Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-18
CITY PARAGRAPHS.

-Tb7r were more people co mplsininl
rfhest yesterday than on any previous
dsy This summer. It wsxeth hot.
If you buy cheap fruits home grown
sud the best in the market, buy B~srbour's
Oliver & Finnie, on Main street, neal
Madison, sell them.
Billy Kingdoms great restaurant viii
probably open this week. The improve
ments he has been making on it are Of the
most gorgeous character.
Squire J. h. GOodlett, who has es
tsblished himself in Squire Bleckley's
Office, is now prepared TO register the
Barbour Lewis claims.
1t is said that soup made from the
jerked beef of La Plsts is the most In
yigorsting and healthy diet for hot
climates. Let us have 3 little.
We saw Yesterday a sample of sugar
taken from the wreck of the Arthur. The
sugsr appeared all right, except that il
was q little damp and a trihe discOlored.
Are the Jury agreed ?" asked a Judge
Of q court sttsche, whom he met on the
stairs with q bucket in his hand. "Yis,"
replied Patrick, "they have agreed 10
send out for halfs gallon"
Henry thurman, 80 Monroe street,
sells Joseph Uric's st. Louis, and never
Cincinnati beer. 1t wss an awful blunder
OF the types that substituted Cincinnati
lDE 81 LCulht
Barbour, the successful small fruit
grower, says that when his grapes are
npe be will sell them at q price within the
reach of all. he will be able to put some
Of them on the market in a couple Of
weeks.
Sunday night q party Of industrious
thieves entered the store Of Mr.. Harris, at
Horn Lake, and stole the little change
they could lay hands on. The sum
amounted to shout sixty dollars. They
left no tracks.
We feel thankful for an invitation 10
q regular social country, hearty picnic,
which is 10 come on at Horn Lake, Miss,
on tomorrow. It is to be 8 pleasant af-
fair. A special train will go early in the
morning, carrying the picnickers from
this city.
There is TO be a call meeting of b
Boards of Common Councilmen and Al
dermen this afternoon. The common ex-
preston IL, that there is to be some "bluf-
ing" done. In other words, the talk is
TO be about the bluffs.
Governor Alcorn has never signed
the Richardson penItentiary bill This
was n Of the best jobs put up by the
crew Of cormorsnts that prey upon the
people Of Mississippi and gather about
the capitol at Jackson when the speekled
Legislature is In session.
Yesterday Squire Rleckley received
from General Forrest the blanks OF the
county certificates or bonds which are to
be issued by the county 70 the Selma road.
They are beautiful specimens of note en-
craving, snd need only his signature 70
make them mighty good things 70 have.
On tomorrow be will commence signing
them. /
Our Saturdays report of the testinlc-
ny in the ROberts-JOnes case got mixed up
80 that the names Of one party was placed
before the tesmony Of another. p. NJ.
Dickinson says: my evidence was, that
his reputation was bad that / would not
believe him on oath, respecting any mat
Ter In which be had one cant involved"
Messrs. johnson q Vance testified to
the bad character of Sullivan.
Coroner Mohatt, on Sunday. INQUEST
Cd the dead body that had doated away
rom the wreck Of the Arthur. 1t was
That OF white man. He had been buried
IN the sand and was in q tolerable stata 81
preservation, He had on brown leans
pants, shirt and boots only. Verdict thaf
he had come TO his death from ininries -
ceived at the time OF the explosion OF the
Arthur.
Two mules that were attached IN
street car concluded hat the weather was
unreasonable, as they parsed down Main
street last night; so. after a few seconds
consultation, they started, managed TO
unhitch themselves from the car, and
down Main street in search OF
cool weather. They were persuaded TO
halt before reaching Bsale street, and be-
fore any demsgs. was done.
The old Memphis brass band serena
ded the APPEAL office yesterday morn
ing. The onO was conferred principal
on our new superintendent, Colonel
who enjoyed the music as one
having a soul capable of being moved by
3 concord OF sweet sounds. The old
Memphis band were out on q ~serensding /,
expedition all over town, preparatory 70
q march out 70 the picnic at James Park
The band has our thanks and best wishes
IN its musical progress.
Colonel Benjamin F. Ball, general
agent Of the st. Louis Mutual
Life Insurance Company, is sanguine Of
IucoeEs in his scheme for the endowment
If the Cumberland University, By an in
lurance upon lives in fsYOro of the trustees
~ to the sum OF i've hundred thousand !
The Lebanon Herald says hohas