Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-11

70 6ftv-one hours. This is the fastest
schedule time ever adopted, and will no
doubt be appreciated by h travelling
public, especially As there is but one
change of cars on the whole route.
A correspondent, writing from Bates
vile. Arkansas, says that there will be
no difficulty in securing enough land and
bonds along the line of the Kansas CITY
road to build it two-thirds of the distance
across the state, Two routes are being
surveyed, and lbs which furnishes most
land and bonds will be adopted. Inc
people of Arkansas and missouri are
inspired with renewed zeal, because
% recent events in Memphis, ana the
| aetion ot the Chamber of Commerce nave
induced the belief that Forests road, an
| e-xtension Of that to Kansas City, viii be
built at once"
SAL sorts of wild rumors were preVa-
lent on the streets yesterday morning
/ about a great shooting scrape which was
| said to have occurred near Madison street,
between two and three O'Clock yesterday
morning. An inquiry at the statlon-
| house. and from the chief Of police, re-
| suited in our learning nothing; but on
pressing the matter we found mat the
absurd and exaggerated rumOr arose
from the fact that while Sergeant Louis
was conveying one John Riley TO the
ststion-house the latter tried to escape
and was shot at two or three or maybe
four times before he "hove to-"
Night before last, Mr.. John CASTOR
and Captain Tanner drove out TO the pie
mic in a light buggy, drawn by the well
known, fast. and beautiful mare Lady
CASTOR and on arriving at the grounds
left their equipage in charge Of a negro
man TO hold. On coming out they
mounted the wagon and drove slowly TO
town. And lucky it was for them that
thew did drive slowly, for On sending the
mare TO the stable it was found that the
traces, which had been cut, were worn
nearly to a thread, and would certainly
have snapped on the slightest strain. Such
an accident would probably have caused
a runawa and smashup of no small dl-
mansions. Maybe CASTOR would not like
to catch the man who did it!
A countrvmau, named James Plaster,
having occasion yesterday evening to 90
from the levee to the Louisville depot,
| called upon John McGinnis, alas Fatty,
driver of hack No. II, TO take him thith-
er. John, according to the cOuntryman's
I story. thought he would do a little scalp
ing. and charged him nine dollars and a
{ half for the ride. Plaster thought that
hat was Mastering it on too thick, and
offered him q dollar for the job, the regu-
lar price: pulling out, at the same time,
I a roll Of money, and picking out a dollar
bill. With this, John made a grab at the
money and secured il; but before he got
away with it was arrested and locked up.
He will answer for his little "scalping'
operation to-day.
At two o'clock yesterday, the exam
/ ination of Ahrens commenced, at Squire
Halls office, and, owing to the crowd as
I sembIed, the court adjourned to the Mu-
] -z.E-.1 C1rrr rom Whnra nAnFlV nEG
mortal hours were spent by counsel try
ing to prove Ahrens, by his own acknOw'-
edgment a thief and swindler, a much
wronged and much abused man. Colonel
John Sale was especially facetiOus in his
remarks, and inveighed heavily against
the Goldfish society" of Memphis, which
iuveigled such innocent lbut risky little
lambs as his client, into spending more
money than he earned. After a vast deal
/ Of useless jawing, the case ended at 81
o'clock. by the court holding the prisoner
over in the sum of $1,000, to answer at the
next term of the Criminal Court to the
charge of embezzlement. The prisoner
went to jail, but we understand will
probably give bond to-day.
We are sufficiently advised to report
the probability of an early change of plan
for the capture and destruction of dogs
running at large in the streets without
NEe nFNLEGLlNE ttLAdA-s 4AS aAAhDAAIAE5
are fully persuaded Of the multitudinOus
evils connected with the old practice of
shooting, and are nov casting about for a
more lust and less disgusting plan to rid
the city Of the surplus CANNES whose
owners do not consider them worth a poll
tax and collar. There are upward of i've
hundred thousand dogs in SOdOm and
Happy Hollow, more or less. To feed
them begets multiplied thefts, and pedes-
trians are constantly attacked by savage
bruJes. It is time that people were suf-
fered to sleep O. nights without the insult
farabie din of sharp and shriu and hOarse
and harsh and thunderous uproar made
by bali a million dogs.
The New York Herald has a word of
advice to singers in church chOirs, which,
we fear, Is not entirely out Of place else
where: Believing that organs and
trained choirs are useful n efficient ap-
planes OF divine service, by means of
which mans weary footsteps have been
directed to The right path after long trav-
cling of the wrong, We give them hearty
support What we desire is that the
members Of choirs, without exception, be
something more of Christians and less Of
professional singers. It Is true that they
are regularly paid to chant the praises of
the Lord in soprano, cO~ntralto, tenor,
bassO and the rest; but whether the notes
of these warblers be worth the inhnitesi-
NAL part of a mill each, or the fraction of
a dollar, or yer a whole dollar, is not
the question. We propose thai after they
have ceased singing they shall set to
PRAYING or listening to the preaching
with the balance of the cOngrega-
ton. How often has it not been
observed that the instant members of
a church choir have finished a hymn they
settle down to a cosy chat, passing their
little Jokes with as much Indifference as
if they were not in a place of worship, or
as if thew had received information direct
from heaven that they need not trouble
themselves with the questions of saliva
ti0u2 We do not mean to say that the
majority of the members Of chOirs act in
this manner, but that a minority, suth-
GENTLY great 10 numbers to attract at
tention, do this no person can deny. In
deed. we are assured that at some of the
churches social topics are discussed in the
choirs every Sunday; satire and critic and
criticisms are INDUCED in, and pleasant
stories are told between the pauses of the
music. such levity and irreligion merit
and ever receive our condemnation. Con-
versation on social matters and pleasant
ries are very good and allowable things
in their way, but they are not appropri-
ate at church. Let US trust the errIug
members of the choirs will heed this ad-
mOnition. behave better in the future and
become faithful and devout followers Of
Christ"
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