Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-26

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needed, and the parties going into the
Du mess do not. therefore, need great
" 'rehouses n cellars to store it in. The
al v calculation is a close one,b but s. per
ton would be the outside cost.
The detective force spoiled a right
nice little item for us, night before last
by arresting a couple of gay and festive
Burglars who were just getting ready TO
8 crack " an establishment in which there
were concealed several OF the Metropoli-
tan Police, armed and equipped, and
ready for the fray. About shutdown yes
terday evening, the police got wind that
an attempt would be made to " crack " a
certain place of business, and Immediate
ly laid their plans to catch the eracksmen.
The detective force got the same infor-
nation, thOTugh a different channel,
and some hours previously, and they,
too, fixed things to nab them, without
letting the police know of the affair.
Twelve O'Clock was set for the job. but it
was delayed a little, and while the police
were waiting patiently for the intended
sport, the detectives, thinking that the
burglars had given up their purpose,
made a descent on them at their rendez-
yousy and captured two of the party-a
third making his escape. The names Of
the two prisoners are Andrew McGohn
and John Collins, and they will have a
hearing before Squire Herman this morn
ing at nine o'clock.
The clergyman of Yankee persuasion
one James Lyon, of whom we spoke a
day or two ago, was carried before Squire
Norton yesterday, charged with abduct-
ing a little cOlOred boy from the negro
Orphan Asylum, and sent up to the Grim
inal COurt under a bond Of $1,000. The
evidence dduce went to show thu most
outrageous n impudent proceedings on
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was made by Mrs. PrOuditt, the matrOn
in charge of the Asylum, under appoint
ment of the Board of Trustees. While
Mrs. Proudftt was attending to her du-
ties, this individual, the Rev. James
Lyon, presented himself and demanded
charge. Mrs. PrOudtitt had received no
notice to quit, and On asking the " Rev
erend " by what authority he made the
demand, b was informed that he had
been lRUited to take charge by Mrs. -,
mentioning the name of the wife Of a
merchant doing business in Howard
Row. This lady not being a director in
the concern, Mrs. PrOudhtt refused to
give up her place, and Lyon deliberately
locked up the provisions. ETC., and put the
keys in his pocket. The little boy that he
abducted had been given to the matr0n
by his father to raise, and Lyon thinking
that he was a likely child, and seeing that
AI hAAC INV - Adk0 care VI LLLlt chill
dren, offered him money "a hve-cent
nickel, which he afterward took away. to
go away with him. The child was tolled
of in this manner, and as soon as he was
in his power Lyon took charge of him.
Mrs. Prouddtt got out a warrant with the
result detailed above.
The cry against scarlet hose and
mauve shirts Is not a false alarm: and il
is to be presumed that the gentlemen
who have been advertising for informa-
ton from all persons who have suffered
from wearing cOlOred socks, or other col
Ored surface clothing" have good reasons
for prosecuting their inquiries. OF the
poisonous character of some of the dyes
used for these articles, there can be no
donbt. a French chemist has been in
vestigating the point. and has brought
the subject before the Paris Academy of
Sciences. Picture to yourself a grave as
sembly engrossed with a discussion upon
los 6ds de sole rouge! B~lue-stOckings in
solemn session upon red stOckingsi The
doctor, Prof. Tardieu, had been consulted
by a young man whose feet were inhamed
and liberated from the wearing Of red
socks; and, at about the same time, some
other case came before him of ike evils,
evidently traceable to q ike cause. So
he took his patients ckausseHes, and ex-
traeted thec olOring matter from them by
chemical treatment. Then he injected
small quantities of it hsneath the thigh
skins of a frog, a rabbit and a dog. All
the animals died with poisonous symD-
toms; the frog in four hours, the dog in
thirty-six, and the rabbit on the third
day after the experiment. Next he pro-
cured some of the original dye, known,
from its beautiful tint, a. 00BaIIiue, and
made similar trials with the same results.
A colleague actually succeeded in dyeiug
a skein of silk with the matter ro-ex-
tracted from the lungs and liver of one Of
the poisoned subjects. COralline is a near
relative of aniline, the blue and violet
dyes which are stated, by an able chemist,
to be dangerously contaminated with
arsenic. It is a -treacherOus family alto
gether, and we must be eharY of allowing
u connection with It to become too in
innate,
An old cOuntryman named Richmond
went into the bogus jewelry, Peter Funk
lottery concern on Front row, near Nadi-
son street, yesterday, to take q loak at
the glittering array of brass watches and
glass diamonds While he was feasting
his eyes, the proprietor, one of Ehe Smith
family, bucked up to him, and in his usual
horld and persuasive style, explained to
old greeny the manner in which his mu-
al-benent-patent-back-actiOn gift con-
Germ was managed. and invited him to try
his luck, assuring him, meanwhile, that
by payment of $50 the highest cash Prize
a gold chEOnOmeter watch studded with
real diamonds, a gold chain, and a dia-
mOnd pin worth a thousand dollars
would certainly he secured to him.
GreepY's eyes opened till they almost
popped out, and as soon as his hands,
trembling with eagerpess, could Open his
wallet he laid three Ks on the counter.
But when he came to draw" luck was
agin' him, and 'f one plain gold ring" was
the prize-instead Of the elegant lot of
jewely' promised. MI, Smith really
could not understand It; the combination
must be wrong; he never made a mistake
before, etc, etc: but what was done could
not be undOne, and the only way for Mr.,
Richmond to repair his ill-luck was fur
him to put down another S3d, and try it
ever ass1n. The old fellow agreed, laid
his money down, and again drew " one
plain gold ring Mr.. Smith recommended
his protestatiOns, and urged old greeny to
try it again. but greenY was a wiser If not
a better man. He thought he sulelt mice,
and hurrying out on the sidewalk, hunted
up a policeman, to whom he related his
story. The Mp. proceeded to Mr.. Smiths
establishment, and informed its enterpris-
ing proprietor that he might consider hia-
self under arrest, shut up sk1P, ani paw q
visit with him ID the H0teJ de CGpifGiRe
On Adams street. Peter funk
Wtlted, n wanted to disg0Fge; bug the
was inexOrabie, and he had to march
down To the aforesaid clearinghouse, and
deposit one hundred dollars forfeit, or two
charges, viz: Keeping a gambling
house, {" and '~swinding." The case comes
up before Squire Herman this morning.
FURsi FURsi!-The largest stock Of La
Dress Furs in the South, at Francis
co Il Virgins, 307 Main street.