Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-21
CITY PARAGRAPHS.

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envy Of the Immaculate Conception a
Jackson had a very pleasant picnic OF
Thursday.
There were two fires in the city yes
t-erdsy-neither Of any Importance. On
was q frame shanty on Shelby. the othe.
out Cheiseaward. Damage slight.
"A nice excursion party of gentlemen
viii 60 out q few yards on the Ohio roac
to-day, in a new palace car Rnd-come
back. Our festive reporter expects TO Dt
along.
Mr.. Shepherd, who lives near Raleigh
mas sold this spring, from IA acres oi
/ land, Sl256 worth OF strawberries, and on
the same ground he will now produce
another crop.
The capital prize Of $S2,5e0 in the Mis-.
souri, State Lottery, clsss 90, was sent t.
J. &. France, agent, No. 46z Court street
who bought it. A quarter ticket Of il Wa
sold here yesterday.
Arthur A. Waits, a young man hardly
% years Of age, painted the magnificent
sign on the great window pane, that cost
itself $3.50, in the front Of the Merchants
Insurance. COmpany's building.
We are justly proud of the Sunday.
school Celebration of yesterday, not only
bacRuse it was the result of q suggestion
Of the APPEAL, but because of its great
moral effect upon q people and theh hap
piness it afforded the children.
Our readers are reminded that the
children Of St. MRry's Catholic School
will have a picnic a. Humboldt Park, on
Monday, tbs 18th inst. OF course IL
viii be like all the previous piCnics Of this
school, an enjoyable atsir, and therefore
should be well ~patrOnizsd.
The receipts ct the First Presbyterian
| Church Fair, st Rocco Hall, were within
8 fraction OF twelve hundred dollars. Il
Is cOmmendsble in the many who have
shown their generosity by contributing
50 literally to suchs worthy object.
We have received by mail q copy o.
the catalogue of Washington and Lee
1 Univerity, session Of 1901. 1t is very
handsomely printed and the contents sd.
mirsbly arranged, plainly setting forth
the advance and b advantages Of the
representative University Of the South.
The Chambero Of Commerce will con.
slider q petition tomorrow afternoon ask.
ing Congress to appoint a commission Of
steamboat engineers and chemists, and the
like, to inquire into the cRuses and modes
OF preventing steam boiler explosions.
The great annual picnic of the Saint
/ PstriCk's Su-ndEy-SchOOl takes place OF
| Tuesday next, a. James Park. The pro
cession in the morning through the streets
is designed to be ssplendid thing. Ibis il
the picnic Of South Memphis, and VIII be
q great success In the elements Of pleas.
ure.
We don't Ike to do it; but then it is
/ one of the results Of the Sunday school
celebration, suggested by the APPEAL,
and we must publish it. It is computed
that not less than five thousand people,
exclusive Of children, visited Memphis yes
terdsy, most Of whom will stay over until
! Monday, leaving behind them. for one
thing or another, not less than 500, 600.
The Short Line railroad from Louis
vile TO Cincinnati, with its connections,
offers i've and q quarter hours quicker
travel to Eastern cities than any other
route. This admirably managed road
csrries passengers through to Baltimore
in tWenty-six hours, and to Philadelphia
in twenty-ssven hours from Louisville.
This is important to all travellers.
As Mr.. N. T. Shsnks' of Livingston
cnunty, KY, dstbOat, loaded with corn for
Memphis, dOsted down the Mississippi,
two miles above OscsOls, Ark, 3 swarm
Of bees concluded to take free passage and
settle for a tims on the legs Of Shsnks.
The accommodations not being satisfac-
tory, after a few hours sailing they left
for better quarters. Shanks' quarters are
said TO be enormously enlarged.
Yesterday, a lot Of little fellows from
Arkansas, rugged out in all the fine tOg-
gerry Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS attire,
grew hungry. They had heard Of Ma
dame NinCent's through the APPEAL, snd
discovering the ~signbOard, they went for
the grub. It is needless to say that the
little fellows, male and female, were gem
erOusly and b~OunteOUsly entertained and
went away with hearts and stomachs full
OF gratitude and potatoes.
