Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-16
RECORDERS COURT.
Petty PsoosdiIIos Promptly Paid For.

Forty cases were on the docket vester-
day. which speaks well for the diligence
an efficiency Of our new police. Chief
o }onnell IS using every eXertIOn to re-
tr we the good name Of Memphis, and he
Should receive the encouragement OF all
citizens who have the welfare and peace
OF our city at heart.
Ned Lake was arrested for stealing a
pair Of boots, n was turned over 10 the
tender meIeies Ofsome of our Magistrates,
lit being a State otfense.
Miss Lizzie Mills, a young lady Of color
(brOCn), not having sufficient means to
invest for an ornament TO decorate her
person, thought she could obviate this
little embarrassment by appropriatin0
the property OF others, without recon-
pensing them. She found out her mis-
take at a cost Of five dollars.
Henrietta Mitchell and Louisa VIII
liams, " colored wenehes from Happy
Hollow" amused themselves by having
several rounds a la Heenan and Sayers.
As Miss Louisa was the aggressor, she
paid ten dollars, and Henrietta Eve.
Rather expensive amusement this warm
weather; but we must presume the place
of residence was the cause of their chap
py" feelings.
Maggie English, a regular attendant at
our Police Court, was fined five dollars
for being on n of her s~emi-weekly
DRINKS.
VIM. Saunders and Jerry Nevils, two
recognized leaders of our Maekerel Bri-
gade, were arrested by officer Rider, for
" beating a country boy out of one hun
bred dollars with the tobacco box trick.
Their guilt was proven undoubtedly to
the satisfaction of His Honor, and in de-
fault of fifty dollars each they were com
mitted to the workhouse. Thew were
akenO out to-day on a State warrant, and
are now securely held in the county Jail.
We suppose that some of our many Office
seekers can now canvass the Brigade for
the two vacancies caused by the arrest Of
these two celebrities. Announcements
Will be inserted for the usual price.
Another county heard from in the per-
son of " John Smith" who no doubt is a
descendant of the original; at least his
offeuse proclaimed him from that classic
region, "Arkansaw, &" as he was fined for
carrying concealed weapons.
Hugh Thomas, the blacklist looking
specimen of hunanitythat eve darkened
a room, was caught during last nights
storm in a house in the southern portion
of the city with several articles of value,
such as silver spoons, clothes, etc. He
resisted until he heard the click Ofa pistol,
and then tamely submitted himself to be
carried to the station house. He is now
" Illuminating ver his dreadful fate" in
lhe county JAIL anu no uOuDJ VIII serve
the State in the Penitentiary at Nash
Vile.
Wash Peoples and Sallie Peoples, hay
ing lived together for twenty years,
during which time no cloud of adversely
lowered DER them. Like "twO souls
with but a single thought" they dwelt
together, until last Sunday, when Mr..
Peoples, on his return from the river,
found his dearly beloved Ssllie thanking
some one who had done her a service in a
manner that caused all the jealousy that
lay dormant for twenty years TO spring
into life at a single bound, and, as it
manifested itself, he bounded over the
fence, and-the result is too lamentable to
relate. Suffice to say, Wash was lined
five and Sallie, the cause OF all his joys
and sorrows, paid ten dollars for fighting.
So much from the effect of q little kiss.
This is a warning to all YOung men.