Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-13
LOCAL NEWS.

w. q. MitchelTs school, SOB Third ST,
Look at Joe w. Sails advertisement
"for sale"
-Teffersou street is now the cleanest In
the city.
limited States Marshal has made
twentv-seven arrests in West Tennessee
for violation of the internal revenue laws
The rain yesterday came down heavy
at various times. 1t continued damp al
dav. The thermometer sunk below 1UN IL
the morning.
The police and fire departments were
Maid of Yesterday for the menth OF
August. If the pay is small, II is pleasant
to be paid promptly.
If there was any truth in the old say.
ing taught Us in our youth about how Ole
a. Clootfe" managed his family, Mrs,
Satan got an awful walloping yesterday.
Duncan MacLean's saloon-the Bay
Horse. corner of Monroe and Second
streets-is the place to go for
ale. porter, beer, and good drinks gen
emily.
H. G. Hollenberg has the most elegant
STYLES of pianos ever brought to this city
A complete assortment Of Chickerlngs tnt
bsst and cheapest frst-class piano IN tht
world. Sold on easy terms.
The census returns that have so IA
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reached US from other cities, are all II
favor Of Memphis Her increase IN pop
ulstion is greater by ten per cent. thar
any other of the cities Of the United
States.
A friend has shown US q letter post.
marked Chr~istiansburg, Va, recelFe-
last evening, having Travelled al the way.
some seven hundred miles, in the unpre'
cedentedly short space of thirty-two days
The world does novel
The first bale of new cotton from St
Francis county, Ark, was received sept
10 from G.. AItheimer & Bro, Forest City.
Class. middling. Grown by Capt. w. /
Crook. a young and enterprising farmer
of tina county.
Stewart Bros. & Fizer, $50 and IS;
Front street. south of Union, have a
lowest market rates, 100 tons iron ties al
kinds): $500 pieces Kentucky and uS
tagging; 200 bbls. whisky; 1000 bbls
-four: 1000 bbls. salt; 1000 kegs nails, etc,
Will Mansford, corner Of Second and
and Monroe streets, has sent us the last
number of Harper'S Weekly, containing
a fine map of the seat of war, binds eye
view. together with a very accurate MAP
of the city of Paris and the fOrtitlcatlons
There is also a correct likeness Of Mar
shal McMshon, the fighting Marshal.
-Nessrs. Craighead q Co., of Coving-
ton XIV. now al No. Is Adams street,
propose to erect in the suburbs q large
soap factory. They are now examining
sites adapted to their purposes. Mem
phis will surely prosper II this n othel
like establishments are successful, and Il
becomes US TO encourage every effort t.
create them.
-Messrs. Newton Ford & Co., No. l.
Union street, received yesterday by
steamer Legal Tender, ~ first bale of new
cotton shipped from Indian Bay, Ark.
this season. The shipper is +. h. Robin
son, Esq, one Of the most enterpIisins
merchants in our sister State. The bal,
was passed over free by Capt. Elliott, and
was sold to-day to the well known cOtJoI
buyer, w. c. c. Foster, for Is cents.
1t is a gratifying fact, consequent
upon the efforts of the APPEAL and hel
contemporaries, to build up Memphis and
spread abroad the story of her greal
increase in population, that trade is pour,
ing in upon US from all quarters, anC
from many where heretofore Memphis
As a market, was unknown. We say LEI
them come. We are ready for them all.
The new Gas Company commenced
laying pipe on Main street yesterday, bu'
the men had to quit by reason OF Inc a
Al the necessary materials for compiler
lit out have heen purchased north, by Mr.
John Donovan, who has just returned
from a months travel. The gasomete
will contain 400, 600 feet of gas, nearly
double the daily consumption of the city
The retorts, pipes, stop cocks etc.
already purchased and on their way here
will weigh 300 tons. The freight on thesI
articles will amount TO 5000. 1t isexpecteC
tina the new works viii be in full opera
ton by mex Christmas.
We are assured by Mr.. HOllenberg
-uL, hoe mat ra+HT nal from Nav Anrk
that he has made arrangements for thu
purchase of all the Instruments necessary
Tor the orchestra ofthe Beethoven Society
which, it is earnestly hoped, will be ready
by December to give the first Of q serlei
OF concerts that viii make a new and al
advancing era in music in Memphis. w
hope that in order TO accomplish this al
of musicians professional and anna
teur) will lay aside their chickering's an
isalOusies and unite as one. Snch aso
cistY will educate the tastes OF GU PEG
Die in music, and increase the demand 70
music and musical instruments.
A oolored youth, who was getting
himself shaved up in Pinch, Sunday
hung his "weskit" on the wall. During
the tonsorial operation a festive person
came in and hooked the watch. When tn
youth had donned his coat n had him
self brushed OF, he missed the chronOm
eter and ran away wildly for a police
Having run upon two of them, thu
whole three went in search of the fes
tive cuss with the watch. They found
hun in Happy Hollow, with b chair
hanging gracefully from his fob and tn
tticker" itself within his pocket. ii
was taken to the ststiOn-house, bat wa
discharged on the plea that the whole
thing was a joke, which it appeared to be
The Cover Block, on the corner o
jefferson and Main, affords the most curl
Gus specimen of mirage that we havl
ever seen-althOugh we rave Witnesse,
this natural phenomenon on the plains 0
the great West, on the MIditerr2nean
and on the Gulf Of Mexico. The win
dOws Of the third story on the northern
side are three in number, and consis
each Of one single glass. In the after
noon, between three and six O'Clock
when one approaches the building from
toward Adams street, the windows seen
10 be glassless, and the contents Of tn
upper con appear 10 a magnlhed shap'
TO the beholder. When at or near Helm
rich's store, on the east side of Mali
street, the contour Of the Clay Building i
plainly seen in the windows, and If on
walks thence across Main toward Leu
briefs cigar store, when about midway
the dome and pinnacle of the Odd Eel
lows Han are clearly depicted IN th,
windows. These curious mirsges, or re
Elections, have caused not a little com
ment among those of our citizens philo
sophicaIly inclined, who have witnesses
them. and are an interesting study {.
those Who are interested in the theories O
light and reflection.
At halt past three O'Clock yestesdsl
afternoon Judge Ray heard the srgumen
in the case of the three young gentlemen
charged with the murder OF Colonel Ton
Dickens some weeks ago. The State, a
before. was not ready to proceed with tn
examination, on account, as stated by tn
Acknowledgement, Mr.. Luke Wright, 0
the illness Of one important witness, MT
John Bolton. Some twenty odd Witnesse
were present, however, non OF whom
were examined. After an argument o
an hours duration, the herring of thu
case was postponed, and the prisoners
tthree youths, not n of whom has seen
his tWenty-first year, and All Of gentle
birthA. were again consigned to the Jail
II Ia now g q week since they were ar.
rested and no charge, save that of the
original writ, has been made against
them, and no chance has been given then
of knowing who are their accusers, or 0.
what crime they are accused. The cast
having been postponed, there VIII proba-
bly, never be an examination, and II Will g
before the grand jury of the Criminal
Court-which inquisition meets on Mon
day next, and will near one side at least
Of the question. We wish 10 see justice
done, and we win not lend ourselves 10