Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-14
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

son, 10 all circle.
The slaughter Of the innocents goe
! brsvsly on. We saw several muzZleles
purps lying around stif and stark ysster
day.
All Burnett, the great huGlor.st sBC
facial artist, will be here and pen at ID
: New Memphis on Monday next
-Tbers VS. a large aud enthusiastic
meeting OF the SOmerville Agriculture
Society, last Saturday, at the Courthouse
IN SomerviL&L
Comptroller Blackburn, we are told,
has negotiated another sch0ol fund loan
Of 500, 600. Wonder how much OF that
will go into he Eaton family
The Right Rev. Bishop Feehau Will
be in the city and pontifcate at st. p
ter's Church on Whitsuudsy, st which
time the rite OF confirmation will be ad-
ministered.
We are sorry TO learn that con-
frere, Rosselle Of the Avalanche is 81
present confined to his rooms by a serious
illness. We sincerely hope that be msy
soon be out again.
The Registrar was sc CollisTville yes
teEday, and viii be at Big Creek to-day.
Tomorrow be registers so Bartlett, and
on Monday the town Office viii be open
for whites again.
The Baptist Sunday Schools have q
picnic tomorrow. The Msthodisls have
wisely put of theirs until there IL some
chance thst the weather will not be
freezing, and have set the 9th Of Nay.
On account Of the very large number
Of subscribers that they have 20 visit, we
notify U patrons that the carriers viii
hereafter commence their collections en-
Friday mornings, especially in Chelsea
and the suburbs.
The little girls of Linden stree
school complain tsst q brute, in shape Of
3 man, Is in the daily habit Of indecenJy
exposing his person around the school
house, and using al sorts Of filthy Ian
gusge to them. Can the pstrOlmen out
in that region not catch the dirty dog?
Col. J. 7. Pratt, formerly OF the
Evening Ledger, and 10 commercial
edi5Cr Of the s.. Louis Times, il in the
city, on his way home from New Or
leSns, whittier he has been with the s..
Louis Grain Delegation, He is looking
remarkably well, aud appeared pleased
to reVisiGtne s8e Of his earlier days.
The following is the surest and simp-
lest mode Of testing kerosene. Fill 9 CUP
Will hAAM WELELg NAE EELL Efrt aLuEG OF
which is to be brought TO 100 degrees
Fahrenheit pour the oil on the water
apply fame to TIE d1stiDR oil BY match
or otherwise. II the oil is unsafe 1t will
take fire, and its use in the lamp is dan
gerous, for it is liable to explode. But If
the Oil is safe snd good it will not take
FIRE.
&POlitics sre growing fast and furious
aAnnn tho 3 MAJ ard hr-fhnrG ~ that I
dasy cODgregate around the GrsenIaw
House sEd the low drinking S.
looms ia its neighbOrhOod. Thers were
less than six fights yesterday sftN
between Union and GsycsO streets.
Ia C OF them County Commissioner
Ed. Shaw vas engaged. He was ar
and carried before Squire Burke,
who imposed 3 small fine ca him.
Old man Strickland and his two
sous, s J. and George S ricklsnd, who
shot q Nr. DOdsOn SIX miles from S0Rer-
vile q couple Ct weeks sgC, an account
Of which wsA ia the Appeal, we're ex
sDiued bsfofAs RRgistrate 10 Souer-
vile & few days ago. The testimony CT
D0dsOn Vas taken at his house, his
wound being so severe that ne could not
appear 10 CoCrt. His statement wsa
pretty much the same as the fast
detailed by us. Tne evidence
IN Sehair o. 6he defendants vas beard by
ne Court On THURSDAY, eHd the case sub
without argument. Ehe Court
we're OF opinion thai tee evidences WIS
10 bold both the NceishSants t.
for the crime charged Ia tue
warrant, and fixed the bond Of the first
.lefsndaDt, foc his appearances a. the mex
Of the Circuit Court, 81 $4,000, and
n-~HmH 30 LTnTL W. --.-.---a
aays the Falcon, that the $4,000 bond was !
si7en st once, but George being unable
o obtain securities was cumRaiCGsG 30 TIE 1
,O0Diy jail 10 avail his trial.
Another If Judge HUateT's haze his .
.GTc0Ses was ssgvCdC On tbs police ysster J
lay, and another cass OF "cOntemptU I
the consequence. TIE Judge sue y
however, n taking Gu Of their
add turning lCose o. the cOmmu
lity a man named Jones accused Of a
,ery heavy robbery. Tue prisoner, Who
5 the cOusOrt OF the notorious Emma l
and another Of the same stripe {
Who is known 70 tas police, had robbed {
gentleman living IA the GUbuI bs Of nine Q
hundred dollars in gold, and after look
ng for the PsiC some time, Capt. Nc {
succeeded IN getting hold Of i
He Wished 70 hO.d On 20
i'm for q day or two in hopes Of get :
3 Clue 10 ths whereabouts OF q
us "pel," and so confined him In the 1
,econd District slstiOuhnUSe. AlaWyer :
anne down there yesterday morning and z
.sked to see him, but Cant. McMath not
leiug present the Sergeant refused to a. I
0W him to 90 80. he immediately went {
If, aud the Sergeant sHsf e5liug bis in :
entiOus had the prisoner removed TO the (
lppsr statiOnhOuse. Shortly after this l
lsd been done down came a writ Of ha- q
,eas corpus nom Hunter. Cap. McMsth
lsViDg come ia, Informed the officer
the prisoner was not in his charge
ny longer. This being reported
Jack to Hunter, be Immediately
ssued q bench warrant for the !
j~sptain's arrest. IL was served and he I
vas carried before Hunter, who made
i'm tell where the prisoner was. As 9
oon IS be did so the writ Of hsbeas cor G
us was served and the prisoner released. {
10 goes II. 8
The Ljttle Back G1zette ssys-speak- !
pg Of the Little EocE Railroad "The =
Dad 81 the other cad viii 5oon be COM. !
10 Forest City, leaving an inter-
TepiDg ggp which Il is no great Uudeftak- :
Dg 20 complete, from the last named
10 the proposed bridge. The con
70 AllB CITY anu oLa4e WHICH !
his work will AFFORD is inoslculable, not
o speak Of It's benefits ~hDaDci8lly and {
politically. At present tia STATE Is e. :
INST impeDetrable to immigrants or
travellers even. To the great world it Is .
u G~neEplored region, populated by ruff |
lass, who wear buckskiD, bristling /
)eardssnd bowie knives. It is 70 ard9d S.
mostly swamp or "slnK lands" DrOduo- :
i've chiefly Of mosquitoes, "feVer'n eyer"
md Clsyt0n's militia. We8rs happy ~ Z
it cOutsiDs cotton lands which yield
more per acre than the eaitiVstor cen .
and has never been infested with
he blight, worm, OK plaques to which !
bis crop in other States is liable :
That il bss neysT been visitei by 81 cpl
and is moi any mere than Indiana
y Tennessee suhjscs to the mslsdy SO
prevalent in al geW countries OF The
West, chills Gad feyeFs. That its iphsb-
tants are the most patient, ~Pesceab-e, :
~aw-ablding citizsns Ia the U uited States !
II America and desire above all tbtn6a :
, swelling iTfiIX Of worthy straDgere. ,