Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-14
oITY pARAoRAPAs.

The city police were paid yesterday
for the month of August.
The 'Squires mostly looked blue yes
terday, owing to the dizziness In business.
The Hon. Thomas Mofst, chairman Of
the Board Of Aldermen, acts ss Mayor
during the absence Of Mayor johnson in
the North.
We have received an invitation 10 at
tend the fall meeting Of the Osddo Jocky
Club, Shreveport, La, which tskes place
November 18th.
The oldest FIRE engine IN the United
States, is in Wilmington, N. Q. 1t is hfty-
two years OF age, and still ht TO spout
like a bale and hearty and fiery p5litician.
The rain fell all day yesterday, much
TO the delight Of al ducks and ducklings.
We heard OF several rows In the city aris-
ing out Oftbe ownership of ancient UNI
brellas.
M. Theirs Is said to be proud of being
the central figure of an assembly in which
there are s dukes, q msrquises, Al counts.
10 ~viscOunts, IL bErons and 400 others OF
noble lineage.
Judge Ray opened court in Bartlett
yesterday morning st seven; got through
his business there, came to town and set
in the Probate Court room hearing hGbeds
corpus cases discussed for six long hours.
That fearful skull-cracking which oe-
Cured OF the levee Tuesday, by reason OF
the vfolent contact Of a rock against the
top-knot of 6 colored, cost the negro who
let the rock fly ten dollars in the Re-
corder's Court yesterday,
The Wynne-Csnnon case wss before
Judge Ray yesterday again. Van Ander-
| son and General Sale made speeches, after
which the court dropped the case till this
morning. Governor Harris and Attorney
| General Wright are expected TO speak to-
day.
John Wagner was arrested yesterday
because some foolish fellow, who was
1 drunk, said that he had stolen ten or
twelve dollars from him. When brought
to the station there were eighty cents
found upon his person besides q dirty
shirt.
Another bogus bondsmsn wa ar
rested Yesterday by A. J. Harris. Ran
dali FLOYD Is q colored, and has done sew |
ersl good turns to his fellOw-coloreds in
the way of getting them on his bond. His
bond was found 70 be Like his word not
worth q fig.
We have received g copy Of the pro-
qrsmms of the Fall Fair of the Tennessee
Agricultural and Mechanical Association, /
to be held at Nashville, commencing Oct.
Sd, and lasting FIVE subsequent days. The
little pamphlet is the nestest thing Of the
sort we have seen.
At the junction Of the Little Red and
White rivers, in Arkansas, q semi-circu-
lar grave, i've miles long, has been dis
covered BY men who Rre boring for q well.
The length WIS found to contain an
almost Infinite number of SOULS u
v~erterbrs.
"A distinguished artist, who will yet
be more famous than Powers or CsnOva,
has presented us g ~statuette of 7. X.
Skinner, the great orator OF the Eleventh
Ward. The likeness is faithful, the pose
charming, the expression Of face divine.
He is lovely.
One thousand i've hundred persons
attended the late Brewers Convention
held at Dresden, Germany. Il was the
hssviest meeting in Europe. The COM
bined weight OF the crowd was $1,000
pounds, and they drank two hundred
kegs Of beer each day,
The last great battle Of the mound
builders of a latter race was fought be-
tween the Little Red and White rivers
near their point OF confluence. we are
told that q trench I've miles long, con-
Meeting the two streams, is filed with the
bones Of the slain.
"A minister asked q little boy who had
been converted, docs not the devil tell
you that you sle not q Christian" "Yes,
sometimes" "Well, what do you sHy to
himf" II tell him, +" replied the boy, with
something Of Luther's spirit, "thst
whether I am a Christian or not, 1t lie none
Of his business"
It is a lucky thing 70 be Coroner in
st. Louis. During August here sre his
earnings: Coroner's fees, s7SS 40; jurors,
1895; witnesses, S4SS; sUndries, SLY; total,
1854 40, That is lot bad pay for Rmcnth. |
Just about one hundred times more than
our Coroner has made, bad as our city is.
