Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-02
c PARAGRAPHS.

Everybody went to church yester-
day.
-Theweather, so pleasant for ten
days past, wa very sultry yesterday
evening.
The Chinese labor meeting to-
morrow night bids fair TO be largely at
tended.
-Ex-Gov. A. c. Gibbs, of Oregon,
and Gen. c. H. Smith, of Arkansas,
are at the OvertOn.
Professor Sabatzky left yesterday
afternoon on 81 flying trip 10 Chicago.
He VIII be back on SatUgday.
There were four arrests at the
First and the same number in the
Second District up 10 seven O'Clock last
evening.
The negro, Dock Woods, shot at
Whites Station BY Charles Watkins,
an account Ofwhich WAS in yesterdays
APPEAL, died yesterday.
Great preparations are in progress
10 make the Old Folks picnic a grand
affair, but the COufe terate soldiers
blowout on the DIST viii eclipse it.
The cicad0e or "sOng locust
makes the Park ring in the evenings
now, and in the mornings. Their song
betOkens that their days for this
summer are nearly numbered.
-Ex-COroner William 3. Cotton,
who is now a resident of Sumpter
county, Ala, is in town. His many
friends viii be glad to learn that he is
looking well and has been doing well.
1t is now known beyond a doubt
that the two men who murdered MIS-.
MCGOWAN and wounded her husband
a few weeks since opposite Paducah,
the particulars of which were given
in the APPEAL at the time, were cap
tured by those who went in pursuit,
and by them hung to trees.
Attention is called to the big
lnjunn of our friends Sternberg Il Co.
They have At their establishment, the
Defiance" cigar and tobacco store,
on the corner of Monroe and Main,
Opposite the Peabody a stock of the
genuine weed in all forms and shapes,
that bids defiance 10 competition in
this city. Everybody who smokes or
cheWs should remember Sternberg's
corner and pay it a visit.
We have received a letter from
Mrs. C.. 4. Kennedy, a widow who
lives at Atlanta, Georgia, making in
quiries about her son, a lad Of twelve
years old, light hair, blue eyes,
treckled face, and answering TO the
name Of Willie FarerOn or Kennedy.
He was last heard from on the steam
er st. Francis some time ago, having
left home on the 10Th of April. Any
information about the lost lad will be
thankfully received by his mother,
who may be addressed a above.
The corps of engineers, says the
Upton Record, for the Mississippi Riv-
er Railroad, having finished the sur
vey between this place and Memphis,
have moved their camp north oftoWn
preparatory TO commencing the suT-
vey from here 10 Lauderdale, and
thence on the contemplated route
nOrthWard. The work goes braVely
on, and we anticipate hearing the re-
v~erberating sound OF the railroad
whistle along the hills and hOllOWs be
fore the expiration of another twelve
months.
"A stabbing af1ray occurred yester-
day afternoon about = O'Clock in
HelPs Half Acre, between Chas.
Moody and another negro whose
name we could not learn. 1t Original
ted about the notorious Kate Fisher,
the white woman who has caused so
many negro braWlS. Moody, who is
a brother Of the negrOnO in Jail con-
demned TO be hung, cut the unknown
negro around the head and throat in
a desperate manner. Heescaped, and
the wounded man Was sent 10 the
hospital.
The Nashville Bu03er desires Us
to warn the public Of Memphis against
one Walter Bigsley, who is described
As about five feet eight inches tall,
light hair and blue eyes, wearing side
whiskegs and Of rather pleasant adj
dress. The Banner says Of this " blue
eyed darling" that he was in Nash
Vile q few days ago soliciting adver-
tisements from business houses to be
inserted upon a gilt-embOssed cover
for bills Of fare for hotels. and that
having taken an order from one Of the
prominent icWelry establishments to
publish their card for S35, he purchased
$40 worth Of jewelry in part PAYMENT
and then failed to insert the card and
slipped away without paying for the
goods. He is supposed 70 be in this
city en- route for st. Louis or New Or
leans, to the police Of which cities we
commend him that they may take
him in and do for him as he deserves.
We have never seen as much
unanimity in the public mind, or as
much enthusiasm ia any similar
movement as there is displayed in the
proposed picnic Of the Confederate
Soldiers Relief and Historical As
ISOLATION. All classes are interested
in its success, and we have no doubt
that It viii be the grandest affair with
out exception, that ever took place in
Memphis. The committee TO whose
hands the matter was committed are
young gentlemen Of energy, well
knownto the public of Memphis. They
have gone to work in a manner that
cannot but secure success ia its widest
term. The popular resort for such
affairs, James Park has been rendered
to them free Of expense by its new
prOpTietOrs, Messrs. Farris Il Harkev. !
and viii in all probability be accepted
though that has not vet been de-
termined upon. The refreshment com
mittee viii, in a day or two, advertise
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