Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-23
CITY PARAGRAPHS

The weather yesterday was not a.
warm ss Oa the day before. StLli 81, la
lie shade is hot enough.
The Masonic procession will move
from Court square 81 9 O'Clock, on saLUi-
day morning. Besr that in mind.
Even in these dull summer months,
The Memphis and Little Rock road is
crowded with passengers, and is & paying
Institution,
J.. White, we learn Of hne cotton growth
in Bolivar county, Miss, the same being
waist high and blooming.
-Tbe-Knigbts Templsr are expected to
meet ct their Hail on Saturday morning,
% 8 O'Clock, in full regslis and mounted,
fJr escort duty 70 aid a. the picnic.
A black boy, afteen years Of age, was
thrown from = horse yesterday, A. the
corner Of Madison and Third streets, and
sustained q badly sprained ankle as the
result.
were adopting measures to secure 8 proper
representation Of the intelligence and in
dustry OF Memphis on the 4th proximo in
Little Rock.
Wonderful Fsrgsson & Clay yester-
day received a cotton bloom from the
plantation Of @. A. BatemaD, In Phillips
county, Arkansas. II is the first Of the
season, and the earliest We have heard Of
for years.
The furniture cars will be ready e the
west gate Of Court Square, to take the
baby carriages to James Park, OF Satur-
day enabling the babies and their nurses
70 % out IN -omnibUssss and street cars
70 the Masonic picnic.
a drsy with q load Of seven barrels of
nouT, cast 3 wheel at the corner Of Main
and Union, at about half past i've yester-
Gay afternoon spluInR the load. breaking
the Gray and blOckading q portion OF the
street for about ten minutes.
Inc young msn, Stephen o. johnson. /
VINO was injured day before yesterday on
the ferrybcat, in the act Of making her
landing - IN q lair way Of recovery, un-
der the attention Of Dr.. T. Donoh1s %
bones being broken. Our previo1s ren,rt
Ia stating IL 70 be Horace johnson. va In. !
correct.
"A small party Of friends retired fran
the heat Of the city yesterday To eninv . |
DAVIS sport in the woods. RrnDeg
spring was the scene Of the DAYS enjoy
ueut. Alter q dinner under the shs1sy -
ths trees. and an endless smoUnt -
dancing, the party returned much re-
freshed, but regrettiEg the day was not
longer.
win. Msnsford, at the ORD Of Sec
ond and Monroe streets, whose book
store is DOw the resort Of U literary and
cultivated people, has, We srs glad 70 say,
nrogpered to an extent iusuring him q
success that makes hin and his business
4 permanent fixture in Memphis. he
has kept pacs with the demand of the
nublic. and has introduced everything
new ID the literary line that could in any
wsv minister to their tastes or appetites.
We commend MsnsfOrd. Hs Is one Of
vour silent, but persistent workers, and
deserves well Of a world for which be is
doing good work.
Major Sykes has written a letter, in
which he states that StantOn's road viii
rave sI2.800,O00 when equipped; that be
bad been miEinfOrmed as 70 the amount
- bonds issued TO stanton, but that the
~oad. ii not seized by q ring, can be made
- eTtiuguish its debts. II sold Ia bank
untev. only q few viii be paid, the road
MI bscome the property Of q few specu-
Istors. and the toll Of thousands viii
inurs to the advantage OF g few. It Is
Ferv desirable, Major Sykes thinks, that
those who built bhs road should be paid
for their toll 1.-THE corporation 20 into
the hands Of q rscsiFer, the few viii be
eunc3sd and farmers and labOrers win
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