Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-16
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The city tax-coIlector says word to the
folks IN another column.
There were more country people In me
city yesterday than any Gay snloe 1e sI"
Sunday school celebration IN May last.
The criminal court was engaged yesterday
IN re-trvinQ a negro who had killed G fellow
African three years ago and had a trlaL
-Mr. C. L. Loop, ASHES western depart
ment southern Express company, hiss our
hanks for niles Of New York papers OF MOI
when the road shah have been finished %
Jefferson, Texas, seven trains of cars losdeo
with cattle Will mass this way daily, going 70
Eastern mArkeu-
There are eighteen prisoners on the enain-
gang al present They are stout, hesIly ~
lows, but could not pay the small nnS~
sessed against them.
The negro, Phillips, who claimed 70 De Pe-
vas sentenced 70 two esH in the penltehuAIJ
for attempted rape, yesterday.
There was no scrip used or issued during
The mEyoralty OF Colonel Aqanson Sonse ~
and our article yesterday mao 10 Ieie3eA ~
mayors who served before the war
-Tventy-three hundred pounds OF roast
haef btrrinR the roast, walked our streets yes
s%aeWEdSsfy WAY G II 1hs n s5sP Sei 81 ans % ssessei, the
prince Of butchers. I'll 70 DC shoeo up S
urdRy-
Miss Doherty, an excellent lady, who has
long conducted the extensive millinery estap-
itsbment Al the corner OF Union and Main
streets. died suddenly last night, about u
oicloek, Of congestion. Due notice Will De
hereafter given Of funeral services.
The three men who attacked the negro
w-oodchopper some miles north OF TINS Guy
Tuesday night, are nov In jail Inc P0Ies
succeeded in capturing them Lhe rSeSSd ha
cOntiouei their cases until AnAI SOuN Oo
satisfactorily worked up.
Mr.. Charles Pope appears as Adodvg 20
night. He Is one OF the most PoPulAL ~
An An aSen,i s9ToT and ib ar 1nf Bowers. There viii
not be an empty seat to-nlghlp Ion PIT "
dome.
The resolution in regard to the submission
| of two propositions In reference 70 subscrlp-
fions 10 Two railroads on the same day was
| misapprehended. b one does not auect NJ
1 other. The voter may vote tor the one ahu
4 against the other, or for or against Doh'
Nashville, sometime ago, mple the
! m OF $1,000 70 lawyers who hsc en-
| gagged themselves In the patriotic work OF ae-
~nouncing ard prosecuting money-IovlDg
/ onice-holders. Now, three OF her eminent
| .egaI fraternity want t45,OO for their services
| in selling out delinquent ra!lroads. Inc UNI
| -elnsh patriotism Of those men cannot * ~
much admired. They make up niue lea
/ summary very useful out here as q curious
subject for philosophical study.
-Rsno Is again incorrect. LAST night num-
Der OF deputy sherns mace q ues tI,et
bstWeen Jefferson and Court streets, Ahnn'
| Der OF players and managers Of the game Wert
smusement seized. fhe whole party were
taken 10 the criminal courtroom ana tIost
who did not effect their release were kept AZ
/ night. The case will come up for legal lnNes'
IN ation this morning at ten o'clock.
-Wsggeuer makes up cloths and casSimere'
and guarantees satisfaction, because ne ha'
one Of the best Fellowes that ever cut a gar
1 ment to ut his friends and customers "
speak by the card. We indulge the hope tina
all patrons Of the APPEAL will be able 10 90 :,
also. WRggener's number is 2s Main street
Every MAJ who reads this paper and who De
Iieves IN pstIonising home manursctuTe
SHOULD help Waggoner In his ebDerpTlse: 4.
sci s as cheap a. tailors OF the ssme cas- il
New York and does his work quite as well.
4 FIRE oocurrei yesterday about noon, de
stroyinR the tWc-story frame building al IN,
| corner Of Avery and Elliott streets, In SoutI
Memphis. The INST noor wss oce9pisa ps c mI
story by two families. The goods In TN
grocery and the furniture OF the families up
fem at he corner OF fernando and Elliot
streets-one block from the burned building
been without water, the house might haS'
been saved any serious damage as II was Ih'
| houEe was almost entirely destroyed.
There Is q stalk Of corn at the chamber o
Il comma o. raised In Arkansas, which meas
ures over eighteen feet In height. Inc ioooel
alone Of such q crop OF corn NouIu mae !
farmer rich. We were shown 3 turnip, yeSter
| dRy, raised In Monroe county, Arkansas Whlc1
weighs nearly eight pounds, and Is Two lee
in circumference. II was raised without any
extra cultivation, near the border OF Bis
Prairie. This shows that cattle may De orlNeL
by the thousand from texas luUO uaoae LlSL
lands and there made fat and luscious beef fol
our market without any trouble or expense
II seems 70 be the natural destiny OF the grea
prairie sections Of Arkansas.
"A country darky left his tvo-mule team
Standing on Union street while he went intC
a business house 70 make some purchases
Hardly had he turned his back when thS
/ long-eared brutes set OF at the top OF thel
speed down the street. As they neared Stod
dard's auction store, they took a notion tina
the sidewalk was better as q race-course thar
the Nicolson, and sheered 70 the starboard
passing directly between the building and th'
signpOst on the edge Of the ~banquette, sweep
ing 10 swift destruction a regiment OF rheu
matte bedsteads, etc, Just left at the auodoI
store for sale. The mules thought something
was wrong, stopped TO see about IL, and wer'
captured and held until their equally assinin'
owner should settle for damages done.
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