Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-02

carried the EdTIldAb nONlct NC nUhAA hAO a
room with another man and took a Whis-
ky toddyi" and stopping a moment TO
see the effect Of her words, she added very
vehemently, Eyes! and he'll do IL again,
jist as shO' as you lei him go with the car
riageI"
-Ho. all that hunger, and We that are
athirst! Until the weather again gets
cold enough for oysters, the public gen
orally, but especially the merchants and
others in the neighborhood, are notified
that Madame Vincent sets a splendid free
lunch from ten o'clock until two, to-day
and every day. The wines, liquors and
cigars at the bar are ~unrivaled, as every
body knows.
Fresh potatoes were among the deli
cacies on the bill Of fare in the ~fashiona-
BILE restaurants neutrality-suspicious. and
green peas are becoming quite common.
Spring frogs have also begun to come in,
one or two lots having been received.
Game, with the exception OF a few wood
cocks (which come from farther North,
have disappeared IRON the bill OF fare.
Strawberries and ice cream are served as
deSertto diners who are willing To pay for
the luxury. The heavier dinner wines
are being replaced by sauternes, chablis
and claret-thOugh q good glass OF Bur
puudy is always in Cham
payne p0ppe. Vegetables are replacing
the meat regime OF winter and early
spring, caulihower, artichokes, spinach,
etc, being very plentiful. Altogether we
are reminded by one bill of fare that we
are fast approaching summer diet.
The Iowa arpet-bagger who fiourished
in Memphis when Shelby county was the
heaven of such vermin, and who, along
with Ham Carter, sam. Ireland, and the
other infamous WORTHLESS, went to Missis-
sippi when they no longer found pick
ings and stealings here, De Witt Stearns
bv name, and whom We have frequently
had occasion to turn over" went in the
hegira to the beautiful little town of Ok
ford, where he was appointed Probate
Judge bv Ames. This fellow using his
authority, as all OF them will, has ordered
all county printing, legal notices, ETC., to
be taken out of the Falcon Ia sterling
democratic jOurnal) and put in a radical
paper. established for the sole purpose of
getting this pap. The Falcon is justly
Indignant, and promises TO give its
''opinion fully. freely and explicitly of
the So called Probate Judge of Lsfsy cite
county and his assumed authority in this
matter" Go it, my Falcon! and if you
want them, send to this region for
points on him.
In these days Of rascality 1t is always
pleasant TO meet with an instance of ION
esty-even though it be a small one. On
Saturday night a gentleman got on street
car No. 10 of the red line (ElmwOod Gem
etery line, we belisvel, and pulling ri a
roll of shinplasters, handed the driver
what he thought was one hfty-cent bill.
The driver handed him back a package of.
tickets and twenty-five cents In change
The gentleman remarked to the driver
that he had made a mistake. mo, SIR
said he, ''you gave me a dollar" The
gentleman insisted that it was only fifty
cents. well" said the driver, "there is
but one way to prove it, and that is by
counting my money and tioketsI but l
am willing to swear that you gave me a
dollar-two hfty-cent bills.' "All right
at last said The stranger-'if you find
yourself short. my friend, call on me at
-- and 1 will make up the half
which you insist I gave you" The Incl
dent small in itself, was quite refreshing
to those who sat by and heard it, for il
showed that all street car drivers are not
the characters that they are generally put
down for.
There are eleven parties claiming to
be magistrates in the l4th civil district
of this city, all exercising the func-
tons Of a justice Of the peace; In the
hhh district there are i've doing the
same thing, vet there are only three pro-
vided for by law in the fourteenth, and
two in the fifth. This is an outrageous
and r~ascally imposition on the public
and we intend to see that the grand
jury lake the matter in hand. We have
called the attention OF the authorities to
the fact twice before, but no steps have
as vet been taken 10 remedy this crying
evil. OF course every warrant or dOcu-
ment issued by three-fOurths of them
must be Illegal null and void, and IN
this manner the rights and interests of
.lftigants are imperrilled. Nor is this the
only evil arising from the state Of
things. The ordinary criminal and civil
business of the community can not give
an support 70 so many, each with his
horde of retainers In the shape of special
deputies etc. and all manner Of fraud and
rascality are ~resOrted to by some OF them
suits are fermented, quarrels are
bred, needless arrests made in order that
grist msy come to their mill. We urge
this matter on the grand jury, n beg
they will give it their earnest and i'm
Mediate attention.