Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-22

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much in need.
Mr.. Brady's stable, on Bradford street
Chelsea, was burned Ht ten O'Clock last
night; loss 500.
Winter took another souse into the
lap of spring yesterday. At two this
morning he was sitting there still.
1t is to be regretted that John Morris
sey went to New York yesterday. me
Uurfmen anticipated g pleasant time With
him next week.
The stables Of the famous turfmeur
Messrs. Rice, Moore, Bacon Jennings
Hill and others, VIII draw crowds 70 the
race course to-day.
Frank Blair, when Grant insuFurates
his government Of force, VIII be the Bru-
tus to another Caesar OF the drst victim
Of the ~guillotine.
A nice little confidence game was
played upon q couple Of countrymen YES
terdsy by which they lost $50. It was not
unlike the others.
is there to be no Mai-fest, Volksfest,
n"r Incorporating of any sort, among
our pleasure-lOving German fellOw-ctti-
Esns during the spring7
The Belle Lee, the peerless steamer OF
the West in speed, splendor Of OUTFIT and
admirable management, passed mp the
river Thursday morning.
Thirty racers we're landed here Thurs
day by the stsunch steamer Indiana,
selected for her safety and skiliful man
/ sgement by the owners Of these valuable
steeds.
The engineers of 8 gift machine on
Front row were before United States
| Commissioner Pierce yesterday, who
made them take out q license and pay
anne other triding sums incidental to the
case.
Mr.. Phil. Msllon's speech on the ele-
vstor question viii attract the attention
Of thinking men. II does him Infinite
credit and proves him q man to be trusted
by the people.
-Msnsford has Harpers Magazine, an
excellent number, for May, Monday
Mansford will have other ike MOuthlies,
and those INDUCING q taste for bellies let
tres should call st the northeast cOrner of
Monroe and Second street.
The Bee says: Brownsville has
shipped from September /, 1870, to April
Is, 1871, as shown by depot agents books,
nineteen Thousand, two hundred and
thirteen 19 2l3) bales Of cotton, against
u,2S9 for the same time last season. a
gain Of 1871 bales.
The police are not without admirers
among he sex, if one may judge from the
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seen in the Adams street ststiOn-hOuse
yesterday morning. Once a body OF men
gets g name for being good looking, they
possess the hearts Of the ladies ever after
ward.
Malone, the President Of the con-
solidsted Virginia railroads, says that If
It be necessary, he viii spend $4,000 in
diftusing over Europe information as to
the and advantages Of the
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of Southern roads and chambers Of COM
merce, and especially does he rely upon
Memphis for active aid In sustaining the
Liverpool line of steamers to Norfolk.
The new telegraph posts being put
down by the Atlantic and Pacific Com
psny, through the city, are said to be the
finest In America. They are red cedar
sticks, about sixty feet ia length, shipped
here from Alabama. The Atlantic and
Pacific Company is driving its line south
ward with great rspidIty. Connection
with Jackson, Mississippi, will be com
plebed in a few days,
The arrangements for the races, next
week, are complete. By visiting the
track any morning, there may be seen
about forty horses, the best blood in
America, exercising on tbs ChlckassW
course. Victory, the King OF the Turf, is
out there, and all the horses that won
purses st New Orleans. If there be peO-
pie in Memphis who don't admire the
horse, they can remain away from the
races. The first day, Tuesday, viii be a
great turf day. There Will be fine run
ming.
The Paris In~tsHigencer says; The past
week has been, in the main, more favor
able for planting, which Is being pressed
toward completion by Our farmers. The
early part OF the season has been rather
unfsvOrable, by reason of an excess of
rain; the weather has generally been
warm for the season. The wheat crop is
at present promising, and bids fair for
more than an average yield. From almost
every quarter Of the West and South we
hear q most cheering account Of the pros
poets of the incoming wheat crop, which
is cause of profound gratitude to the
Giyer Of all Good.
Mr.. George Norris, in charge Of the
boOk-bindery Of Boyle & Chapman, the
we'll known booksellers and printers,
270k Main street, is one Of the most &C
complished men in his line of business in
the country. Up to his facilities be does
work in a way that simply dehes cOmpe-
titiOn and that in every instance estEb-
fishes his credit rs an artistic bOOk-binder.
We have q specimen Of his handiwOrk be-
fore as. which we have carefully com
pared with a similar job done in New
FORK and we freely and fully accord to
him the palm for excellence. We make
our bow TO Mr.. Morris as q prince among
bOOk-binders.
The Jackson Wig and Tribune has
the following touching our railroad trOub-
les: memphis is seriously slarmed-aud
well she may be-by the movements of
McCOmbs and others, who constitute
the Southern Railroad Association. They
have already obtained absolute control Of
the New Orleans, Jackson and Great
Northern, and the Mississippi Central,
and are fast laying their clutches upon
the Mississippi and Tennessee road, by
which means very much Of the trade
which now ceuters st Memphis can and
will be diverted TO New Orleans. They
are also moving against the interest of
sissippi Central road TO Mckenzie or Mi
Ian, in the direction of Psducsh.
The splendid apartments in the new
bank building Of the Merchants Insur-
ance Company, occupied by President J
ID. Adams, Of the Arkansas Packet Com
pany, we're filed with accidental visitors
yesterday. At the same time there were
present the Messrs. Elliott, j. d. Darden, 1
J. Ashford, r. p. Walt, Captain VIM. 4
Dean, Rses Pritchsrd, E. W. Outlaw and
This oonvOcstIon Of sesmen was
earnestly engaged in the dis~cussiOn-hrst
Of the gas question, then of the Mississippi /
River Railway imbrOgliO, about which
each had an opinion Of his own, and final
" the elevator question was discussed.
On this score IL was said that either each
company should ave its own sle-
yatOr, or that the business and cost Of un-
boats, now so ruinOus to Mem
1his commerce, should be done by one in
elevator company.