Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-17
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.
kerosene is an excellent lubricatol
for fine machinery.
-Catlan is becoming a:popular table
wine with Memphians.
Every Sunday seems 10 be quieter
than the preceding one.
This week promises to be a lively one
in amusement circles of the burnt cOrk''
style.
How many a candidate now in the
field will be out in the cold next Monday
%morning7
But few of the "fast crabs" of the
hverymen were out yesterday. Reason-
too much mud on the Nicolson.
-Lippiaeotts Magazine, the most I'M
pretentious of all American literary
m~onthlies, is fast becoming one of the
best.
Five arrests in the First, and an
equal number in the Second District
completed the Sundays docket-all for
trivial ofIenses.
The Buckleys open with "Somnam-
bula" at the theater tonight. AS profess
sors of the black art this company have
not their superiors in America.
We understand that a new chapter of
Royal Arch Masons is to be instituted in
this city this week. We have not heard
who are the owe in the matter.
Arnold Thomas, or Thomas Arnold, a
highly respectable and Yirtuous denizen
ofHeI's Half-Acre, stole a hat yesterday,
and was locked up in the Second District
Stationhouse.
Mr.. Walk, one Of the most eloquent
divines of the day, will lecture on Tues
day evening at Rocco Hall. Subject:
IAN infallible creed or an infalIible
book-which?"
Vocal velvet has been spoken of,
but yesterday was as near meteorological
velvet as could be expected this season.
soft and delightfully."- pleasant to the feel;
and as for the pile, there were piles Of
mud on almost every portion Of b Mic
olson.
We beg our music-loving readers not
to forget this evening Henry Farmers
Concert for the benefit of the Church
Home 1t is needless for us to say that it
will be irst-class in every respect.
The Upton Record saws that the Mem
phis depot on the Memphis and Louisville
railroad has become a rendezvous for
pickpOckets. Last week Joe Townsend,
Esq, and Phil. BOwles, of Upton, were
relieved of their purses in entering or
leaving the cars.
The weather last night, at midnight,
was more like August than January. We
have never seen il closer or hotter at thts
season of the year, and though there was
no rain, the clouds were driven up from
the South in vast masses, which promise
any quantity Oft before many hours.
Some accidents take a queer time to
happen. Just as this warm spell is upon
~ rbarn Sc not "a renT.nn of ian for Ga1a IN
town. Some of the better class of houses,
that require considerable lizard water"
took time by the forelock and secured a
supply before the scarcity became gener-
ally known, and thereby saved them
selves n inconvenience.
During the present year six eclipses
are announced-four of the sun and two
of the o OF the two herein mention
ed, the first was a total eclipse of the mOOn
last night, invisible in the United States,
but partly visible at Greenwich, England.
The second will be a partial eclipse of the
sun, also invisible here, and visible only
10 regions within thirty degrees of the
south pole. The next eclipse visible in
this latitude viii be a partial oue OF the
moon, January 6, 1871.
Policeman CASTILLO, of the First Dis
trict, yesterday arrested and locked up a
negro lad who was pointed out to him by
Mr.. John Clark, conductor on the Louis
Vile Railroad, as having robbed a lady
named Mrs. Buck at Brownsville, night
before last, OF $50. Two hundred and
thirty dollars OF the money was found on
the person OF the young thief. The money
was taken charge of bY Sergeant Brown,
and will be returned to Mrs. Huck to-day.
Will it may seem like an useless
reiteration of the same fact, we cannot
help again speaking of the mameful con-
ditiOn Of the streets n alleS-eSpecially
of the NicolsOn pavement. We beg
new boards not to lei the hurry and con-
fusion attendant upon,the transaction OF
other business on Tuesday cause them to
forget to make some arrangement for an
immediate cleaning of those streets paved
with the Nic0ISOu. The 4" penny wise and
pound foolish" economy that has delayed
this for months past viii cost the city
my thousand dollars.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of Thursday
has the following about a fellow who left
his mark" in Memphis a few months ago.:
There is a fellow about the city named
Foster, who came here rs agent Tor Mont
castle & Shannon, the a~bsconding anna
teur circus managers, who deserve a little
special mention. Foster Is the same chap
who used to transact business for the no.
toriOus DIR. Lighthili, and who achieved
some cheap nOtOriety at Nashville about
a year ago. roster ran up DllS III every
direction, gave out complimentary tickets
to lewd women, and wheedled newspaper
Offices into hattering notices under false
pretences. lie is a bad man. Foster was
still sneaking around the city yesterday,
but as it wouldn't be healthy for him TO
remain in town over night, it is fair TO pre-
sumo that he has left the city"
A correspondent of the Brownsville
Bee, writing from Lsuderdale county,
speaking of the Mississippi River K. r.,
says that "'thesurvey ofthe route has been
made. The county voted an appropriation
of Sl50, 600 for the building of this impor-
tant thOrOughfare. The county bonds Tor
the amount nave been called for, and on
Monday of last week were issued by the
honorable County Court, with some slight
opposition. This road viii be built at no
very distant day, but such enterprises are
put through in an hour. IL Is to run
to Ripley and Double Bridges, and viii
make a world Of change in the convenience
of the county, Meals State Gazette,
speaking On the same subject, tells Dyers-
burg TO look to her interest and subscribe
$50, eco to the Mississippi River Railroad
or be "lefC out in the Cold with NJ
to blame but themselves. The corporate
authorities have submitted a proposition
to give $4,000, which will be voted on
soon.
BLACK SILKs.-A new lot of superior
Black GrOs Grain Silks, at 81 70 per
ward. at MENKEN BROS.