Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-15
CITY PARAGRAPHS.

Ho4ts VIII SURFING company
Mr.. John P. Diotz, an old and high
" respected citizen Of Memphis, died ct
i've O'Clock yesterday morning.
Coroner Moffstt is stin in a very pre-
earius condition. The doctors insist that
II Is absolutely necessary for him to 60
away from here for a time.
During the past week letters patent
were issued to W. Barker, of johnson
City, for q flour bolt, and s. s.. Rembert,
OF Memphis, for a motion.
Mr.. Harry Seessel arrived home from
the East, yesterday, with q pile of first
class Eastern and European goods, pur-
chased at the recent cheap figures.
The Cannon case was again before
Judge Ray yesterday. The argument OF
council was the only proceedings had.
The Judge took the case under advise
ment until Saturday.
Captain 7. E. Cranmer, brother of our
Crsnmer, General Passenger Agent, Of
New Orleans, Is stopping at the Peabody
Hotel, for q short stay, as he is on his
way North, on g general business tour.
Some colored scsmps, who fear not
the mslediotions of Heaven, nor the ven
gesnce of the law, called st the stable of
the Rev. W. NJ. Patterson, on Orleans
street, Wednesday night, and stole his
best nag, bride and m~artingsle, curry
comb and halter.
-Messrs. Dickinson, williams & Co.,
30 Front street, have received the frat
four new bales of cotton from Gibson
county, 1t is classed middling, and worth
twenty TO twenty and 8 half cents per
pound. Messrs. Dickinson, Williams &
Co. are going 10 do g big business In the
cotton line this winter.
Nashville must be 8 good town for
lawyers. During the past six years she
has paid $4,000 to that class of citizens.
That is very encouraging to the legsl
profession. Has the municipality given
anything at all to painters, musicians,
philosophers or honest people7
Attention is directed to the published
card of ROOtss & Co., 33S, corner of Union
and Front streets. The partnership hith-
ertO existing between Rootes & Vance has
been dissolved, ana the business will, in
future, be carried IN by the Messrs.
ROOtes & Co. The house does an exfen-
sive business in the general commission
and cotton line.
Austin, the colored negro bondsman
by profession, is in jail, he having coz
cluded not to 60 on his own bond for
$1,000, though he has gone on the bonds
Of about fifteen others when in distress;
but, then, he was paid in those cases,
whereas in his own case he could never
expect to get pay.
There is at last q CLEAN of hope for
those victims of matrimonial cOmpIica-
lions, the men. In an English divorce
case just decided, the wife has been made
to pay $500 per year TO her husband for
tbs support and education Of their chill
dren. There is hope that we may have
justice done rs yet.
Those gentlemen who are in the habit
of using collar boxes would be doing 8
good thing if they would remember the
poor rag picker when the box is empty.
Throw the box out IN the street IS it is,
and all. The c~haffonnier will make
q half a cent out Of you by that means;
but if you bresk it, the profits will not 90
over q quarter of a 9
The corner Of Court and Front streets
was the scene of q lively rencontre, yes
between two dsrkies, one Of whom
wiped over the title page and bled
~profusely. A lunch Of cold meats and
bread fell from the pocket OF one of the
belligerents, and after loud and prolonged
cursings, they separated before the police
hove in sight. A large and spprecistive
sssemblsge witnessed the fight with evil
dent satisfaction.
Major D. Winter, a well-known archi-
of This city, died suddenly Of conges-
lion, st his residence, New Raleigh road,
" 1A1N31II A-6AAa 10.NoA INV was 4
he designer Of the New Memphis The
the Stanton Block, Goyer's Block,
md msny of our finest buildings. During
he war he served as engineer on the staff
If General B~eauregard, with distinction,
md was universally beloved by all who
Knew him. Ee was q competitor for the
Masonic Temple. The design which
he sent in was the most classical and
of all that were submitted.
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Who st the same time has q very keen sp-
,reCistiOn of good grub, got of a sharp
hing the other day at the table of q board
ng-hOuse not ten squares from here.
some hairy grease WAS placed upon the
able for the purpose OF spreading upon
)isected biscuit and sliced loaf. After
contemplating the dish q dozen seconds
Y so, he beckOned to the waiter and said:
Here, young man, take this away, and
lring me some bald-head butter" The
sdies were mighty indignant, but the
gentleman bosrders all laughed loudly.
"A lively paper in New York does up
Memphis by saying: "The city of Mem
his is becoming very lively once more
or a town of its siZ9, and its inhabitants
re cOngrstulating themselves upon a re-
urn of the good old times that existed
,efOre the rebelli N. During the ten days
'ndiDg August 18th, four fatal shooting
OLIl4AGA eACIcs Bc5AQba EnO Obu6Is |
n which the intended victims either
scaped or we're but slightly wounded.
suicide, and one or more successful
ttempts at self-destructiOn during the
anne period served TO give variety 70 the
opics Of interest afforded the citizens for
discussion"
AT Galvs, Illinois, last evening, Miss
was burned to death by the burn
ng of e gasoline lamp, which she was
.ling.-TeIegrdphfe Summary IN appeal |
I the l4h. This being the first public
office of an accident from using gasoline
n lamps, We think the discoverer Cd de-
q reward for his industry %; or,
the reporter neglected to consult
Nth q gasoline dealer; in which case it
7Ould have been suppressed, or he would
ave charged the accident up to that Evil
coal oil" (Uide APPEAL last
whose brawny shoulders are re- {
uired TO bear the Odium of any or all
and accidents resulting from the I
Sc Of any and every kind of oil on the I
ace Of the earth, including petro oil, !
Mammoth oil, and other patent oils, sl {
which are manufactured from gaseo- I
ne or beDzlne. If the public will re- !
uire the dealers, who furnish oil for (
urninR, to guarantee IL to be standard :
Of ITO degrees fire test, no accidents !
i'll occur from its legitimate use in lamps
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