Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-20
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

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o'clock last night was false. I'D. 4r -
The thermometer stood at a29 in0the
shade yesterday. u8
There was nothing done in the great
cotton case yesterday.
ten. Forrest spoke at a railroad meet
ing at Gainesville, Alabama, yesterday.
Old Jim Cotton, arrested on charge OF
having set fire to Rotten Row, was yester-
day discharged. g.
Officer Beattie, of the Second District,
yesterday arrested Mattox, the negro wife
murderer, who has been so long wanted.
John Smith is in trouble again-this
time for walloping Mrs. John. His lodg-
ing was on the cold. cold ground last
night, in the First District Stationhouse.
"A number of lads we're arrested YES
terdaY by the Second district police for
going in bathing at the foot of Union
street, and making an indecent exposure
of their persons.
-POsey, an ignorant. drunken vaga-
bond OF q negro, is vigorously ~canvassing
Hell's HalfAcre, preparatory TO an
nouncing himself as a candidate for the
Legislature. al..
"A petition islreceiying numerous sig
natures among the negroes, praying the
Board of Aldermen to declare Hen's
Ildli-ENGit ~ nAliSMittt anu OEUtI It's dndi e
ment. over five hundred names have
already been attached to the lists.
We are informed that the so-caIied ex-
plOsion of a kerosene vapOr stove at Mrs.
SteeVeris, which we noted last SUNDAY,
was caused by the splitting Of some oil
which took nre. The reservoir did not
explode as reported to us.
DIR. Cavanaugh returned Yesterday
from the Hot Springs. He reports all the
Memphians there as doing Well. Among
them is Gen. Gordon Granger, who, by
the way, wasthe recipient of a grand pub
lie reception at Little Rock.
- Blessings come like angels in dis
guise.' hut not like Antoine Angel, who
disguised himself and stole a COW from a
citizen. for which angelic deed he was ar
rested Yesterday and committed to the
Tlcekup. He will be examined to-mor-
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John Young and Harry Walker,
TIVE very decently clad and respectable
young men, were arrested and confined
in the First District lookup Yesterday. on
charge Of being deserters from the United
States army.
Mr.. Specht, the well known confec-
toner. Yesterday presented Mrs. d. Levi,
President of the Ladies' Association, with
a most magnificent cake, in token of his
appreeiation~of her services daring the
late picnic fdS the orphans.
Butler was arrested for stealing
spoons yesterday, by Detective NcCune.
We don't mean the great strabisnic But
Ter, the eockeyed son of the Hub, but Bill
Butler, whdeEas so anxious to sec Judge
Hunternot long ago., and published a per-
sOnal TO that effect in the APPEAL.
The last number of the Police Gczette
has a long letter from Memphis. giving a
description of the shooting Of Veaude-
mont, and his subsequent marriage TO
Aline lie Favre. The account is illus
trated with a picture Of the death bed
marriage. which contains a portrait of
Father Kelly, which IS not at al fiattering
70 our friend.
On Monday-tO-morrOW-the Mem
phis Association Race Course win be
opened for h summer as a drive. The
opening viii be signaled by a trotting
match to harness, best three in five; mile
heats. for 500, PIP. The entries 50 far are
Jim COwan's z. mara@Peggy and W. W.
JackSOn's blk. h. ScreWdriver. Admis-
sion, fifty cents.
Judge Shaekleford, last nightion ma
ture deliberatiOn, concluded not TO de-
liver an address at the Greenlaw as in
tended, but at the request of numerous
leading citizens he has determined 70 pub
lish, in a day or two, his yiews-sa the
franchise question, and also on the ques-
ton of assembling :. constitutional con-
v%entiOn to take into consideration the
amendment Of the Constitution.
-Deteetives Hastings and Mceune ar
rested anegron man Yesterday for having
sobbed The stQre nj Sahmiedlapp, Mar
schuetz K CO., on-Friday night. Most of
the plumber, in fact all except some fifty
dollars in money, was recovered. The
robber states that he and a confederate
who is not yet arrestedJ gained admis-
sion by crawling thr0ugha window in the
back alley.
considerable excitement was caused
on the + OF Beale and Ctusey streets,
Yesterday evening about haIf-past six. by
the attempts of the police to arrest a
drunken One-legged negro, who had
snarched a pair Of shoes from n shop in the
neighborhoOd, and who, when halted By
the police, vigorously defended himself
with his cEutch and sick until Oyerpow-
cred, put in = drav and hauled 10 the
station, ..-r
Last night during the fire alarm, as
the Hook and Ladder came tearing
through Adams street. it struck the hind
wheel of a buggy v hieh was IS standing just
opposite Forests stables. The horse
took fright and dashed into the stable,
and in crossing tile sidewalk, knocked
down q gentleman, hruising him consid-
erablY, but doing nOfgFtherd damage. The
gentleman went into GastOn's. and after
washing his bruises went on his way
not much injured.
The negro horse thief. Geo. Hodges.
whose arrest by Constable George Hay
don a few days ago, and about whom We
had a paragraph Yesterday, met with a
bad end. after leaving SOmerVille. We
not learn the particulars, but We're
told Yesterday evening. that shortly be-
fore reaching Salisbury, on Tuesday last,
under charge Of the Sheriff of Hardeman
county, the party were surprised by a
band of armed and disguised men. who
took Hodges from custody and swung him
TO a tree on the roadside. -
The new bonds for the county Were
received yesterday. They were gotten mp
by the American Bank Note Company,
and of most elegant design, and finished
in the higheat styleOf the art, for which
hatCompanyhas become world renowned.
These bonds We're issued, under the au-
thority 0fan act passed by the Legislature
for the purpose of paving of or retiring
all the unfunded indebtedness Of the
county. They are all Of the denOmina-
ton of $1,000, and run for thirty years,
bearing interest at the rate ofsix percem.
per annum, payable semi-annually. 4
special tax IL assessed on ali the tdNaDle
property Of thei county TO provide means
for paving the interest on said bonds, and
to create a sinking fund 70 securethe ulti-
mate payment of the principal. 4
An accident happened on Jefferson
street, between Main and Second streets,
last evening. about halfpast eight, which,
but for the devotion and presence Of mind
of an old negro oma named Agnes Ven
able. might have proved a very serious
affair. About the time mentioned, a ne
gro man named Charlie Sneed, was driY-
ing a market wagon through tho streets.
There were, beside himself. two occupants
OF the wagon. the woman Agnes Nenable
and another named Polly, the fQrmeFhaY-
ing in her arms The infant of some lady (
name We could moi learn. When
about to turn into the alley below the
Senate 4 rein broke and the horse became
unmanageable and attempted toturn short
In so doing the wagon was upset
md the women spilled out. TRUE to the
womanly Instinct, the first thought Of
Agnes was the baby in her arms, and in
falling she so held il, that the little limo
rent was not only not injured, but was
scarcely walked up by the fall. The wo-