Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-11
c PARAGRAPHS.

Recorder Scales yesterday morning.
-Halfthe town were humming snatches
Of PATHS and Prume's music yesterday.
The candidates "buzz" move inces-
sanity and labOriOusly each day, as the
election approaches.
Let it be remembered thar the grand
ball Of the Italian Benevolent Association
comes off next Wednesday night.
Ninety dollars were assessed in the
Recorders Court yesterday morning, of
which but twenty-five were collected.
The County Court met yesterday
morning. and, after signing the minutes,
adjourned to the first Monday in March.
The distressing duIlness in police cir
cles continued yesterday. Up to three
o'clock there was but one arrest in each
district.
The spring-like weather continued
yesterday, and as a consequences the
streets, parks and drives were full yester-
day evening of promenaders and others
enjoying the delightful, balmy air.
We are requested by the officers of
the Italian Benevolent Association to
state that the statement made by a city
paper a fewdays ago, to the effect that the
association had a political Significance or
aim, is not true. The society is purely
social and benevolent.
Windows and doors were open wide
Yesterday, and the thermometer stood at
s~eventy-One in the shade at three o'clock.
The wind was from the south, and though
it did not bear on its wings the OdOrs Of
the violet, it still was fragrant of far-Of
fields Of verdure.
"A dry goods store on Main street was
robbed day before yesterday by a bold
thief who walked of with a bolt of cloth
from the front door, in open day light.
The same house informs US that Il lost a
full suit of clothes from the same front
door in the same manner, a few days ago.
Our merchants had better look out.
The very elegant grand piano used at
the Patti concerts, is now on exhibition,
as will be seen by reference to the notice
in another column, at the store of Z, A.
Benson, 3l7 Main street. 1t is of the
make of the Messrs. Steinway & Co.,
whose pianos have a worldwide reputa-
ton. Attention Is called TO the card.
Attention is called to the card of L. D.
SaxtOn & Co., international Emigration
Labor agents, real estate dealers and sup
ply brokers, l66 Front street, Exchange
Building, who propose to furnish expe-
rienced farm laborers, mechanics, railroad
labOrers, ETC., etc, to all who NAV need
them. Read their card, and pay them a
visit.
w e nave ItEtl gu al INV lEdLLDu 10 LuG !
anniversary ball and supper of the Union
City Lodge, No. l22, L. o. 0. f., which
takes place IN the Odd inst. The COM
miJtCe of arrangements, Messrs. Wandall,
Edwards and White, have our thanks for
the same, and We promise, if time and
other duties viii permit, to be present on
the happy occasion.
The ice company that we spoke of
weeks ago as a possibility or a prob
is now, we are glad to say to our
friends, a iNed fact. and in the course Of
a very fewNwesks we shall have art COM
against nature in our city for the
trade that has made more money for the
house owning the monopoly here in Mem
phis than IN other one source Of revenue
has ever dOhe Tor its pOsSessOrs in our
city.
We regret to learn, says the VaLo-
71jdn, of Water Valley, that a young man
by the mann Of Budd Mullins committed
near Paris, in this county, on last
Saturday, by shooting himself in the head
with a pistol. He had recently returned
from a visit on business to Alabama. !
where it is supposed he became involved
in a difficulty which seemed to render
him desperate, and doubtless affected his
mind.
From every section of this and the
States of Arkansas and Missis-
-lLDA we nEdE Oh lAalLllLEdllOn SOHieLleS !
forming and at work. Within the coming
three months hundreds and thousands of
white men, Of Scandinavian, Teutonic
and Anglo-SsxOn origin will have been
brought among US, and will nave gone to
work on our helds, in our work shops
and at their trades. Every sble-bodied
that comes to us thus is five hundred
per annum, in gold, added to the
resources and wealth Of the country.
fact that the once quiet little town of
Huntsville had of late been much excited
by deeds Of violence in il and in the neigh
borhOod. From the Independent of Tues
day we learn hat within the past week a
Methodist Protestant clergyman, named
knight, had been shot twice by men in
disguise and forced to leave the country.
negro nan living just across the river
was also shot "A day or two since by a man
named Tyler. We hope the good citizens
along the line Ofthe Memphis and Charles
Railroad in that region will devise
means to put down these outrages
Immediately.
Yarmouth and sbsynthe drinkers of
city have been complaining for
.hree weeks past that there was no good
TermOuth u absynthe in the city. One
iealer here wrote to New York to have
his stock -replenished, but was informed
hat there was lone of the brand that he
wanted in that city. We learned Yesterday
hat the reason for this scarcity is the fact
hat by certain recent cust0mhouse regu-
atoms, vermOUth, absyDthe and almost
III other grades Of wines and liquors for
nerly brought to this country in bottles,
now be brought in casks-a regula-
which any sensible man can see for
himself precludes the importation Of all
inc brands.
We have pleasure in directing the at
entiOn Of the public to the advertisement
# the North British and Mercantile In
trance Company, with assets amounting
o $4,e65,224 80, of which our old friend
1r. John @. LOnsdale is the Memphis
gent, and Mr.. w. II. Trader solicitor.
1r. L~onsdale's active participation in the
business for the past fourteen
ears Is a guarantee of the integrity and .
that is his prominent Character :
site. He is cautious, discreet and pains 8
aklng; operates for the benefit Of his :
ompany and is prompt to adjust and be :
lst toward those who insure with him.
Mr.. Traders assistance we feel SAT-
D predicting for the North British a 2
roEtable line Of business, and for those z
Insured by Lonsdale a complete guarantee z
gainst loss. :
IL no city Of its size in the South, or J
hat we know Of any where else. are there 3
D many valuable dogs as in Memphis. :
# the various kinds terriers predomi- q
ate, and as there is no species Of the .
og family more liable to the staggers
nan this one, the following receipt givon 8
5 yesterday by a dog ~fancier, will be
valuable: Give one t~easpoonful
laudanum, which may or NAV not be 2
iluted with 81 little water. One dose 2
sldOm fails to cure the worst case, but if
should not. repeat the dose in about 2
70 hours. For the mango, the following 2
i'll be found almost instantly eficacious: ?
7hite HellebOre root, 2drachms; water. 3 2
.nts, boil down to 2 pints, then add
lille hot, Corrosive sublimate l ounce, z
ape alloes l drachm. Wet the dog ali 2
,er with this, and one application Will 2
,nerally cure. 1t is clean, and the dog
ed not be kept out of the house when d
has been applied. ;,