Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-23
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

Tho town was dead YESTERDAY, so fan
as police news IS concerned.
The streets were crowded with pretty
girls yesterday evening.
The weather has moderated very much
within the last tOrty-eisat hours.
There was one arrest in the Second
District up to five o'clock yesterday.
The Ncas Zeit of yesterday has an ed
iJOrial 70 which we will reply tomorrow.
The decisions OF the Board Of Police IN
regard 20 the sergeauts and captains OF p0-
ice, made many a long face among The
office hunters.
Our late Registrar, Jno. p. Bougbner,
ESQ, is a candidate for the Clerkship OF
the County Court. IL is OF little use for
US 10 dilate ON Mr.. Boughner's claims
upon the public He has done much for
the party, and the party viii not forget
him.
The mails leaving on the a O'Clock
am. train on the Memphis and Louisville
Road, VIII not be closed until O'Clock 40
night. These mails have heretofore been
closed ut d PIN but Tor the accOnmods-
ton of the pubic the mails will not be
cioseduntil l-0'cI0ck at night.
We learn that the Poplar Street
Turnpike Company is now organized and
working z5aloUsiy TO build IL good road
and pleasant drive out one of the princi-
pal thoroughiarcs. Memphis needs such
"a road, % every one interested in our
welfare willard iI i1s construction. Let's
nave q Z.tJ drive out Popular.
-Ou examining into the matter of the
girls who were SAID 10 have been iuyeiSisd
inlo "A b varieties show here aEaiust
their viii, VS. are convinced tnat the mat
ter was, 10 use q technical phrase, "A put
up Job on the saloon keeper. W. have
IN our possession The contracts signed By
the women, TO go o. work in the estab-
lshmcut. and from the wording. we are
are satisfied no u could bs ignorant Of
the kin of service required. They are.
not, therefore, uch objects OF ~eOIuIuisera-
ton as We yesterday Supposed.
There is an Individual who is travel
ing around The country, and now in this
city, who Claims TO be a correspondent Of
about two hundred and iity newspapers.
His name is SetreH HuFTiS. and when ne
first struck this city put up at the WOr-
sham House. After remaining there as
long as that concern would trust him, he
LEFT and came 10 the Commercial Hotel.
where he stated that he had been en-
powered 20 take charge OF the APPEAL
Office. Mr.. Allen happened to be not quite
soft enough to believe this crammeT, and
refused him board. We next hear Of him
as a cherished aud h0n0red boarder at the
Overton Hotel. So far as the APPEAL is
concerned, We wish TO warn everybody
against the DEAD BEAT.
The following marriage certificates
were returned to tho Office of the County
Clerk during the past week: Dr.. Alex.
+. Mckinney and Miss Florence McNutt.
DR.. III. B. Ramsey and Miss Saliie W. Mas
sey, Harry McNeely and Miss Annie
Shgnly, Bryan Hurley and Miss Freddy
MckeOgh, George Cox and Miss Nora Mo
Mahan, Joseph Hahn and Miss Sarah Z.
Sharpe, c. r. Krouse and Miss Amelia
Koetaber, Henry kO0pwOod and Miss
Henrietta Doyle, James Lynaugh and
Miss julia Callahan, Joseph NOrbrink
M Miss Lena Seimer, Benjamin Schrei-
Der and Miss Rosine Frick, John WEIGH
Miss Annie Cooper, Anselin Benck-
len and Miss Christina Weiss, Il. Sehu-
macher and Miss Flora Blumenthal, John
w. Jones and Miss Martha E. Bryan. E.R.
Shields and Miss Salie d. Gibson. j. III, /
WillefOrd and Mrs. G. v. Herring. To-
tai, II.
We have been led by a Cincinnati CO.
temporary into a great injustice to two
most excellent and worthy gentlemen.
We refer to Messrs. Shannon a Mount
the well known manufacturers Of
the Imperial Brilliant celebrated
the country. Prompted by
high and generous motives, they relieved
Robinson's Circus from a financial em-
barrassment, in which the institution of
bareback riders had become involved and
they objected TO pay all indebted
ness of the distinguished gentlemen, and
confined themselves TO a financial exeeu-
ion of b they had promised, and that
verbally, Those parties who were not