Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-27
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

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making a religious ensus of the city.
Tho registration in round numbers
stands: white 1850, and blacks CO.'S.
Keno, in all its pristine glory, luxuri-
ates in its Olden haunts throughout the
city.
The alarm of fire last evening was
caused by the bursting of a kerosene lamp
on Poplar street.
The kerosene lamp in front of Smiths
drug store exploded last evening, and
quite a blaz& was the consequence. No
damage doneS.
The case of Tool, Phillips e Co. VS..
John League comes up in the Supreme
Court again to-day. 1t occupied the
Court yesterday.
The Second District police station was
as near a failure yesterday as ANYTHING
could be that is presided over by the wide
awake officers in charge down there.
For the twenty-four hours ending last
night at ten o'clock, only a " bakers
dozen " of trivial cases were docketed at
the Second District police station.
-Eleetioneering was progressing fast
and furiOusly yesterday around the Coun-
ty Courtroom and Registrars office
mostly among the darkies, however.
=" DOM muffin, only playin' wild mud
uci GNilltu man. tOSL q vicious udTkN Il
rap on the head from a pOliceman's club
yesterday, at the picnic grounds. He
seeks redress at the bar of Justice, as
though he had not already received il.
There was a large and very enthusi-
astic Democratic meeting at the Exchange
building last evening. Speeches were
made by many prominent politicians and
members of the party, and the First Ward
was pledged for the Democratic ticket.
This is just what we expected from the
known devotion to principle that has al
ways characterized our Irish fellow-citi-
zens of that and other Wards in the city.
There was a wild rumor on the streets
yesterday morning and night before last
10 the effect that a white man had been
found dead hanging to a tree on the old
Dickens place, three miles northeast of
Raleigh. We endeavOred to trace the ru-
NOR to its source, but could find no foun-
datiOn for it. Coroner Samelson went out
to Raleigh on hearing it, but was also un-
able to find either the body or anybody
who had seen it.
The Board of County Commissioners
yesterday passed, by an unanimous vote,
a bill apprOpriating $500 toward the aid of
the Church Orphans Home, under the
charge of Mrs. J.. McCOmbs. The or
phans, it seems, are in luck. Miss Katie
Chalmers, the little daughter of the Gen
eral, lately gave a splendid silk quilt to
the Asylum, which was ratified for 500. |
Mr.. Cubbins that he will have
their building done.
The June number of the Nclc Eclectic |
tthe Land We Lore comes to us embel-
ished with a handsome steel portrait of
Geo. Peabody, the great philanthropist.
1t also contains a sketch of his life. a ro-
nance OF Berthold Anerbach, a reply to
Prof. HuXly's lecture" the physical basis |
NJ tJe," an article on the woman question. |
besides various other interesting articles.
This number closes the fourth volume.
Officer Kelly of the Second District
had his attention directed to a negro who
was running rapidly down Gayoso street
yesterday, by another negro who told him
that the fugitive had some stolen silver
ware in his possession, and was making
off with it. He Immediately gave chase, |
and the darby finding himself holly pur-
sued dropped the bundle to save himself.
When Kelly came up to it he found that
the package consisted of silver ware-gob-
let's, cups, etc., to the value of abont a
hundred dollars, the property of VI. Null
10y, Esq, the banker, to whom ii was re-
"A friend sends US a copy of a late
Berlin (Prussia) paper, with a paragraph
aANA - " III W ~ = . Il
= In no year has the tide of emigration
been so large or continuous as during the
present spring, and more especially the
week. On the evening of March 30th.
fifteen hundred people were entered from
he Pottsdam depot for Bremen, and the
evening two thousand more were
forwarded. The majority of these are
rom the rural districts of the Prussian
provinces" The same p tells us that
he Polish population of Posen Ga prov
nee of Prussia) seem to wish to move to |
his country en- masSe, and that trains
AVE recently left IpOwracklaw, EXin,
Nallstein and Schildberg. and others are
bout to start. The Prayer AbeRd6Idh
ays that Russia has immigration agents
N the ground trying to induce these dis
Poles TO moVeto that country.
They are paid so many rubles a head by
he government for every immigrant thai
hey bring to Russia, an extra premium
given to those who secure the most
antilles. Here is a hint for cur Southern
to act upon, and our word for it, ifI
he plan is adopted, and the right sort of
men sent thither, we will soon have i'm
Migrants enough coming to US from those
There are in Prussia nearly ten /.
of Poles, and other nationalities
lot speaking German, fully One-half of
yhom would cave the country if they
Oqld, as the antipathy which exists be-
the races is one that il is almost
impossible for one who has not been
mong them to understand.
1t will be remembered that on or
bout the Goth of March the APPEAL pub
shed an account of a most horrible trip
lie murder, perpetrated on the steamer
,elle Memphis, at Watson's Landing, by
hree men named Dsrnell, who killed two
named Lane and their brother
1-law c. p. Edwards. We were inform
] afterwards that the Darnells were still
the n~eighborhood of the murder, and
efied the officers of the law. On the 18th 4
the citizens of ~Tiptonville addressed Z
communication to Gov. Senter, detail )
lg the facts of the murder, and stating
that III Indictment had been found
gainst said parties by the grand jury of
bion county; that said parties have fed
Missouri, and we are of opinion that \
ley cannot be brought to justice save
v the agency of the detective police;
they have considerable property
hieh is being transferred by third par 4
es; and we fear that delay in action will
} fatal to Justice in this case. We there
re desire your Excellencyto act prompt d
- With this document was another, n,
gned by Japt. John Crane, Mr.. Billy
clerk, II. Matoon, pilot, and in
Hall, pilot, of the Belle Memphis, =
wing a detailed statement of the muir
II, which is the same as that published @
: the APPEAL at the time-we having
,tained our statement from Mr.. Blenker.
DIV. Senter acted on the documents inn 4