Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-07
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

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Beautiful Archy Morgan Mare, for
sale cheap, by Joe ~Seligman.
The clerk of the weather was fixing
up a change yesterday.
Cleaning and Dyeing 10 perfection, at
Hollenberg's, 26z Second street.
six card pictures forfifty cents. Pho
tographs, 81 per dozen, at Armstrong;
Gem Gallery, al Main street.
The Recorder disposed of thirty-three
cases yesterday morning; assessed fines
to the amount OF Sl9S, and collected so.
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon Assoeia-
ton met here yesterday. Many Southern
colleges were represented.
w. E. Barnett and VIM. McDonough
were arrested yesterday for drawing
! knives on each other. The Recorder will
investigate the matter this morning.
"A philosopher says if you want a pair
of boots to last four years melt and mix
four ounces of mutton tallOw, apply while
warm, place the boots in a closet and 20
barefoot.
The thermometer stood at 7So at seven
O'Clock yesterday morning; by min
o'clock it had risen to So, and at loon,
notwithstanding the sky was overcast
with clouds, it had gone up to go Fair.
DO not fail to go to the Orphans Con-
| cert, at the Greenlaw Opera House, to-
night. The tickets are only fifty cents,
with no reserved seats. Street cars will
run regularly until after the concert.
Those present at the concert of the
orphans at the Oreenlaw Opera House last
evening, unite in describing it as a most
enjoyable and pleasant affair. The pro-
gramme is changed nightly.
We learn from a friend that Simon
Bolivar Beaumont is down in Mississippi,
1 nj FafaIrr -fnead -. aarfafn nartTau ehavo
that the late defeat of ths mOngrels and
fusionists in Shelby county was caused
by Barbour Lewis. Simon had quite as
much to do with it as Barbour, we i'm
agine.
"A letter was received yesterday by a
gentleman whose son is off at q down
East" boarding school, which eOmmunica-
ton contains the following mysterious
sentence, which he brought to US for
calculation. The letter writer says: at
is hot here, but please sen me my thick
pants-alsO avery soft cushion" Is there
a mystery of the "Squeers' type con-
csaled under thisapparent paradox?
Dan Grady drew a pistol yesterday
morning and threatened TO blow the top
of a darky's head Of-after trying to up
set a boat in which the said darkv and
two " colored 1emales'' were about to cross
the river in. A policeman was in the
! n~eighborhoOd, luckily, and carried Dan
/ to the lookup, where he was lined ten
dollars by the Recorder yesterday morn
ing.
In our notice of the Commencement
Exercises of the University Of Missis-
sippi. we. failed to mention that the two
gold medals for defamation by the So
phomOre Glass, were awarded to W. L.
Clapp, the son Of a distinguished lawyer
OF this city, and Sidney r. MoreIand, of
Homer, La. Rev. DR.. Lyon, of Columbus,
presented the medals to these successful
contestants.
The unfortunate gentleman, Mr.. J..
Oscar Bills, the photographer, who fell
from the fourth story window day before
Yesterday, was still alive at 10 O'Clock last
evening, but the surgeons said that he
could not survive through the night. He
is apparently suffering intensely, though
speechless and insensible. Death would
be a relief to him, thus ending his tor
lures.
John Griffin, a discharged soldier of
The U. s. A, was yesterday walking
| across the railroad bridge at Madison,
Ark, when he fell. He caught the tim
bers and was suspended for a time above
the water, but before assistance could be
rendered the poor fellows hold was
Ioosened n he went down to rise no
more. His discharge stated that he was
rom Halifax, Va. His carpet-sack was
lost in the river. He was evidently very
feeble.
Parents will notice from our adver-
tIsSug columns that Mr.. W. y. Mitchell,
formerly superintendent of City Schools,
has purchased the furniture, ETC., Of Mr..
A. j. Haile's school, and will a
summer session on Monday next. Prof.
Mitchell has for a long time ranked as a
gentleman OF learning, and has been for
wears at work in the educational field.
we commend Dis school to the attention
of parents and guardians.
Colonel Beecher learned by dispatch
from Jackson yesterday that the Supreme
Court had re-affirmed Judge Anderson's
decision in thesmatter of Greeley VS.. the
County Court of Shelby county, and had
declared the Office of Register Of Shelby
county vacant. This knocks George Gree
Iy's nose out of john terribly. The full
text of the decision, which WAS rendered
by Judge Hawkins, will reach the city to-
day and probably be published to-mor-
row. 1t occasions considerable hiiarity
in certain circles, and is q woeful disap-
pointment in others.
We are indebted to Mr.. Nick Etche-
Varne, proprietor of the French Garden,
for a most exquisite bouquet, of superb
dimensions and rare and costly flowers.
with one exception land that came from
his hands, il is the most magnificent thing
on the sort that we have seen in years.
Mr.. E-tchevsrne's garden is one of the
most delightful resorts around Memphis,
aud one of the quietest-tbe unfortunate
affair out there some time ago being the
only thing that ever happened there.
Bob Grindrod yesterday presented
Court Square with an addition to its live
stock, in the shape of a hold fashioned
h'English ARE, h,imported for the HEX
press h'Occssion-a regular h'Out and
h'outer, height times has big has the
blarsted h'American mammal called a
ARE, ye knob II is young yet, but will
no doubt prove to be all Bob says about
him. BY the way, Bob seems to have a
hard time getting hold of his share of the
funds netted by the great International
Picnic. He got out a warrant for the ar
rest of his partner in the affair yesterday,
before Squire Norton, charging him with
e-mbezzlement n perjury. The case will
be heard this morning.
Some days ago q claim of seventeen
dollars was left with one of Squire Nor
TOMS special deputies, named Thomas
Conway, for collection. Conway collected
the money, and when the party who
owned il called on him to receive it, he
was told that It was impossible to collect
the bill. but that he Conway could COM
promise it for eight dollars, if ne 1.-THE
ownerA would pay costs. This was agreed
to, and Conway paid over the eight dol
lars. less the costs. The affair came to
Squire NOrton's ears yesterday evening,
and he promptly discharged the special
D who was Immediately arrested
by detective Kelly, on charge of embez-
zlament, aud carried TO the station-h0use.
We suppose that the matter will be in
vestigaled this morning.
"A Washington letter-writer informs
as that on Saturday morning last all the
special assistant assessors employed to
assess the income taxes were discharged, \
son account of the virtual abolition of
the income AK by Congress-" He adds
that a number Of regular assistant as
ders have been given to reduce and reor-
gaDize the force throughout the country.
This is almost taking time by the fore
lock;,.' and, at all events, it il acting with
o~omnaendable promptitude to lessen the