Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-08
c PARAGRAPHS.


Advertise in the DAILY APPEAL.
The seasJn is opening.
Nothing of special importance
transPired in police circles yesterday.
The corner stone Of a new Episco-
pal Church was laid at Bolivar on
Monday.
Col. Lee Crandall, well known
in connection with the great Southern
Immigration scheme, was married on
the 3lst nit. TO Miss Giers, daughter OF
Col. J.. .Giers,O of NalhermOsa Springs.
The Board of Mayor and Alder
men held a meeting yesterday after
noon, but beyond reading the min
utes of three or four previous meet
ing5 no business was transacted. An
other meeting is called for this after
nGGn
Nov is the time for dry goods and
grocery merchants to advertise. The
season is upon Us and country dealers
are making their appearance. A well
displayed advertisement In the AP-
PEAL attracts their attention, and
they deal where it directs them.
David Carratti yesterday depOsed
before Justice Griffith that he
had been put in fear of his life by one
Sandy Mehan drawing q knife upon
him, and prayed a warrant Tor the
arrest of Sandy. The warrant was
issued, Service had, and Sandy faces
the music At 8 O'Clock this morning.
Mr.. Philip GarVin, who fell from
the window OF his residence ION Ala
bama street, near Poplar On Satur-
day night last and was severely
bruised, is now entirely out of danger
aud will be able to leave his room in
the course of a day or two. Mr.. Gar
win is an old and respected citizen.
and a large circle of friends will be
CHAD to hear that he is cOnvaleScent.
The Bolivar Bulletin comes to the
rescue in this cheering paragraph:
a. Memphis merchants expect Ia han
die, during the fiscal year ending next
August, Oger 800, 900 bales of cotton.
We hope they may. Old Hardeman
will do her best 10 assist them in fully
realizing their expectations, for ii is a
welFknOwn fact that Memphis j. the
best cotton market ia the Union"
A correspondent writing from
Bartlett's Station In regard 10 the
..rOus says: / have been in the north
edge of Shelby county, to-day, and
am happy to inform you that the corr
and cotton crops are fine, perhaps
never better. Crops here moderately
good. Particularly cotton; which is
bne for the soil. 1t is opening nicely.
Many have commenced picking. We
will get your greenbacks now soon,
The magnificent new hotel-the
Maxwell HOuse-recently completed
in Nashville by our fellOW-citiZen
Col. John OvertOn, j. to be opened
next Wednesday with u grand bali to
which the elite of the State is 10 be in
yitAd, and when we have little doubt
many among the most worthy OF our
people will be found. We hops 80.
The enterprise of Col. OveFtOn Is
worthy of all praise, and of the ear
nest efforts Of the people Of Nashville
10 sustain.
The famous abduction case OF
Cefeghino VS.. Hannah Rhodes came
up before Squire Willard Yesterday
morning and was dismissed. After
the young lady (the alleged abducted)
had returned to her fathers house,
after the trial, the old gentleman con-
cluded TO administer 10 her a little
wholesome discipline, and so be gave
her a lambasting with a brOOmstick.
Being a married woman she Stood
upOn her reserved rights and had the
old fellow arrested upon a peace war
rant. Taken before Justice Willard,
he was only released after executing
a bond in the sun of $1,000 to keep the /
peace.
Nose Parrish, who knows a thing
or two about the Old Father OF Wa
ters," suggests this remedy for the
caving 80 OF the levee opposite Ex-
change Building. He says: 1.-THE
waters of ths Mississippi are rapidly
~encrOaching upon the leVee at Mem
pbk. The way 10 stop it il to sink
distractions on the Arkansas side.
above the island known as the " Old
Hen" and thus throw the curreat
into Tennessee chute, on the east side
Of the island. Twelve years ago.
wren a good volume Of water passed
dowH the chute named above. he
cross current below tina island was
forced away from the levee and little
or no washing was done. As long a.
the Tennessee chute is filled up. lust
70 long will the bar form and increase
opposite the city, and as long as the
lar remains where It Is, lUsI 50 long
will the levee continue 10 Wash away.
A strong current through tennessee
chute would the removal Of
Hopeheld bar in less than six months.
Mans work must be done above the
island; the river will do the rest.
When the earth now washing away
WA deposited, the current of the river
was hrld of by the volume of water
that pOuied through Tennessee chute"
We Learn from the Nashville
Union and american that an import
ant case was decided in the Circuit
Court at Columbia the other day. 1t
was that of the Bank or Tenne see
against Lee, Galloway Fl at. The
defendants rendered new issue of tho
bank In payment of their indebted
ness TO that institution, and Judge
DOherty, from Huntingdon, held that
the State convention Of January,
1869, had by the schedule attached to
the amendments proposed to the
constitution, declared the issues Of the
bank after May, 1861, null and void,
an hat IL wa valid aud did not Inn
pr uBs obligations Of contracts.
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