Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-23

-Iu6 NlSCOEsin HLTUleF says thSboE vi
will keep leather soft, pliable and black,
and quite impervious to water.
There were eighteen arrests on the
Second District docket yesterday evening
at 4 o~'clOck-all for trihing offenses.
Judge Connolly +. Trigg did not ar
rive in the city in time TO open tha United
States Court, as was expected when we
made the announcement yesterday MORN
ing.
Thieves went through the residence
Of J.. S. Burton. l3g Causey street, night
before last and robbed L. of Sl3 % in
money, besides various articles OF value
Entrance was effected through the front
door, the key having been left Al che lock
on the inside, and turned with a pair OF
burglars nippers.
We would warn our young gentlemen
friends against the pearl powder used by
tho young ladies. Some of it is deadly
poison. A friend OF ours, (which he is 4
che mist" says, in speaking of it, "Oue
touch OF those Z lips to that enameled
cheek may result in death most horrible!'
Hiram Tolliver, who was in Jail un-
der sentence of death fOrmurder, but who
had taken an appeal to the Supreme Court.
has changed the venue Of his cause, and
has already answered before the awfulhar
of the supreme Judge of the Universe for
the crimes and sins committed in the
flesh. He died in has cell on Thursday
last.
Squire Norton yesterday lined Dep
uty Constable Henry Rachman s. and
costs for threatening to "take the top of
Deputy Constable YearIing's head off. and
blow his brains out"-in other words, to
make the yearling's head a ''calfs head
with brain sauce" Tn 50 fine was re-
mitted, but the costs were charged up and
paid.
We received Yesterday a copy of the
Established Fact, a sprightly, well printed
and we'll conducted little sheet published
at Murfreesboro by W.. Roulet. We ex-
amined it carefully but could not discover
whether it is a "dailyp or weekly" but
whichever it may be, it is a very credita-
BILE production, and u friend the NoHi-
tor, its "neighbor, " must look to its lau-
rels.
An old negro named Edward Taylor
came 10 the First District s~taJiOnhouSe.
last night, with a warrant for The arrest or
L Mr.. SchlOss, whom he charges with hav-
ing robbed him of $50 in the Beal Street
Market yesterday. His story is that in
purchasing SOME meat he laid his pocket
book on the stall, and on looking for it it
was gone. Tho matter Will be heard this
morning.
Mr.. d. G. Kenney, the Engineer of tho
Hushpuckeny levees, informs US that this
Ievee is expected to be completed by
Christmas. IT is situated in COahoma
county, in the rear Of the SunfIower land
ing, is a mile long, and there are now
working on it 250 men, with the requisite
teams. It Is estimated as sufficient to
protect seventy-ffve thousand acres of inn
proved land from inundation. Messrs.
Larkin & Bsgot are the contractors.
The little paragraph published in yes
terday's issue, mentioning the rumOr that
Col. Beaumont was talked Of as the new
Chief of Police, created quite a breeze in
the community, and we are informed That
not less than twenty telegraphic dis
patches were sent to Nashville by some
Of our best citizens, protesting against
such aa appointment. The runloF came
to Us through police circles, and was
merely a rumOF.
The damage done to the cotton crop
by the early frosts has been very much
moderated, and is far heavier than WAS
anticipated at the time by those best
Z posted. In some sections more than half
The entire crop was blighted and rendered
utterly worthless. Col. Nose Parrish
states in his paper, that while out gun
ming recently, he walked through a dozen
fields, and never had he seen SO large a
proportion Of the crop ruined by the frost /;
in some Instances stalks hearing ten, fif-
U teen anu IhtltN DDliS nINt GOL NlGAlEu
one lock of cotton.
Yesterday furnished us with another
striking example Of the changableness Of
Our climate Sunday night az Il O'Clock
the skies were perfectly clear and serene,
n the thermOmeter was down among the
th.Tties. Yesterday morning 1t sunrise,
/ ar the time Lat the sun gHgAs to rise, tho
heavens were covered with dull leaden
clouds, a misty rain was FILLING at inter
vais, and the temperature mare Ike that
OF May than Of the last of November.
This autumn has been ~siugularly prolific
of such changes, and the effects cannot be
Otherwise than prej1dicial to h general
health Of the community.
Several gentlemen whose business
avocatiOns keep them very closely m
Lploycd during the week, went over 10 the
Arkansas side Saturday evening, to spend
the night, and 10 try their luck in the
bayou ana lakes the next morning. The
last ferryboat brought them home Sunday
evening, with "nary fish" Oue Of the
party says he meyer VIII go fishing in Ar
kansas on sunday sg9in, ard sgeaFs that
the fish over theirs wont bite on that day.
He says he saw Que Old trout about two
feet long in the water close by him, and,
on dropping his bait directly into it's
mouth, the trout deliberately spat it OUT
II the ~wickedness of Sunday fishing con-
SAaAs IL tAtNhlAAS II AabS AldAL NAOH0u liz "a
sin much from all accounts.
Fine Ripef Advertiser, that neat little
paper published and circulated free by
Jones K Price, Is upon our table. 1t is
really a gem of its kind. The advertise
meats with which il is crowded are ad-
mirably ''set up," the display being
quite the thing for such tradesraen a.
have been fortunate enough to secure
space in its columns. wherein to tell the
people What they can do, what they can
sell and at what prices. 4 feature OF the
AdUertiSeF is the advertisements in red
ink. They "show up well, and serve to
tighten the really attractive pages of this
neat little sheet. Not the least among the
good things of the 4dVsrttsap are the edi-
tOrial paragraphs. Get Il cOpy and read
them. Dalton IL Price, 9 Jefferson street.
Under the head Of "a concert in by
ersburg,' or friend Tom Neal says, in
the last number OF his =" bully" little
State Gd-ette: 4" Not a musical concert. but
a concert OF action on the part OF our peo-
pie who desire to be enriched by the Nis-
sissippi River Railroad. A concert OF ac-
ton is all that is needed long pull, a
strong pail, and q pull all together, will
pull the depot to Dyersburg. flour peo-
pie don't so pull, they will pull their real
Gstate down to one-fourth its present
value. If then get the road. their dirt
! VIII NC Cuuautcu IN NdAA5 ElRAA 81 W GHl
per cent. Get your slate and pencil and
make the calculation yourself. Or come
to the railroad meeting, and the c~alcula-
ton will be made for you"
u NJ. ProviRe, an excellent citizen of
the Tenth Ward, who would gladly with
draw from all participation ia the bies-
sings of the Memphis city government,
has, We understand, gone to Nashville,
with an amendment to the pending city
charter, by which all that part of The city
south of Georgia street is to be Topped of.
Chelsea is left inside by this scheme, and
we may soon hear that a storm brewing
north of the bayou has burst upon MIR.
Provinces head. Why does he not include
Chelsea in his proposed benefaetiOns 1t is
hardly probable that the boundaries ofthe
city will be changed, and we have not
I been informed of the reasons why they
ought to be. Tn citizens included in the
present corporation lines are benefited by
! the city as much as others. But it may be
we'll enough for the Mayor and Aldermen,
and citizens generally, 10 recognize facts
which may affect materially the
of the city treasury Let the matter be
determined according to the wish of The
people of Memphis. No faction ofthe in
habitants shOf1d be allowed TO dictate
legislation in accordance with individual
interests. If they ave a share Of the
benefits Of the city, we see no reason why
they should not share its burdens. Prop
ertY being taxed equitabIy, in proportion
to It's proximity to the city center, zone
viii nave a right to complain.
"A shooting affair occurred last Friday
At Bolivar, on the Mississippi Central
Railroad, which resulted in the serious
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