Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-29
c PARAGRAPHS.

A dark and rainy Sunday was yester-
day.
There We're FIVE arrests in each district
yesterday, up to six O'Clock.
On another page we reproduce this
morning the proceedings of the meeting
in regard 10 the Monumental Church, he
AZ the Greenlaw Opera House, on Satul-
dav night, with the speeches of Col. Ste
phens and Judge Brown, corrected ana
complete. They viii well repay perusal.
1t was q little curious that the law
vers furnished resolutions, etc, touching
he death of Judge Hunter, full OF I'M
mixed praise. They are surely generous,
or Judge II. was at times dealt with most
unpenerously We would not take one
leaf from the wreath which they have
twined about his memory.
Mfr. Quinn, who keeps the saloon di-
rectlv under the editorial rooms OF the
APPEAL, CNo. a Jefferson street,, has at
present behind his bar some Of the finest
Crow WHISKY hat ever was drunk by
ANYBODY anywhere. Mr.. Quinn has, be-
sides. some elegant Madeira wine, Irish
and Scotch whisky, and a general assert
ment of fine liquors (He yUdice).
The alarm of fire yesterday morning
about half past five O'Clock, was caused by
the discovery of flames issuing from the
second story of the building on the corner
Of Jefferson street and Front Row, over
the CityeBank. The timely discovery of
the fire resulted in its suppression before
much damage was done-thOueh five min
utes delay would have caused the destruc-
ton Of the building.
The weather, yesterday, was mainly
devoted to the production of toadstoOls.
The air was clammy, rather than balmy.
/ The sky was muddy, n river cheerless,
without a ray of sunshine to brighten
rs dull, heavy, eyer-mOviDg current in
its t~ireless onward course to the sea.
The streets were deserted, and people sat
/ 0IOomily bv fresides, with little disposi-
ton to listen 10 eloquent preachers, who
ministered to leaden-eyed miSdned au-
dienees.
Tomorrow is st. Andrews Day, and,
| according to ancient custom, Will be duly
honored by the sons and descendants of
" auld Scotia settled in our
midst. The St. Andrews Society
Of this city have made prepara-
tiOns for a jolly time oft tomorrow even
ing. They assemble first at their usual
/ Dlace of meeting and install the officers
elected TO serve during the ensuing year;
after which they adjourn to French
Johns to a supper and a bowl of hot
/ Scotch" which no doubt will be dis
cussed" to the bottom
Col. Gus. SignaigO, in his paper, the
Grenada Sentinel, of Saturday, says:
81 We are truly glad to learn that our
friend and e~nterprising fellOw-citizen, DR..
/ L. {. Lee, Of GrayspOrt, has secured
I Messrs. Robertson and Moore, of Mem
phis. as civil engineers for the Grenada,
Houston and Eastern Railroad, which Is
shortly to be put under contract. With
such enterprising men as Or. Lee at the
| helm, the road viii be completed in the
shortest time possible. Messrs- Robert
----.,l A., ge,r,a Of the hGal of fhGir
profession
The Upton Record SAYS: '"1he store
1 of the Messrs. r. T. BrodnaX q Son, at
Mason's Depot. was robbed last Saturday
night of over fOrty-fve hundred dollars
in cash. A part OF the mount, some fif-
teen hundred dollars, belonged to Capt.
George c. Howard, who had deposited II
with the firm for safe keeping. The
money was in a large iron safe, and !. is
supposed that the thief must have en-
( tered the store during the day and con-
cealed himself until after the clerks had
all gone Va to supper, when he sue
ceeded in going through the safe and rid
ding it OF It's contents. No clue to the
thief has, as far as We can learn, been yet
discovered"
The large Louisville house of A. L. &
G. Robinson, wholesale tobacco dealers,
suspended payment on Friday. Capt.
q INNl. lIEAHh dlAA vi III GAaN " A. AAANAA NAaN-
cling agent, and through hin many Mem
phis houses had dealings with them, who
will receive this announcement with re-
gret as the firm is composed of young men
of energy and enterprise and fair business
qualifications. They have been doing a
large business during the past season, but,
{ owing to the stringency of the money
+ market and their failure to make cOllec-
tions, they became involved and were
compelled to suspend. Their liabilities
amount to about SIS, 900, and the availa-
BILE assets will probably amount to more
than the above sum-. 1t is thought that
1 the suspension is only temporary, and that
they will be able TO fully satisfy their cred
itors and resume business. A fun state
ment of their liabilities and assets will be
/ given to the public as soon as it can be
prepared.
Some DAYS ago a large amount of
money was fonnd hid away in a sewer in
New York. The Herald has the following
in regard to It. which will be of interest
to Memphis readers: lone ofthe keen
est of the officers of the United States Sc
cret Service Division was shown one of
I the bills, and he at once recognized its IA
miliar face. He states that they are the
tens of the Memphis (Tenn.) Mechanics
Bank. altered. This bank was owned and
the bills circulated bv Judge King. of
I Memphis, in conjunction with the late DIR.
Folks, who had the management OF the
Farmers and Merchants Bank of that
city. After these Memphis banks failed,
in 1854, the bills were put on the market
at ten dollars per thousand. Unscrupu-
lous sharpers, seeing a chance for a specu-
lation, bought them up and altered them
to the tens of the Mechanics Bank of
New Haven, and nearly every bank Of
the same name in the United States. A
man by the name of Bliss got hold of a
large amount ofthese notes and run them
upon the redemption agent of the Me-
| chanics', Of Memphis, which resulted in
its collapse, and the carrying down with
it of well known gentleman of this city
named Judd. His theory Is that these
notes were altered in 1862 to the Mechan-
les Bank Of Louisville, but, failing to get
them into circulation or in danger of de-
lection, the parties who altered them bur
led theta where they were found"