Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-11
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

See the advertisement for bids for
privileges of the Confederate Picnic
Committee.
The weather was exceedingly
cool yesterday morning, making
blankets very comfortable.
DR.. Stevens was arrested yesterday
and tried before Squire Hall for rob
bing Mr.. Goodwin, agent for John f.
Lee.
Riding on the sidewalks is against
the law, as a nameless gentleman
found out yesterday to the tune of five
dollars.
The poor woman Burke, alluded
TO by Is yesterday, was not turned
out of the Church Home, but left there
OF her " account.
An effort is being made by the
Masonic Order of this State to estab-
li7h aR asylum for the orphans of the
deceased members Of the Order.
We understand that the Memphis
and Ohio Railroad are going to ex-
tend their track to the Navy Yard,
whore a Union Depot will soon be
erected.
4 AlS NAtQh anu NCLllIdl dIlLf dS
well as connecting railroads, have re-
duced the fare from Memphis to San
Francisco to $l3S currency, a FeduG-
ton of So.
Albert Oxford, who is not an
a" oxeD," was fined yesterday five dol
lars for taking a nap on the sidewalk.
He could have gone TO the Peabody
Tor y dollar and q half
Henry Johnson was arrested and
carried before Squire Griffith E0F
shooting at Henry Long on the
steamer Belle st. Louis a few days
age. The case will be heard to-day.
Eliza Thomas and Georgiana
Aikens got into "a hgh5 yesterday and
made ribbons of each others calico.
They were found IS each by Squire
Herman and put under peace bonds
for six months.
-Phe sale of the OvertOn Hotel will
not, as has been reported, effect a
change in the proprietOrship Of tkat
house, Colonel Robbins will cont
U as proprietor and Nj. OBannon
at the Office.
Lizzie Jones, a darby biack o.
Hades, stole a lot of spoons from Mrs.
Mitchell, night before last. She was
caught yesterday and lodged in the
First District station, the spoons being
fqqDd on her person. She was sent to
the CFimipal Court.
Certificates Of election have been
issued to all the candidates elected in
this county by Commissioners BOgqh-
ner, who has also made certified re
turns to the County and Circuit Courts,
ana tG the Secretary of State.
-" Colonel Westmoreland, the
Ole-legged confidence E,an, when last
heard from was in Marion, Ark,
having his stppp rubbed by a couple
OF fair daughters of Crittenden Co.
He has got another camp stool of
StOneWall Jackson.
We understand that Capt. HkOmp-
con will soon commence work on a
new balloon, to be much larger than
the former enc, and to contain, when
inflated, over forty thousand feet of
gas. We wish him bTter luck next
time.
Capt. AcAIath, who was recently
elected Constable of the Fifteenth
Civil District, yesterday refused his
certificate of election, thus resignfng
the position 10 which he was elected.
lie had, we understand, obtained a
much 0 lucrative position.
We notice quite an Improvement
in the appearance of the building on
Main street occupied by Menken
Brothers, j. w. Sneed 4 Co., and
Seessel d sons. An application of
paint to numerous other buildings on
the same street would add greatly to
the appearance of our city.
The members of the picnic COM
mittee of the Confederate soldiers
Association are urgently requested to
meet this afternoon, at four O'Clock,
at the Office of G. NOurSe, Esq, agent
Of the Phoenix Insurance Co, No. Is
Jefferson street. 1t is necessary that
every member should be present.
We had the pleasure of visit yes
from H. X. HeydOn, ESQ, of
the Kew York Mercantile Journal.
One of the soundest of our financial
organs. Mr.. Heydon is on a tour
.ilfOuEH inc OOulH III lHt luNcf6SLS OF
his paper, and speaks In glowing
.crms Of our people and their pros
poets for the future.
-Eiyira Williams went to a bah
before last, and while she was
,~aYorting on the light fantastic, some
body entered her dwelling, No. IS
.eSot0 street, and stole her everyday
which had been carefully
in a trunk. The trunk was
onnd yesterday, by Geo. Miller, in a
vacant lot, a the bayou, on Union
street, broken open and rihed of its
'ontents.
Pleasant Small, a buck negro who
)elies his name as much as ANYBODY
We ever saw, was up before Commis-
,ioner Richards again yesterday. for
he fourth time in as many weeks for
arruping his wife, a gentle African
who weighs about four hun
lred pounds. Mrs. Small showed the
Court the wells over her head, and
wanted to show those on her "pus-
but Col. Richards being a mod
st man, made objection to the dis
clay. Pleasant was fined fifteen dol