Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-02-19

Artificial stone makers and our un,
dertakers will furnish, after a time, stOn,
collins to inclOse metallic burial cases.
Now is the time to make fences, If 81
be true, as stated, that timber cut IN Feb.
ruaTy will last twice or thrice IS long as
that cut In any other month.
The advertisement under the heading
{" Lost-a large black silk umbrella, be.
longing TO q gentleman with q ~curiOusly
carved head, F." did not appear In the AP.
PEAL,
DIR. J. W. Rogers lecture for the Irish
L.terarv Institute will commence at d
quarter past eight, at GreenlaW Opera
House. Subject: 1.-THE Shamrock and the
Cross"
Bishop Quintard viii preach IN Cal,
vary this morning and at night. II
is reported that Dr.. White will answer the
aspersiOns upon the Episcopal Church
growing out Of the 'littls church around
the corner" controversy.
City Tax Collector Robertson informs
US that he has commenced preparing his
distress warrants, and that it VIII cost the
taxpayer six per cent. less to settle with
him before they are put into the hands Of
the officer.
Colonel c. R. Bsrteau, formerly OF
Jackson, Tennessee, and now, it is be-
ieved, Of Memphis, should know that he
will hsarO Of something TO his advantage by
addressing The Holly Springs Reporter.
WIN. Mclean, whose signature at the
bottom of r TAX receipt, is said to lap old
M~oneybsgs in the joys of elysiUm Will
exhaust the pleasures Of life in the Cres-
cent City during the week.
The MendelssObu Club will shortly
give a concert a. the new, commOdiOus
and elegant music rooms Of HOlleuberg.
in the Ayres Building, opposite Court
Square. We have no doubt tJ will be q
success, equal TO the established repuJG-
ton of this club.
There was an accident on the Iron
Mountain railroad yesterday by which
the train from St. Louis hither was de-
tanned tw~enty-foUr hours, We did not
learn particulars.
A grand sacred concert will be given
by the choir of st. Patrick's Church, as
sisted by the amateur talent Of the city,
at St. Pstrick's Church, Thursday, sd
instant, for the purpose OfaidinE in build
ing q high altar. OF course the friends Of
st. Patrick's will u out in large num-
hers and make the occasion worthy he
object for which it is given.
Colonel Meyers has 3 chicken-brsed-
ing tenant in Fort Pickering, who a Y be
has a hen that Matched f0rty-thres chick
ems out OF three settings, raised thirty
! EMEuN EaALEkEr hAA ALDEA Aa"alAAnaaAE ANa anna
brood, in the language of Greeley, To root,
hog or die, she laid hfty-siE eggs before
she frOZ5 up into winter quarters.
We were told yesterday that the
! storm Of night before last damaged many
houses in S~Omsrville, in P~ocsbOntRs and
DESTROYED a church al Iuka. The fences
along the Memphis and Charleston rail
| rosdiwere blown down for miles.
The venerable Joe Locke, at his
huge - newsstand, received yesterday
/ i've thousand novels and an extra guam
tity of Sunday reading matter al OF
which will be displayed this morning.
Joe is determined not 10 be Outstripped in
his line, and the public will always hud
the latest and best at 236z Main street.
Mr.. Charles Marsble, Of the Western
Union Telegraph office Of this city, and
Miss Katie BarrOws, we're married az
Nashville on Thursday evening. While
we must say that this story is AfirG5tLs
dicHL, we would fsin hope that our friend
will be electrified with never-euding cur
rents OF blessed bsstirude, and that the
q cable " which binds him will ever tell
stories Of delight.
The records Of the County Court show
that the matrimonial market was brisk
during the week. The licenses returned
we're: Clarence O.. Seldeu and Miss Elsie
Massey, ". T. Herring and Miss A. T.
Buckley, W. p. Brown aud Miss Bridget
Cox. Matt. Shelby sni Miss Amanda
Crsdlebaugh, Al. Reilly and Miss Teresa
Casey. Four colOred couples likewise
embarked upon the tempsstuOus ocean of
matrimOny.
