Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-07
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The churches were well attended yes
terday.
The weather last night was unseason-
ably cool, in fact, uncomfortably chilly.
The repairs Of the NicolsOn, al the
| corner of Main and Union streets, are be-
ing pushed to completion.
An old colored man was thrown from
a mule, on Saturday night, on the Pigeon
Roost road, and fatally injured.
Gen. John Van Horn, superintendent
of the Southern Division Western Union
Telegraph Company, it incur city.
When a pistol cracks in Memphis, the
three men generally sent for first, are, the
priest, DR.. Lynch and the Coroner.
We spoke too soon yesterday morning
when we asserted that there was no muir
der committed last week.
Large numbers of persons took ad-
vantage of the beautiful weather Yester-
dav to visit points of interest in the coun-
try adjacent to the city.
The left wing of the Army of DcspOi-
lation, yclept tie melish,'' remains at
Humboldt. Haynau Cooper has returned
to East Tennessee. z
ALI Burnett, the humOrist, writes as
that he goes from Jackson, Miss, TO Me-
ridian and thence 10 Selma, Montgomery,
Macon and Atlanta.
Gus Signaigo, the genial and gifted,
has been blessed with a son and heir.
Congratulations. thick and fast, are pour
ing in upon him from his numerous
friends. We add ours, heartily.
A policeman tried to poison II Of the
cast-iron dogs in DR.. TaylOr's yard last
night, but the bit of prepared meat was
not temptation enough 10 the
% purp " TO gobble the fatal dose.
GH-7--z - - 1,-.r.s-- e.. d.. s1a
effect Of large quantities of cherries and
plums offered at the fruit stands. Wry
faces among the juveniles are in proper
tion to the supply Of fruit.
The F" dulcet notes OF the revolver
were heard reverberating sweetly along
the bluffs last night about nine o'clock.
AS no gentle shrek of the victim y fol-
lowed the shots, The suppOsitiOn is that a
mAgzleless dog was the object Of the can
nOnier's vengeance.
The highest point on the route Of the
Tennessee and Pacific road, between
Nashville and Knoxville. is 1915 feet above
tide water. Nashville is but AGO feet, a
little higher than the top Of st. Peters at
Rome. The grade from New Orleans to
Nashville is not n foot on a mile.
Miles Ledbetter, a Colored revolution
list, yesterday evening woke up the echos
of the corner OF GayOsO and DeSOtO streets
by firing off a small piece of artillery, put
down, through courtesy We suppose, on
the docket of the Second District police
station as q pistol lie answers for II
this afternoon.
The Scottish -fmerjcu1 Juuraol COM
mences the publication Of a serial story
entitled "A LIES Love-" next week.
The tale Il said by those who have had
the opportunity of reading chapters from
II, to bear n singular air Of truthfulness.
the story being laid in GLASGOW and vi
cinity a century or 50 agOne.
The Independent Order OF Odd Eel
lows viii give a grand picnic on Wednes-
day at Central Park. The affair is under
the auspices OF Ruth Lodge No. ], and a
pleasant time is anticipated. Trains viii
leave the Memphis and Charleston depot
at $50 and 10 am, and 1880 pm. For
tickets II badges see advertisement.
Capt. Schwoob, of Buck Island, and
Col. Abbey, of Commerce, are at the Pea
body. They report fishing down in the
bayOus as splendid. Capt. SchwooD says
that a few days ago, at a fish fry near his
place, five hundred large sized perch and
Dream were caught during the morning.
Why viii not some of our enterpris-
ing stable men start a few light onc-horse
cabs for public accommodation? They
could be ran for one-half the cost of the
heavy carriages o in use as hacks here,
and the cheapness would cause them to
be used q dozen times where a hack il now
used once.
Bob Grindrod knows how to get salts
faction. The two bulls that raised such a |
muss in his store last week were slGugh-
tered lately, and Bob is now laid up with
an attack OfindigestiOn, as he, in his thirst
foryengeance, bought had coaked for him,
and ate as much of the beef as he could
gfnpr quay VTa IL 1vs.r e, gpfeL fLo |
fe%requarter, which he has on had. as soon
as he gets over his present i~ndisposition.
At about ten minutes to ten O'Clock
last night, q very distinct GurOro boredliS |
was observed on the verge of the horizon. |
the center Of the rays being due north.
bright meteor passed across the space
illuminated during the time the aurora
was visible. After some fifteen minutes
the light gradually disappearedr appear
ing to diiiuse itself over the heavens.
"A friend writes us from the country
as follows; q" Harvest time is now on us.
and labor is very scarce in the country, so |
much so that good Graders or hands are
worth at the rates of forty to seventy-iye |
per month, payable every even
ing or az the completion Of each Job. We
would advise all hands who are out Of en-
ployInent TO 90 TO the country, even for
one month, get work readily and good
pay. 60 05jy Uherc. " heat Is ready to
cut; corn and cotton need blowing and
So, all can get work without any
difficulty, at good homes, with good
treatment, and good will.
Dan Steele, the black scoundrel who
on Saturday fined S35 for assaulting
10 officer of the Second District Police
force, escaped from the Causey street sta
lion the same night, and tho first use he
made of his liberty yesterday morning
was to get blazing drunk and flourish a
,ix-pound bowie knife under the noses of
passers bv. His mad career was cut short
the timely arrival of a couple of police
men, who marched the muscular jail
back to his CID quarters. He has
IN interview with the Police Commission
ers this afternoon, when he Will probably
get a double dose in the way of a fine and
Imprisonment.
The examination OF detectives Nc
Cune and Cornell, charged with having
lsed torture TO extort q confession of
heft from Kendall, will AXE place this /
morning before Judge Hunter, in the
Criminal Court. OF the truth of the al
egation, we know nothing. but even were
! true TO the letter, we cannot blame the
'lneers very harshly. The public expect
% pe protected from the thievish pro-
AiFltles OF such chaps as Kendall. and
where impediments are constantly
brown in the way ofjusticet being melted
tut 10 them, and by those very officers of !
he law who should aid the police force. (
t is Dur deliberate opinion that a little