Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-31
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mired OF all admirers.
-Mollie Merwin was carried before
Squire Black yesterday on charge of.
keeping a d~isorderiy house, and a
house of i'll fame.
We understand the track ON the
GAINESVILLE Road, at the scene of the
late accident, has been repaired, and
trains will run through regularly to-
day.
The question now being agitated
in Little Rock is "who is Governor of
Arkansas" From the looks of things
in Crittenden, we should say that Sa-
tan is.
Which of the dry goods stores on
Main street is losing the most money?
They are all selling their goods below
cost, if we may believe their adver-
tisements.
"A constitutional hummer begs US
in a short but pathetic and touching
communication, to inform him which
is the best lunch route in the city.
Will some of our readers answer?
Mr.. Smith, of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, who has been
absent North and West for some time
past, returned home and to duty yes
terday, looking much improved by
his trip.
The residents of the neighborhOOd
of the corner of Third and Madison
streets, complain bitterly of the con-
duct of Il flock of reprobate goats
which "rcar around and keep every
body awake every night.
"A gentleman yesterday told a
Hibernian friend of ours, who is plant
ing in Arkansas, that he intended
him a visit. "COme along, dO,' was
the hOspitable answer; "Tll give you
a warm welcOme-0S the DerH said TO
the larger"
Mortified, the anatomical rope
walkist," informs us that none of his
tickets were taken up on Wednesday
evening, and that any one holding n
ticket can call upon him at 367 Main
street, and get his money back.
Capt. McMath retired from the
police Just in Time" it is maliciously
whispered. We don't know how true
this is, but we do know that some
ugly documents were being fixed up
for somebody at headquarters.
You may insert" says an ex-
change, a thousand things in a news
paper, and never a word of apprOba-
ton from the readers, but just let a
paragraph slip in, even by accident, of
one or two lines not suited to their
taste, and you will be sur to hear
of it.
Another one Of the +" signers " of
that document turns out to be not a
signer. Mr.. j. p. Clapp called on US
Yesterday and authorized US to state
that he never saw the document, and
that his name was signed to it with
ont his will and consent.
George Prince Albert Fitz Ed
ward Sancta Maria Cesar Brown, the
I Niger barber who shattered Jack JEFF
fersOn with a pen knife, at the Pea
body Hotel, on Thursday, gave him.
self up to the Second district police
that evening, and will have a trial
this evening at four O'Clock.
A black thief with no conscience
stole DIR. Laski's meerschaum yester-
day. The detectives who were set to
hunt il up, found it in the hands of a
negro boy named Andy Malone dur
ing the day. The Doctor was so re-
jOiced to get his pipe that he let the
thief go.
Mr.. G.. 7. Boone brought TO our
| office yesterday a stalk of corn nine
feet high and bearing seven ears, all
well developed and filled. This is
/" some corn" and was raised two
miles from the city, on the Mississippi
and Tennessee Railroad. 1t is the
average of several acres.
There was a suit brought yester-
! day hef0re Squire Burke about a hog,
/ in which Jimmy Gallagher was at
( tOrney for the hog, ana John i. Har-
| ris was prosecutor. Jimmy went
in with his usual display Of learn
ing, rhetoric and barney, but Harris
completely vanquished him and won
the case.
The balloon continues 10 be q
great center of attraction with both
sexes and all ages. 1t took a strange
freak yesterday, however, a8d some
what frightened the inmates of the
basket, by dropping suddenly from the
height of a couple of hundred feet
down to a level with the top of the
Hardwick House, doing no damage,
however.
The local editors of Nashville
must be terribly hard up for news, to
be compelled to fill their columns day
after day with such absurd and nause-
ahgg attempts ut wit a the abOrtiOnal
puns to be found in the Locals Cor
ncr" of the Press and Times, and
Sidewalk Notes" of the Banner.
The subscription to the stock in
the State Line turnpike is being rap
idly taken up, cumberland that two
miles Of the new boulevard viii be
finished this fall, even if the subscrip-
ton list il not increased dollar. We
are glad to chronicle this rapid pro-
greSs, and hope that everybody inter
ested in this great improvement will
come forward and subscribe literally.
The implacable Bohemian" who
elects his .fdcetiR through the local col
umns of the Press and Times, sends
the following crashing outrage"
right into the face of a stupefied and
aWe-stricken public: A picnic was
winding up one evening by the girls
standing in a long row, While the
boys went along the line kissing them
2lI "goOd evening" 4 rosy checked
miss at the Farther end Of the line, not
liking this slow process, clapped her
hands as the idea occurred to her, and
shouted, so, boys! kiss the girls at
both endsi"
One of the most sGaisble picnics
Of the season came off yesterday, in
the vicinity of Whites Station. The
Brooks neighbOrhOOd turned Oat in
force, and only those who have at
tended one of their Gid-fashi0ned re-
unions, under the wide-spreading for
est trees, can realise the amount of
beauty and chivalPy which abounds
in that section. The good things OF
life were in p~rofusiOn. We are par
ticularly indebted to Mrs. Gates and
Mrs. Auer for many acts Of courtesy,
which will not o be forgotten.
When the next affair ofthe kind comes
on, may we be there to see.
We understand that Lawyer Hen,
ry was yesterday suspended from pfac-
tice by Judge Hudson, and his name
ordered TO be temporarily, at least,
stricken from the roll of members of
the bar. The Gfepse which caused
action was as foll9wsi Nj. Henry
was attorney for a negro accused of
some crime, and asked permission to
speak to his client alone. This was
oraufpd but instead of e~aDSultinu