Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-01
CITY PARAGRAPHS.

Il liver the annual aQQra1s before the 5n6lDy
County (Memphis) Agricultural Assooia.
ton.
The murderous negro, Dan Smith
who nearly killed the young msn Meri'
weather Saturday, was not arrested up Il
midnight yesterday.
We don't know what the clerk Of th,
weather has to say about it, but yester
day was only at, In IFS endless gloom, fol
treason, Etratagem and spOils.
The churches we're not very crowded
yesterday, owing 70 the excessive hest
Inc Thermometer yesterday reached 8
degrees. Pretty warm for April.
The services Of the c~hsin-gsng are bad
" needed on Madison street. The debT.
which Was left after the Nic0lsOn re
psirers still remsins in unsightly heaps
The arrangement for the Nilsson con.
certs sis peculiar Admission IL two
dollars, but reserved seats are two dollar
more, which means that &c is four dOllarl
until the house is full; and sfterward Il
viii be only two dollars for admission.
The Emmett Guards are to have theil
great picnic on the tenth of this month
At the usual place, James Park. In con
sequence Of the Emmets being the only
and therefore the fsvOrte, military or
ganizatiOn in the city, and the admired Of
the lsdies, their annual festival viii be g
grand me
"A fearful delugs occurred Thursday
night at Meridian, Mississippi. All rail-
roads are washed up. The selma passen-
ger train went into a creek near that city
last night. The water Is very high. Inc
Vicksburg trains cannot leave for a couple
/ Of days. The Mobile roads broken north
and south Of the place.
The first Of the great Sunday school
] -aL----rna H-nL A1aan nra#aRHUr in HnwnWnI
Of our churches. Judging from the dis
[ play made by the children at the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church, there Is every
I reason 70 believe that b celebration on
| the 10Th Of this month, will be grand be-
yond our most ssnguine imsginings.
1t Is very stupid Of interior towns to
/ build brOad-RuRge through lines Of rail-
road, when they can make themselves
/ permanently terminal cities by building
n8rrOW-guage roads, Jackson, Tennessee,
/ should have 81 least three short narrow
gusge roads c0nverging 81 that point,
! feeding the longer line TO this city. II
this plan were executed Jackson, in ten
/ years, would have 5000 inhabitants.
The amusements this week will be, il
the weather is fine, first, tanning ones
self and drawing fluids through two
s~traws-this is what Train would call q
dOubIe-bRrreled operation. Then there
will be the Thomson, ditto the Nilsson,
and 8 host of picnics, strawberry festi-
walls, beer drinking clubs, boating, base
bsllinE, and lOahng on the corner Of JEFF
fsrsOn street.
About three O'Clock yesterday after
noon, g sudden gust blew across from Ar
kansas that played havoc with the signs
along Front street. Several large ones
were knocked down, digging holes into
the pavement, ard clapping things round
fearfully. It's operations we're not CON
fined to that locality. A buggy end Lorse
were blown over on DeSoyO street, and
an old house hsd its tin roof ripped on at
the fridge scross the bayou on Union
! street.
The locally famous Miss Clara Robin
son appears at Greenlsw's Opera House
this evening In the capacity Of a trance
medium fair, innocent young proph-
etess. She enters upon dangerous paths
perhaps, but with this we have nothing
to do. IL is only u province, as an ad-
vertising agent, to tell the public b 8 q
lecture will be delivered this evening at
the Opera House on the subject Of spirit
ualism, by one alleged TO be q master Of
the art, science, Cr6ed-Whatever IL may
be-and that the lecture viii be llustra-
ted by the ~ClairvOysuU and other exhibit
tions, as q medium by Miss Robinson.
The entertainment viii no doubt please
the curious and delight and even msgne-
tizs very many people.
We understand that Joe Selgmsn, the
popular livery stable man, whose large
establishment Is located on Union street,
near Second, is now in Kentucky pur-
chasing 8 large stock Of fine horses for his
stable, and that he viii also bring with
him q number of new carriages Of the
latest STYLES. Joe has already on hand
the best tUrn-Outs in the city, and when
his new stock arrives, we expect to see
something that viii eclipse anything n
that line that has ever yet been brought
TO the city. During his sbsence Mr.
