Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-24
c PARAGRAPHS.
bitter cold inland. last night.

client Association takes place Monday
might, 9th inst.
Wood and coal dealers nave been do
ing a l~and-ofiice business for the past
three or four days.
Where do all the shys' lawyers come
from? They are worse around the station
houses than the seven years itch.
The streets were in better walking
order yesterday than at any time within
two months past. The mud was frozen.
Owing to an accident TO the press
room machinery, the delivery of the APP
PEAL was delayed beyond the usual hOur
this morning.
Dan Robinson stole a coat from Huey
D~ennigan, and was arrested on a warrant
issued by Squire Norton. The case will
be heard to-day.
Attention is called to the "upside-
down" advertisement of Cowperthwait,
Chapman q Co. They have any quantity
of fine holiday goods.
Mrs. Mccarthy, of Happy Hollow, ac-
cused of receiving stolen goods, was ex-
amined before Squire Willard yesterday
evening, and discharged.
Geo: Wilson was arrested yesterday
for obtaining $40 from a country negro on
the confidence dodge. He will haye a
hearing before Squire Elliot to-day.
"A foreign gossipper pleasantly records
that among the other occupations Of Vim
ME Ream, in Rome, she is blasting out a
bust of B%rOwnlow with nitrO-glycerine.
Our patrons will please take notice
that the carriers will call on them to-day
for their weekly subscription, instead of
tomorrow. Please have your quarters"
ready.
We noticed several cart loads of
branches of cedar and other evergreens
] hafnn hon1nn fhrnr1uh tho gfrnnfG vnGtnr-
day, probably intended for Christmas
trees.
The grand annual ball of the Metropolis
tan Police takes place tonight at COchrane
Hall. The "bOys in blue +" expect, ard
we heartily wish they may have, a real
! good time"
Joe Locke has our thanks for files OF
late papers. Heshas everything in the
shape of literary or interesting-paper,
magazine or book. Call and examine his
stock of dollar books.
The " killing - that Adelina Rizzi got
a few weeks ago seems to have tanned her
completely. She hasn't been before the
Police Commissioner in several weeks.
Neither has Smith.
There was a nice little tea party at a
certain refreshment saloon after the per
foTmance at the theater was over, last
night. Good gracious! if somebody's wife
hAttL oAEHBEh " OA nm hDOAt5 hiAAAL4Hnls
-Chas. Kendall, accused of stealing
three pistols from Coroner Samelson,
yesterday, was examined before Justice
Willard last evening and discharged,
there being no proof as to the identity Of
the pistols.
F. Lavigne, No. $685. Main street, in
vites ladies to call and examine his new
n beautiful styles of hair work. Every
diStiague and tasty couture prepared will
the utmost expedition and at reasonable
prices.
Christmas, without irecrackers and
tOrpedOes, will be "no Christmas at all"
so say the boys. Better have " no Christ
mas at all" boys, han lave three or four
people killed or manned for life by your
foolish amusement.
Robert Cox was brought before Squire
Willard yesterday on charge of stabbing
VIM. Browna at ashindigin Happy Hollow
a few nights ago. Cox proved that when
the stabbing took place he was in another
room, and consequently was honorabIy
discharged.
His many friends viii be grieved to
learn that a telegram was received by his
brother yesterday, announcing the death
of p. 81. Heinrich, Esq, of this CITY. The
death occurred on the 22d instant. in San
Francisco, whittier Mr.. Heinrich had gone
in the vain search for health.
Col. Mann, of the Mobile Register.
gives all the employees of that paper a
grand Christmas inner at the Battle
House, in Mobile, tomorrow evening.
Col. Mann is one of natures noblemen, and
knows how to run a newspaper.
"A large and respectable dealer-nOt
particularly large personally, bat emil
nently respectable-rec6ntly informed us
that his sales during the last Christmas
holidays were increased ifty per cent.
over the previous year By judicious adj
vertising. k sensible fellow, he keeps
on advertising, and great Will be his re-
ward.
Leopold Goepel, No. 375 Main street.
Jackson Block, has a splendid display of
Christmas goods, in the way of fine mu-
steal instruments, such as guitars, viO-
Inns, etc. Also a lot of the very latest
assorted sheet music. Mr. Goepel is the
agent of Knabe's celebrated pianoiortes,
which nave won the first prize at every
fair at which they have been exhibited
recently.
Main street was alive with strangers
yesterday. 1t was Broadway in minia-
tur6, and made every Memphian feel
proud Of our beautiful and thriyingyoung
city. Last night the principal streets
were ablaze with lights from the show
windows, and everything wore a metro
politan air. All signs go to show that
80 ~ ~ - - may RGNNs
And it ought to be! 1t is the first one
that many ofus ave had a chance to keep
properly in several years.
Robert Cooper, the negO boy who
shot the woman Ella Crawford on Sunday
last, was arraigned yesterday before
Squire Willard, on charge of murder.
ONLY the witnesses for the prosecution
were heard, but they proved so clearly
that the killing was purely accidental
that Cooper was Immediately discharged.
the costs of the case being assessed to the
prosecution.
The work on the fre-alarm telegraph
is TO be commenced Immediately, and
prosecuted vigorously. We hope soon to
see the boxes on our corners. We think
the proposed number twenty is far too
little. In Mobile, which is about The size
of Memphis, there are over a hundred. In
that city there ~ not a point that the en-
gines cannO reach within three minutes
from the sounding Of the alarm.
Well executed counterfeit $40 National
Bank notes are in circulation on the
Tradesmen's $ National Bank ofNew York:
Market National Bank Of Boston,; Ma
tional Banl of Commerce, New York, and
First National Bank of Cincinnati. These
notes are calculated to deceive the bust
ness community. Some of them have
been taken by the banks.
Dan Smith is a terrible fellow. He
was arrested yesterday on three separate
warrants, at the instance of Fannie Rob-
erts, who accuses him of assault and bat
terry and grand larceny. The case was
heard by Squire Norton. who fined Smith
So on the charge of assault, put him under
bonds to keep the peace, taxing him with
costs, and discharged him on the charge
of larceny.
The sidewalk on the west side Of
Second, between Gayoso and Beal streets.
is in a terrible condition. The bricks of
which it was originally laid are covered
to a depth of several inches, almost the
entire length ofthe banquette, with sticky
red clay and mud, washed down from the
side Of the bluff through which Second
street, at this point, was cut. This de-
post ought to be cleaned of, and the
bluff either cut away or walled up in such
a manner as to prevent washing.
"A druggist in the city yesterday re-
ceived an urgent order from the country
for a "divining rod" He was at a loss at
first to know what his correspondent
meant, but from the context of the letter
it is evident that he wants a twig of
Witch-hazel, or some kindred plant, such
as was generally used some years ago BY
superstitions farmers in England and in
this country, to detect the presence of
water, when searching for a proper place
to sink a well. The divining rod was also
used in the search after precious metals.
We understand that the Legislature
will make a dead set at the turnpikes as
soon as they meet. This is no more than
right, for more Ubiquitous and rascally
legislation was never perpetrated than
when the miserable Radical tools, called a
Legislature in very mockery of the name,
foisted thai burthen upon our people.
Messrs. Cubbins, Townsend and Jones
are now in the city, and we hope they
will improve the occasion to take a trip Of
eight or ten miles in the country on one
of the so-called "turnpikes" with which