Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-22
CITY PARAGRAPHS,

III is said that the Wz5er Works Com
psny will 90 into active operation directly.
The Emmett Guards made 3 beautiful
displsy last night, They are admirably
wen Ofhcsred and drilled.
The sanitary police are very active
after people who cultivate dirty back
alleys znd bad front paysments.
There was q runaway upon Vance
street Tuesday afternoon, which upset q
boy and slightly injured him.
The residence Of Dr.. simmons, At
Water Valley, was burned last week.
Loss, 5000. The Phoenix lost S40O0.
The dry docks are IN q promising way
Of being raised. The work OF yesterday
gave better results than that Of any pre-
yIOus One.
-Ex-member Of Congress W. J. Smith
has been appointed Surveyor Of Customs
for this port, vice Q. :. Cooper, and VIII
duty July LIST.
The negro brsksmen on the Mississippi
Central road have an organized system Of
depredations upon freight trains. -Four Of
them viii 60 to the p-enitentisry.
The cotton seed shipped by Mr.. Dick
son, Of Alabama, to California have pro-
duced, the newspapers say, 8 magnificent
crop.
At the late annual commencement Of
Emory and Henry College, the honorary
degree Of ATtjNm Magister AM was
conferred on Prof A. J. M. Bezien, Ofour
State Female College.
There ere qusrries ct Dickson, Ala
bsms, l25 miles from the city on the N. &
Q. road, from which the best paving Tag
stones are cut. There is no need Of send
ing 10 Nashville OK Cincinnati.
Mr.. Peyssr charges, before Justice
Miller. thai A. Lena has stolen q watch
and chain and q gold lOcket from him.
The Squire viii blsndly hear the whole
merits Of the case to-day.
The Recorder wants a comfortable
court room,s ana it is suggested that it be
built Of " bricks from the hats Of those
who attend his mstutinal lsvees. What a
staggering palace Of woes viii rise upon
Adams street.
There wss filed ia the County Regis
ter's ONCE OF Shelby county, yesterday, &
mortgage OF the Memphis u Ohio rail-
read, with q 1880 United States revenue
stamps, cancelled by u. A. Parker, Score
tsry, Thin instrument is for S5s5O6,O00,
From the reports Of school proceed
inRs, which have appeared in b APPEAL
every day Tor more than q month, IL must
be apparent 70 any observer that educa-
lion approaches q high standard 10 this
city, % yet We nave no library,
in u report Of the Gaines Institute /
proceedings, In yesterdays APPEAL, the |
word little was teH out, thus perVert-
ing the authors mesning 10 the apparent |
prejudice Of the school. The Sentence /
from which It was omitted ought 81 have /
read thus: There was no EttLe learning /
done within those walls"
While Mr.. Spscht and his two chill
dren were driving down Main street Tues- /
day evening, his horse ran away, the
buRgyran against 8 post opposite Hughes
fsed store, at b corner Of Beale and
threw the children out on one side and
Mr.. Bpecbt on the other. The injuries /
sustained were painful but not serious.
1t was Plutarch who said that
"Cssar's" wife ought to be above sus-I
picion." Cerysntss laid down the dictum
that honesty is the best policy. Bacon is
accountable for "tbe remedy is worse
than the disease" And sterne said that I
"God temPerH the wind 10 the shorn
lamb" I
The Sheriff arrived from Helena yes
terday, and Identified A. Il. Hanson As 1
the person who had killed q man 10 that
about q year ago Hanson is 10 20. /
handcu6ed, to Helena, so that orr AIS
sud statioD-hoUses may no more snffer
from the effects Of his artistic depreds-
-A3great public necessity Is subserved nv
establishment ID the city Of another
Ioa-houge. The artificial Ice s-stabHebment
~ welcomed, but having failed, it is for
that MssErE. Hickey & Bartlett
pave established m Toe depository at No.
HowErd1s Row and an once 81 ZIG Main
Itrsst, They furnish the ~cleEnest, puneat
- from the Northern lakes.
Word was brought 70 the city ysstsr-
lay that 8 bulky coiorsd man, who came