Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-25

i . a. E1NAL VI q NAA1 kAASA1 VI
and friends. all OF whom will be glad to
learn that he has recovered his instru-
ment.
Some of the census returns were sent
back from Washington with instructions
to mark upon the papers aChdt caused the
death Of certain persons who left the
world between the day Of taking the
name and the time for making the returns.
Would it not be a good idea to have q
number Of people Unde drill, between
now and 1880, with the view of having
competent people to take the tenth CEN
sus?
We are in receipt of communication
from G. S. Nichols, the b~ill-pOster, cor
recting some statements made In the APP
PEAL's account of his fracas with
SchOOles. He says the affair grew u of
Schooles' desire to occupy with his bills
walls leased by him (NichOls), and for
which he had paid in advance. However,
the case has ended. SchOOles has with
drawn his prosecution before Squire
Winters.
There is a whisky shop, we are told
by an Observant deBd-beat, for every
eighty inhabitants between Wolf INC
Pickering, and west Of Third street. If
the proposition pending in the Legisla-
ture, to submit the question, grocery or
no grocery" to the people Of each civil
district, become the law, there will not be
a b8r-rOOm south of the Fifth civil dis
trict. Such was the opinion of wise old
gentleman given on Change yesterday.
The little man, William Forrest, is
still on his trial. He vas arraigned yes
tsrday for shooting at Charles Brizz0lsra,
on Washington street, n Sunday night
about six weeks ago. He fred through
the window at Charley, and Charley let
fly 8 pound weight st the little man, but
missed him.. The jury got the case just
before the adjournment of the our yes
terdsyieveniug. The verdict is expected
the first thing this morning.
There is a vast quantityO OF underhand
thieving going on in the city. Monday
night the room of General Williamson
was robbed of his boots and $40 in cash,
which was taken out Of his pocket while
he slept. No doubt his watch would
have been taken had it not been under
his pillow. The thief was either crOuched
under the bed or else used a pair of nip
psrs, for the door was locked on the in
side before the General went to sleep.
Ben. Buffers morals will be improved.
He has begun, Is shown in our dispatches
this morning, to read and quote the AP-
PEAL. The Government of to-day is not
the Government Of our fathers, and it is
thus true that the "Federal Government"
is a rseking, fostering corpse. Read the
Congressional debate OF yesterday. 1t
will be seen that the declaration of the
APPEAL was approved to the extent that
this end could be gained by the defeat of
Buffers proposition.
This is the one hundred and twelfth
anniversary of Burns birth day. 1t will
be celebrated everywhere by ScOtchmeD
and by other men who honor that sort of
genius which gives fitting expression to
sentiments and feelings common to hui
mainly. Burns was born in Scotland, hut /
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Of auld Scotia cherish his memory with
affection snd love. TIL world cannot re-
fuse TO honor him as a great man, for be
sung for mankind. The st. Andrews So
ciety of this city will celebrate the day
with becoming honor. Great prepsra-
tiOns have been made and the festival
this evening may be expected TO be a
brilliant thing.
We have heard of a curious partner
ship in 3 n~eighbOring city, between a
doctor and a druggist. The doctor, when
he captures a patient, measures his purse.
fit be short, he empties il by orders on
the druggist; if long aud pleJhOriC, the
patient is hurried into the hands of the
undertaken. In both instances, with the
druggist and undertaken, the doctor is a
dormant partner. A fellow who can af-
ford to spend $500 or more on a frst-class
funeral, was never known to last a week
ai.eI the doctor felt his-purss. There is
no typographical error in the CONSTITUTE
ton of hat last word. The weeping
widow is always tenderly told that her
friend the doctor viii see that the greatest
possible respect is shown to the memory
of the dear departed. and when it is ali
over, the stOne-cutter is indicted into the
happy little ring, and the stone cutter
snd the druggist and the doctor and the
undertaken take u Letters De b0nis non
until no goods are lefI-and wind up"
the estate.
The philosophers have long 2 de-
cided hat il would not be for the best in
terest of society for every one to follow
full bent Of his inclination, as evil
dence Of which they point conclusively
10 the class known as %losf9rs, TO macker-
els, to shysters and pickpockels. The
question is, what earthly good are any of
these to society," Yet they cannot be got
rid Of. If they could be made to prey on
each other, like hungry rats, until they
become extinct, il would be a bless
TO mankind. This is the sentiment OF
respectable, owing to which the pO-
lice We're highly delighted to observe the
Dreliminaries OF q fight in the Adams
street statiOn-hOuse yesterday morning
between two shysters. The point of dis
lay between four and six bits. One
willing to undertake a certain de-
tense before his Honor for a half dollar,
the other stuck out for six bits, and
showed his utter contempt for the small
ness Of soul displayed by the half dollar
The by-standers were congratu-
.ating themselves on al imminent row,
put no row happened. The whole pent
lp rsge Of their nOhSe souls went on in
words, andthe police were Disguised.
The new process Of manufacturing
gas from crude petroleum or naptha, I
by the gas-WOrks in this city,
attracts a deal Of attention. Committees q
skilled operatives Ia the business of q
gas manufacture, and superintendents of
works from many Northern and Eastern Z
for some weeks past, have visited 1
Memphis TO inquire into the details Of the 4
process. Within the past few weeks the
.Datsntees have thus been enabled to sell @
Ocal rights to use the patented process 9
sums exceeding half q million dollars.
The quantity Of gas consumed to produce c
/ given degree OF light is nearly One-half c
sss where the napthe is used. Yesterday (
chemist, sent by the gas company Of J
keokuk, was applying tests to determine
he value, cost and relative Illuminating
powers Of the two descriptions of gas.
De says that the new gas is of more than
WO-tbirds greater value, in its light
giving properties, than that made from e
he best coal. The labor required in the q
mode Of making gas is infinitely less. 81
thirty hands have been recently dis s.
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ne the week a commission, sent out by a
be city Of Brooklyn, will be here to in o
.uire into these facts which have so star b
led managers of gas companies every
yhere. The unmixsd gas made from
.aptha has the OdOr Of smoke from a
lightWoOd knot, and is wholly
ivested of the di8agreeable smell of the Fl
as heretofore used.
"A shadow has fallen upon the house
q ErhnnHau nraaA ghaADwv sH---.
-Om the murky smokes and vspors
Thich rose from the burning of BroOm's
,pera House IL may be had in COmmO
smembranCe that the burning OF that
ouse was q mystery. No one could ac-
cunt for how it was done. The fire n,
roke out at six O'Clock in the morning.
{ WIS the usual habit to have all The
and fires put out before two OF
lOrning. The attaches of the place ali "a
verred that there was nc neglect in this
'ay on the night previous. How the Gre
have originated, was the question.
he grand jury, II appears have adopted
)ne measures which may throw light
q the subject Yesterday Jimmy
choOles, who runs the rival establish
lent, was indicted by the grand
for arson. 4 young man In 81
be Niger singing line at Jimmy's
" two or three months, was also
for the sane crime. The charao-
" Of the evidence which led to the find
IS of these Indictments is not known.
he bonds were fixed at $1,000 for Jimmy
I'd 5000 for Hays. This latter person is an
i'd TO be in jail. The friends Of Jimmy nc
y that be can produce the required H
)nds. Hays is not very well known i'm tn
.wn. he came here from st. Louis,
here be has been in the Niger business.
is wife separated from him, and is now
wing with her mother in Kansas. It IL
50 said Of him that he was in the Fede. giy