Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-01
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

Bayou Gayoso was bank-full last
night at dark.
=" What o'clock is it, Biddy, and
where's the superb &" It's ate, was
the laconic but ambiguous reply.
VIM Y. Hamlin, Receiving Tel.
Ter, and H. B. SmallwOOd, Collector,
both Of First National Bank, left yes.
terday on a brief visit 10 New York.
To-day is the hundred and
seventy-ninth anniversary Of the bat
tie of the BOyne-One Of the most dis.
astrOus conflicts that ever occurred fOI
poor old Ireland"
The Masons of this city will nc
doubt be pleased to learn that Bro. W.
L. Maxwell, Grand Lecturer of the
State, will lecture ut South Memphis
Lodge tonight.
The alarm Of fire at halEpast six
O'Clock yesterday afternoon was Occa-
stoned by the burning out of a foul
chimney at the corner Of Jones ave
nue. and MOsby street.
Michael Burke gave Mrs. b. a
terrific dTubbing yesterday, and, per
consequence, spent last night in the
First District Station. The Commits
sioners will try their hand on the bel
hcOse Mike this afternoon.
The meeting of Confederate Sol
diers, at Exchange Building tonight,
should be attended by every one who
feels himself qualified to sit as a men,
Der Of an association such as it is pro-
posed to organize.
With the storm thrown in as
ldgnidpe, yesterday was pretty lively
around the Second District Station.
At dark twenty-five arrests had been
recorded, with a fair prospect Of half
that number before morning.
Lou Fisher, MOllie Merwin and
May L. Smith were arrested yester-
dap by officers of the Second District,
charged with keeping houses of Hire
pute. The =" ladies will have a hear
ing before the Commissioners this af
teTnoOn.
Joe Seligman's sign, at his livery
stable on Union street, below Second,
suffered severely in the gale Of yester-
day. That "rarin' horse had his tail
twisted off, his fOre-legs broken, and
of his eyes pulled out. 1t will
take considerable work from some
(wOoden) horse surgeon to set the ami
NAL to rights again.
Under the head Of =" Men who Ad-
vertise," the Advertisers Gazette has
the name Of A. I. Stewart. He may,
and does do so; but we know of at
least one instance where his agent So
lcited and obtained a lengthy and
valuable local notice, and then refused
TO give the advertisement because the
paper refused to take it for about the
cost Of composition"
There's some deviltry on foot
among the Stokes wing Of the RAIDS.
A kind Of daTk-lantern, nigger-in-the-
bag pOw-wOW was held Tuesday night
in the room over Aehle's beer saloon,
southeast corner Of Second and Union
streets, wherein participated some
twenty-five of the black and white
tOrchlights of the party hereabouts.
The conspiratOrs crept slyly into the
building one by one, and after a wills
pered conference of some half hours
duration, as silently and s~tealthily
fitted singlg away. What are they
up to? Whose chicken roOst is going
TO suffer now?
We were more than pleased 10
learn from our friend Col. David Cross
that a contract has been made.
through Overman, Fearn d Co. Of
New York, with an English firm, for
the building Of the Iron Mountain
Railroad, from Helena, Ark, to Iron
ton, No, a distance Of 220 miles.
This firm build the road, furnish all
materials, labor, etc, and own it.
Work is TO be commenced immedi-
ately. As soon as we are put in pos
session Of the particulars Of the con-
tract we will give them to our readers.
DIR. Spalding, the veteran show
man, viii be here on the 18th instant,
10 superintend the reconstruction of
the New Memphis. Weare informed
that Mrs. Bowers, the i~rrepressible
Defingweli, the WorrelI Sisters. Miss
Marriott "a lady inIpersonatorof Ham
let, Romeo, and other "heayv"
e~haracters,) Rip Joe Van Jefferson.
Emerson d Manning's Minstrels.
Frank Mayo, and Miss Lucille West
eTn, will be among the 4" specialties -
this season. We will wager cigars Tor
the party that the New Memphis will
prove a success in the hands Of Spald-
Ing & Rogers.
Some six months ago a desk i'm
the APPEAL editorial rooms, was bro
ken open and, among other things
thatwere taken from one of the draw
ers, was a m%eerschaum pipe quite
new, never having been smoked that
we know of. yhe meeFschaum was
of the finest quality, and was exquis-
itely carved behind the bowl, to rep
resent TWO sailors seated eve think
with an anchor between them. The
mouthpieee was of amber finely fin
ished. The theft was committed bv !
some one well acquainted with the
habits Of the occupants of the Office.
a liberal reward will be given for it
II returned 10 this Office.