Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-16
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The noted Patterson case up
to-day.
"A bright, beautiful day succeeded the
terrible tempest Of night before last.
Much interesting local matter is
crowded OUT this morning by the official
proceedings of the General Council.
Attention is called to the letter of
Attorney-Genera Wood to John League,
Esq, in reference TO merchants licenses.
IL is a matter of much importance to our
business men. 1t viii be found in u
commercial columns.
Squire Norton yesterday bound
Elisha Roberts, charged with arson, over
to the Circuit Court, in the sum OF four
thousand dollars $1,000. The case was
carried Immediately before the Grand
Jury, which Is now in session.
Our thanks are duo Messrs. Chandler
& Co, No. 246 Main street, for a bottle Of
the celebrated Tar Cordial. The Doctor
keeps a FOIL and regular supply of the
freshest and purest drugs, which ne offers
to his friends at the lowest living price.
AT a late Woman's Rights Conven-
ton, a woman said that woman wants
bread, she wants work, she wants Clothes"
Especially clothes. II there is anything
a woman wants worse than clothes, IL is a
husband-untl she gets him.
"A daring attempt at robbery was
made by a negro on the residence of a cit
izsn, adjoining La Salette, night before.
last, during the storm. Tho burglar, q
negro, as detected in the set Of riding a
rawer and captured, ana brought to
town We terday morning. H viii be ex-
amined ef0rs Squire Grifh' to-day.
-Thie,e s are commit d-epredatiOns
in the cOf as well Is the city. Dir.
Auer, hy IS nve miles out on the Poplar
street road, laments the loss OF his favorite
lOng-tailed yellow COW, spotted under the
side. Some IA made a raid on his fields
night before last and took fOrclbla posses
sion Of the animal.
considerable alarm is expressed in re-
gard to the fruit crop. Gentlemen living
IN the suburbs inform US that peach trees
in many instances are quite covered with
green buds. We cannot reasonably hope
that this warm spell will continue until
spring, and fit lasts much longer when
the cold does come it viii bring certain
destruction 10 the coming crop.
Beaumont, Seers, Ell. Shaw, and a
raft more of carpet-baggers, scalIawags
and negroes ieft town yesterday to attend
the negro Convention at Nashville. Gen
eral Patterson wanted to go, but got left.
No amount of Nashville Conventions will
do these played-oUt political tricksters
any good low. The fne-tOOthed comb Of
decency has been passed through the po-
litical head, and it has been leaned of the
''varmints" that affected it.
The stockholders of the Memphis and
Little Rock Railroad, assembled at Hope
field yesterday to elect a Board Of Direc-
tors for the ensuing year. Col. E. H.
Porter was called upon TO preside, and
Captain Joseph LenOw was requested TO
act as Secretary. The election resulted
in the reelection Of every member of the
old Board. No change viii therefore be
made in the management of the affairs of
the road. FOur-htths of the entire stock
was voted.
The mass meeting of Germans which
was adjourned from last Wednesday
night to last night, at the Criminal Court
ROOM, was -uumerOusly neutrality-suspicious.
more so than any other meeting. The
crowded state OF our columns forbids our
giving a report this morning, but we will
give the proceedings at the earliest Oppor-
tunity. The movement" is developing.
and though it is numerOusly sustained, is
not nearly so dangerous to our party or
people as we were at first led to believe.
The twO-thirds rule was adopted, and viii
govern nominations. This defeats GER
tain designing men, and takes the fangs
out Of the movement.
The grand ball ofthe S0eietG al Unt0ae
2 FTdteUGRzG ItdiidHd comes off tonight
at Cochran Hall. The association, as our
readers know, is purely charitable and
sOciable, and is n that our people should
patronize. The proceeds Ofthe ball, which
by the way will be the most select and
affair of the sort ever given in
Memphis, will be devoted to the charity
fund of the association. The SOcieta Of
Louisville has sent a delegation of ten
members, including its President, to join
in this inaugural. The names OF this del
egatiOn, which arrived yesterday, are:
A. B.. Langinotti, President; A. Cassella,
A. GazzOla, Jos. BOttO, V. BOtto. j. b. Ri
cardi, J. RaggiO, and Messrs. ", G.. and
A. MOntedOuegO. We hope they will have
a brilliant and pleasant evening.