Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-11
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

INT hthhhloit CptiA AioApS HIS Hut
yet arrived.
Capt. Dan Able, of st. Louis. and
Sam G.. BuffaIoe, Of Grenada, are at the
Peabody.
VIII the contractor never get through
with the repairs to the Nieolson at the
corner of Main and Onion streets?
The usual agglomeration of minor Of
lenses were dOcketed at the First District
station yesterday.
Fifteen dollars was the sum total Of
the fines collected at the Second District
station yesterday.
-Sixty-fve dollars in fines were taken
at the First District Station yesterday
morning.
The picnic for the relief Of the steam
boatmen's widows and orphans fund
takes place on Monday next, at James
Park.
We learn that the Comptroller has ef-
fected a farther loan of twenty-five thou-
~sandsIOllars from Col. jefferson, the cot
ton buyer. at very advantageous terms.
Mr.. Piper viii add a Y to the city's IL
nances this morning for hitching his horse
to a shade tree and o~bstrueting the side
walk. \ good idea. .
The committees OF the various Ma
sonic lodges have held 4 meeting and
GEAEEI ALAlfEAAN1 ~ "a ? N1N 80 @
grand picnic, the ike of which has not
come off this year.
A team OF horses went tearing down
Second street yesterday afternoon, fetch
ing up. luckily, without damage 10 life or
limb of the numerous pedestrians on
hat t~horoughfare, in keck's stable.
The carrieEs of the Appeal beg rs TO
remind their Patrons that in consequence
of the size Of their routes, they have to
commence collecting their weeklyquarter
to-day. Please have it ready for them.
A green scum is mantIiug the ponds
and stagnant cutters at both ends OftOwn.
Each pool left to stand &3that way is a
Pandora's hOx of fevers, ohills, conges-
tons, etc. The city fathers ought to take
some action in the premises.
Theirs will lie a rafting aua0ng the
dry bones" when the report of the Grand
Jury nOw in session is given TO the pablie.
III it does not prove n of the greatest
local sensations ever experienced bv this
community, we shall lose our guess.
Raleigh Springs are now open for Wis
itors. The first grand hop Of the season
was given last night, and numbers Of our
citizens went out thither. We under
stand that it is the Intention of the pro-
prietOrs to give a dance every Thursday
night during the season.
III i1tilkS 20 NbI EbDh llitlAtt u. IAfps
Hoerner-whO amid the gaiety of the
French capital, still finds time TO think Of
the APPEAL and forward Us The latest
Paris papers,. His friends here. and ne
has a host of them, will be glad TO learn
that he is enjoying himself.
The attention of the Sanitary Police
would do well to take a look under the
old frame building on the alley running
from Main to Second street, between
49, t. hnwa NJ, - a
dozen dead cats floating in the pool Of
stagnaHt water there collected, stink is
no indication.
Mr.. W. II. Wilson, of the famed drug
establishment Of Edward Wilder Il Co.,
Louisville. is in the city looking after the
widespread interests of his house. The
reputation of Niider's popular remedies
alone would be worth a fortune to a firm.
Mr.. W has rooms at the Peabody.
@Thc Sheriff, acting for Messrs- Bruce.
& COrmade a raid on the velOcipede rink
on A%ams street, between Second and
Third tnd captured 9 whole drove of the
feedless horses. The +" fiery Unframed
steeds" viii poObabiv revert to Mr..
Bruce, the builder.
-Appleton's Illustrated fur june 18th
.(number eIeVen) is at hand. Lit contains
a continuation of Mrs. ELEPHANTS new
novel. The Three Brothers," printed
from advance sheets purchased Ofthe En-
glishpublishers. and which appears stimuli.
t~aneousIy in this journal and in 81. Pants
MGgdziae, London.
There is a marked change in the tone
of the negro politicians who loaf around
the Greenlaw building and the magis-
trates' offices. A few days 2 numbers
of them were loud for Stokes, but yester-
day not a word was heard from them.
The hop over of the Nashville Press
and Times viii change the course of vast
numbers in Middle Tennessee.
We are indebted to the officers FOR an
invitation to attend the commencement
exercises of the Virginia Military Insti-
tute, to take place July Cd. Accompany
ing the above was an invitation TO be
present at a ball to be given to the gradu-
ating class by the corps of cadets, for
which the Committee VIII please accept
our thanks.
The traveller from Memphis TO Nash
vile will fnd the sleeping cars of the
Northwestern Railroad the most agreea-
BILE mode of travel. ROomy, clean and
well attended to, we recommend them to
all having occasion to visit the State capt.
tai. The conductors are gentlemen, polite
and attentive.
About two O'Clock Yesterday morning,
4 fire broke out in the cotton she'd on
Monroe street, east of DeSOtO, the pro-
perty of Capt. r. d. Rambaut. Day &
Proudft, cotton brokers, lost some 2+5
bales of cotton, but we're insured to rs full
value. Capt. RS loss will be about $1,000. !
on which there was no insurance. Sup
posed incendiarism. ~
The Commencement exercises of the
Memphis Female Seminary, 100 MADISON
street, took place last evening at s aeloek, I
This school, under the charge Of Mrs. /
Annie Halle as Principal, assistedby Pro-
fessors Rhett, Whitman and Seifeft, N
Miss MeKain, is. now of the best con-
and most 1louriefing i'm theueity.
1t now numbers one hundred and five pu-
pills, ofwhieh forty are mthe Senior, thir-
in the Junior, and thirty in the I
Primary departments.
Al the close OF the regular business of
a meeting of K~ilwinning Lodge, last 2
evening, quite ap interesting and mex i.
pected ceremony. at least to the majority
present, took plaee-the presentation Of a
veay handsome Bible to the Lodge, from
John Gent, through A.E. Frankland Mr..
FARMLAND made quite an interesting adj
dress to the Lodge, which was responded J
in q few brief and appropriate words of