Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-10
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.
J j. Worsham, Esq, has returned to
the city.
Last night was hot and sultry, and the
mosquitoes were out in force,
The green-grocers are well supplied
with vegetables and early fruit.
A millv between two 1" light
weights" is to come off in a few DAYS near
the city.
The Second District Station, taken in
a repOrtorial light, was a complete failure
yesterday.
There was nothing of special interest
TRANSFERRED among the Justices of the
Peace yesterday. --.. st.uHr.
"A medical gentleman picked up a wen
stuffed pocket-book on Main street, near
Madison, yesterday morning.
The horse attached to a milk wagon
ran away yesterday morning, capsized
the vehicle, and sprinkled Main street
with the mixture"
The defective engaged in working mn.
the famous Hesper case finds it necessary
to make semi-weeklyt trips to Helena from
this city. He caves to-day on another Of
his excursions.
Should any of the subscribers to the
APPEAL fail to receive their paper this
morning, they may attribute il to the ILL
ness of n of the carriers. Everything
will be made right by Tomorrow norm
ing. i
Gen. Patterson's books show that the
tax on incomes alone amounted to
SIS, 767 80 during hem month of MAY. This
is a half dollar for every man, woman and
child, white and blaekin the city. Pretty
steep.
There must have been a private un-
I lA.a#
ting up difficulties, as mo less than six
separate and distinct fights came off dur
ing the afternoon-sOme of them red hot,
too.
A friend who is 4 great chicken raiser.
gives us the following sure cure for lice
on fowls: Dampen the skin under the
feathers with water, then sprinkle a little
sulphur on the skin. Let the bird be COW
cred with insects or parasites, they will
all disappear in the course OF I've hours.
1t was rumOred on the street yester-
day that the city had never secureda legal
title to the Central Park property from
Mr.. Deadrick, and that that gentleman
had reconsided the matter, and concludes
now to retain the park as his own private
property.
One gentleman went TO the room of
another, in the Webster Block, about six
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, found the
party he was in search of, and gave him a
dreadful beating with y hickory stick.
Both parties We're arrested.
The completion of the Union Pacific
Railroad has thrown a large number of
laborers out of employment, among whom
are several thousand Cinnamon. Ofthese
latter Gen. Forrest expects to secure a
brigade to push the work IN the Memphis
and Selma Railroad.
The Odd Fellows had a very pleasant |
f1nnn ypGfnrnn y mr. tlair -sa,sa - - a. 1
trail Park. The attendance was very
large, including numbers of beautiful
young ladies, and the Committee of Ar |
engagements deserve credit for their adj
mirable management Of so vast a con- |
course of pleasure-seekers.
-~Memphians Will have an opportunity |
of hearing opera bouffe, as done in Eng |
ltsh, from the Whitman Opera Troupe ere
long, The agent, Mr.. COniey, is in the !
city awaiting a dispatch from the man
ager, upon the receipt of which the open /
ing night viii be announced. Their re-
pOrtoire includes HUBlpty-D umpty, Grand
Duchess. Cinderella, Midsummer NigAtS /
Dream, and other speciaIties.
according to the Practical Farmer,
three quarts of strawberries make one
quart of juice. Add three quarts of wa
ter and three pounds of the best sugar.
Use a clean, sweet cask, and leave the
bung out for fermentation. When this
subsidies, close tight, and the wine is
ready for use. at will keep ten wears
and more if il can be secured from depre-
dation, which, on account of its attractive |
qualities, has been found a very difficult
Undertaking"
The Philadelphia Age of a late date
says: "Officer Rourke, of the Fifth dis
trict, arrested two lads at an early hour
yesterday morning, for the theft of news
papers nom the doors of houses in the |
n~eighborboOd of Broad and Walnut |
streets. The policeman caught the bows
in the act. One of them had some thirty
five copies of the dge, and other papers
IN has possession. The Juveniles were sent
below to answer" We only wish we had 1
a few "Oficer Rourkes" here. There are
lads in that classic portion of the city
known as Pinch that max a living bv
stealing the morning papers after they
are left by the route carriers.
"A big fuss was kicked up among the
negroes living in the shanties near the
corner of jefferson and Fourth streets,
about two O'Clock yesterday. During the
row a pistol shot or two was fired, but
without damage to any one. The police
arrived on the ground in time, but the
black brawlers took to their heels and
made good their retreat. Five or six of
them were arrested at a later hour, but
the ringleadeFs are still at liberty. The
ANlSnbOitOOu SDOhth Oh Is DetOnll0R al
most as disrespectable as is the portion OF
the city lying adjacent to the corner of
1ayoSo n DeSoto streets, and, equally
with thel last named locality, deserves the i
particular attention ofthe police.
Letters and dispatches received here
within the last day or two by DIR. Dickens
go to show c0nelusiyely that the two men
who We're reported in our Mondays Issue /
10 have been shot by a band of regulators
at or near Frankfort, Ala, and whose
names were given as Inman and Ander-
were none other than Inman and
Morgan, the men who are charged with
the awful murders committed at the old
Dickens place some three months AFRO.
Dickens discovered some time since
that Morgan's real name was Addison, ,
it is known that he and human went
Out toward THscumbia after committing
the murders here. There are other facts
IN our possession which point indubitably ,
10 the identity ofthe parties.
BY a gentleman who arrived from .
Jackson yesterday, we learn quite a diff
6erent version of the Yerger-Crane affair !
Rom that first published by us-fn one !
at least. Crane, it is said, was ,
armed, and attempted to draw, or did i
lraw, a pistol on Yerger. If such is the :
,ase, it puts the act of Col. Yerger in an 4
light altogether, and makes the act !
committed by him q jnstifiable one. We I
lope that this fact may be established. !
The dispatch Published by n yesterday 4
vas {" special TO the APPEAL, and not 4
private,n as stated by a cotemporary !
Who used it bodily yesterday evening. It'll /
vas from tAe operator at Jackson, as !
but whether he IS q Radical or not z
We do not know. rA ~ a 4
Commissioner Bokum has written a \
to the Nashville newspapers in t
which he requests the presidents of all i
he agricultural societies of the state to q
onward their names TO him. f
The following extract of the letter win v
xPlain his reason for pickering the re- 7
A meeting has been lately held o
\ the city Of Boston, Massachusetts, for Il
he purpose OF preparing the way for IN z
Exposition to be Convened onfhe I