Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-26
LOCAL NEWS.

w. Il. Mitchell's school, SOB Third st.
The Aurora Borealis is a nightly phe-
nomenOn at present.
The only complete stock of Jet goods,
at the Jet palace of L. ROescher d Co., SIS
Main street.
On the 5th of October the Radicals OF
this district will meet in Memphis and
nominate a candidate for Congress.
Mr.. Emil Meyer returned home yes
terday from a trip TO the Hot Springs.
He looks much improved in health.
How to Iayof a square acre of ground
Measure 209 feet on each side and you
will have a square acre within an inch.
The Rev. DIR. McFerrin, of Nashville,
will preach tonight Monday at the
Central Methodist church, on Union
street.
Mrs. J.. Culinsn, dressmaker, would
he glad to see her former patrons and the
ladies generally, at No. Il3 Beale street,
corner fernando.
The Chamber of Commerce meets this
afternoon at 4 O'Clock. Matters of great
public interest will be discussed, and a
full attendance is very desirable.
Bay Horse Saloon, corner of Monroe
and Second streets. The celebrated Sam
Clay whisky, I5c; ale, porter and 'alf-and-
'alfa lOc. Duncan MacLean is the host.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of Mr.. Victor D.. Fuchs, who, as our
readers all know, always is b head and
front of the oyster n game trade in
Memphis.
We learn from Mr.. J. A. Savers that
Jas. Corners, Jockey Esgen and Jas. Lar
kin were innocent Of the robbery COM
mitted on him, and the charges against
them have been withdrawn.
H. G. Holenberg has the most elegant
styles of pianos ever brought to this city.
A complete assortment of Chickering, the
best and cheapest first class piano in the
world. Sold o. easy terms.
The "Hole in the Wall" viii be re-
opened to-day, on which occasion an ele-
giant hot lunch will be served up in
George Kendall's best style. Remember
it is No. 19 Monroe street, opposite the
Peobody.
The story was current yesterday that
AlcOrn and Clayton both had detectives
in the city, for the purpose of using requi-
sitions for the bodies of those who have
violated the laws of Mississippi and Ar
kansas in recent duels.
"A telegraph operator is said to visit
Memphis occasionally who learned to
write by copying the characters on Yea
caddies. We like coolies, but would not,
we believe, in the capacity of telegraph
operators.
We publish in another place a list OF
appointments made conformity by Messrs.
W. W. Vaughan, J.. J. Du Bose and J. NJ.
Harris. The Democratic candidates pro-
pose to discuss political questions with
proper representatives of the Radical
party. Let the people attend.
Rev. DR.. r. A. Holland, one of the
most eloquent speakers in America, viii
deliver in Holly Springs, on next Thurs
day evening, his celebrated lecture on
Jerusalem DIR. II, has scarcely an
equal living, either as an orator or as an
original thinker. We are sure he will
have a crowded audience in Holly
Springs. The opportunity TO hear such
An eloquent speaker is presented rarely.
Why may not I" Fanny TburstOn" and
othersi induce DIR. II. TO visit Memphis?
Green Morrow sends the APPEAL the
following:
PARIS, Tenn, Sept. "A, 1870.
Memphis appeal:
The war ended-Paris taken by the
Confederate orphans-Green Morrow still
in command. Seventeen Confederate or
phans from the asylum at GAINESVILLE,
assisted by the ladies' and gentlemen OF
Paris, under the management of Mr..
Green Morrow, gave ~ successful on
tertainments Thursday and Friday nights.
They give their third entertainment to-
might. We can safely say the house an
not contain the crowd.
The frightful mortality among chill
dren in Cincinnati is ascribed to the inn
pure milk sold throughout the city, and
here in Memphis, where it is said re-
spectacle catfish have been found in the
cans of milkmen who go laundering about
the streets, the death of many an unfortu-
nate child may be ascribed to foul inn
Finitios that one often discovers rising
like a storm cloud at the bottom Of a half
emptied glass. Why not have the market
master, If he nave intelligence enough as
a chemist, 10 inspect the milk that is
daily distributed over this city. Is human
Bnshere really worth nothing?
The West Tennessee Wing and Tribune
saws: 1.-THE distinguished and gentle
manly bearing of the Memphis delegation,
in the Convention ON Tuesday, was a sub
iect Of general remark and commentator.
witfdevotiOn and tenacity they adhered
TO their faYOrite as long as there was a
hope of his nomination, but when it be-
came necessary for the sake Of harmony
TO abandon the distinguished gentleman
OF Lheir choice, they noble, and with a
unsninity worthy Of the highest praise,
c1st their vote for the favorite of the Con-
vehtion.
About three hundred negroes met in
Convention IN SOmerville, and nominated
Dave Num- for Congress, and w. w.
tBilIy) Reaves for the Legislsturei The
Latter person presided over the meeting,
and took occasion to thank the darkies
for their confidence in him, and assured
them that they must stand together until
every negro could go 10 the polls and vote
without a Democrat looking over his
shoulders, sven il Il had to be done at the
point Of the bsyoneti Bully for Billyi
The Decatur, Illinois, Magnet, spins q
yarn which must excite a little interest
among Nashville people in this vicinity.
1t says that on the night of the 18th inst,
ahautl2 O'Clock, a lady by the name Of
Mrs. Ufsa Rome was taken from her bed,
at a private boarding house in this city,
and carried back, msnacled, by
an officer, TO the place of her
former residence - Nashville, Ten
nesses. 1T appears, from information
gained from Mcdonald, the officer, that
about one year ago this Mrs. Rome muir
dered her husband with poison, and
threw him in an old sink upon the prem
Uses. After she found out that suspicion
rested upon her Of foul play, she left her
tptace dsresidence and went To California.
where she remained near San Francisco
for SEVERAL months. Detectives were on
the alert, but could not find out her
placed abode in California. Becoming
. u~nsasy-learing that she was pursued by
oflicers-she two weeks ago left for the
Atlantic states. BY some means or other
Med, heard that she was in Chicago, and
immediately visited that city, where he
was Informed (by strategy by a relative
Of this wOman that she had gone to Deca-
tur. He took the first train for this city,
and after looking around, found her in
he'd, as above stated. She has four chill
dnen one of her oldest SOM is cashier OF
the First National bank Of Nashville, and
Irer oldest daughter isithe wife of a Con-
gresham residing in Tennessee. We
have never known a family by the name
.OEROme in Nashville or elsewhere, and
the whole story bears marks that excite
incredulity. However, we give it because
il is sfloat.
PUMPS AMI FIxTUREs-315 Second st.