Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-08
c PARAGRAPHS.

The Little Rock Railroad stock is to
be sold to the highest bidder.
The new books for the city we're fin
ished and delivered yesterday.
We regret to learn that Mrs. E. Ma
gasi died in st. Louis on the 2Sth ult.
Col. l.. J. Dupre has been elected Sec
rotary of the Chamber of Commerce.
Judge Lee says he did not get any
I county warrants to make up his salary.
The city has cancelled over a million
and a half ofindebtedness in two years..
Col. Randolph was unanimously
elected City Attorney yesterday evening,
vice Col. Morgan resigned.
The Gcumenical Council commences
in Rome to-day, which is the festival OF
the Immaculate Conception.
Il. Folz and NJ. Smelling were fined
ten dollars each for interfering with an
officer in discharge of his duties.
The project of establishing a fire
alarm telegraph in this city is being dis
| cussed by the Board of Underwriters.
-Tardy justice was rendered the widow
of the late Capt. Reed, of the Fire Depart
ment, by the Board of Aldermen, yester-
day evening. They voted her $3.50.
Bob. McWade left for New York yes
terday evening at three O'Clock. It is
probable that he viii return in January to
play an engagement at the New Memphis.
He will always be welcome.
Just as we 60 to press, we learn with
regret that Capt. J. X. P. Pritchard died
at 2 o'clock am. after only a short illness
of inflammation of the stomach. We will
give notice of the funeral in tO-morrow's
paper.
About 10 o'clock last night the negro
chambermaid, Sophie, of the steamer
Mareella, jumped overheard, evidently
with the intention of committing suicide,
and was drowned. She had had some diff
ficulty with her husband, which had ap-
parently bereft her of her mind.
The Hebrew Fair was again well at
tended last night, and the room presented
a brilliant scene. We must again apollo
gize to the ladies' for seeming neglect,
pleading as excuse the press Ofother mat
ter. The attendance will, no doubt, in
crease nightly, and the receipts be abund-
antly equal to the expectations of the la
dies.
We are pleased to state that the revi-
val still continues at the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, and that the SER
vices are conducted by Rev. DIR. Melon
aid, a gentleman who has been unusually
successful in his efforts in behalf Of
church extension. Tint church is well at
tended nightly, and we hope will be so
long as the revival continues, and that
will, we know, be every night this week.
We learn by private advices that there
was a tremendous excitement in the re-
gion of Skull Bone, in this State. yester-
day. The circumstances are briefly, that
two desperate characters named Grant
and White, from the Skull Bone neigh
hood, night before last visited the place
of a widow named Hurd, to rob her lem
roost. While they were performing this
feat, her sol a youth of sixteen, hearing
the noise, arose and came TO the door. As
soon as he appeared they fired on him and
killed him. The whole n~eighberhoOd was
soon reused, and were pursuing the muir
derers all day yesterday. Up to a late
hour last night they had not been caught.
The SOiree ddHSdRtc TO be given by the
Confederate Relief Association tomorrow
night al the OveFton Hotel bids fair to be
the most brilliant thing of the sort given
in Memphis in man a day. The highest
praise is due to the Standing Committee
on Amusements for the n in which
the affair was conceived and has been
managed thus far. Ex-President Davis
has we understand signifed his accept
ance of the invitation to be present, and
ladies who are the recipients of cdrtes
should esteem them very highly. Messrs.
Robbins e Co., the proprietOrs of the
OvertOn, are straining every nerve to eX-
eel in this Jete any ever before given in
this magnificent establishment.