Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-14
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS. q
To-day Is Yalentine,s Dag.

The weather was cloudy and warm
yesterday.
Most of the drinking saloons vera
tightly closed yesterday.
The streets and n were filed
with drivers and promenaders yesterday
evening.
There were forty arrests in the two
districts up to seven o'clock yesterday
evening.
C. Buccinang and S. Lazerini were ar
rested yesterday BY the detectives on
charge of purchasing property from
minors.
A man was picked up on the sidewalk
yesterday evening beastly trunk. On
house the police found forty-eight dol
lars in his pockets.
General b. T. Cheatham, of "Cheat-
hams Division fame, has withdrawn
his name as a candidate for County Court
Clerk for Davidson county, on account of
his faLur to secure the removal Of bis
disabilities.
Two white men, named Mike Solat
and 5. Billing, were picked up in an alley
yesterday evening under most suspicious
circumstance with two negro girls. They
viii answer to a charge of miscegenation
before the Recorder this morning.
Pat Connolly, d drayman, was arrest
ed yesterday morning, at the instance of
Mr.. Madigan, the owner of the drsy
which he drove. who charged him with
apprOpriatiug the collections for drayage
TO his own use. He will have a hearing
to-day.
We learn that Captain Crane and Mr..
Billy Elenker, Of the steamer Belle Mem
phis, subscribed fifty dollars to the Stone
wall jackson monument fund, for the
officers and crew of the boat. Wesuggest
that every steamboat on the river put a
box in their cabins for contributions to
the fund.
The Jury In the case of Colonel Thos.
Dickens, charged with killing Wade
Bolton last spring, returned a verdict Ss.-
urdsy night about eight o'clock, of Not
Guilty. Colonel Dickens was warmly
congratulated by his friends on his re-
lease. His defense was conducted with
signal sbllity and is a great triumph to
hi. attorneys.
1t has been suggested, for what rea-
son Is best known TO those who have ~
dustrioIsly spresd il abroad, that the po-
lice have been specially instructed to be
severe with negroes and to arrest all
dark-skinned beople after nightfall. We
nave inquired as 10 this rumor, III learn
that 50 lar from being permitted to abuse
negroes or whites, Chief O'Donnell has
given particular orders that prisoners, no
matter of what color must not be abused,
and that all persons arrested mast be
treated with all possible kindness and
care. Negroes can attend to their bust
ness after dark just as well as the whites,
and be assured Of protection.
The ball of the Soc5eta di Unione e
FrdteHGnzG LtGtiGRG, which comes OF on
"Wednesday evening, JUdlug from all ap-
pearancGs, will be the most brilliant affair
Of the carnival. The programmes, which
are already published, show t~wenty-fOur
dances, well arranged, and without the
eternal recurrence of the coBtTedGRSeS
which make American balls generally so
monOtOrous and tireSOme. We are re-
quested TO invite the various committees
Of arrangement and reception and the
Floor Managers to meet at the office of
Mr.. James BrizzOlara, No. 5 Vincent
Black at three O'Clock tomorrow Tues
day) evening. P%unctual attendance re-
quested.
The Grenada Sentinel of Saturday
SAYS: "Cn the down train of the Central
road, on Thursday afternoon, there came
down with the baggage master a box
marked e. NJ. Hanna, Grenada There
being no claimant, it was sold to pay
costs, to "a soldier of Company l for one
dollar and fifty cents. The box was taken
toward the camp, but being rather heavy, /
was opened. Imagine the horror of the
purchase, when he discovered he had
bought two skeletons-with flesh enough
on them yet TO create a very offensive
smell. The authorities were informed of
the facts in the case, and would have
proceeded to telegraph TO have the person
who sold the box arrested, when it was
learned that Mr.. Hanna is a medical
student, and that be was OF his way
home, living some miles from Grenada.
The skeletons are az the United States
military hospital
The Huntsville Democrat complains
most bitterly Of almost daily failure of
mails. The Democrat SAYS: " Ne are told
that it is very frequently the case that
the Huntsville mail bags are carried past
the postOtices to Memphis or Chatta-
nOOga and brought back on the mex re-
turn train. We desire to call the stten-
ton Of tho Postmaster General and of our
Represent3tlv in Congress, Messrs. box
and SherrOd, 10 these Irregularities, and
hope that 5hey will be speedily rectifed
for the public benefit. If the present
route agents cannot discharge their du-
ties better let them be discharged. and
competent and trustworthy men be an
pointed in their stead" Amen. So saw
we all Of us. For days and laws together
we do not get a paper from Huntsville,
and then vfe get a dozen in a bunch. and
though The town Is but a few hours dis
tant from rs, we never get a paper until
it Is al least two days old.
The uile question or philOlO2y be-
tween Us aud the Sun local was sprung in
friendship on our part, and made play
fully. In his reply he went Il OF his
way TO attack Us with hings about "for-
eign education" etc, and when we re-
fsrred the matter to any well educated
man in our midst. he retorted with the
you're another" which but a day or two
ago he 30 strongly and emphatically con
demned. We have no desire to pursue
further a matter so self-eVident 10 ANY,
n acquailted with the English or French
language. The fact that we, or some one
else, writing q notice OF a variety show
IN our columns, use a quotation from Ar
tennis Ward, ("green bay boss. - is no
excuse for q violation Of the principles Of
lenEusEe,or The misapplication Of a word,
on his part. As TO his allusion 10 the ears.
be should remember the fable Of Midas,
and not discover ths Tugs which other
wise would have remained hidden.
Quite ; stir has been Greeted at the
action OF sDme officials in Jackson coun-
ty. Ala, III p~eremptorily stopping trains
on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad,
81 Scottsboro. to enforce the aymen Of
taxes. Tho Huntsville hdspsadent saws
that on Monday several cars and an en-
CINE were stopped and held in durance
vile. II appears that the preceding Legis-
lature Imposed an enormously excessive
tax on raj roads amounting to probably
$4,000 for our Memphis and Charleston
Railroad. at tbs present session a bill
ives introduced 70 decrease this tax, but