Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-19
O PARAGRAPHS.
HOLLOW is flooded.

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soda fountains are in operation al
over the city.
There were but six arrests in the Sec
ond district yesterday.
The dinner to Mr.. johnson at tn,
Peabody takes place to-day.
Sporting med looked blue, and curseC
the weather last night.
There was not q single mad dog
killed yesterday
Saloon keepers are getting ekittish
There we're very few arrests on charge
of keeping open yesterday.
Detective McCuae recovered snd re-
turned to their wner two bales Of stolen
colt on Saturday.
The calling of names To empannel a
jury in the Doran case will be resumed
this morning.
AT the Gaiety tonight there will be
such attractions as was never seen before
in Memphis.
The Father Ryan who lectures next
Wednesday and Thursday evening, is
not " Moina," but Father P. J. Ryan, Of
st. Louis.
The clouds in the west looked more
threatening and tempestuous q. nightfall
last evening than at any time during the
day.
There Is a genuine india rubber tree
growing in the open air in this city. 1t
is at DR.. Hoerner's drug store, on the
corner of Second and BsRl streets.
The name Of the de5utant at the
New Memphis this evening is Jenner,
and not Jennings. The play is The Rob.
0eTS, Mr.. Jenner playing Charles de
Moor"
Yesterday was rough on church.
goers, who wore their go to meetiDg''
clothes. The rain that sat in about
twelve O'Clock must have spoiled some
anery.
The arrests at the First District
numbered oaly six up to nine O'Clock
last night. One OF these was for selling
liquor on Sunday, and another for steal
ing.
The caves Of all tall buildings on
Main street, between the Peabody and
Bsai street, are the abode Of myriads of
house martins, which, in the early morn
ing aud ss evening closes in, keep q noise
that is deafening.
The Comptroller of Tennessee has
issued q circular to the County Court
Clerks in the State, constituting the rev.
enue laws In reference to the sale of Ii
qu0rs, to mean that any one en-
gagged in the sale Of liquors by
quart, or in larger qusuti-
ties, shall pay q privilege tax of $1,000.
The Selma Times of Thursday says /:
q Gen. n. B Forrest was in the city yes
looking after the interests Of the
Memphis, Marion and Selma Railroad.
He has taken hold of the work with his
1s-1al nrnrrv- onA nnA,r hsa /
he people may expect its speedy and
oromptcompletion."
Tom Meals paper, the Dyersburg
Gazette, Gays that the steamer Lady
WithRup will make q round trip from
Oyersburg for Memphis and return,
passengers to participate in the
,rest Odd Fellows festivities, which take
place IN the 26sh. Fare only six dollars
he round trip.
Gallagher Jimmy the immortal,
sid at the Hunter messing on Saturday
that ne intended to have Barbour
Lewis indicted for forgery, for having
taessignature Of a bill in Chan
Judge Lewis has the advantage
Il Jimmy. Toe Grand Jury of one Of
he Courts has already indicted him
JIMMY for stealing.
Two sffsctionate brothers-in.law,
famed George Dsnbury and Henry
1reeRlaw, fell out yesterday afternoon,
nd Da0bury seized a Ratchet and
truck Gfeeniaw in tho head with il.
wound, however, was not serious,
nd the Second district polics ended the
by srresting both parties, and
them up.
We heard yesterday that parties of
egroes and othsrs are in the habit Of
OIog t&ElmWO0d on Sunday and pluck
~ the%5TeTs and otherwise mutilating
s~hru5bsry. Oar Informant states
nat ne saw several negroes bresk off
overs, openly, last Sunday. III such is
ae case steps should be taken to put s
-op to the proceeding.
Brother Wisdom, of the Jackson
ii6taae, gracefully makes an amen de i
OnOTAble for the indebtedness of which /
o reminded him a few days ago, but 8
inds up as follows: "Do0't be envious, \
custom allows editors TO steal !
,eaS from q another, since the poor
evils have nothing else worth flehing.n q
ow, that's unprofessional. What is the !
70 Of letting q secret like that out of the '
o
-Parshsl, who so inhumsnly aud cold b
oodedfy murdered Conductor Oates at Q
Ourtlsnd, some weeks ago, has met Il
18th a speedy trial and just sentence. Ii
g was examined, it will be remember
|, before a magistrate and committed TO
ii without bail. Last Monday his case {
as reached n the Circuit Court, which r
as In session, and he was tried and s.
und guilty Of murder ia the first de-
'eR-the penalty OF which is death. !
Our friend Nourse, Of the Phoenix n
.utual Life Insurance Company, lost on
unfortunate morning If the fire =
* containing g large number Of private !.
spsrs, some Of them very valuable. He q
the matter Of recovering them into
10 hands of detective Pat. Walsh, and
] Saturday evening had the pleasure Of
aving them returned to him safe and a
Great credit is due to Mr.. Walsh 3
r the clever manner in WHICH he work
up the case, and the prohptness with
high he returned the lest property TO
owner. o
The Junk shops in this city ere becom. =
g an intolerable nuisance. No matter :,
hat is brought to them by the mack :,
els, it is purchased and concealed, q,
the purchaser knows that it is =,
Glen. A few days Sgo q gentleman of II
lr acquaintance lest o valuable set of a.
count books, embracing a large ledger, :,
journal, etc, elegantly bouno, a.
(which he paid about 8 hundred dol y
T5. The detectives whom he employed =,
hunt them, found their mutilated re- n
aims sold as waste paper in a junk shop II
Happy Hollow. The backs had been -
t of, but otherwise they were not much =,
jured. II was impossible for q man :,
.th any common not to have seen
at they were stolen. The majority of :,
such establishments are nothing but -
Ience housesn for thieves, and should h.
suppressed. ~
The lectures TO be delivered by Father ID
pan next Wednesday and Thureday 90
at the New Assembly Hall, are A
considerable attention. Many co
our ciIizsns have heard the reverend re
ntlemsn lecture, and they are quite or
travagRnt in their prsise Of his ora T.
rical powers, claiming that he is I'M
by any living man in America. kt
Is ~eloguence mas frequently been re-
by his sopsriors-having been
osen to deliver addresses on several ar
ny important occasions. At the Ma