Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-11
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.


The "nigs" were making night
hideous last night until nearly one
o'clock.
Mrs. Forrest Powell is DESTROYS of
severing the silken bonds which bind
her to Mr.. F. p, and has petitioned
for a divorce.
The ~screeching hot weather of yes
terday was a powerful argument in ia
vOr of n Sunday morning market dur
ing the summer.
There were seventeen arrests in
the First District up to midnight,
I" drunk and fighting" being the
predominant charges.
Yesterday the sun was intensely
hot, but a breeze was blowing pretty
much allday, which made the temper
allure more supportable.
The mercury, between the hours
of five and six yesterday evening,
stood at 90 in DIR. Hoener's drug
store, corner of Beal and Second
streets.
"A sneak thief went through a
| room in Mrs. Whites clearinghouse
on Friday night, bagging the wearing
apparel Of a couple Of gentlemen. No
clue.
The ordinance in regard to the
| patent medicine sigDs stuck up all
around town, is now a law, We be
lieve. We hope the police will soon
begin to enforce it.
Police business in the lower dis
triet have been dull enough for the
past three or four days. There were
only four arrests yesterday and $50
taken in fines.
Chinese labor meetings are being
held in almost every city and town in
the Southwest. The Convention to be
held in this city on the 18th inst,
Tuesday, bids fair TO be largely at
tended.
The INJUNCTION OF the Board Of
| County Commissioner operates rather
roughly on a good many poor mel to
| whom the county Is indebted for ser
vices rendered. We hope that some
arrangements will soon be made to
pay them off in such a manner that
they will not be losers by the delay.
The darkies of COoksville, Miss.
are to have a tournament on the 10Th
inst. The prizes to he tilted for are a
glG7, a crown, and three Wreaths.
One of the sports announced for the
day is a bUtting match, at the bottom
of a half bushel measure, the contest
ants to be blindfOlded. Tournaments
will become fashionable among the
| Yanks next.
Mr.. Ben HOIlander Of the Pea
body Hotel Saloon, has the thanks of
the APAEAL Office for the samples"
sent us yesterday of his last great tri-
umph-' the Peabody Smash "a
drink the most palatable ana refresh
ing that we have ever tasted-One that
knocks into a "smash" all Others,
and compared to which even mint
juleps, the drink of Jove, are stale,
fiat and insipid. HTglk OF the nectar
that sparkled for Helep-heg cup was
a fiction, but this a realityl' 5igy
Ben's shadow never grow less,
The two men, Peter Goode and
Taylor Stocks, charged with slung-
Shooting Seth Piper, an account of
which appeared in the APPEAL yes
terday morning, were brought before
Squire Foley yesterday for prelimi-
nary examination. y close inVesti-
CATION of the affair resulted in the hon
Orable discharge of Stocks and the
full cOmmittal of GoOde. While the
trial was going on news was received
that Piper was dead. and consequent
" GOOde was sent to jail without bail.
We have since learned that Piper is
dead.
We understand thai among the
creditors of the county is our LATE i'm
maculate registrar-the Great Whang-
dOodle-WhO claims for his arddOus
| services a balance Of $3.50. We hear
that he made a mOsttOuching appeal
fOFthe 81 rhinO," and in one ofhis pecu-
liarly eloquent speeches, after remind
ing the Board of his q need-cessities, -
said, al done my part acc0rdiR' t.
'greement with yOu, and think its no
MORN right that you stick up to your
'greementw with me- What the uggee-
NeHt was, the well known character
Ofaii parties concerned, and Williams
late exploits IL the registration line,
leave no room TO Doubt.
The following certificates otmar
riage were returned to the Office Of the.
County Court Clerk during the past
week: DIR. 5. a. Poole and Miss Eiiz-
abeth Parker, VIM. L. Nelson sud
Miss Parmelia \. Townsend, G. ".
Butler and Sallie A. Brown, Herman
Cloth and Miss Caroline Frieck, Eli p.
Diggs and Miss Willie Allen, James
Archer and Miss Martha 4. Bateman,
j. Is. Smith and Miss Elizabeth Walk
or, DIR. J. II. l.. SeSsum and Miss 4. L.
Bryan, ~. b. Downs and Miss Mary
Harden, John Atkinson and Miss
Lpau1o GIwto- Haaur. NI,r-,- ID
Miss Miss Ellen FOgarty, VIM. II.
Moore end Miss Lilly o. Hill, HOratiO
j. Ward and Miss Mary l.. MCGEE,
Vim. BoOthe and Mrs. Anne HanoD,
James ). Caldwell and Miss 4. FO-
man. Total 10.
An accident, very serious in its
extent and singular in circumstances,
yesterday morning befel Mr.. p. Her
ron, neatthe Bcal Street Market. Mr..
H., who is a respectable planter
living Il short distance from the city,
lost 4 sister by death on Friday even
ing and yesterday morning came to
town for the purpose Of procuring q
coffin and other articles necessary Tor
the interment, and after TRANSMITTING
his sad business, started home with
the coffin, etc, in his wagon. When
on Beal street, opposite the Market,
the wagon was by some cause, vio-
lently joeted, and Mr.. H. thrownl
from his seat on the coffin under
the wheels of the vehicle, which
passed over him, and had one leg
badly broken and the other horribly |
bruised. DIR. White attended the !
injured man. II
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