"A hurried rider up Main street last
evening hsd q narrow escape from 3 dis
located Jaw OF 8 broken neck. His horse
slipped, up in Pinch, fell hesd foremost,
and sent the rider ten feet into & drinking
saloon. The equestrian adventurer took
q stout glass OF rum before he went out,
gave the nag q belt in the ear thst nearly
knocked him down again, and then
mounted.
For the Criminal Court calendar, this
term, the Clerk has already fixed up 8 cal
endsr of 1880 cases. Here is work for en-
ergetie iuries. Let them sit four at q time,
and be kept fasting on raw oysters and
bottled porter until they give a verdict.
Above all, let every lawyer, except the
prosecuting attorney, be confined to hf-
teen minute speeches. These are healthy /,
suggestions. T;
Helena prospers. Seven excellent
brick s~tOrehouses are building in that
progressive city. There are land owners I
at Helena, men of brains and intelligence,
who give town lots 70 those who will I
build on them. We like the spirit Of the !
people of Helens. They viii make theirs
a great commercial emporium, and the \
O0ner the better for Memphis. Z
Mr.. LsContigue had the misfortune I
10 be "suspicioned" of stealing q watch, {
for which he was arrested and put in jail; {
sfter spending twenty-on DAYS therein
he was brought before Judge Ray on the I
18th, who discharged him. The Mons. :
LeCOntigue has papers from Generals
Magruder and BesuregErd, stating that he
served in their respective commands, and &
recommending him as q fine fellow. {
The cotton crop on Indian bay and In !
the rich country around Helena is greatly !
by severe and protracted drouth. :
squares and bOIls have fallen OF to l
sn alarming extent. The present high !
price OF the staple has given great energy =
to cotton-pickers, and negroes and whites =
toll most industriously In gathering the !
crop. The cotton boIs open finely, and .
the whole viii be saved. Last year il was
not all taken from the fields; but this, the
whole crop viii be saved.
Merchants of Mobile. to evsde the
payment of eXorbitsnt wharfage, have
the ground and constructed q pri- q
wharf, at which they have agreed to 3
ship and receive all freights. Exactions D
imposed upon interstate trade are every o
where pronounced insutfersble. With r
view of the facts, and with proper d
as to 8 true and wise public poll i
", Alderman Cicalla offered a resolution A
u the City Council, at the last meeting, 4
which would enable every line Of steam Is
under proper restrictions, to locate a q
at the river landing. o
"A few Of the more advanced little
who ave hitherto made money Q
It boOt-blscking, hsve made q new de- q
eawfnra within = fnUT daru ~ no 49, III
We are told, AZ the wise suggestion of u
ONE of the pious members Of their race.
The departure Is intended to be of pecu-
nary benefits 70 the little urchins, and at
he same time Of religious profit 70 their
1EtrOns. They have provided themselves
With sackel0tb towels and q bucket Of :,
water. This e their outfit. StatiOnine y
themselves at eligible sites about town E
hey mmence business. "Wssh yer feet, Z
ir7" is the rallying cry.
Every Saturday all the farmers, whites '
nd thousands Of blacks, for miles around "
Helena, come into the city. They orowd 81
be muddy streets, and get stuck, and run
iver one Scother, snd then they invade @
be bsr-rooms and Ruzzle delightful whis- tu
y, and make the air resonant by shout II
az and proelaiming the giories Of Helens, hs
hey sleep O. Sundays, and then pitch
nt0 the cotton helds. On Monday and
trough the week they gather the staple
clothes and ciFilizss mankind, and
hen on Saturday Helena is again in
aded; and such is life in the loWlsnds Of 10
arkansas. 10
A young man, who had evidently 20
making his first tour, writes us q =
cry nice letter (his first 10 q newspaper, -
erhspsl in which he describes the tor -
ares or carload Of passengers who were -
raveling in Virginia, At the Internal noise -
Iade By an o-bsEreperous infant. The