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

cuinstances IN accordance with the
desires and temper of. the people he
was so anxious to serve, and so he
withdrew from the canvass, urging all
Of his friends to support ID. G. Slaugh-
ter, the popular Sheriff of Upton, who
we are happy to announce, has been
elected Senator from the TWENTY
fourth Senatorial District by a hand
some majority. We congratulate
friend Slaughter.
Vincent BacigalupO (Madame
Vincent's husband) desires US to state
that he is not an Alderman, and hopes
that the public will cease to cOnfOund
him with Alderman Vincent. We
make the correction cheerfully, as we
have known him a good while as an
honest man, and would consequently
never think Of accusing him of being
an Alderman.
The following marriage certificates
were returned to the Office of the
County Clerk during the week ending
yesterday evening: w. ID. Wright
and Miss NJ. j. Rodgers; Alfred Mil
Ter and FraneesS Sales; Geo.W. Lowden
and Mrs. NJ. ]. Henry; John Green
and Miss Hattie Mitchell; James f.
SmithWich and Mrs. Sarah A. Harris;
James b. Jones and Miss Susan II.
Wenbury; and three negro couples.
Bill Jones, alias Red Shirt Bill,
and Henry, his brother, two macker-
els, inYeigled an old cOuntryman
named Wm. Towery into an alley to
see a fine jack" that they wanted to
sell. As soon as the young williams
got him a little ways from the street,
they jumped on him and took away
a ten dollar bill which he held in his
hand. He made complaint at the
the First district station, and Bill and
Henry both lodged in the jug last
night.
The eclipse came off yesterday as
advertised in the AVALANCHE. When
the moon got so near the sun that the
man in it could be distinctly seen he
was observed to have i'm his hands a
copy ofthe AVALANCHE. He seemed
to be attentively studying the AVA
LANeHE's election returns, and also
had 4 copy of the AVALANCHE's pho
nOgraphic reporters photographic re
port Of the great Photographic dis
cussiOn between him and the APPEAL.
man. Nothing else happened.
Tom. Hamilton, sugar thief per-
jurer and would-be Senator, was sit
ting in front of the First District sta
ton yesterday afternoon, discussing
to an auditorium of policemen on the
effects of his defeat. "Yes, gentle
men," said he, "you'l have old Sam.
Walker for Mayor, Gen. Forrest for
Chief of Police, and Chalmers for
City" as he got to this point a gen.
tleman stepped out of the station
house, and turning to him, said:
/" Well, how much worse would that
be than having such a id Internal
thief as you as Senator" Tom. sub
sided.
John Henderson, the thief who
went through Lou Mab's saloon seve-
raj weeks ago, and got off with so
much booty when run out of town re-
Gently, went down to Mississippi.
Here he engaged himself to q brick
maker as a labOrer. After remaining
with his new employer several days
John took a notion to quit, but first
appropriated the cash till. The news
was sent to the Metropolitan Police,
and Detective McCune was soon on
his track. Yesterday afternoon about
6 o'clock John was arrested and
lodged in the Second district station
house.
We are indebted to Harry l..
Childres, Esq, conductor of the Mis-
sisSippi and Tennessee Railroad, for
the particulars of the explosion of a
locomotive engine, which occurred at
Grenada yesterday morning. The To-
cOmOtive Of the up train had been
fired up by some me Of the tlreInen
and LEFT on the side track, and while
the engineer and others were at break
fast it exploded. Fortunately no one
was hurt. There was only ninety
pounds of steam on, and plenty Of
water was In the boiler at the time,
and it IS therefore supposed that the
iron of the boiler was defective.
Mr.. John Ohlin, pressman at
COwperthwait, Chapman & Co.'S job
printing establishment, No. 2794 Main
street, met With avery serious acci-
dent Yesterday evening sbOut =
O'Clock. While engagedsn 0iling the
journals, the step ladder upon which
he Was 7t9nding gave way, and in the
fall q piece Of wood about seven
eighths0f an inch square was thrust
to 2 depth Of three or four inches in
the muscular portion of his right
arm, penetrating from a point below
the arm pit, and requiring some force
to be Withdrawn. Besides, the unfoF-
tGnate man received other pa~infulcuts
and bruises. He was sent to his lOdg-
inps and the aid of a surgeon called in.