Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-24
LOYAL PARAGRAPHS.
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population.
The play for Malmhnr2's benea
this evening is tbs Nan Of Dsstiny.
There wss o smash-up on the Som
erville Branch Railroad on Wednes
day. No lives lost.
"A negro boy named Grant Bordeaux
was accidentally shot and killed neal
SomervIlle on Wednesday.
Mr.. John g HesIy, SCENT OF Mira.
O'DOnovRn Rosa, writes us that this
distinguished lady will % be in our
city and give q course of readings.
-'C hestham's entTyn who won the
Livery Stable Keepers pursen on
Thursday, hes been named Lizzie ToEa
linson, sfter the gifs Of our esteemed
friend, H. Z. T0mlinson, Esq.
The types yesterday converted
Shakespeare, the immortal 6ardn into
the Immortal lord" and "styu0Ole in
behalf Of the church " into ".stren0th 10
behalf Of the church, beside cutting
sundry other espers.
The alarm Of nse yesterday morning
Was caused by the buT1iDg Of the kitch-
en-, outehOuses and a portion of the frame
dwelling house, No. 9T3 Beal street, be-
longing 10 Allen Bros, and occupied by
Col. Gross. Loss $1,000. No insurance.
Our noble ladies' are making ar.
raBgements necessary for celebrating the
memorial day to our Confederate dead,
on the first Saturday in May. We no
tiee, with pleasure, that our friends 81
the Sodality band have rendered their
services.
The types seeEa Ia have been on a
spree yesterday morning. Besides the
errors corrected elsewhere, we notice
that in the paragraph about cur friends
Drs. Mats0n q Cole, they. have converted
Mstson into Watson, aud 81 into 3I7.
The address should be Ma.son & Cole.
Dentists, 81 Main street.
His many friends wtil regret 10 learn
OF the death Of hsrnwell s. Stuart, q
f0TIaer attorney az Law of this city. The
sad though not unexpected event trans
pied st W~inusboFO, s.. c., 8 few DAYS
ago. Mr.. Stuart was s gentleman OF the
highest type, and bid fair to q successful
career at the Memphis bar.
"A q named McMiiler, living
Moscow, OF the Memphis ami
Charlestca Railroad, lost five 1--WE hundred
dollar bills 3 week or ten days ago, on
returning LoIao from Memphis where he
hsd sold lis cotton, Last Saturday a
went into . store Of Mr.. Bumpas,
in Somerville, and offered one of the
five hundred dollar bills In payment OF
g purchase for five dollars. The mis-.
take caused him TO be arrested, aud the
OF the lost money found on his
person and returned 30 its delighted
3wnes.
-rhs damage to the Northwestern
by the Isfs breaka is much
heavier than ct dTst supposed. It will
be two aud, perhaps, three weeks before
through trains will bs again running on
the Northwestern railroad, to Hickman. |
The Memphis connection of the rOsd is,
we stated yesterday, uninterrupted, |
but 3 great deal of work will have, nee
essaTiiy, TO DO done on the t~restlss and
.embsnkments mar Dresden before the
track osn be so repaired as to allow the
passage Of trains.
Under the heading "Oh, what o
r abroad - the Madison Free Press gets
Jn the following about our scross-the.
creek railroad We learn that a por-
lion of the track OF the Memphis and
Little Rock railroad, near -Four Mile
Is under water, We also notice
On our streets hRnGbills saying $500 /
bands wanted on the Memphis and Little
Rock Road" We suppose they furnish
each man q dug u and gigt to watch the
road and keep the cat fsh rom carrying
Of the rails"
zaTha Lafingwell benefit last night
q hne shsir, and 8 house full OF PEG.
pie never laughed SO much before as they
did at his persOliiieations of the Widow
PWsnky," in Aladdin, end "Romeo
stier jenkins" in Too Much for Good
Nature. To-day, ct two o'clock, there
will be 8 L~sffioG~eil matinee, and to-
nTrhf nnP frinnI Mplro hnrr-fa l.r - 49, ]
Do. We are sure that his numerous
have only need to be reminded of
L to insure 3 full house.
We are informed that mora trouble
is brewing for unfortunate, devii.ridden,
God-iOrssken Crittenden county. A
set of county officials have lstely
been appointed by Clayton from among
ths late militia officials, and ordered to
discharge all the functions of the duly
officers. 70 this proceeding these
enter q demurrer, and vow that
they wal! not give up the keys to the
all, courthouse, etc. The scalawsgs
.ately appointed threaten a return OF the
immediately unless the keys,
books, papers, stc., are Immediately Civ.
sn up.
An exciting and nearly a bloody
S NCS E@NC ICN-NAN@L ONCAlA1h OAA
he fernando street ears, as they were
returning from the races, the eircum.
Of which show a degree of cool
.nsOlenGe and bravRdo on the part Of q
negro, seldom or never equaled in this
,ity. II appears that a negro go. on the
and in so doing managed to
break a pane OF glass. The eonduc-
or asked who did it, and some
remarked that IL was the negro,
him cat. With the utmost
the black villain rstOrted
hal ii was q odd lie" on which the
struck him. Without further par
ey, the negro drew a pistol and fired at
me conductor, shooting him through the
hand, and then Ieaped IF the car, re-
reated a lew yards, and turning, fired
nto the car, crowded with passengers.
no one Was hurt excep5 the
,onductor, VINO wSS quite seriously
Wounded Notwithstanding which, he
managed TO draw his pistol and fired four
.hots at him, without effect, however.
rhe negro was then allowed to make his
,scApe. The conductor knows the black
'ssesl, and be will haYe the matter prop