Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-12
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looks now as If the cotton crop of 1901
will foot up fully $500, 900 bales.
The Crystal Palace is to go into opers-
tion again next Monday, under b man.
sgement Of the celebrated Madam Vim
cent.
"A learned German theolOgian has
found out hat there are q few more thsn
A, 000, 600 devils. he Is In favor Of passing
an ordinance to make other people believe
-HPlRin DRINKS" are usually fined Ave
dollars by the Recorder. Fancy, ten
mixed with fight twenty. Tearing
police ohcer's clothing and abusive Ian
gusge, nothing.
The bridge scross the bayou at the In,
tersection Of Gayoso and HernRndC
streets Is finished, and travel over it may
be resumed. fernando il to be opened
out to Union at once.
Williams, a butcher, who is accused
Of having been concerned in the cattle
stealing that took place on 81 extensive
scale q few days ago, was sent to Jail in de
fault Of $1,000 bonds yesterday.
That ancient Egyptian, the seventh O
the seventh offspring, is likely to prove
p~ecuniary benefit TO the city government
he was again assessed twenty-five dol
lors by the city judge yesterday morning,
Our friend Nealis is back again from
the Hot Springs, whittier he had gone fol
the benefit of his health. 1t is curious
that while he fattened up the prisoners 81
the station house he became thin himself
Young Csvansugh, who killed Rus
sell, was up before Squire Winters yester'
day. He declined to enter on an eXsmi-
nation, and was therefore committed ia
Jail to await the pleasure OF the Criminal
Court.
Justice Elliot held an inquest Sunday
on the mortal remains Of Horace Crsw-
ford, who had been confined in all under
q conviction for murder. BE died g
natural death, and this saves the hang
man.
A new charge was entered IN the pO-
lice docket yesterday by Tim. Hope. 1t
was perjury" A fellow named Jsrltan
sWore TO the ownership of q canary, when
upon inquiry the bird turned out to be q
knocking"
A working man from the north, who
had q wsd Of gresnbacks amounting to
forty dollars, complained to the Recorder
Yesterday, that Annie Scott, q cOlOred,
stole it from him. Annie was jailed, but
the working man did not get the money.
Mayor johnson is going to Chicago.
Before he returns to the city be will make
some inquiries into matters that relate TO
car building so that be may be able to re-
port to the new car constructing company
which is shortly to 60 into operation in
Memphis.
After the tragic hest of summer the
weather is beginning to give Us 8 little
farce now, It thereby threatens to rain
every day, snd as regularly "drys up"
every night. This comic proceeding may
continue until the curtain finally tails on
a long winter.
The First Methodist Church will be
filed to overlooking this evening at s
O'Clock with the elite of Memphis, called
together to witness the nuptisls of &
young couple, Of whom Memphis may
Justly be proud. We Join their numer-
Gus friendsi in hearty well-wishes.
The fscetious man of the Ledger says,
that the law does not recognize the inteB-
ton as part OF the crime of murder; and to
prove his argument, produces several
''hypothicsl" cases from the rear part of
his prolific brain. He forgot to bling in
the plea of "inssnity" snd all conquering
impulse. Let us have another essay
to-day, young man.
The e~nterprising Weaver, who was
trying TO sell 3 horse on b streets a few
DAYS z for thirty dollars, is likely to
find more trouble consequent upon that
experiment. The gentleman from whom
the animal was stolen srrived in the city
Yesterday. Weaver was arrested at the
time, and most likely will be sent to Tip
{ n county, whence the brute was un-
hooked.
"A horse which was stolen or strayed
from 8 gentleman on Mosby street some
time ago, wss found yesterday at the
place of 8 cOlOred in Fort Pickering. The
honest colorsd said, innOcently, that the
animal had nsvigsted the Mississippi from
the Arkansas shore, using his tail as a
rudder. and therefore he belonged to no
one Sin these year parts" Sergeant KEEL
IL had no scruples In taking the beast
from him without giving salvage.
Among the latest usss to which pow
der has been applied Is that Of killing the
cholera by conclusion and OF doing away
with the pious practice Of praying for
rain. When the cholera appears all that
is necessary TO do is to let of q few
punches of FIRE crackers in the house be-
fore going TO bed. No infection can reach
you until morning, and q long drsught
can be converted into cOpious showers
by s few discharges OF artillery. Now II
we could hnd out some plan OF making
hunks Of meat 70 grow on apple trees dur
ing winter and oysters to sprOut out of
telegraph poles we should be happy
The following may, and we hope will,
meet the eyes of the friends of the de-
f'STARKvILLE, Miss, Septem-
Der 6, lS71-EdltOrs APpeGL-The fol-
named Confederate SOL
are buried at this place,
died in hospital. Their names
have never been given to the public. I
know the graves, and am having the head
boards replaced. Make such use Of this
as may be best. P. o. Davis. Co. Z, Six
Tennessee Cavalry; Lieutenant j.
Co. ID, Willis Battalion,
Wsul's Texas Legion; NJ. Norton, Co. +,
Fifteenth Tennessee Cavalry; j. Mallin,
h. Fifteenth Tennessee Cavalry. f.
q. DUQUERCBoN."
"A young man, named Dial Townsley,
3 shoO-hy pressman, who operated last
while on the San, has made a sensation in
parts Of the city, He WIS an
attractive young fellow in his p~ersonel,
and made owe to q young woman of
South Memphis with whom, IS q partner
for life, he thought be would be happy.
This young lady is represented as bsing
beautiful; but the old man was no
'willin'" and consequently the pressman
unhappy. he suddenly disap-
pesred from the sight of men on Thursday,
and has not bee seen since in these parts.
dozen people were looking for him
Saturday, Sunday and yesterday, but
Of no avail. Who has seem DALI
"A young man who wSs endesvoring
10 overcome all obstacles in the way Of
his fortune, by putting his energy to the
best account on the shortest notice, was
by q police Ofhcer yesterday. The
young man bears the honorable name
IF Moore, without an alas, and the mis-
with him was simply q desire TO
get possession of other peoples property
without their concurrence or consent. he
got over the trsnsOm of NJ. n. Otey's
Dom, and got back again by the same
means. The officer pursued him with re-
yigor. "meer-shsm" of 9 pipe
found upon him, which Otey says is
lis'n. ThereupOn Mr.. Moore was locked
and is detained With the view of be-
ng introduced to the Recorder this morn
ng.
A young man, of q pastoral turn Of
mind, whose ambition Is TO climb the
heights Of Parnassus, sends US
pastoral poem of four thousand lines,
commencing:
The workshops open wide their doors,
md forth the tOilers come by scores
from their black walls and sooty floors, |
Where they were operating upon lsthes
and bores."
Having reached this fer, we proceeded
o see how much there was OF the same
ort, for curiosity would not allow an in
Iestigsiicn of more than three hundred
1sight) Of such stuff. -Four thousand is
90 much for us We invite the young man
D bring q dray, and haul his manuscript
way, st an early day. And as it's not
kelly to pay, he'd better quit writing that
ray.
We regret to note from our advertising
the fact that We are TO lose q
friend and so estimsble gentle
ian as Hugh Torrance from the mercan-
lie circle of Memphis. He is not only q
apsble business man, an old planter and
q experienced cotton factor, but he is
lso one Of that class whose word Is as
God as his bond, and whose paper 10
lerefOre, ''gilt edged" The advertise
lent shows that DR.. @. NJ. Walden, OF
county, Mississippi, with NoT1eeg
Iawkins, of Winons, viii constituts
18th himself the New Orleans firm. DR.