Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-03
cLY-FAKlRs.
Do Thieves Hibernate During the
Hot Months
The Question Calmly Considered.

- NAA88h hAAS SEA ANN1 ~ !
Hot Months
The Question Calmly Considered.
The temperance, with the first of
the autumn breezes, OF sundry suS-
piciOus looking gentry upon our
streets, naturally provokes the inquiry,
s. Where do they 20 in summer
timer" Do they reverse the order OF
nature that bears follow and suck
their paws in solitary retreats during
the hot months? or. do they, like
other professional gentlemen, take
their comfort at the springs, the sea
beach, or Niagara, ignoring the while
all business in their line? 1t seems
improbable that this latter be the case;
how could the praeticed "gOnoff,"
no matter how elegantly got up his
rig or how many reasons he have for
keeping his sticky fingers in his own
pockets, how could he let a "flat"
with Al fat poke" pass in a crush at
a w~atering-pIace without dipping for
it? 1t is prepo5terous, at first sight,
but 1t IL Il tact well known TO criminal
judges throughout the country that
summer brings a lull, an ebb in the
wave OF this species of crime. De-
tective5, too, will tell you, any time
during July and August, that "busi-
ness is dull-nOthing doing" But as
the mornings grow cooler by degrees,
as the nights lengthen out, as other
business pursuits gather life from the
bracing atmosphere that foretells the |
coming winter, so do the ~safe-blOwers,
] tho Ian ~rlarr H.. .nlnA1n,,c ,o- A. |
sneaks, arouse from their lethargy and
pour forth from their mysterious sum-
mer hauntS, to commence the practice
OF their professions. The same acute
thief-catcher who deplOred a month
ago the lack of business" now rubs
his hands cOmplacently and remarks
that 1.-The boys are coming out"
and seems TO rejoice that his
prospects of more than two hours
sleep in twenty-fOur are RAPIDLY
growing slim by degrees and
astOnishingly less. But his knowl-
edge, vast as it is as regards the
boys" does not extend far enough
to enable him to say with accuracy
where they have hid theirlight during
the reign of the dog star. Hle will tell
you that they have kept shady"
Z" been out of sight" "dOn't do much
when it's so hot" but where the um-
brageous foliage under which they
have reclined Is lOcated he fails to
state.
Anyhow, the advance guard of the
- boys" are with us already, GUdunf
cOUTicTS of The "mob" in their
wake, and though it is hard to tell
where they have been for two months
past, it is not difficult to forecast their
destination should they be so awk-
ward as to place themselves within
reach of the criminal law, as of late
administered. Meantime, keep a look
out for them.
H. WADE d Co., 2g7 Main street,
two doors north of the Peabody HO-
tel, are extensive wholesale and retail
dealers in School Books, Sabbath
School Books, Law and Medical and
Miscellaneous Books generally. They
are large dealers, also, in Blank Books,
Writing Papers and Envelopes.
LAGRANGE TENN FEMALE COL
ELEGE has connected with it a first
class boarding house, which is con-
Quoted by Mrs. j. q. Sneed and Mrs.
V. NJ. P~eticOlaS. They will use every
effort to make the young ladies who
are committed to their charge conf
Portable.
JOE LOCKE, 1851 Main street, has
Die MOdenwelt, Leslie's, DemOrest,
Peterson, Godey's Lady's Magazine,
Harper. Galaxy, Lippincott, New Ec-
lectic Tor September, besides a host of
other sporting, phunny, rural, lite
rary, police, scientific, Irish, German
and French weeklieS, Chicago, st.
Louis, Louisville, Nashville and New
York dailies, stationery, etc, etc.
a PosTOFFIcE WANTED.-The at
tention of Col. Markland is called to
fact that in the triangular section of
country lying between Purdy, COrinth
and Hamburger, in this State, there
are no postal facilities whereby the
residents can be insured regular de-
livery of mails; the consequence is
they are denied any Of the benefits of {
the daily or weekly press, and save I
when they journey [ one or the other :
places named are without any letter !
service. Before the war they had
postOtfices in abundance, and were as /
regularly benefited by postal COM /
m~unication as the people of any !
other part of the Union. We see no 1
just reason why this should not be the :
case now. In the hope that something !
will be done to bring 1t about we d. !
rect the attention of Col. Markland, |
suggesting at the same time that q |
p~OstOffice be established at Castle !
Oerry's,a point centrally located in :
the territory marked out about above. \
Either Mr. Castleberry or his daughter \
could fill the position of Postmaster y
PoStmistress successfully, and to y
the satisfaction of the people. We }
hope and urge that steps be at once =
taken TO establish direct communion Z
ton with the people of the section :
indicated The interests Of press as +
well rs people demand it. L
THE best stock of staple and fancy ,
stationery, at very low price, at Young :
X Brother, 248 Main street. :
THERE will be a meeting Ofthe1 18th I
Regiment Relief Society this '
evening at 8 o'clock, at the office of y
MesSrs. J. VI. Patrick Go, 254 Front y
street. a full attendance Is desired. y
BY command of the President. =
FRED G.. GUTHERZ, Secretary.
-S-
j. D. VERsER.-The attention of
1ur readers is called 10 the card of Mr..
He is extensively known as r
Z prompt and reliable business man, 7
thoroughly versed in our great South T
arn staple, and already enjoys a very T
share of patronage. Customers V
ordering bagging, ties or supplies of =
my kind will have their orders filed y
satisfactorily. :
ALABAMA CoTrON,-The first bale c,
IF cotton from North Alabama came J
II yesterday, consigned to Price Il "
This firm is daily extending A
IS correspondence, and d~eservedly :,