Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-12
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LOCAL NEWS.

w, Z. MitchelI's school, sos Third st
Look at Joe W. Sails advertisement
'fOr sale"
-Cleanthe Grove No. s, q. A. o. d.
meets this evening at ~ O'Clock.
-Pittsburg coal in any quantity can b
hsd of J. J.. McCardy, at 247 Second street
The county tax lists for tbs coming
wear are in q forward state Of preparation
We thank the President of the Char
lesion railroad for q copy OF his snnua
report.
Louisville sdvertises in all the news
papers OF Tennessee published north o.
Memphis.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment headed Congregation Beth r.
Emeth" on the first page.
There wss q visible.tAlling of In the
consumption Of beer at the heSd OF Pop
lar street yesterday afternoon.
The agreeable weather yesterday
morning had the effect Of filling all the
churches with devout WOrshippers.
DE Bows Monthly ReUieto for August
reached US yesterday. It is a good num-
Der and ought 70 b read by commercial
men.
The elevator Of the Maxwell house,
unlike those in hotels, don't start and
end in the bar room. Nashville is very
proud Of its elevator.
The delegates 70 the GubernRtorial
Convention left in great numbers yester-
day. The last of them are to 90 OF on
the early train this morning.
We are happy TO be able to say that
Mrs. Barbour, severely injured one day
last week by being thrown out of her
buggy, is rapidly recovering.
rs.s W 7 na-rhf11 waTT EnCwn a.,
Forests cavalry, died last week. His leg
was crushed by a moving car, and after q
weeks suffering he was no more. A better
soldier never led 3 charge.
Duncan MscLean's ssloon-the Bay
Horse, corner Of Monroe and Second
strests-is the place to go for 'alf-and-'alf,
ale, porter, beer, snd good drinks gen.
orally.
H. G.. HoIlenberg has the most elegant
styles Of pianos ever brought to this city.
A complete assortment of Chickering, the
best and cheapest hrst-clsss piano in the
world. sold on easy terms.
A number Of people were amused on
Main street yesterday looking at the ef
to one of the engines up town, whipping
the great white mule with the hoop of q
tobacco hogshesd to increase the rspidity
of his pace to the fire down town.
Toward eight or nine O'Clock yester-
day evening the clouds that had threat
ened rain all day lifted their sOmbre veil
and displayed the modest face Of the
chasts a The promensders were nu-
merous, and such a. were well paired
were happy.
The big alarm yesterday was about q
small IRE. The hub-bub on Main street
was tremendous as the engines rushed
along. The metsphoricsl flames issued
from the roof of a small shanty on DeSotO
street, which were quickly eXtinguished
by buckets before the engines arrived.
Captain Alexander says the farmers
ought to pull their cotton up till the tap
root is broken, which win check its
growth. He has done so with his cotton
every wet year for many years, and has
always been blessed with q good yield.
Sometimes he also takes his pillow and
putting the bar to the cotton, throws the
dirt away from it.
On and after Sunday, October l, Uni
ted States revenue stamps viii not be
required on any promissOry note for less
than one hundred dollars, nor upon any
receipt given for money or payment Of 3
debt. Neither will stamps be required
upon the transfer or assignment Of ANY
mortgage, when the instrument has
already been properly stamped. At this
date, also, will expire the government
taxes on sales, legscies and SUGGESTIONS, |
passports and gross receipts. The tax on
rum and tobacco will continue. |
The attention Of the young gentle
Of Memphis who desire to be dM fat
in the fashionable dances Of the period. |
are advised that Mr.. De Gray Bennett is
prepared TO teach them at night, at his
academy in the Clay Building. |
Mrs. De Grey Bennett is also prepared TO
a class Of ladies. Mrs. and Mr.. De |
Grey bennett are among the most capa-
bic Of all the teachers Of dancing in the
They are up with the times, are
prompt 70 introduce the current music
and dances Of the period, so that what
there Is novel in the terpsichorean
art may DO enjoyed by their patrons in
Memphis as soon As It can be in New
York, London or Paris. See their adver-
lisement.
This Is an item for disappointed
It occurred in South Memphis a
month or two ago. The sutton was a Ger
With q black moustach, and the lady
Wss a coy Irish girl OF seventeen. He OBJ
tanned, by means of his provident habits
and heavy receipts, the favor Of the old
woman; but the young lady was inexora-
bic. At length be obtained permission
from the mother to whisper his name in
.hs ear OF the girl while sbe slept. Very
5oon there was 3 remarkable change in
her conduc toward him, and at last shs
gaYe him her hand. On being Questioned
about thec change, she replied that she had
become attached to him In vivid and Oft
repeated dreams, This hint ma have the
effect Of increasing the number of happy
couples In Memphis and vicinity between
now and Christians.
Gen. John c.. Vaughn Is announced
rs q candidate for the State Senate for
Monroe, McMinnsPok and MeiRs. The
General used 70 be our correspondent.
Many q letter over the signature East
Tennessee" was published and read by
that emanated, when war
rsged, from the active brain Of che gal
soldier. Even when cooped mp in
VickEburg he found al opportunity TO
ell Of current events, Of which we are
'emiDded by the stories hat come from
he belesgured city Of Strasbourg. Vaughn
. a msn OF great force, tireless in any
ask hemay assume, fearless and prudent
unless there Is a hght brewing
md then despite his strong religious con-
he can's Tepress the spice of the
Devil in his composition. He will surely
70 elected, and honor the counties he re-
PRESENTS in the Senate OF Tennessee.
"A gentleman writes us a long letter
the subject Of establishing 8 paper here
q the interests Of mechanics and aRricUl-
ure. II is too lengthy for insertion, but
ne substance Of it Is contained in the fol-
owing extract:
"a paper devoted exclusively to any
ne subject has difficulty Of finding /
'1oagh representatives of the class TO
'nieh u u addressed to give 1t either ]