.
An old friend writes to us that it il
his opinion that the Democratic part
ought to be given "h-l in Cheatham'
style" We admit they deserve it.
Every bug that Noah carried into tht
Ark had a representative flying arounC
our lamp last night. An entOmolOgisf
would have been in his glory.
The Hon. W. II. S. Hill, of Franklin
Tenn, is at the Peabody, as lis aEo Col
John NJ. Daniels, of. Eynchburg, va.
both gentlemen being Oh their way home
from the New Orleans Convention.
We learn from Gen. Nathan Adams
that cotton in his region is looking up
and that hopes are entertained of a fair
crop. The region round about was visited
by cOpiOus showers yesterday which have
proved very eficacious.
There was a m on the street YES
terday morning that n or both of the
officers shot by Johnson were in a very
critical condition, This, We are happy &c
state, is not true. Both of them are doing
very well, and are pronounced by DIR.
Lynch to be out of danger.
We understand that the Grand jury
of the Circuit Court are engaged in scru-
tinizing the bonds of all county and city
officials. They have already decided that
n of the former is inadequate, or rather
worthless, and VIII act upon the matter
Immediately.
-Chas, Moody, a d. vicious darky. went
TO the darky Sunday school blowout and
got a Gargo'of fighting whisky ON board.
The consequence was he was arrested, and
showed fight. This procedure earned him
several good raps over the head from the
clubs of the officers, and at least a ten
days stay in the jug. q
The corners Of Second and Onion
streets and the classic {" freestinks y of
the Greenlaw Opera House were nearly
deserted yesterday. The crowds of lazy,
idle, vicious negroes who have been in
the habit of congregating there for the
past month or six weeks, have, since the
election, scattered over the town again.
The keeper of our little gem of a
park was engaged yesterday morning
with a patent laWn-shayer, trimming and
cutting the grass plots. In the evening.
about shutdown, in the park and vicinity,
the smell of rev mown hay was de-
and transported one in an instant
fragrant ~savannahs and meadows redo
with myriad perfumes, far off in the
dim and distant hours of boyhood.
-Whitewash, says the Journal of Chem
is N of the most valuable articles
ia the world when properly applied. 1t
not only preveats the decay of wood but
conduces greatly to the healthfulness of
all buildings, whether of wood or stone.
Outbuildings ard fences, when not paiht-
ed, should be supplied nee OF twice a
year with a good coat of whitewash, which
be prepared in the following way:
Take a clean lyater-tight barrel or other
cask ard put intoit a half bushei
Of lime. Slack il. pv pouring water over
it boiling hot, and in sufficient quantity
to V 1t five inches deep, and stir It
until thoroughly Stacked. When
the stacking has been thoroughly effected,
dissolve IL in water, and add two pounds
Of sulphite of zinc and one of common
salt these VIII cause the wash to harden
prevent its cracking. which gives an
Inseemly appearance TO the, Work. Tide
a beautiful cream color may be
communicated to the above by adding
,hree pounds Of yellow ochre; or a good |
pearl or lead color by the addition Of
amp, vine or ivory black. For fawn |
'oioF, add fogr pounds Of uniber, Turkish |
n Ameieap-the latter is the cheapest
me pound OF Indian red, one pound of
lamp-black. GFof eO1aHsonst0net
'olor, add four pounds of raw umbeF and
wo pounds OF lamp-black. This wash
aay be applied with a common white
Eask bERsh, and willsbe found much supe- |
ior, both IN appearanceand durability, to |
common Nykftavaoa 4
The biggest thing IN the way OF a pro-
essiop that has passed through The streets
{ Memphis for a long time was that of
he negro schools yesterday, which was
apks nearly fifteen hundred children of
9th sexes and all ages and colors, from :