Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-13
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

lion Mountain Railroad.
Gen. John Van Horn AID Cola
tCompton aad johnson, % the Western
Un.on Telegraph Company are IN the
city.
Gen. R. F. Patterson yesterday re-
eefved 8 dispatch, stating ths5 ais bonds
had been approved and his commission
as Collector was started and would o
be here.
We lesrn that Squire Hemphill, Of
( Marion, has been removed. Toe reason
assigned for his removal is the discharge
OF Graf. CTump.
The united societies Of s.. AudTeW's
ard S.. Georges have determined TO
Celebrate the Qussn's birth day, 24tb
inst, With 81 oldfsshicaed picnic al
James Park.
The Juvenile Concert of the children
0F the city schools 70 Prot. McGonn, Civ
en- Last night st the GIeenlaE Opera
House, viii be repeated tonight at the
request Of numbers Of the s%udienee.
Jesse Kane gave his wife Jesse"
with q esue, yesterday, and she raised
CaIu with lin bef2-e Squire Griffith,
having him fined hve do1srs, and put
under peace bonds Of $500.
None q the bodies OK lhe drowned
in the late sccident have Jet been re-.
covered. II is probable that the current
hiss long since swept them far down the
turOiG and swollen Father Of Wsters.
Thomas StsplstOn, the boss bCstisr of
Ames' circus, was STACKED on hl5 way
home after the show on Tuesday nignr,
I and slashed seross the face win q razor
Cy some unkaOwn psrsOn. BE vas Ju5s
entering his room in the rear o. P6tter-
80 L Ew--hf- HraE1ae wFham II nanrrFaI
The nieuic Of the German Lutheran
school, Mr.. Il. W Griebel teacher,
ghich wss 10 have come of on Tuesday
and wss aaSipsoed on account OF rain,
viii come 81 ts-dsy il the weather is
fsir, at James Psrk.
There "a to be . railroad convention
at Pine Bluff, Ark, to tska into eo1sid-
arst;on the Little Rock, Pine Bluff and
New OrIears RsflrCad, ard a brsBch Of
| the Memphis road, either from DevaIPs.
/ Rluff OF Lone Oak station 70 Pr Buff,
for which State aid has already been
awarded.
M. Fontaiue yesterday performed .
kAiivd deed, and one that Wsl warrant
70 n BIN feel good issS night. de sent
bis NU~nihusss cot 70 st. Peters OrDh8n
ASYLUM and brought the little folks in
town 70 see the show" also ssading
| them home aftsr il vas over. The Sis
tiers return thsBks for the fsvor.
The Registrar yesterday went down
to Presidents Island and registered three
men and five hundred million musqui-
toes. The following sre Col. Williams
! sDpoiakDentct To-day st COlierville;
| t6-morrow, Big Creekj Saturday, Bart
| lett's: Monday. in town, whites: Tues
/ dsy, negroes "Wednesday, Cuba Thurs
4 dav Shelby nauaE.
nercs sF tee Gqmphis Club Hall, Cd
( Monday next, Q7th inst.) The objsc. is
tn set,.rs funds for the erection OF
8 Masonic fehapie, which viii be 2n
| honOc ts the f~rs5erGlty a2d 40 OTns2snt
| to The city. This is the first Jlad5 that
/ the Masonic fraternity have cons beto-e
/ the public to solicit thei: assistance, and
VIC hope It viii be freely end hbeFsly Be-
slowed.
Ia local paragraph yesterday NOM
ing, speaking ofs Radical meeting IN
! Eouth Nempais, We wrote plainly -
/ Lewis meeting" Il vas in some man
- . set upsa' 3 Bsewis meeting We
csan,f ala rover could sse The bril-
Iiercg ~ ~ noinr = there ever wss
any, ia writing "B. Lewis Ve"is,
| ard Therefore never use the phrase.
We found snong The itus OF AZ even
| ing paper On Tuesday the s5EtsmaEt taa'
! one HuTIbIt hsd turned the dog law into
! prRe5icsl use and Wss skiDBinE them and
| selling the hides. The idea struck US a.
very sensit.e 8nd utilitsrian sct we
coDiad the paragraph. ft sseE1e, how
| ever, that Mr.. HurIbut dznies the fact
and says il is not 80. We know nothing
about the matter, and simply refer him
to tbe Post OF Tuesday evening.
The str8wheEfy supper, given by TIE
| ladies OF DR.. EUrd's church, is tn pro-
| gress q 272 Second street, Ayres' Block,
snd viii continue through the week Il
lie a chssts affair, being what it puTports,
q supper free from Rll the annoying char
! scteFs o. such occasions. No voting nor
| church-tapery will be allowed, bus an
abundant supply OF Strawberries and
| cream, cake, hot coffee, bcqusts, etc,
| etc, Will be served By the laoies. All
20 who wish h enjoy an agreeable sven
ing. TIE berries are TIE finest OF the
season. Ambulance 50 ceBts
The Directors Of the NiEgissippi ana
Tennessee + iiTOad Oh yesterday ordered
/ that the citation known as Whites, eight
miles from Memphis, shsil hereRfter be
| called Wbitenayen 60 distinguish it from
8 station on toe Memphis and Charles
ton Railroad bearing the ssme mama.
I AnEAE l&u ba54 GA1g N4kG1AG NALH'0 y
| the similarity in names, and { DDS are
/ often missent. We understand that a
plumber Of the efieefs and employees
| Of the Mississippi sad Tennessee Il Iii
road have ua8eF consideration the mat
! ter CT erecting residences and moving
their families out to Whitshaven.
-keV kirk, the new Assessor, yester-
DAY walked Ia and took possession OF the
Assessors ofice, vice Tns'caer, left
cut 10 the cold. We are informed thai
wEenh he came ia Thatcher said 70 him So
he commenced pulling out his document,
thai they weIe "nO go.n Newkjrk,
| however, soon convinced him 70 the con-
traTy by producing the order for him 20
turn over things. Thatcher threw up
/ the y and asked him when he
would like to enter Oh bis duties, suggest
ing next week az a good time TO com
mence. NeWkifk couldn't see i, aud IN
/ formed him That right ROl0 vas az good
a time Is any. and accordingly b
transfer wEs made.
Al 8 meeting OF the Board Of County
| Commissioners yesterday, the bills OF
restauEsteUrs for boarding the Jury IN
the Doran and another prOtracted trial,
we're brought up. The aggregate was
some nine hundred dollars, We believe.
Judge Lewis stated that he had OeeD
examining the law, snd found that
the practice OF allowing these bills was
entirely wrong. The party furnishing
The board was entitled to nine dollars
per dteD8 for each jury, Tor 75c a head,
which sum was paid by the State. He
| should, therefore, IN future oppose the
pavment OF ell such bills. r. w. Louis
attacked tie position o. Lewis violently,
and said that be should vote for the con
tinuance Of the custom, giving as 9 rea-
son that GIe Board had always allowed
such accounts. To this Judge Lewis Te-
piled 10 he following remarkable sen
teDce, p~rcnOuncing it very vshemently
81 Because we have been stealing from
the people, shall we continue TO do so p
The matter was ioally taken into con
alteration, and will probably be acted on
Oh Saturday.
ANOTHER large lot Of ladies' si Linen
handkerchief, 81 % per dozen from
New York auctions, at NJ. Klaus q Co.'S,