Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-10
CHILDREN's Erm!ne Furs at cost.
MENKEN BROS.
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.
Hebrew Fair Tonight.

Yesterday was rather warm and
cloudy.
There were 1866 bales of cotton sold
yesterday.
The Quorum Court did nothing of in
terest yesterday.
Concert by the Second Presbyterian
Church choir shortly.
The morning accommodation trains
came in crowded yesterday.
The Catholic Fair commences on the
I'D inst. Great preparations are being
made for it.
We understand that there is a move
ment on foot to get up a volunteer mill
tary company.
Mr.. James Flsherty has been designa-
ted by the QuOruI a Court as the underta-
ker to bury county paupers.
The last mum Der of the GGs-Light
Journal and ChelEtcdL Repertoire is at
hand, and is a very interesting one.
As an evidence of the prosperity Of
our city we point with pride to the new
buildings going up in every quarter.
The Editorial Rooms of the APPEAL
have been removed into the same building
with the business ofice-No. Is Jefferson
street.
CHARLES Lewis, who stole a coat from
Mr.. Loeb, was sent up yesterday by
Squire Elliott, in default of one thousand
dollars bail.
The cleaning of the Nieolson still
progresses-so we are told. Jefferson
street, from Main to Front, needs it
mighty badly
The amount of pensions paid in Ten
nessee to invalid soldiers last year is
was s94,644, and to soldiers widows S4l3,-
900, making a total of sos, 200.
-Shaefer, who settled his rent bill by
giving ms landlord a ball from a deringer
piston, was sent to the Criminal Court
yesterday under bonds of 5000.
As an emigrant train was proceeding
10 the landing on Union street, yesterday
afternoon, it was halted by a shar per. who
exacted Il obtained ten doIla rs from
each wagon as toll.
The thespian who climbed the back
gallery railing so clumsily a few nights
ago tried the experiment with better sue
cess last night. He didn't leave any por-
ton OF his trouserloons this time.
alderman Durf is OutFfor re-eIe, stion.
he has made a good representative tt his
ward, and we have no doubt that the peo-
pie ofthe Third will show a due ap pre-
citation of his services by re-electing him.
Mr.. stephen g. Dodge will lecture at
the Law Courtroom in the GreenIaw
Opera House, this friday evening, at
"a O'Clock, on the Present and Future OF
the South. Admission free.
"A certain gentleman connected with
the New Memphis Theater, observing a
newspaper man intently studying the
performance of tho Worrell sisters last
night, asked him what he thought OF it.
''Ihlnk? was the answer, why, l think
that If you had a few beer-ierkers here
you would give almost as decent a show
as Broom dOes!"
-Msjor. f. G.. Wall, of Mississippi, a
civil engineer of high repute and for many
years connected with the Mississippi Cen
tral Railroad, is about publishing from
the press of the Southwestern Publishing
Company "A Manual of Agriculture,"
especially adapted to the Southern States.
Professor Hilgard, of Oxford University,
endorses this work heartily and wishes it
cod speed"
Among the names mentioned in con-
nection with the Office of City Tax Collec-
tor, that of Mr.. Felix W. Robertson. a
gallant Confederate soldier, stands among
those at the head of the list. He is capa-
BILE and honest, has had experience in
financial matters, is popular with all
classes of his fellow-citizens, and has
justly the confidence of all. He is a gem
tleman who would c~reditably fill the DO
sitiOn.
On and after January, 1870, the single
rate of postage, half an ounce or under,
for prepaid letters between the United
States and the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, will be reduced to
six cents (threepence); if not prepaid or
insufhciently prepaid, a fine of six cents
(threepence) will be added to the def
cient postage and collected on delivery.
rates of postage, conditions OF pay
ment on newspapers; book packets and
samples of merchandise remain I'M
changed.
-Housekeepers appreciate good groce-
ries. They know how important it is to
buy the staples of life from a respectable
dealer. From such, for instance, as our
friend Lilly, at 351 Main street, near
Union, a place where wines, brandies,
WHISTLES, sugars, teas, %coffees, hours.
hams and bacon can always be had, in any
quantity and pure, unadulterated, sound,
sweet, and good. Mr.. Lilly has lust pur-
chased and received astock, that we know
can not be surpassed in this or any other
city. They are in neat, clean packages,
and are from first hands. HOusekeepers
will consult their interests by calling at
Lilly's.
The Little Rock Gazette of Saturday
says: "On Friday the steamer Utah ar
rived from below with 300 tons of iron for
the Fort Smith Road. About twelve miles
of the first section are graded, ready for
the ties. By the first of February, the en-
tire section will be ready for the ties; and
by the LIST of March il will be completed
and in running order. Eighty miles of
the road are now under contract, and
about 900 hands engaged in grading. Two
more boat loads of laborers left Memphis
Yesterday, which will increase the force
to 1000 men. This looks like practical
work has commenced in earnest on this
great work, the beginning of the thirty
fifth parallel road to the Pacific"
We scarcely deem 1t necessary to call
attention to the card of Ender's medicines.
Like Daniel Webster and Henry CLAY,
they speak for themselves. These medi-
cines, however, are things 10 which we
deem it our duty to call the attention of
our public. as they are really valuable
remedies. They consist of Enders'
'Chill Cure" Stomach Bitters,r ''Liver
Pills." and the Eureka Worm Candy"
These medicines are manufactured by DIR.
L. IL. Enders, Paducah, Kentucky, and
are for sale in this city by Wilkerson &
Blair and c.. G.. Ward & Co. We notice
numerous ''signs'' advertising the RENE
dies around town-some of them nearly
a hundred feet long and at least ten feet
broad.
Yesterday afternoon a meeting was
held at the office of Col. L. MeDavitt, on
Madison street. to consider the subject of
the proposed Union Depot of the variousl
railroads radiating from the city. The
meeting was called by Col. McDavitt,
Chairman of the committee appointed by
the directors of the Memphis and Ohio
Railroad, sometime since, to consider this
subject. Col. +. NJ. White, President of
the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad.
presided over the meeting. Col. Green