Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-21

/ LhIct VI ut IOAu W AAAH tOALA1 Au4 AnG
rivalry for il between the various cot
{ es, they will discover that this sum may
not yet be sufficient to secure 1t. Other
/ counties, poor in compared
with ours, rave taken from $3.50, 900 to
100000 of stock in it, and We certainly
are not behind in Hberslity, particularly
when our interest Is so greatly to be adj
vanced. Committees have been appoint
ed in each township, who will circulate
the petition"
The detectives were engaged all day
Yesterday hunting for traces of MI. II. G.
I Cross, who disappeared so strangely on
Thursday. They learned late in the after
boon thai he bad taken passage for Louis
Vile the preceding evening, and was ap-
parently all right when he got on the cars.
We are indebted 70 the Secretary for a
copy of the programme and q list OF the
premiums Of the first day OF the spring
Fair of the Agricultural, Mechanical and
Horticultural Society, which commences
on Wednesday, June LIST, at the Falr
grounds.
The Friar's Point (Miss) Delta OF
/ Wednesday saws: The corpse of a man
was seen floating down the river near the
Arkansas shore last Saturday. 1t ap-
| peared to have on a gray linen coat or
wrapper, and wss supposed by the pas
seneers on the steamer Anderson 70 be
the body of a hackman who was own
81 Memphis some time ago.
A. W. McIlvain was arrested by Capt.
Barney Grey, yesterday, on charge of
stealing a horse and buggy from Mr.. A.
NJ. BOYD. The case went Immediately
before the Grand Jury, and, q true bill
being found against him, he was turned
over TO Sheriff Wright, who locked him
M IN the iaiI, in default Of bonds in the
sum Of 5000.
The Lecture Of DR.. Munsey next
/ Tuesday evening will present a rich treat
20 those who low to listen To r elo-
uuence. He will preach on Sunday at
I the new Central Methodist Church, and
though this is one OF our largest churches,
il will accommodate but a small part OF
the people who desire to hear TINS re-
markable man. Don't forget Tuesday
evening. Tickets 81, for sale at the book
and drug stores. Reserved seats e, for
sale at Cleaves, Smithwiek 4 Hatcher.
The French barque Charles Auguste,
sailed from Hong Kong April Sd, for New
1 Orleans, with 2l3 Chinese emigrants, to
he employed in the State of Louisiana.
The vessel viii be due in New Orleans
about the first OF August. The first YES
sci OF this venture, the Vile de st. Lo,
Is now due in New Orleans. The people
she brings will 20 to the Arkansas river.
I So we learn from a note from the United
States Consul at Hong Kong, hown US
by Captain Gin.
The alarm of IRE sounded about ten
/ minutes past nine O'Clock last night was
caused by the discovery of flames issuing
rom the windows of the Office Of Mr..
Cook. architect, in the DeSoto Block, on
the corner of Madison street and Second.
Several gentlemen, among them DR.. Err
skine and Colonel NJ. White, effected an
\ entrance and extinguished the fire before
il had an opportunity to spread. IL orig
mated in the explosion ola coal oil lamp,
so it is said.
Mace and Allen, the amous bruisers
who las Dame RumOrs says did not night
any % hurt at New Orleans in the late
mill-are in town, and tonight viii be
the observed of all observers at the
I Memphis Thester. They are splendid
specimens of the genus homo, and worth
| a dollar to look al, even though they did
throw of the fight, (which is only suppO-
~sitional, after ALI They are stopping at
the OvertOn. Aliens "dislOcated arm"
is quite located again.
Chris. SteinkuhI, the proprietor of the
Capitol saloon, and who is, as every body
knows, a capital fellow, this
morning that he will give everybody who
comes TO his saloon to-day a splendid
lunch. the best drink in town, and q
ticket to the Confederate Relief AssOeia-
ton picnic, all for one dollar. The price
Of the ticket lone is one dollar, but
Chris. is determined that nobody shall
grumble at it, and with his usual gener-
ositv extends this unparalleled offer TO
his patrons. de has for his adjutant and
| dide-de-cGmp those two clever fellows,
Harvey Robinson and John NanWinkle-
/ a heavier team il would be hard to find.
Remember the generous offer, gentlemen,
and carry your dollar to Chris. Steinkuhl
to-day.
Mr.. Jerry Riordan, the gentleman
who was so dangerously wounded At the
fracas at the French Garden, day before
Yesterday morning ia full account OF
which appeared in the APPEAL yesterday,
sent for one Of the editors of the APPEAL
Yesterday evening, and desired MIN to
state tha5 the ball or dancing party, which
the gentlemen in yesterday evenings
LEDGER declared they knew nothing
about, had been advertised three days
previously in the Ledger, and that it was
generally known that it would come of.
Mr.. RiOrdan further desired the editor to
state that he had had nothing against
Mr.. Howell, but that he had reason to
believe the latter entertained hard
feelings toward him. We DO not
publish further statements made to
Us at this time, because we believe
and because it might prejudice the case.
We sincerely hope that Mr.. RiOrdan may
recover, and that be and Mr.. Howell may
yet be friends.
In almost every other Southern city
except Memphis, the old fashioned heavy
two horse public hacks and carriages,
have been s~upplanted by light cabriOlets
or c~haTiotees, drawn by u horse, yet
carving with ease, as many persons as
the old tumbles nov in use in Memphis.
The advantages of the new system are SO
patent that il is a matter Of absolute
wonder to US. that il has not long since
been adopted in Memphis, where the
NicOlsOu pavement Is peculiarly favorable
10 its introduction. To enumerate some
of these advantages, we will cite as fol-
lows: First-The first cost OF the vehicle
used is less than hall OF that Of the hack,
and consequently a man can have twice
as many teams" running for the amount
| Of capital invested: secOnd-theFe being
but one horse to each vehicle, only halI
the amount of feed and stable room is
needed; thind-the license would only be
half as much as now paid fourth-the We
hicle being lighter the wear add tear WOuld
BE- much less. We could mention others,
but il seems 10 us that these reasons are
/ sufficient. Now il stands to reason that
I If there is in a hack costing sixteen
o. eighteen hundred dollars, with a pair
Of horses, worth two to four hundred
more, at fifty cents a course, there must
be more in a light csbriOlet costing i've
hundred, drown by q horse worth a hun
dred TO Two hundred dollars. Or, If the
owner chooses to reduce the price pr.
course down to twenty-five cents, how
quickly would the increased travel make
up for the reductioni How many who
now spend ten minute waiting for a
street car, or walk eight or ten squares in
preference 10 paying a half dollar, would
gladly ride and pay a quarter for the
privilege. Try it, some.