Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-25
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.
Clear once more, thank hsavenl
-MosoDitoas are cleared ont at last

0iSAT ohce more, lndnk V
Mosquitoes are cleared out at last.
The thermometer stood AZ degrees at s
O'Clock last evening.
The sand bars across the river are still
" painfully apparent"
The barometer promises fair weather
for our Fair, which commences to-day.
The Sardis Fair, with the exception. of
the bad weather, was a grand success.
Quite a number of horses entered for
exhibition at the Fair arrived yesterday.
-Elmwood, for the first time in several
months, was almost deserted last evening.
MIR. Gamble thinks ofmoving his gin
painted bugle out of owl No tears will
be shed.
The livery stables didn't do such a
land office business yesterday as usually
on Sundays. Thu weather was too cold.
We took a drive out to the Fair
Grounds last evening, and found the
roads in much better order than we ex-
pected. They viii be in thorough repair
to-day.
Seven st. Louis thieves arrived here
on Saturday evening by the steamer FL
Dorado. They were all spotted yesterday
and will be copied to rights If they try
any lays here.
"A heavy force were at work at the
Fair grounds yesterday, getting things in
readiness for the opening to-day. They
were compelled to work on Sunday by
the recent rains.
The mackerel brigade have emigrated
to Nashville-al except the two chiefs,
who have remained here to attend tO the
Little Rock railroad stock and the river
news agency. Long msy they wave.
-CisteTn water is beginning to be sooty
again. Parties dependent on cisterns
should let the first water of s shower run
OFF before opening h sluices OF the els
tern. By this means they would avoid
the washings of SCOT, dust, etc.
The do~uble-column advertisement of
Mr.. j. Cans mammoth dry good house,
(No. DOS Main street, was, through a mis-
understanding, LEFT out of the SrSDAY
APPEAL. 1t will be found on the second
page of this paper.
"A gentleman of this city went across
the river night before last to enjoy a
mornings sport. He returned yesterday
evening with two lnallards, one red
head" and seven blue-wing teal duck,
beside six wild pigeons, some doves and
two beedSsees.
DR.. Kane, the well known outside
Snowman, has abj1red sawdust, spangled
tights, and iime-light, and will hence
forth turn his attention exclusively to
politics, and is now in Nashville as a
lobby member OF the Legislature. The
Fl" Doctor has at last struck the tide
which will float him on to fortune.
The attention of barkeepers and 9TH
ers is called to h advertisement of the
Special Committee of the Chickasaw
Jockey Club, in regard to the bar and re-
freshment privileges of the coming races.
The notice will interest every restaura-
teur and barkeeper.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Chamberof Commerce will take place at
SPIN. to-day. 1t is hoped that every
member will be present, as business Of
note will come before the body. Several
important regulations in reference to cot
ton will be read and discussed. The
meeting will be al interesting enc, and
should be largely attended.
The report circulated so industriously
by certain interested parties Yesterday.
that the Natoma had been "tied up." was
without any foundation whatever. The
various attachments issued against her on
Saturday were Ostensibly for labor, and
were issued at the instance of negro deck
hands who had Jumped the boatp at
Helena, and came back to Memphis sim
ply to "libel' her.
Henry, who keeps the best house in
" a. . ~ H1 NA0A4AfN hEEEtk, VIII
give a grand oyster lunch to-day
az ten o'clock. He will ave in addition
to oyster soup, ETC., picked pigs trot-
tiers, sardellen, angUillOtti SchweitZer
kaese, 1talienishe ~saiaat, ard everything
else palatahle. He has the very best Of
wines and liquors and beer tina cannot
possibly be exceiled. His bar-kespers are
models of pollteness, and he himself looks
for the wants Of his guests with the
utmost att~eptiyeRess. Every body is in
Yited to attend his grand lunch to-day.
F. S. Davis, ESD, of the First Ma
tlonal Bank, while driving out with a
friend last evening, met with an accident
which occaSiOned him Sone little trouble.
but which, luckily enough, was attended
with no serious results. As he was re-
turning from the Fair Grounds, n OF The
wheels OF his buggy gave way. and both
he and his friend were emptied into the
road. The horses stopped instantly, and
after removing the debris of their buggy
from the road, the gentlemen came to
town in a hack which came along about
that time.
We call the attention of our readers
an extract copied from the New York
Post, giving the history, progress and
management Of one of the largest and
most reliable Life Corporations in this or /
any other country; viz; tho Equitable
l4ile AssuFahGe society OF n United |
This Society has been in exist
ence about ten years, and has met with
unprecedented success, which we believe
is entirely the result Of its very iudicious
and efficient system Of management. The
accumulated fund now mounts to the
sum of Sl2,000, 600, which Is in
as prescribed by its charter. in |
most select real estate andC. 3. secu-
and since the organization of the |
Society about 100000 have been paid
back to pOlicy-holders in the shape of
dividends and losses. We heartily re-
commend to u readers, especially those
who are not already enrolled among its
members, the Equitable Life Assurance
OF The United States, through it's
general agent, Col. James A. Swain, No.
II Monroe street.