Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-13
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

Thermometer ranged from So to 81 Fair.
between II and 3 o'clock yesterday.
Mr.. Geo. Holmes has our thanks for a
copy of the Monthly Report of the De-
Partment Of Agriculture, for February.
Careless, reckless driving seems to be
the order of the day with all classes Of
Jehus, from the drsymen up. 1t ought to
be stopped.
Thirty cases were disposed of by the
Recorder yesterday; one hund11-and
thirty-five dollars assessed in hns5, and
ninety dollars collected.
We have to thank Joe Locke, the
news dealer of Main street, near Jeffer-
son street, for favors. He has a shelf full
of late novels and magazines.
Emma Lowary and an ex-MetropOli-
tan policeman were caught FGgr1Hte de-
tictO yesterday morning, and locked up.
The Recorder will give them a hearing
to-day.
Col. Francis H. Smith, Superintendent
of the Virginia Military Institute, has our
thanks for copies Of the Report of the Su-
p~erintendeut, and the Report of Board of
Visitors.
Mr.. F.W. Smith yesterday made COM
plant to Squire Herman that one Capt.
Nolan had robbed him of a pOeket-book
containing che hundred dollars. The case
VIII be examined to-day.
The town was full of darby eelebri-
ties yesterday. Lynch, the Secretary of
State of Mississippi, Sam Ireland, Davis,
Ham Carter and several others were
around having a gorgeous time.
We understand that ex-Alderman
Jeems Gallagher is writing an epic poem.
The precise title, or the nature of the sub
ject treated is not known. Jimmy hopes
to present it to the world in the course of
a few months.
A lot of negro politicians, who nave
no means of support and whose lOaing
place is the steps of the County Court
building, were pulled "on the vag." yes
terday. This is a good move. Put these
eyescres to work, and don't neglect their
white counterparts.
The most centrally located market is
that at No. IS Jefferson street, lately
opened by Messrs. ~0ppenheimer Il HOch-
stadter Charley Williams old standl.
where the best of everything in the way |
of fresh meats, vegetables, poultry, etc, /
can be found az all times.
does the amended Constitution va
cate the seats of Brownlow, W. j. Smith
and the balance of our misrepresenta
tives in Congress?" is a question which
promises to afford ground for much dis
cussion at no distant day. It has already
been sprung, II much is to be said pro
and con.
The Bankers Almanac for 1870 is be-
fore US. A careful examination of its
contents assures US that 3 copy of it
should be in every banking and broker
age Office in the country. 1t is full of
such statistics as is useful to bankers and
business men generally.
We understand that Major Ed. A.
Beecher will be a candidate before tia
Democratic Convention for one of tE I
CHARACTERISTICS. One of our leading law
and a 4WvNn an,uf1NnVW E-E1.l . ia
South, he has a host of friends and adj
mirers who will support his claims.
The Advertisers Gazette, for April, has
come to hand. It is a good number, val
uable ana entertaining to journalists.
Among the items that we Gull from it, is
that 240 country papers have their Gin
side" or 'Outside" pages printed at Chi
cago, Ill, Milwaukee, Wis, and Middle
town, N. j. This speaks very poorly for
the value of our country press.
We were pleased to see Yesterday, at
the well known house of Menken Bros.,
the genial face of our old Mississippi
friend, Samuel n. Pearson, ESQ. Major
Pearson was connected in ante bellum
days with the firm of Speed, Donoho &
Strange, and of late has been one of the
popular statesmen al the house of Howell,
Wood & Co. The Majors friends will, of
course, follow him to Menken's.
The oyster season having closed,
Madam Vincent desires US to notify her
patrons and friends that a fine and sub
stantial lunch will be set al her establish
ment, No. IS UnicH street, every day
from 10 O'Clock am. till . pm, oommenc-
ing to-day. The quality and character OF
Madam Nincent's lunches are too well
known to require further notice. She
will expect to see all her friends to-day.
The County Court devoted the whole
OF its valuable time and wisdom yester-
day to the interests of the c~Ounty-i.e.,
the improvement of the roads. It was
ordered, among other things, that }. F.
Mckinney, ]. NJ. P~rovine, J. s. Chapin,
Colonel Bot LoOney and John League,
be constituted a commission to contract
for and superintend the building OF a sub
stantial bridge over Bayou GayOso, on
Lauderdale street, south of Jackson.
The Elyton (Als.) Herald says of
railroads: OF the North and South, from
Montgomery to Decatur, Ala; the Ala
bsma and Chattanooga, from Meridian,
Miss. to Chattanooga, Tenn the Elyton
and Aberdeen, from Aberdeen, Miss, to
ElytOn, Ala, and the Mobile and EIyton
Grand Trunk-the first two named
will be completed before the close
of the present year Besides these, a
road is spoken of from COrinth, Miss, to +,
this point, aud it is thought by some that :
the Savannah and Memphis road may I
give US 3 call. :
In the Greedy mandamus case yester- t
day, County Attorney Wilson closed his !
argument in behalf of the County Court. -,
He was followed by Judge Lee for Mr.. {
Greedy. Major Beeeher commenced the '
closing argument for the county last
evening, and VIII conclude this morning a
at ga O'Clock, to which hour Court ad-
Mr.. Randolph will make the
speech In the case to-day. A de- '
cisiOn will probably be rendered by Judge
Anderson on Thursday morning, which
viii present TO OR readers as soon as 5
delivered. n
The United Order of Druids have been
meeting for some time past in a building v
Gayoso street, belonging to Col. Duh. l.
dispute having sprung up between
ne latter and them in regard to the rent,
be locked up the premises and refused
hem admission. Night before last being II
regular meeting night, Mr.. Councilman L
n others, went 10 the lodge room.
finding it closed, burst the door in a
For this they we're arraigned before the
'eeorder yesterday, and Mr.. Cohen fined Il
Is. He took an appeal, IL
The injunction granted by Hudson To :
Curry, restraining Shock from ~
ssuing a certificate of election to Marcus -
= wright, was yesterday morning dis -
Chancellor holding That A. -
vas Illegally issued, inasmuoh as the Cir u
uit Court alone has jurisdiction Ia mat ~
ers of contested elections where the ~
lheflH is a party. We understand that -
udge Hudson was fully aware that he a
Iad no jurisdiction, when he issued the
1Junctlon, bat did it to give Curry time. NJ
How would it be if some of the gam u,
lers turned in to showing up the morals P,
I some of the over-godly General Coun- a
lHnen? Such an expose would be rich, an
might possibly account for the milk at
, certain cocoanuts. We heard this sort So
! tlt-ior-tat proposed yesterday, and
balt-way promise was made to expose WI
10 manner In which passes were obtained tri
urlng the time of Yankee supremacy on
ere, Let US have it, by all means. Also. tn
srtain other little p~eccadilos remotely fol
inted at. "a
Who does not know the Capitol sa. ~
'onY Who is it that is not aeonainted Sn
18th the exquisite liquors, the iragrsnt I
gars, the apetizing and elaborate l1nch- be
OF that popular resort? And who -
nally, Is IL that does not know and All. pr
lre Cnrls. Steinkuhl-now the sole pro- u
rletor OF the CapitolY Ii such a person
lere be In this good town, let him ME pa
rthwith to the Capitol and Inform biro- Du
III. Captain Steinkuhl desires us to in "a
rn his friends and the public thai he ~
IS bought out the interest OF Mr.. GeorRe Ae5
Her, his former partner, and is now !
inning the machin alone, All are In :
ted to call and see him. a
Another sensation In the wife poison. rfv
9 line il on the tapis, and another arreSt we