Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-20
LOCAL NEWS.

Prof. Yigus' school, Wellington street.
w, Z. Mitchell's school, 3O3 Third st.
Another sultry day yesterday-the
dog days have returned.
The sand was blowing about the
streets in gusts yesterday.
There are several gipseys encamped
in the southern suburbs of the city.
The young men of the Overton will
nave a grand ball this Tuesday, evening.
General NJ. J. Wright telegraphed to
the Office yesterday thai he would be
home next Saturday.
Several of the smaller dealers in ice
Yesterday were not able TO supply their
customers, the supply having run short.
There were in all seventy-eight cases
disposed of by the Recorder, yesterday,
and two hundred dollars were collected
in fines.
The courts, all except the County
and Chancery, met yesterday. The pro-
csedings will be tound in the court
column.
Best quality Of Mount Carbon Coal
at so cents per barrel delivered in any part
OF the city by Phillips & st. John, 70
Madison street.
Richard Jordan was fined $40 yest er-
day morning for his assault upon Mr.. John
Strave with an ak, as reported in the AP-
PEAL yesterday morning.
The shrievslty was decided $50 far as
his decision can go) by Judge Flippin in
favor of General Wright. The decision
will be found at length elsewhere.
The attention of those who carry con-
cssled weapons is called to Judge Flip
pins charge TO the grand jury. Read the
penalties and take of.your weapons.
Bay Horse Saloon. corner Of Monroe
snd Second streets. The celebrated Sam
Clay whisky. 15c; ale, porter and 'slf-and-
'alf at lOc. Duncan MecLsan is the host.
We hope that every soldier in Mem
phis, VIII buy a ticket for the concert
Of Friday next, at the theater, for the
benefit OF the Stonewal Jackson Monu-
mental Fund.
H. O.. Hollenberg has the most elegant
styles Of pianos ever brought to this city.
A complete assortment of ChickeTinE, the
BEST inc cheapest first class piano in the
world. Sold on easy terms.
Ring, who shot his wife on Saturday
night, was arraigned yesterday morning
before the Recorder on the charge, and
she refused to appear against him. He
was therefore 6ned $50 for shooting in the
corporation, and discharged.
The alarm of fire, rung about one
- N-CN0 We" $4,000 ~ ~
burning of two negro shanties at or near
the Bayou bridge, on Third street, Chel-
sea. The loss was about $500. Uninsured.
The grand jurors of the Criminal Court
of this term are: Peter Townsend, Fore
man; J. +. Allen, John McGraur, G. W.
Edmonds, John Prick, Sol. Cohen, J. A.
Densy, A. ). McNear, A. J.. Dennis, J. S. |
wilkins, h. J. B. L. VIM, H. B. Joyner,
L. Ksck.
Never, in the history Of Memphis,
were the mosquitoes and other biting in
sects half so bad as they are Just now. In
rooms where, during the heat of summer, /
not a bug was heard, and bars were sbsO-
lutely unnecessary, il is now impossible
10 sleep without them. As to iess, there
never was such a congregation since the
days Of Pharaoh.
Mr.. E. Fegan, that old and well
known dealer in furniture, carpets, oil
etc, in our advertising
columns that he has a large and elegant
stock Of carpets, ETC., which he will sell
at greatly reduced prices. Our citizens
should remember Mr.. Fegsn's place, No.
26J Second street, Vincent Block-ths
emporium of furniture and upholstery.
Mat. Morgan and JEFF. Harris. two
wild dsrkies minding" a herd Of Texas
cattle in Fort Pickering, yesterday, were
i've dollars each bv the Recorder for
firing their pistols Of at a fractions steer,
was trying to escape from them.
The proof e to show that the DegrOes
had no cause TO use their firearms what
ever, and when they did so that they
acted very recklessly. Under the circum-
stances the fine was very slight.
Captain Charles n. Wheeler, who died
yesterday morning, was born in Fairfield
county, Connecticut, on the 18th June
1888. He removed to P~ontotOc county,
Mississippi, two or three years before the
war, was captain in the First Mississippi
Confederate cavalry, and a prisoner most
Of the war. He came to Memphis and
engaged in business three years ago, and
been married about eight months. He
died at the residence of his father-in-law
Pnlliam. He will be buried to-
day, at ten O'Clock am, in the family
burial place of E. Pullism, Esq, near
H. S. King has been devoted to the
OF selecting Injuries for the
.2bles OF gourmands through the past
ifty years. He knows the value and
.aste and relative richness of an oyster
he moment he clsps his eyes on it. He
furnishes his customers with Ma
honey & Co.'S celebrated Baltimore oys-
Iers, acknowledged, the world over, to be
peerless. When King pronouness any
irticle of food good the decree is fual and
Al fashionable people assent. He is the
moral desPot Of the world Of family
groceries,.
As usual, the printer thought he knew
letter what we wanted than we did our
elves in the paragraph and stanzas, 81 Z
InOw q maid" quoted by US from a coun-
paper in yesterdays APPEAL. In
Of leaving in the typographical er- /
0rs, he corrected them-thus spelling !
he whole joke In the original stanzss
which were written by All Ref" a re-
emily imported Chinese, it is hinted)
bose two lines occurred:
and there she drains her lover nigh.
II he loves her he'll lei her know
a nice couple, that; she drains her lover, i
nd he'll lie her! I
Newton Ford's name was among the ,
inst ever lifted above the multitude that Q
.rhs up and down Union street. In fact, I
Mon street would hardly be itself il the
ign-bo&rd Of Newton Ford & Co. did not r
designate II. The business Of this firm is s
iardly surpassed in extent by that of any
q the city, aud there is nom which main
aims more perfect credit with local and I
oreigu bsnklng institutions. 1t is said :
hat this house has distributed over the {
'Outh, during the past twelve months,
more -four than any u of St. Louis, ]
nd its sales of cotton were about one :
of the whole number of bales /,
old in Memphis. 1t deserves its good
ortune and all the patronage IL may here /
.fter acquire. Newton Ford's partners
re a. faultless gentlemen and trust
business men as himself. Read
heir card. a.,
The L~eayenworth Bulletin has an :
'musing take OFF, on the p~retensions TO
yast populations by Missouri river cities
'reVious 70 the census, and sums up the ,
.ctuaI condition of things, after the Mar +,
books have been made up, as fol- !
.
before the eensus-.m.-.5O.OOo
omaha, after the 1900 d,
Killed, wounded and missing 81. 600 !
,ouncil Bluffs, before the s......A 1000 :
;onRcl Bluffs, after the census.-.-.u,COO :
Lost in action 5000 :,
Il. Joseph, before the census...---...4O &C, 600 :
L. Joseph, after the census.-."...-.-lS,OO 600 :
Not accounted for......~-.~-.---2,eO0 !
before the census.-..S5, 600 !
AFTER the census....--2l.o 600 3
Gone to Congress 1900 :
Lansss City, before the ensus........5O, coo i
Aansas City, after the census..-..--lT,C0O I
Killed, wounded and deserted....39 900 =
Memphis alone of Western cities. in Of =
cisi returns Of census takers, shows a
opulation in excess Of the estimates re- :
entity made by newspaper and municipal y
authorities. Award had just been Topped
D thai a heaven-favOred eristocracy might
eriye ali advantages, but incur none Of
10 evils OF proximity to a center Of trade.
x thousand inhabitants Of b city were e
aus amounted as part of Its population, =
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