1t was stated last night that two or
three persons unknown went yesterday
10 the house Of Mr.. MOr6head, two miles
from the city, on the Raleigh road, and
calling him forth, fell upon and beat him
with clubs until the old mans life is de-
SPARED Of. We were not advised of the
provOcstiOn, If any, for the outrage, Mr..
Mor8hesd is we'll known about the city as
a market man and vender of wood, We
have ever deemed him harmless and in
offensive, and bis age should have been
security enough against any assault for
any cause.
- The following messages remain
undelivered in the Western Union
Telegraph Office George p. De Groat,
Hobert & Co O. T. Estes %. E. /. Dow
q Co., p. p. Learned, J.. Q. & W. B. |
Kimbal, +. HObert & Co., Mrs. 4. Z.
Reid, NJ. r. Harry, Sam Tate, r. Locke, /
o. c., Hancock, j. H. Cole, W. McGes,
Hill, FOntaine e Co., Davis q Co, j. 81. /
Cole, II. g. Tomlinson, Brooks & Co., |
Stevens Il Smith, Parker, Ward q Co, }
T. A. Nelson q Co., j. shannon, i. COhn, /
Hartmus & Co., Mayor Johnson, G. /
AAAAAAAAAaH HAnAAaaA@A DaNAH NANH NV ]
E Co., James, Sutton q Co., Thomas
Trout & Son, Nee, X, g. Byrne, George |
Shields 81 Co., +. W. BIthe, Elicit g.
Miller, j.. II. Peterson.
We have received the first number Of
the Louisville DItig Ledger, the n6wsp2-
per whose coming has been hersldad for
some months p8sJ. It viii be a Demo-
cratic journal, aud we sr8 informed that
.'6vsry agency has been employed TO
DE- "a 1000 aud aHHnHH a~aHrHr aHH Z
talent Of those agencies will be directed to
that result" 1t is al eight-c0lumR paper,
one column less in size than the APPEAL,
and the typographical appearance is good,
It b. a hrst-class publication, sustained by
drsU-clzss editorial ability, and giving
promise Of success. We shall nave some
thing 70 say OF its views In U next.
As the object Of insurance is to secure
prompt and certain indemnity IN the
event Of loss or damage, 10 behOoyes all
seek such security to deal only with
agents who represent OmpamI Of un-
doubted strength aud integrity. Such we
know Mr.. Darlington Mason to be.
Among his companies, as Is well known,
the Home Insurance Company OF New
York has always stood in the front rank.
and she enters upon the new year with a
determination 20 maintain her honorable
position. See abstract Of her thirtv-fHb
semi-annuEl statement ia this mornings
paper.
The wood and willow ware company
had a rOusing meeting yesterday, and 4
majority Of the Stockholders being pres-
snt, resolved to carry the thing through
at once. Steam was raised, and the whole
machinery was put in operation on paper.
Colonel David Townsend said it would be
a foul shame 90 suffer his first manufae-
turing establishment started since the
war bV an incorporated company to fail.
he YVES resolved that 10 should not.
DELINQUENT stock holders willrelsase their
stock or be sued, OF their stock viii be
forfeited. The deficit will be
40 by an assessment of twenty-five
per cent. upon the paying stockholders.
The requisite machinery provided,
establishment will surely prosper
There will be another meeting at tbe
Chamber Of Commerce next Saturday,
when everybody will be required 70 dance
to the music. Colonel LEADS
The choir in preventing this "Dreak
There is not a moneyed institution in
The South deemed so strong 10 the North,
such credit ia Wall street, as the
Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance
Company, Of Richmond, Virginia, US
income last year was nearly "a and q
half million dollars, and its outstanding
are Il. 343 in number. It's Presi-
dent, William G. Darlington, is known
throughout the South, and its Vice Presi-
dents name is familiar TO Churchmen aud
10 people OF cultivated literary tastes ev- I
anywhere. George +. Board, who be- 1
comes the representative OF the institu.
ion IN this city, is a thorough master Of
me business Of Life Insurance, having {
trained ia English institutions Of
his character. Especially, however, are
We pleased that this agency Of the Pied c
and Arlington Company is estab- /
ish6d here for the reason that It will I
IS other like institutions have
promised, lend here on local securities &
M surplus funds over and above ex-
aauana and rDe-o- THa ufadmnwf o~.l 1