Tk1 H. ---Z- n~----A- Nj -a---E
especially those near Court Square, must
have been doing q good business. We
particularly noticed that Of B. L~OWenst6in
q Bros, who had made q rich display OF
childrsn's p~arRsOls, fans, suits, sashes, etc.
They must have been richly rewarded for
their enterprise, for their house was lit
orally damned all day; in fact il seemed
10 have been the f~avOrite place of resort
for all our country cousins, many of whom
could not be waited on, 80 great was the
crush Of buyers ~thronging their popular
and extensive sslesrOOms.
The msrvslously attractive picnH Of
the st. Georges Association occurs on
the oath instant. This annual exhibition
is the most entertaining known to the
people OF Memphis. The members of the
club enter into ali the sports with a de-
gree Of spirit that becomes true English
men. Then they celebrate the trans
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ssrnestness that was never known to
Americans in celebrating any event or
fact in our history. Read the programme
published in another place, and do not for
get the day n place.
The eating house Of our friend Sturla, ]
We are glad to say, has become one of the
most popular resorts in the city. Every
body ~pstrOaizss il, and everybody speaks
well Of it, because IL is well conducted, /
a. - /
the business up brown. This eating house, /
It must be remembered, is part OF the cele- /
brEted "Invincible Saloon" on the corner
Of Union and Main streets, than which
there is no more respectable place OF the
kind In the city. The brsndies, wines,
and cigars are the best TO be found
in Memphis.
From February / to July 1, 1868, so
per cent. OF the cotton from the White
and Arkansas rivers went to New Or
From July !, 1865, to July !, 1863. /
81 per csnt. Of the cotton from these rivers
brought 70 Memphis by the boats Of
The Arkansas and White River Pack
5t Company, beating the New Orleans
line by 2 per cent. The year fol-
our per centsge increased to %, a.
compared With q per cent. for New Or
cans and this year IL viii be Is psr cent.
,s compared TO p per cent. to New Or
sans. These facts speak better than vol
INES for the value Of these lines to Mem
,his.
This speaks for itself, and tells the
tory il asks Us to tell: May I7th-TO
he Memphis APPEAL: Civ us a little
ketch Of Indian bay it has II stories in il
ne grocery Cone Rizzell Evans & Shep-
I'd dry goods stOrer Clark q Worm one
ri goods stOr6r f. NJ. Robertson one dri
pods storer. Clark q Meril u dri goods {
5Orer one HOTEL one shoe shop and J
saw mill now In operation one ma
LOdg besides THERE is more billings
going up thsire If you have q colum to I
pair put this in the appeal. Yours 1
ruly, Indian Bay, Ark" !
AT the meeting Of the Chamber Of !
ommerce, 70 be held on Monday at 4
m the following questions will be dis q,
1ssed: The maturing Of a system for :
procuring more perfect aud reliable \
sports or the receipts and shipments Of :
leading articles" Changing the hour :
'Onange 70 am Appointing dele
ates to the Planters Convention. to as
In this city in Juue;'' and to 81 Sc 4
are TO our city the control OF the White c
ID Arkanses Rivers Packet Companies" y
is earnestly TO be hoped that every t
.emb8r viii be present, and that these 2
1estions, affecting vitality every mercan- a
e interest, viii be thoroughly discussed q
Id promptly acted upon. r
route agents on the Mississippi b
railroad have extended the route r
ON New Orleans 70 Memphis, instead of J,
? the way Of Grenada and Mississippi d
ID Tennessee railroad. They persist in q
king Memphis mails twice or three
mes q week 70 Grand Junction and
umboldt, sometimes causing a delay Of
ON four to six days. The mail from
sw Orleans for this city, date Of l4th,
taken by GrsnEds on the 10Th, reach
z this once to-day, (20th) six days tran b
5 The mails OF the 18th we're sent i q the
me way, reaching this office on the 18Th.