WOOdie Hall, q gentleman thoroughly
posted in the business attends 70 the
wants Of all who desire 8 drive over the
Nicolson behind a fast nag, or who may
want anything in the shape Of q turnout.
A magnificent new cylinder made by
those skillfuu machinists, Messrs. Ran
dali & Heath, Wss placed on board the
Steamer George ". Cheek yesterday. It
was difficult to tell whether Capt. Mark
r. Cheek or the mustriOus senior Of the
firm Randall q Heath, was the more
pleased When we saw them last they
were strutting themselves to death on the
lower deck contemplating the perfection
Of the new machinery. It's worth q trip
20 Frisrs Point IN the Cheek to witness
the perfection of art illustrated in this
piece Of mechanism from the hands Of
Memphis mechanics. The Cheek leaves
tomorrow afternoon for Frisrs Point,
and viii make her regular trips as usual.
The Richmond Dispatch, Of Friday,
contains the following paragraph: The
nuptisls OF Gen. FitZhugh Lee and Miss
Nellie FOwle, daughter Of the late George
d. FoWle, was sOlemniEsd Wednesday
afternoon at the residence Of Capt. P. B.
HOOe, on Washington street, Alexandria.
The guests comprised many Of the most
distinguished officers Of the late Army Of
Northern Virginia. Gen. Jubal A. Early,
Gen. W. II. F. Lee, Gen, LOmax, Gen.
NJ. B. Young, Of Georgia, Gen. NJ. D.
COrss, Capt. HRXsll, q r. Z. Lee, ir,
were among those Of Gen. Lees army,
who were present. It Was expected hat
ex-President Davis would be present. but
he did not arrive"
"A Memphis correspondent Of the New
York Tribune g that q young woman
Of rather attractive appearance, soon after
the cars started, took from her pocket q
small tin box containing snuff, and q pine I
stick Of the size Of a lead pencil, She
and mOistensd the end Of the
stick, and with IL made a paste Of the
snuff. To my great disgust, when she had
got The stick well dsubsd with the nasty
mixture, she returned It to her mouth, |
and rubbed IL across her gums under her
upper lip, with an air OF intense sstisfac-
ton, and continued the operation for g
quarter Of an hour. Of cOurse nobody was
surprised but myself, for this wss nothing
but the practice Of snud dipping which is
prevalent among the middle and lower
all through the South,
The Sweet Springs Of Virginia are q
Of health and enjoyment during
he summer months. They have the great
rHHramHaua nwnr Hnr#nnaH FHnr-aH wawn~uTF- j
Jf not being accessories merely to dissipa-
ion and unsatisfactory excitement, such
y one experiences Et Niagara, Saratoga,
Long Branch and th6 vulgar resorts Of
rivOl0us fashion and shoddy vulgsrity.
The several springs are r6sOrted 20 by the
people Of South. The scenery Is
unsurpassed in splsudOr; the waters
isalthful to almost any constitution, and
he general regimen contributes TO pro-
luce what we are al in search of-hsppi-
less. Theve is no convenience OF luxury
which q well regulated appetite desires
can't be found. For years Il has
zen the favorite resort Of the really re-
p6Ctabls portion Of our Southern society,
md it continues to grow ia favor every
sason. It can confidently be recon-
neuded 70 those seeking q few months Of
rspose and real enjoyment.
The tax imposed upon places of
musement, and the license fees exscted
" State and municipal authorities from
scturers who are invited 90 address the
Of this place, is simply iusuders-
Ia. To shoy DW fearful the burden il
lstensd upon genius and intelligence In
femphis, we have only to contrast the
FACTIONS made by Memphis with those
imposed by other cities upon such enter
tinments. Theatrical license tax in
hicagO, city, $50 = year; no other.
.ouisville, KY, city, $500; no other. In
annapolis, city, 800; no other. Cleve-
nd, SIS per month, $50. Pittsburg, ,
tsts and county, 500; city, go per
,onth, S24O-S440. 50. Louis, city mo
slOO. New Orleans, city, $500;
-. $500; Charity Hospital, Sl00-S800. /
.ew York, city, $500. Total, $3.50 s