Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-05
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

-IeCSAoIlh Nipl E1fN -
yesterday evening that if Commits
-sioner Davis had enjoined him he did
not know anything about it.
To-day being q general holiday,
tlrere viii ben no morning papers issued
tomorrow, In order to give US news.
piper folks an opportunity of enjoying
It.
The churches were well attended
yesterday in the morning, although
the sun was very hot. In the even
ing, however, there was generally a
slim attendance.
Up to seven O'Clock last evening
the ~ball0onists had not returned to
town. They landed at bIason's depot
about sunset Saturday evening safe
and sound.
Among the fresh arrivals in the
vegetable line, on the market stalls,
we neglected to mention okra yester-
day. 1t was on the bills Of fare at the
hotels yesterday.
Nashville. singular to say, has a
Sicilian that answered a suffering
man in exactly the same words that
our friend of the Second District used
~ al auAAOho AlAluAACA aunt NO p1AAVA
aday or two ago. Queer, isn'tit?
"A few punches Of fire crackers
were exploded around town yesterday
in celebration of the GLORIOUS fourth"
| lad it not been for which, nobody
would have thought Of il. ITS glory
las departed.
The WEEKLY APPEAL, which Is
conceded to be the LARGEST and best
weekly published in the Southwest,
will be ready for deliverya at the count
ing room, No. - Jefferson street, to-
rnOrrow. Price, neatly done up in
wrappers for mailing, only five cents.
Remember the picnic for st. Pc
teTs' Orphans at James Park to-day.
All who wish to enjoy a day of unal-
dyed pleasure, and at the same time
| 10 contribute to Il most laudable char
ity should not fail to attend.
The numerous friends of DR.. Theo.
HOerneF will be pleased to hear that
he is enjoying. himself famOuSIy amid
the gay capitals Of Europe. He re-
Gently left Paris, where he had spent
| several weeks, for Munich, to visit his
| china mater. He viii probably return
in September.
About one O'Clock yesterday after
! noon the skies commenced clOuding
over, and from two till six we never
saw them look more th~reatning.
About seven a slight shower fell, and
1T present writing it looks like we
might have 4 stormy night.
There have only been thirteen ar
| tests in the Southern District in three
| days, while there were fifty-three in
the First District during the twenty
four hours ending at six O'clock yes
terday morning. The upper District
police have been raiding on the
hagniOs very extensively during the
last day or two,
Gen. Gordon Granger returned
yesterday from the Hot Springs and
| appears to have taken an additional
twenty years lease Of life. The Gene
ial Is stopping at the OveTtOn. DR..
Grundy McGavOck also returned from
the same place. HetOO appears to be
in excellent health. Capt. Elem
! Calvert will be home in a day or two.
A dinner was given at Huntsyille
ON the 10Th ult., by the Bar OF that
city to the North Alabama Bar AsSO-
| citation. Speeches were made by sew
eral prominent gentlemen. and all had
q splendid time. The dinner was
Given at the Huntsville Hotel, and if
| we are to Judge by the bill Of fare, our
friends Nenables & Willard of that
popular house, must have won their
way into the affections Of those limbs
Of the law at a Dexter pace. 1t was a
grand affair.
The dog days have fairly begun,
| although some OF the poor muZzled
CANNES around town think that they
are sorry enough days. The supersti-
ton, however, that lays to Canicula,
"the little dog" and its rising and
setting in coincidence with the sun.
the intense heat of a certain portion
of the summer, has long since been
exploded. Canicula, no matter what
it did in the days when Horace wrote
his Odes, does not rise in coincidence
with the sun until the latter part Of
August.
Yesterday was the Festival Of the
translation Of st. Martina feast Of
the Roman and Anglican Church.
st. Martin is one Of the few Saints who
occupy two days IN the calendar. The
fact that not only the day of his de-
cease 9th NOvember) but that Of the
removal of his remains from their
original humble resting place to the
grand Cathedral at Tours, is cele-
brated, shows in what deep reverence.
tbe /" soldier Saint " is held. In most
portions ofEurope, andindeed among
the coast creOleS OF this country, this
festival is supposed to be prophetic of
the crops and the weather. 1t IS a
pr0yerb among the creOIeS that If it
he rainy, it would continue to rain for
the ensuing twenty days. If it be dry,
morning and evening, the crops will
he early ard abundant.
Anthony Ingraham, Il negro coal
HEAVIER, adopted 4 very novel and
summary manner Of collecting a debt
from Il brother SambO yesterday. Sam
bought a pair of breeches from Tony
and promised to pay him therefor
when he drew his wages. Saturday
night came and the boys We're paid of.
hut instead Of settling for his pants
Sam put the money in his pocket, and
not only wouldn't pay Tony, but
.SasS'di him. This was indeed add
4uS HlsAtt 10 Injury, dHu WAS more
thaa Tony could or would stand, so
bringing his head doWntoa IevelWith
Sans stomach, with a ''whew Mig
eah," and before Tony could get out
Of the way, implanted a butt in the
region aforesaid that sam was, to use
his own words, ''upsot, with the
wind hutted plum Quten him." Losing
no time after getting his debtor down,
Tony went through his pockets and
IaiG himself He then gave him a
receipt in full, under sign manual not
only for the breeches sold him.
hut for the breaches of faith that he
had been guilty of. As soon as he let
sam up, the latter broke for the First
District Station-honse, where he re-
counted the affair to Sergeant Smith
who arrested Tony and locked him up
on the charge of Highway robbery.
Tie will be examined to-day.
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