Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-13
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.
Fires were quite comfortable all ds.
Yesterday.

is charged with murder.
A medical friend from North Missis-
sippi Teqnests US to announce that there
will be . State Convention of the physi-
clans OF NJ .ssissippi held at Jackson on
the 20.h met,
Samuel Gibbs, the negro who as
ssulied Margaret Graham, q white wo-
man. on Friday. was tried before Squire
Norton yesterday ~ fined FIVE dollars,
sud rut under q bond OF $500, to keep the
peace FOR six months.
-As will be sean elsewhere, the Ma
sonic fraternity have determined to gel up
a grand fair IN aid Of g Masonic temple,
to be erected In our city. II is to com
msuce Monday, May nth, aud to last q
week.
Another Radical Richmond ia In the
field. a Mr.. l.. B. HOrrigsn announces
in 8 card in the Post thst he intends TO
- go forU the nomiBatiOn Of Attorney
General Of the Criminal Court at the
convention next Saturday.
We we're panied TO learn Of the sud
den and severe illness of Mr.. C. P. Nor
ris, Vice President OF the First National
Bank, who, We understand, was at
lacked with 8 hsmOFrhsge Of tn
lungs about four o'clock yesterday after
noon.
The Oxford Falcon OF Saturday says:
"Capt. Tony presented US with an ele-
CANT bUquas OF lettuce and radishes. The
Fsdisaes were as lsrge ss q guinea egg,
VINO can beat this ?" Can't Capt. Tony
send some Of that lettuce and those rad
ishes up this way?
Harness thieves seem to be very
abundant and indetatlHsble around town
Just now. On Saturday night, the sta
bles Of f W. Irwin, near the fair ground,
and of J.. a. Waggener, were broken
into, and sets of harness stolen from
each.
The steamer Luminary brOughtd down
the second battalion of the TweBty-ifth
regiment q. 8 Iafantry, which passed
through this city yesterday, on their
way to Atlanta, Ga. Wonder what the
concentration of troops in that direction
means? Has Cuba anything 10 do With
it?
The pugnaeious negro females who
raised such n breezs on Causey street,
Friday afternoon, were carried before
squire Norton yesterday and fined two
dollars each, and costs. They were also
bound over to keep the peace for six
months, 10 the SUN OF five hundred dol
lars.
1t is proposed, We understand, TO give
the banquet and ball to Mr.. Johnson az
Prsbody Hotel, in order to let him have
= chance 10 try the merits Of both our
fac hotels. We doubt If Mr.. Johnson,
with ali the g-orgeousness Of the public
buildings st Washington ever saw a
hsndsomer dining o than that Of the
Peabody.
The number Of whites registered yes
terday, was 3 hundred and forty-eignt.
These, added to the first days regtstrs-
ton, make a total Of registered whites Of
four hundred ard forty-three. Three
hundred snd twenty eight negroes have
registered, so far. The total number,
black sad white, is seven hundred and
seventy-one.
The quarrel between the Hunter and
Shaw factions increases in bitterness.
Hunters first pamphlet not proving the
complete settler and general sms5her
that ne supposed it would, is girding up
his loins fJc = second brochure )rs vio-
lent than the first. Shss's answer to
the first ~WIlsppesr to-day or tomorrow.
We base received the card and cir.
GUAR Of Cabsll q Dsrrisy, agents for the
sale Of Southern lands, No. s Wall
street, New York. Their references are,
among q host Of Others, ChiefJ 1stiee
Chase, H0n. Robert ]. Walker, Hon
John Forsy the, Mobile, Ala, Hon A.
II G4rlsuJ, Little ROCK, and the Hon.
Edwin Il. wing.
The following conversation vas heard
at Aehie's yesterday First Hieernian-
HAa' 60, Jimmy%allagher's goin' to De
Judge o tbs ls' cOOrt 2" Second do
=. Mushs, la coOrt, indeed FTst 'ud
hs know o. he las ?' First Hiberstan-
1. Reigd, an It's 3 power he ought 10 kno'.
He's &@sR G6reakeR 'em all mis- nsLral
life.n
"A keeper Of a vs,ocipede rink was
waited Oh yesterday Oy the clerk OF the
Tx Collector on Privileges, and ln-
formed that q tax Of twenty dollars had
| teen assessed Oa each OF his v~elOciptdss,
As they came under the head OF Vedi-
c;es.U After the clerk had announced
| his mission, the velOCipede man told nim
TO ssk the collector If ne would q me
veL0oipecs8 ia part P1ytneHt Of thet01'
The culture OF broOm-cOEn Is attract
ing considerable attention among our
farmers this season. More OF Al will be
pIspted ia this region this spring than
ever before. IL is one Of the most profit
able crops that can Ce raised. Oae man
or e good strong negro wOmSn can cult
vate from fifteen to twenty acres OF IT,
/ and 1890 pouads per sore is aa average
| yield. This, 81 the ordinary rate OF ale
a ton, is a yield OF sizgy-tvo ana = Gal
dollars per acre, or rom SSOu 10 sIUOU
/ TO the hand. the crop is gathered py
July, and neV fSus "hsrs TIE seeu Is
good.
The Labor Union, published in Nash
viHs. by b. + &. Brooks, formerly Of the
A0rdrian, of this city, pa out heavy
in favor OF Judge Henry q. Smith, f)l
Judge of the Supreme Court from Wesi
/ Tennessee. La speaking OF his claims
mon the worsing classes, 1t says.
s. When fanaticism and sectional haired
was running riot, aud mechanics and Is
boring men we're being driven from
NemDhis. We remember to hSye seen
the form q Il. G Smith rise above the
iafuristed mob and tell pc leaders tina
ha was tbsse TO say 70 them that hs
cared not how humble the lsbOrer OF
mechanic was who came TO Memphls
Rbether from the North, S nth, East
West Europe, Asia or Africa, il he b'
honest aud industrious, he should stay
there unmOlestee.3
During the storm which prevailed
Saturday evening, the house and kitchen
of Mr.. sam Taylor, on Carolina street
were struck By lightning. The hous'
was not damaged much, but the kitchen
was torn up considerably. Mr.. Tsylo
ipforms Us Inst the lightning played, 3
it usually does, some strange freaks. L
was attracted to the house By 3 light
ming rod en- an adjoining building, whiel
il struck and played up and down one
or twice before it took q notion to LEAF
over to the house OF Mr.. Taylor. Tb'
room in the house into which the hliC
first leaped was occupied by Mr.. Taylor
mother-in-law and his little child. Tn,
lady was stunned, but not Knocked
down, end the little one was thrown t
the fi5or, bus not seriously injured. Tn
~s-rspgest part Of tue freak, however, ws
Ia lis pssssge down the side OF To
kitchen, A large snd savage dog wa
tied to one Of the pillars on which tn
kitchen stood, and the fluid passed dow
the pillar, shattering it, but not iDldrinI
the dog in the slightest
New lot Silk Dress Buttons, Silk Frlne
and colored Satins, st NJ Kraus q CO.
2lS Msin street, corner of Adams.