Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-10
CITY PARAGRAPHS.

There is SONS talk of a cattle plague
aniicting this part Of the country.
The APPEAL is furnished seven days
IN the week fOr25 cents TO city subscribers,
The mortality among horses all over
the country eve was so great.
The Mechanical Association is 70 have
a meeting this afternoon.
The different gardens and resorts
shout the city were well attended yester-
day.
Mr.. stiilmsn, ticket agent OF the st.
Louis and Iron Mountain road, is st the
Peabody.
Track laying on the Arkansas branch
Of the i'm Mountain railroad progresses
al the rate Of half g mile per day.
A water cart, or wagon, broke down
II the corner OF Main and Monroe streets
last evening. A new Inch pin and the
loss OF the water was the only injury aus
tained.
A mortgage given by the Arkansas
Central Railroad Company to the Union
Company Of New York, for the sum Of
8l,3O0,OOO, WAS stamped here 81 an expense
Of $500.
Colonel sam. Tate, President Of the
Memphis and Little kOck Railroad, sd-
V~srtiEes, in the Eastern papers, that his
company is now ready to fund the cOu-
pOns, from the first mortgage bonds, that
mature In December, 1871, and May, 1872,
IN accordance with the terms OF their
agreement with the b~Ondholders,
"A slight difficulty occurred yesterday
morning betwsen 8 cOlOred Individual
and a white man on south Court
street, In which neither were seriously
hurt. The dsrkey hrst chased his white
friend, the latter lodging among b tree
boxes, and subsequently, the Negroes eOur-
age failed him and be in turn became the
pursued instead of the pursuer.
We are indebted to John II. Freeman;
the Clerk Of the Supreme Court, for
many important fsvors bestowed during
the recent lAbOriOus session Of the court
~ Jackson. Mr.. Freeman was in Mem
phis on a brief business visit on Saturday,
and called Al our office. Il IL pleasant 70
D6 refreahed, Oncein 9 while, blythe cheer
Iul conversation OF such g splendid Dem
Ucrst as Mr.. Freeman.
On Saturday last we received from
Mr.. W. NJ. Coleman, OF Big Creek, Shell
by County, tha skin and rattles OF q rat
ilesnake thst was killed on his place on
Friday. Its original length measured
i've feet, with thirteen rsttles snd & but
ton, making his ( a.bOut fourteen years.
Mr.. Coleman says several others have re-
been killed o. very large size. This
"Aa ~ 80 - ~ A@I@ Vi A4o Il
large snakes Big Greek can boast OF.
Two gentlemen arrived here yesler-
day from Missouri to take 8 look At our
Harrington or Pennington. They looked
Al him up n down and all around, and
ave IL Ss their deliberate opinion
hat be was not the man they wanted.
did not commit the murders sscribed
10 him In Missouri. No, sir, IL wsrn't
lim - done IL, but Il was q man very like
lHHn % al rnmGH ha HE hrlHhar - A =, 49, !
gentlemen took the next train for
Missouri, and Harrington paced his cell
With the inward reflection, what is his
country coming TOT"
The humane and gantlemsnIy clerk
the Adams street station house wss
proud Of . brace Of chickens which he
cultlvsiinR for the honor Of the insti-
.ution. His pain and grief yesterday
intense when he learned that they
we're stolen. The fact Is, the large and
iealthy members Of the chain-gsnR
OF the necks Of the chickens and
I'D them baked in NeRlis' stove. The I
5ed they had out Of it was delicious. and !
perc5ptible Increase Of FAT resulted
the midnight meal, which they en- |
Dyed when all hands were asleep.
The attention Of the Street Railroad !
Ompany Is respectfully called 70 the /,
with q view 20 remedy: Editors
LEpCAt-AN mA AGDnA EAhE 10Y Nu6 reason 4
hat 80 new broom sweeps clean" n for .
o other, the new Directory Of the CITY !
abroad would offer increased sdvan- :
20 passengers; but while the
re Is somewhat reduced, she privilege ,
{ transfer" 10 refused, and double =
re Is charged for a ride from Her :
street 10 Warrington. This is ;
one upon the plea Of reduced fare" = A.,
Fashionable advantage under the circum- ]
.anoes. O. :
On Friday last a negro man dropped '
On Saturday morning Coroner Z
.Ofstt held an inquest on the BODY and :
the close ordered Il inferred For
me reason, as yet unexplained, this wss
ot done up TO ben O'Clock yesterday g
Until hat time the BODY Law
here the jury OF inquest found IL, putrf-
ing and stencbtng the atmosphere 80 as
make life insupportsbls 70 those In the
clnlIy. A COMMITTEES of three waited on
ie Coroner yesterday and made COM
Of the fact, and thai their n
lp1catlon . AVE the body buried a
ad been refused until Mon h
y. We hope b proper sutboTfties n
III look into this matter and ssa thai I
ich an occurrence does not again offend a
. health and Christian feeling Of our Ii
al
Hog is q philanthropist Of q De-
-AAa 5snmH no N nOM ~ tuc STALLION
'use for exercising the peculiar indigna- ~,
Of his soul. On yesterday afternoon y
picked up q child sbcut the neighbOr- y
OF Orleans stress, and carried 1t !"
uDd the upper part of the city until he
q into the hands of the policeman at the ,
rner Of Main and Winchester streets, y
here he was pointed out by q busy-body ,
3 youth who had followed the "kidnap- :.
for the previous half hour, The :
'licemsn took the man and the boV to q
Q ststiOD-honse, In which the old Ssunsr-
,n was locked up. The little fellow is
ont four years old, has q hair lin. and b
ys that his name is Willie Arren,
coroner was called upon last even
3 70 hold an Inquest upon the body of q y
an, named Mike Daley, who had come
re on the Colorado as q deck passenger,
9 got ON board at Unis, in Arkansas, il
mplaining OF suffering from ebills and
Yer. About ten O'Clock on Saturday.
GIT he fell dead on the deck amope 81
'ople who never saw him and cared
othlng tor him. he was 5 railroad Ia
'rer' who bad been worked 70 death in