Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-04
8 PARAGRAPHS.
.There !. no ganbIIng allowed D .he

There IL no gambling allowed at the
races.
There were only nine people. all told,
in the Adams street s~tationhouse last
night. This is the slimmest a~ttendancei in
. year.
The liquor dealers have agreed to send
Gus siRnaigo, OF the Grenada Sentinel, to
Nashville, 70 represent to the legislature
the case OF the spirit men throughout the
State.
Why is 1t that the proprietors Of the
various knitting-mschines do not adver-
tise in the papers heref Several inquiries
have been made of us as to how n
where the machines could be procured.
We have not had a sensation IN the
f'spirit circle" since the pink ghost bus
mess, but the matter will be elucidsfed to
Msmphisns in the course of ten days In q
manner that is sure to create q terrible
furOre. Just keep this in mind until the
time comes.
-Broom's opera house came very near
being burned again last evening about 6
O'Clock. The flames, which had made
considerable headwsy in some cOmbusti-
BILE material In the rear, were fortunately
discovered and extinguished before much
dsmsge was done.
Mr.. VIM. II. Hewitt. charged with
being accessory 10 sinking of the dry
dock, was before the criminal court yes
terdsy, and, after a hearing, was acquit-
ted of any completely in the affair. The
Jury were only about ten minutes In
sgreei1g upon a verdict.
The hack-owners had g meeting last
night for the purpose of perfectInz their
organization spd putting the last touche-.
They agreed to send a communication to
the undertaken Offering to do their work
rs cheap as the scslpers. firm determi-
nation is evinced by the hsck-owners to
crush out the class OF frauds who hsve
done so much heretofore to injure the
business in this city.
Those who have not given the sub
feet a little attention will be sstoDished to
learn that some of the finer specimens of
human hair displayed for sale Is worth
more than their weight in gold, and is
rising in price every day. 1t has advanced
twenty-five per cent. during the last
season, and is likely to 60 IS much higher
hsfore the winter is over. A firm in New
York lately sold a switch of silver-gray
hair, thirty inches in length, for S35 an
ounce-very nearly twice the value of an
ounce of gold. II may be a relief to nus
bands and fathers here to know that the
costly tresses were not bought for this
market.
The Vicksburg Times learns from the
officers Of the Memphis and Vicksburg
railroad company that the work on that
road is to be vigorously pushed to COM
pletion. No news could be more crafty
ing to this community, for of all the pro-
posed railroads leading to this city none,
in our judgement, is more important
han this. Ten miles of this road is al
ready under contract. Other contracts
will soon be awarded, and the work will
commence early in October. A consider
able portion of this road, il is expected,
will be completed in time to secure the
subsidy Of $4,000 q mile The entire road
from Rolling Fork, it is expected, will be
in running order in one year from this
time. We congratulate the officers of the
Memphis and Vicksburg road; and at the
same time let us congratulate ourselves
that the interests of the Dad Is intrusted
to such worthy hands.
Whatever effects the great railroad
system which will connect in Kentucky |
with our Mississippi railroad, il of inter
est to the people of Memphis. They will, |
therefore, be glad to know that six thou
sand tons of extra English raj 8 have
been purchased for the Elizabethtown and
Psducsh tKentucky) railroad, and will be
delivered in March next. This purchase
of rails is sufficient TO finish the main
track and sidings TO Paducsb, and, it is
thought, will secure the opening of the
road its entire length by the LIST of June
Forty of the nirety-two miles of
ros i-bed from Greenville to Paducah are
graded and ready for the iron, and upon
the e. sining ffty-two miles a very large
amount Of work has been done, with 8
full force mon every section, and so vigor-
ously has the work advanced 10 the last
days az to Justify the sts3ement
that on the first cay Of January mex
there will not be fifteen miles # incom
pls.e road he'd. Trsck-lsyinE has been re-
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westward to the crossing of the
Henderson and Nashville
road To facilitate the opening of the
road to this important crossing, a large
amount Of rails is being delivered there.
ard track laying will be pressed eastward
from hat point until it meets the track
from GreeDville.