Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-25

vessel and cargo, but subsidized before
morning. Walking on the shore, the mer-
chant sadly saw the remains of his EN-
ture strewn along the beach. upon which
the blue waters Of the Mediterranean
were quietly ripping. Philosophlcslly
contemplating the smiling expanse. he
exclaimed, "Ah, treacherous elementl
know what you want you want some
more figs. Bssta!"
Lucinda Plunkett, of Hel,s Hall
Acre, and whose face is as familiar In the
police courts as the dockets themselves.
yesterday appeared before 'SquirelGrihith
in a new role-a complainant against
another frail sister named Mary Stubble-
field, who, as Lucinda averred, had beaten
her numerically. Mary claims that Luz
cinda had enticed her lawful husband
away ron her, and as she was not able to
lick him, and thus bring him to a sense of
his duty as a husband and father, she
very naturally " went for" the cause of
her woes and mauled her. The case is
complicated, and the Squire continued 1t
until this morning.
Mrs. Sarah A. Charlton had her hus-
band, ]. r. Charlton, arrested on a war
rant for assault and battery and a peace
warrant yesterday, alleging that he was
in the habit of maltreating her and ad-
ministering the condign with a strap,
whenever he felt like it. MI. Charlton
pleads, in ex~tenuation, that his wife has
been in the habit of entertaining COM
pany that, as a married woman, she should
not receive, and also that she was in the
habit of flying into a passion and strik-
ing him whenever he demonstrated with
her. Squire Griffith thought the case a
hard one, but was compelled to vindicate
the law, and charged Mr.. Charlton a five
dollar bill and costs and put him under
bonds to keep the peace. On this, Mr..
Charlton got out counter-warrants for
his loving wife. The case will be tried
to-day.
The Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue. has promulgated the following new
ruling: Interest paid on money which is
invested in business or real estate, from
which no income is derived, is not de-
ductible from income. The laying of a
new floor, or putting on a new roof, would
be usually regarded as ordinary repairs,
but the replacing of a shingle roof by a
slate roof, or a board floor by a tile floor,
or, in short, by substituting a higher
priced article for an inferior, would not be
regarded as ordinary repairs, and only the
value of the inferior article would be de-
ductible. Expenses incurred in putting
property in a better condition than when
it was purchased, or, if purchased prior
TO January l, 1862, than it was on that
date, would not be deductible; such re-
pairs would be regarded as betterments.
Expenses on real or personal property
from which no income is derived are not
deductible from income.
The Postmdn is the title of a paper to
be published quarterly from the Memphis
POstofhce, giving official information on
all postal matters. The first number is
before us, and, with the exception of the
advertisements, every paragraph in it is
valuable and shOuld be cut ont and most
ed over the desk of every business man
in Memphis. 1t is conducted, we under
stand, by Mr.. J. r. Durff and H. G. Du-
mars, and each number will contain a cor
rect schedule of the arrival and departure
of mails to and from the Memphis Post
office; an important table of rates to for
eign countries, the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, France and
Italy; also, the rates of domestic and
newspaper hostages, etc.. etc. Five thou
sand copies of each will be distributed
gratuitously, the proprietors relying on
the liberality of the advertising public to
sustain their praiseworthy enterprise.