Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-16
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

st. Charles Saloon-sll drinks Is cts,
Several stormy washing days have
soured the tempers of Memphis wash
women.
There was q change of temperature OF
so Fair. between midnight and Z m.
Yesterday.
The justices being employed pretty
much all day in the County Court, we
have little or nothing to report from their
courts.
The trial of W. h. Watson, for the &C
cidentaI shooting OF a negro by the name
Of Walker, will commence to-day al
Brownsville.
Twenty six cases we're disposed Of by
the Recorder yesterday morning. One
hundred and five dollars were assessed,
and forty dollars collected in fines.
The story goes that a certain Obdu-
rate, cruel and altogether heather father
in this city. recently prevented an elope-
ment by bribing a certain hackman to let
him act in his place for the evening.
The law repeating the candidates oath
was passed the 18th Of November, 1869,
and was published in the newspapers des-
ignated to publish the laws officially. No
oath is therefore now required of candi-
dates.
The Emmett Guards give their first
annual ball and supper on Easter Mon
day evening at Cochran Hall. We &C
knowledge the receipt of an invitation 70
be present, and tender our thanks for the
same.
The most centrally located market is
that at No. 90 Jefferson street, lately
opened by Messrs. O~ppenheimer & HOch-
stadter ICharley Williams old stand,
where the best OF everything in the way
Of fresh meats, vegetables, poultry, etc,
car be found at all times.
A man named NJ. B. Thompson,
brakeman on the NJ. and /. R. R., while
coupling a train of cars near Brownsville,
night before last, stumbled and fell. The
train passed over his left leg and side,
~iniuring him very severely if not fatally.
He was brought TO this CITY yesterday af-
ternOOn and taken care of by his friends.
Fannie Willy, a negro woman, was
arrested yesterday on the complaint OF
Annie Gray, who accuses her OF having
robbed a man in her house of one hundre
dollars. Twenty-seyen dollars of the
stolen money was found on her person,
and information received that will prob
ably lead to the recovery OF the balance.
The interest excited in musical cir
cles by the introduction of the cele-
brated Bell Treble Piano (St. Louis Pr
ano Manufacturing Company, still con
tinues undated. The distinctive merits
Of this piano, are, the evenness of scale,
the singing quality so desirable in a pi-
anO,d ~elicacy of touch, power and quality
of tone, durability and general excellence
Of workmanship and the beauty of finish.
None should purchase without first see
ing these really celebrated Pianos. The
ware-rooms are at 264 Second street.
Mr.. Frank Lipscomb, of Canton, Miss,
left that place about the 10th OF February
-. oHHanI EunArwfG Com martial Ea1lann
in Cincinnati. He was heard Of in Mem
phis the following day, and it is feared he
took passage on the Emma No. 3, which
was lost with a large number Of passen-
gers about that time, as nothing has been
heard Of him since. Any person knowing
anything Of The young man Is requested
10 communicate with John Lipscomb,
Canton, Miss.
Attention is especially called to the
new advertisements Of Cans new store,
No. 29S Main street, opposite W. r. Moore
& Co. Mr.. Cans advertises linen towels, /
Marseilles quilts, hemstitcbed handker-
chiefs, French c~Orsets, lace shawls, per-
Gales, etc, at absolutely one-haif their
value. The bargains in lace shawls are
really wonderful, as any one may see by
inspecting the price list published else
where. Captain De Young, so well known
in the city dry goods trade, is still the
leading spirit at Cans, and invites his
friends 10 come and see him.
The text Of Commissioner Delano's
late circular to assessors is as follows:
at has heretofore been the practice OF
assessors 10 publish the annual list of as
easements made on the income returns Of
tax payers. Believing that this practice
Is not for the best interests of the Govern
ment, but that it is, in many respects, OBJ
i~ectionable and offensive, Idesire that In
Iutur il be discontinued. This, however,
will not prevent the public from inspect
ing lists, As heretofore, under the pro
visions of section 10, act July -, 1866"
"A stranger, whose name we need not
mention, and who was stopping at the
OvertOn, got on a drunk day before yes
terday and fell into the hands of the pO-
lice. who carried him 70 the Adams street
station and locked him up, taking from
his person quite a large sum of money be-
fore putting him In the cell. After de-
him for several hours, when the
effects of the liquor began 10 wear on, he
released snd told 10 go TO his hotel
and "sleep out" his drunk. For fear that
he would not do 80 if they gave it TO him,
the.pOlice detained his money. On releas-
him, intending to return it to him in
the morning. On going 20 the hotel, in
Of retiring directly 10 bed, he went
to the bar and got several drinks, which,
when he went TO pay Tor, he found him
self strapped" Being in that peculiar
semi-ObliviOus and confused state attend
upon long soaking" he forgot all
about leaving his money at the station,
and supposing that be had been robbed,
complaint TO the clerk or some
Dne in the Office, who asked his name,
and, upon hearing it, remarked that there /.
was a pOcketbOOk in the safe ~belougingto !
4 gentleman of that name, and handed il !
out. The tipsy individual was OveTjoyed !
Al finding his money, as he supposed, and
immediately left the house 70 continue !
his spree. BY some means il was discOv- {
cred, shortly after he was gone, that the s
pocketbOok claimed by him belonged 10
another bOarder of almost exactly the {
name, who was then in his room i'm {
bed. The clerk woke him up, and told 0
him of the mistake, and the police were !
Immediately set on the track of the partv
he was overhauled during the evening .
very drunk, and again conveyed TO the D
ockup. He was carried before the Re-
.order yesterday morning, and the affair
explained as we have told il, The ae- l
used has relatives in this city who stand
yery high, and proves an excellent char
The affair, therefore, must be
ooked on as a curious case Of forgetful- a
less. The coincidence in names and titles :
II the two parties-the accused and the
gentleman whose money he got-is also