Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-27
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

AADAAAN - 10y
rehearsal of the choir Of the
Jewish Synagogue attracts attention.
Some of the finest singers IN the city
are connected with this choir.
Latest adyiees, we are happy to
say. record the slow but sure recovery
ofHon. Mayor Leftwieh, who, II Is
hoDed. will be az home and attending
10 The duties of his Office by October,
II the Grand Jury have. ven
7fIatAd the bills for county printing,
we demand ia the name OF the people,
that the County Commissioners shall
advertise for bids and awafa the print
ing to the lowest bidder. The plplle
EgUe a right to be heard in this mat
Ter. Let the county Is well as the
city priating be given to the lowest
bidder. sud let all bills for such he
published.
A poor woman named Callahan,
who lived at the head OF Main street,
near the bayou bridge, died yesterday
afternoon Of apopleXy. She had at
tended the funeral of her fDiAd, anu
within n half hour after her arrival
home fell dead in her house. Tn de-
ceased Uolnanis husband is ia ks0-
kuk, Iowa, whittier he had gone TO
procure endowment. Being without
means the body Was buried at the eX-
pense of the county.
A curious suit is about 10 be COM
menced before a Justice Of the Peace
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bull pup. The pup bit a barefoOted
uegre III the heel as he was passing
The negro Jumped, and two OF the
pup's teeth we're thereby abstracten.
The negro sues the white man for al
lowing a vicious dog to run at large:
The white files acrOsscut saw bill, and
zuas the negro fox having a heel tough
enough to Jerk a dogs tooth out.
A slight unpleasantness occurred
Yesterday between one of the Alder
mon from the Third Ward and one
from the Chelsea adjunct to our city.
The door OF q well known business
hOusa was closed, and the Chelsea City
Father dared iIo '"Third Ward 10 a
rough and tumble, " in fact any 9th
er way he might choose 20 settle the
little matter. The Chelsean Was red
hai, though his politics are of another
sfr.pe. and il must be conferred that
lie completely backed down htS larger
opponent.
One of the most sensible OF the
many noticeable improvements on
Main street, is the removal from three
or four Of our principal buildings of
the unsightly awnings that have al
ready been too long tolerated. A har-
Dor and refuge for the loafiing popu-
lation on hot and rainy days, they
very much detract from the architec-
1ural beauty and design Of some of our
naudsomcst blocks. We hope TO note
the removal of what now remains of
these awnings, for which there should
ne substituted handsome Venetian
blinds. like those of the Clay Building.
We have received the circular of
rhe Southern Land and Emigration
Company OF Washington, d. c., or
ganized and established FOR the pur-
chase and sale OF farming and mineral
lands, and improved real estate in the
Southern States, and Of which that
sterling old Col. Tom Florence, is
President. While favorahly inclined
10 all enterprises OF this character and
prepared to give them our hearty sup
port, we are yet constrained, in view
OF the increasing demands upon our
time as public journalists, to decline
the agency 50 aatteringly rendered US.
We hope for the success Of this COM
pany. =
We are indebted to our friend and
old subscriber, Mr.. Conner, of Ash
port, for a generous supply of water
melons, among the finest we have
seen this year. They arrived from
his plantation on the steamer Belle
Memphis yesterday, and tasted as
fresh and palatable As if just pulled
from the vine. Mr.. Conner, who is a
gentleman Of experience and intelii-
gence as an agriculturist, gives the
most encouraging account OF the crops,
and agrees with the opinions that
have already found their way to our
columns, that this will long be re-
membered as among the most bOun-
feOus for years. Mr.. Conner has our
thanks for his attentions.
The NeW Eclectic Magazine for
September is before US. Among other
interesting matter it contains the
opening chapters ola sparkling new
tale, called A story Of Eulenberg,-a
poem of great elegance and tender
nass by John r. Thompson, read ut
the last meeting Of the Aluinn Of the
University of Virginia, every gradu-
ate should have a copy.) An able ar
ticle on The Positive Philosophy, by
Mr.. Lawrence c. johnson, of Holly
Springs, Mississippi. Brigandage in
Mexico, by a SOutherner, for many
years a resident in that country. A
poem by William Morris, author of
The Earthly Paradise. The Haver-
sack, giving anecdotes of the Conied-
crate Army, and a handsome tribute
10 their bravery, from an English
jsOurce. Reviews on thenew books of
the month. The Green Table and
Monthly Miscellany, short tales,
anecdotes, etc.
An occasional correspondent of
the APPEAL, writing from Centralia,
ILL.,, tells the story of the enterprising
merchants OF the cities and towns of
the Northwest in the following extract
which we make from his letters. We
wish we could include Memphis
drummers among those enumerated:
"Drummers and bummers from st.
Louis, Chicago and Cincinnati are Sat
large in this country, infesting all
the towns and Villages. and auuOyiug