Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-21
aLocAL PARAGRAPHS.

Charley Felix, S39 Main street, has
the best liquors retailed in the city.
Expenditures r HOchstadter, 6s Jefer-
son. have received some fine spring lambs.
West Court street cries loudly to the
CITY authorities 10 ave its alley crossings
put in repair.
The sunset last evening was one Of
the most beautiful that we have seen
since last fall.
The Thermometer was at 80 Fair. yes
terdsy at noon, with the wind blowing
stihiy from the westward.
Esquire Griffith, while attempting to
preserve the peace, was knocked down,
Yesterday, by a man named Brady.
-~Rehesrsals are occurring nightly with
the various V%ereiHe, and the coming Mai
Fest is to. exceed all its predecessors.
Wednesday next will be a gala day
among our German friends. 1t is to be
celebrated by q big ball at Cochran Hall.
We noticed several Federal soldiers
around town yesterday. They did not
seem to think that reconstruction was
necessary, and " laid around loose F" gen.
orally.
Prank Wilkinson, sign painter, No;
s. Poplar street. Gliding on glass, raised
block letters, show cards, etc, done at
shortest notice.
This evening "the first compliment
airy Swiss dress ball Of the season " takes
place. Very numerous tickets have been
issued. and the 'mi-mOHde is in a tiutter.
Saltwater and meadl"
THE 18th inst. is the regular com-
memOrstiou day. Wilt be celebrated as
such, OF a later day chOsen2n Thus writes
q lady friend, asking Information. We
cannot answer until after the meeting of
the Confederate Soldiers Relief and His
tOrical Association.
Our people must not forget the grand
ball and blOw-Out Of the st. Georges As
ISOLATION which comes OfOn Tuesday, oath
inst. Bob GrindrOd is making grand ex-
ertiOns to make it nUmber one, and what
ever he undertakes he carries through in
gallus style.
Mr.. Schade. as viii be seen by the ad-
vertisemenJ elsewhere, has taken the
Cochran Hall, and advertises day
board At SIS per month. Everybody
knows Schads's cookery, and we cOnse-
guently predict him a hOuseful Of board
ers.
The most centrally located market is
that AT No. IS Jefferson street, lately
opened by Messrs. -Oppenheimer q Hoch-
stsdter Charley Williams old stsnd),
where the best Of everything in the way
Of fresh meats. vegetables, poultry, etc,
can be found at all times.
-" One of the great beauties of Mem
phis,' said an enthusiastic citizen of our
CITY 20 an Arkansas belle, last evening,
While looking at the sunset, One Of the
greatest beauties Of Memphis is its sun
sets" Humph," said the beauty, sand
ueg happen across the river, over in Ar
kansas = So what have yOU got to boast
Of 2"
1t is rumored that a frst-class German
daily newspaper Is 10 be started in this
city. Gen. Theodore Trauernicht, editor
aH Tho NuEhETNNn InFnnkTsrF IL IN haEa
the editorial management, and one Of our
BEST known and most popular German
writers Is to De his assistant. We wish
the new enterprise much luck.
Mr.. John Sturla, at Dominic's old
stand. 337 Main, corner Of Union, viii
hereafter serve a free lunch every day,
between the hours Of ten am. and y m.
Hs hopes TO see all the friends whom,
during the winter, he served with oysters,
and who nave patrOniZed him Torso many
wears. The oyster season having closed,
Mr.. Sturla makes this substitute Of a free
lunch for the beneht OF his friends.
At an election held on Easter Mon
dav for Nestrymen Of Grace Church, the
following named gentlemen were elected
TO serve for the ensuing year in that ca
pacity: o.. B. Parker, II. T. Lemon, r. b.
Maury, Jacob Thompson, II. c. Wilton,
JOS. =. ClarksOn, G. Y. Ram5aut, W. r..
Hunt, and j. b. Cook. The interior of
he Cuurcu mas been anu LQe \
new chancel Is rapidly approaching COM
pletion. The haral display on Easter
sunday was the handsomest ever seen in
this city. Z
The Sun, Yesterday morning, SAYS:
The public are growing considerably
owe the recent act of the Legislature in
making IL a criminal Ofense for the Mayor
OF the city to issue a license for the keep
ing OF fresh meats outside Of the market
-hRnEa They will rannarn haR that frdaE D
hen the aforesaid public servant comes
'Ore them TO again seek another . pO-
7 a." Does the sun, by the aforesaid
&c servant " mean the Mayor? If so, I
'gld IKE TO NOW how he is 70 blame
tOI Opeyfng an act Of Legislature. If the
Legislature is meant, we hardly think
that il viii ever, collectively, come before
the public for pOsish
We are pleased to learn that Father
y ash is receiving considerable eDcOur-
agemsnt ia his efforts to build a Catholic
church in North Memphis. He has pur-
chased a lot at the corner of Third and
OverUOn streets, on which there is a
building that can be used for school pur-
poses, and a COMMITTEES Of ladies' are bust
" Al work making arrangements for a
fair and festival at the Greenlaw Hall,
commencing May %, TO raise funds TO
erect a suitable church edifce. The ladies
have received several liberal cOntribu-
tions for b fair, among which is a hand
some sewing machine, presented by Mr..
Valentine, agent Of the Grove q Baker Z
Sewing Machine Company, which is to be {
rafied at the table presided over by Mrs.
Burns and Mrs Babb.
The value Of a cat has been settled at
last. or at least has value has been esti-
at fifty dollars in legal currency in ,
- city Of Memphis. Yesterday George !
inn drought suit against Z. McCsrty for
5amages. claimed by the death of a fa-
mons ca, whose value was estimated as
shove. From the evidence OF witnesses,
M the argument Of learned counsel be-
ere ESQUIRE Norton, we are informed +
raj the cat in question took possession q
Mr.. McCarty's fence, and the dogs be- 2
to McCarty, instigated by their
,vg5er' committed the atrOciOus murder
and with malice af~orethought.
m Linn testified that since the death Of
~ favorite cat the rats have taken forci- Z
Ie DoseessiOn Of his hearth and home, a
him to the amount Of fifty dol
- Justice Norton, while be regretted
~ death Of 50 famous a cat, and while 81
: sppreciated the loss sustained by the G,
sigbborbood, felt compelled to give a
1dgment for the defendant on the grounds
M a cat belonged TO a class Of animals
nowu as Jerre nature. ST
To-day win be resumed by Judge st
vavne tie hearing Of the double motion IA
I case Of Wright and Curry. General
-ohf having been elected. received his