Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-29

"1ioAAouboIS ., - obtonu sLIoots
Yesterday vas another soOrcher. TIL
Thermometer stood at $50 at II m, AM
the barometer at 29.9.
Six card pictures for fifty cents. Pho
t~Ographs, 81 per dozen, at Armstrong
Gem Gallery, 2lI Main street.
"A large stock of second hand 7-octav.
pianos for rent or sale, al Ii. q. HOllen
berg's, Clay Building.
A splendid rain set in last night abou.
halt-past nine O'Clock, and o o eOoleC
the atmosphere OF several degrees.
There will be a meeting of citizen.
at the Chamber of Commerce this ever
ing, at four o'clock, TO talk over Chimes,
importation.
DR.. Snyder, who has been ~rRstieatinl
in Kentucky for some weeks, returned Il
the city yesterday, looking much i'm
proved in health.
H. @. Hollenberg has a fine assert.
ment of Chickering Pianos, the best and
cheapest frst-class piano in the world,
Sold on easy terms.
The Recorder disposed of seventeen
cases yesterday. One hundred and thirty
five dollars were assessed, and sixty dol.
trivial, the weather being too warm foI
crime.
We are indebted to the kind remem.
brsnce of Charles n. Erich, Esq, for files
of late European papers. We especially
thank him for copies Of the Li6eTte and
the ABlericGn Foreign Register, up to the
18th inst.
An explanation of the numerous dis
astrOus fires occurring North and East
Just now, was given by a drayman yester-
day, who said that the weather was so
: red hot that the houses jis' sot fire TO
themselves"
-Broom's Opera House, in spite of the
fearful heat, continues to be the grand
central place of resort for the masses, who
are entertained with a feast of reason
and a flow of soul" every night. The
bills are carefully selected, the casts good,
and the stage management superb. What
more can be wanted?
We congratulate our friend and
whilOm cOHJrere of the Ledger, Captain j.
Harvey Mathes, on the safe arrival at
home, yesterday evening, OF his daugh-
ter, Miss Mildred Overton Mathes, aged
well, when this meets the eye OF the gen.
sral reader, at breakfast, she will be about
eighteen hours old. May we live to dance
al her wedding!
The attention'of the reader Is directed
TO the card of G. NJ. Venable, who adver-
Uses lumber, laths, shingles, etc, made of
seasoned cypress. Nh. Nenable also an
nOunces that at his lumber yard, on Wolf
river, he has on hand a large lot oflogs,
and is prepared to fill orders for lumber of
any dimensions, on short notice. See the
advertisement.
The German Benevolent Society cele-
their sixteenth anniversary at
Park on the LIST proximO next
Monday. Few of our local societies are
As old and as well known as the German
Benevolent, and it embraces in its MEM
some of our very best citizens.
The tickets are only fifty cents, and we
guarantee that all who attend will find no
cause TO regret having done so.
An ex- detective informed us yester-
day evening that there were several East
srn thieves in the city. What in the
of peace they can find to bring them
10 Memphis Just now, is a mystery to US.
noticed also yesterday a weil-knOwn
Washington Treasury Office detective
sauntering down Main street, evidently
On the lay for something.
We have received a circular letter
J. c. McCabe, Secretary of the Iron
Mountain and Helena railroad, addressed
10 the voters Of Greene, C~raighead, Pom
sett, Cross and st. Francis counties, urg-
upon the voters to come up and sub
scribe 10 the road. 1t is a stirring appeal
10 the people, and will no doubt have
great weight in influencing the vote al the
election.
in front of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company's office, on Court Square,
new kindOt concrete pavement has been
laid down, which If it sustains the
of heat 10 which il is likely to be
subjected, promises To superSede stone as
well as brick. The patentee OF this con
,rete is very ssnguiue, and assures us be
AN put il dow at a cost not to exceed
lalf that paid for stone. Property hold
srs and others should examine this con-
We have been requested by the Her
lanQO Miss Press Of yesterday to pub
ish the fact that there will be a Lodge
If Sorrow held by jeremiah Lodge, No.
at jeremiah Hall, Horn Lake depot,
IN Thursday, before the second Saturday
n August next, Tor the purpose of erect
ny a monument over the grave of Past
and Past Grand Master q. w.
'erkins. An eulogy will be delivered by
+. i. Crisman, of Memphis. All
brethren in good standing are f%raternally
BY order of the lodge. James
4. Smith, Secretary.
The st. Louis Times of the 9th an
lounces that Captain s. =. Rassett, late
of the Cdpitdt Times, Montana.
lied recentlYEfrom the effect of wounds
'eceived during the war. Before the war
Bassett was foreman of the Mem
his APPEAL. During a portion of the
var he commanded a Confederate cavalry
company, and was the well-known "Ver-
tas y correspondent of this journal. In
S65 he went West and started the Times,
which be edited a year or two. His death
occurred at Springfield, Utah. He leaves
son to inherit an honorable name.
The sunsets for the past three or four
venings have been gorgeous beyond de-
criptiOn, and equaled any that we have
yer seen in any part ofthe world. An old
ailOr and traveller, who has wandered over
lmost every land and sea, once remarked
D the writer that " nowhere on earth had
o seen the sunsets of Memphis, Vicks-
urg and NRtcheZ equaled in beauty and
~rilliancy." The writer has seen the sun
o down in the b~yacinthine waves of the
aronic gulf" in the Mediterranean, and
ehind the Pyramids, but never attend
d to bis couch with more splendor than
esterday and day before.
The medical caution, tiBeware how
GU handle the straps in a street car" is
rOrth attention ;well-attested cases ofskin
isease, and of diseases most malignant.
aylng been traced to handling the straps |
gloves. Any abrasion of the
kin, no matter how slight, and you are
able; and there is even a question |
7hether ordinary absorption, especially |
n warm weather, is not equal to the in
with disease. Towels at hotels, |
e~staurants, and Mushrooms everywhere. |
hould be handled with equal Caution
very traveller should carry his own tow
Ia a. raltufnna1u M IL !
ooth-brush.
Last evening, as a poor blind old
man was being led home bv a
title negro lad, on Third street. near |
iarket, a white man(?) came along. and
ecause the unfortunate old creature did |
Ot get out of his way quick enough. or
jOstled against him, this
rute turned on him and knocked
ion down. We regret exceedingly
nat we cannot get the name of this
Owardly, contemplate specimen of hu-
in order to publish it 4 the
'orld, A man that would be guilty Of
AM act is totally devoid of honor,
and bravery, and should be
riyen out of every decent community.
The establishment of F. d. Barnum&
o. (old firm of POoley & Barnum), 265
lain street, corner West Court, is given
p 20 be decidedly one of the neatest,
andsomest and best arranged jewelry
ores in the city, and, indeed, we might
in the South. Fitted up originally
it'll great good taste, the present propri-
.Ors have lost no opportunity Of adding
its attractions. At present we learn
lat arrangements are being made to have
10 ceiling frescoed in the highest style of
odern art, and to have the front win
w altered so as to make q handsome APP
as a show window. The stock
jewelry, diamonds, ETC., of Messrs.
q &C is second to none in the
'uthern country, and we know of no ar
;le in the whole range of bVoateTIe, or
mental or useful, that cannot be OBJ
ined there.
Epe1aiRg Ledger corrects our item,
iblished yesterday morning, in regard
b 500 robbery of a citizen. IL seems