Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-13
CITY PARAGRAPHS.

The detectives are now working marc
upon horse thieves. II IL said these have
become frightfully numerous lately.
Those interested, which is nearly
everybody, are referred to the second
page for q lengthy editorial on the cotton
crop of 1901,
"A little cOlored fell yesterday after
noon from the top of an awning head fore
most to the pavement. The chsin-gang
should i'll the hole.
DIR. Hoernsr, our great Memphis
chemist, is q representative az the Natlon'
al Pharmaceutical Association, now hold
ing its convention in st. Louis.
The Presbyterian church at the corner
of Third and Poplar is preparing for the
winter services, when all the members Of
the congregation will be In the city
The courts viii open on Monday, sc
that lawyers and Jurors VIII have
blessed time. The reign Of loud talk
wrsngling and general CANNON viii be
gin.
The gambling houses are spreading.
They have taken alarm in time, and are
getting sway from under the eyes OF
Judge Flippin and Attorney General
Wright.
Barney Hughes offers tickets to the
Baltimore Convention at Is the round
trip, See the advertisement published
elsewhere, in which he explains the
whole thing.
A lady Of uncommon beauty and
sense sent up avery meritorious bouquet
to our man of taste yesterday evening.
The value Of this action cannot readily
be computed.
The First and Second Circuit Courts,
and the Criminal Court, will resume bust
ness next Monday, the 18th inst and the
First snd Second Chancery Courts on the
first Monday in October.
j. Smythe Jones to rural belle-"Aw
Miss, may 1 shsk what is that dewightful
pwsfume on yOush hRWnkechieff" Rural
belle-"Shew, that's nuthin'. It's them
drafted cinnamon draps, s'pose."
The city dumping dirt carts would do
well to travel through vi main streets
once in 8 while. There sre several of
them d~isgrscefulIy dirty, Clean them up
for once, Just TO try the effect Of it.
-Hsrry-"Your dsWg is very thin,
william" Wilism-"He's very bad,
hut when he dies Pm going to stuff him,
Harry" Harry, (insinuatingly)-"Hadn't
you better stuff him before he dies?"
1t is reported that the first instslment
of blRcklsgs and thieves have arrived
from Chicsgo and st. Louis. Half a dozen
Of their repUlsiys visages were pointed
out to bur sporting reporter yesterday.
The other day q little shaver was ex-
on the injurious effects of to-
bscco. He said: ''The oil of tobacco is so
poisonous thst q single drop of it put on
The end of q dogs tail viii kill 8 man in a
minute"
Nancy Grim, g colored, who still lives
in DYER county, near the rivers bank,
has reached the old age of one hundred
and eight years. She was in Philadelphia
when the Declaration OF Independence
was signed.
Squire Bleckley found It almost i'm
possible to sign the railroad warrants in
his ofics by reason Of the great number
OF visitors. He ~thereupon adjourned to
can do it in peace.
From all sieds we hear the news that
strangers are coming in here In great
numbers. This is due to the fact that
'times are dull" in all the surrounding
while every One who is in earnest
about working can get II here.
The School Board will open q free
school in Scotland shortly. A very eligi-
bic building, we are informed, was rented
gesterdsy by q committee appointed for
purpose. This will be Of advantage
% that part Of the city during the winter
months.
The new stained glass windows are
all in, instead OF the old ones, at
80. Peters church. A general renovation
Ind r~edecorstiOn of the interior will soon
axe place. These Improvements will
make it not only a very imposing but
also 3 very grand temple.
The Coroner's jury, that is investi-
the Vsndalis railroad disaster, at
st. Louis, got into q snsrl yesterday,
of the members accusing others that
hey wanted to shield the railroad at all
lszard. The Coroner dismissed the
,rOWd and summoned q new jury.
A naughty little boy ~blubbering be-
his mother wouldn't let him go
70 the river on the Sabbath, upon
sdmOnished, said: 81 didn't want
% 20 s-swimmin' with 'sm, ma. I only
wanted TO 20 down snd see the bad boys
for going swimmin' on a Sunday"
The Wynne Cannon case Is before
Judge Ray on a writ Of habegS cOrp8s.
rbe testimony as it had been taken down
" Captain Miller was read by Colonel
Bullock, and the Court postponed the fur
her hearing Of matters in relation to the
.sse till this morning. This was done by
iessOn of Mr.. Van AndersOn's sickness.
The Nashville Bonner of Saturday
A letter WAS received at the Cover
lOr's office yesterday from General Joseph
rendering his resignation as Flo
erial Representative to the Legislature
rom the counties Of Knox and Sewer.
Ne understand that the only reason that
be assigned for his resignation is that
10 holds an Office under the General Gov
rnment, which, under the laws of the
United States, he would be compelled to
should he hold to the position
Il Representative.
The privilege tax is q curious institu-
ion. When g man enters on business,
bout the first thing he has to do is to file q
God bond with the Tax Collector on Priyi-
that he will make a true and faith
ul statement, etc, within a year, and
'sy his tax accordingly. Harvey Msthes
las now q hundred or two such bonds in his
flee that have been forfeited; and yester-
.sy Attorney General Wright told him to
ct them ready for suing purposes. The
Attorney General is going to sue on every
of them.
The shower yesterday produced g
sw pl~easantries among the business
of Union street. It will be re-
rendered that Il Is a very long
inc agO since We have had any
ain; so when the shower commenced fall
az, az 8 O'Clock, not less than q dozen bets
Tere made among n knot Of gentlemen
D the effect that the shower would prove
hoax; that il ~wouldinot produce q 6OW
tbs spouts. In less than i've minutes
did spout rsinn vigorously. The bets
yere for oysters and bottled porter as
- they shall have arrived st Sturls's.
Some Biseacre has set adrift q para
rsph which begins with the profound
that i'the food of the hens may or
not sf1ect the color Of the yolk of the
And, further, it is said that light
yOlk merely denotes q fresh egg.
no s~dark-eolored one g stale egg. All of
.hich may be true, but eggs laid at sea
lrn out almost cOlorless yolks, Perhaps
lis is owing to the influence of sea sir, bat
lore likely to the food of the fowls. A
Il of Italian fowls, lately arrived here,
id eggs all the way from Genoa, each
ying being with less color than the pre-
Gus one.
"A good runaway took place on B0sle
rect yesterday. The files so tOrmented
poor, patient and long suffering horse,
at he resolved not TO stand it any longer.
Q started from the corner of st. Msrtip
rect and rushed down Beale Il Herman
where he tilted the wagon against an
wing post. The post fell down and the
sgOn was left behind. The only good
ing the horse did was kicking q purp in
abdomen as he hurried along Her
.ndO street. He halted in front Of q nice
{ where the grass was green, and while
'zing wistfully on the s~ucculent herbs.
was captured by a meddlesOme police
an.
William Long, a very 'iornery col
ed, !" wss brought to the ststion-house
asterday, by 3 policeman, who charged
N with "sn attempt to kill.n This fear
i charge, augmented by the fact that
lillian had saied a holder at
10 head Of another son Of Ham.
hO was working and qusrrel1nR
ith him OF ths levee during the
orning. II was thought that the bOuld-
had q demorslizing effect on the strong
int of William, but Investigation
owed that the milk in the cocOanut had
1t been spilled. The conclusion was of
Oh force that the spectators were of
Union a boiler had exploded.
win be pleased to learn that
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