Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-05
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4A0 AOL 1PRAO0CA u Inc COEIOU CTQU
is making some stir in the city already.
/ A very active season and high prices are
anticipated.
Two of the c0lored chsps that made .
disturbance in a colored church In Chelsss
recently were fined S5 each by Squire NIL
Ter yesterday.
Inc seems to be aplentiful supply OF
q melons in the market, but the price
continues high. A frst.clSss one costs
seventy-hve cents.
Gentry Bessley (colored) was up be.
fore the Recorder yesterday morning for
steaIng $40 from a fellow passenger on
. PM. Allin, while on a trip from Hell
ens 70 Memphis. Sent to jail in default
of $1,000 bonds.
NIB. B. Bsrnesswiu accept our thanks
for three of the finest csntelopes we have
seen this year. In our opinion, and that
OF persons Of more experience in agricul-
tursl affairs, the largest one of the three
could not be beat anywhere.
The laborers on the Selma road will
begin to stretch out countryward d.
rectly. The fresh earth, "deep cuts' and
thigh fills" mark the progress the mus
cular boys are making from the neighbor-
hood of Rayburn svenu soross the Her
nando road eastward.
Judge Greene P. Foute, so,wellTknown
20 b bench, bar and people of Shelby
county, is q candidate for the Office Of
Magistrate in the Fifth Civil District.
The Judge would adorn such q position,
and by his knowledge of Law could not
fail to make the office what 1t should be.
-Fowler's extract, as advertised in our
pages, is said to be a wonderful remedyi in
all cases in which the liver is concerned,
And as these sorts of complaints are
alarRingly numerous ct present in the
Mississippi valley, our readers may profit
by a little study of what is said about this
remarkable extract.
Mr.. W. s. Pickett, n of our Oldest
and most widely known citizens; is q can
didate for the Msgistracy of the Fifth
Civil District. The election o ( such a gen
tlemRn to such a position would reflect
credit upon our people. His influence
could not fail to be felt in our County
Court.
The office of Squire Burke was
crowded all yesterday by q congregation
of cOlored W-Rsherwomen attending the
case of a sister in trade, who was accused
Of hooking a gentleman's under-gsrment
from a rival clothes line. The evidence
AND arguments in the case kept the
Squire sweltering all day. The certainty
OF guilt is not yet fixed, as the Justice
reserved his decision.
-"Whst do you come here for?u said
Miss Nippers. 81 came to borrow match
es," he meekly replied. "Matchesl That's
a likely story. Why don't you make a
match? know what you come for"
said the exAsperated old virgin, as she
backed the bachelor into q corner. "You
come to hug and kiss me almost to
death! But you shRn't without you're
the strongest, and the Lord knows you
are"
The attention of those requiring cot
ton ties is respectfully directed to the
long advertisement of Messrs. Orgill
Brothers, Q. w. Goyer & Co., and Ware
q Co., in relation to cotton ties. It will
be seen that they are the agents in Mem
phis of the celebrated New Orleans cotton
tie, and that there fare many pirscies out
which 1t may be very dangerous and
troublesome to use. The advertisement
ought to be read carefully by those who |
are about to purchase that sort of article |
We understand that it is the inten-
ton of the Gas Light Company to extend
its mains through Thornton avenue and
up Alabama street, If sufficient encour-
agement is given by the residents In that
vicinity. And encouragement" means
that the company wishes to be informed
as to whether consumers enough will be
found to warrant the outlay. We recon-
q thorough canvass at an early day,
that brilliant gas may supersede villain
Gus coal oil. Who will move in the mat
teri And, by the way, there are other
Populous streets in that vicinity, which
should not remain in the dark. Move,
the Gas Company is in q lib.
eral mood n We should encourage its
enterprise.
A cOlored man was hauled ashore at
the foot Of TreZevant street, in South
Memphis, yesterday, by a deck-hRnd of
Jhe steamboat GAINESVILLE. The man was 6
lead, and having been seen floating in the t
by this deck-hsnd, he asked the {
nate OF the boat to put out 8 launch to
zee what was the floating object. but the 6
nate refused. When the boat was moorsd 7
deck-hsnd went himself after hi
)ody Of the drowned person and had it t
ashore. Coroner Mofstt held an
inquest on him. Ee was entirely naked, t
md no one could tell anything about the
mysterious salvage. Most likely the g
county undertaken, MIR. Walsh, buried
at the cOunty's expense.
Mrs. Metzler, who lives uptown with Q
Ter husband, felt aggrieved by his
'onduct on more than one occasion,
When he had been aboard. She had him I
nd the whole family, consisting of seye- F
al small children, before Justice Win p
ers, yesterday. on the charge Of abuse. F
The little lady was irritable and could not b
njoy the peculisrities of her liege lord d
he was under the influence, etc, 1t O
vas painful to see the mother bringing up il
Ter little children to testify against their n
psppy," and it was truly affecting to a q
-umane reporter to behold the tears gush c.
rom their little eye as they were forced, o
the stern and determined look of their "
God little mother, to tell yarns about the o.
aughty doings of their beloved male pro Il
The Squire fined the old man IS d
RfterWard RENTED it, He sent the o.
am1ly away with some sound advice ring n
lg in their ears. b
There wasa lively time on Monroe a
rect, near Second, yesterday morning,
rising out of q claim for ninety cents,
lr. BabcOck's man was hauling round a
Of vegetables to sell, when he was
9t upon by Harris Miller, q Scandina- hi
ian, who claimed ninety cents for two to
ays' work done put at the nursery. The 81
sgetable man insisted that he could not F
ay it. 60" said he, "to the time
Harris could not see it: he bC
snted his money right away. BE made CO
much of a fuss that the vegetable man gI
lied for the police. He walked away to de
Ok Tor the men Of peace. While he was W
me the energetic Miller seized ascoop BY
chicken and made away with them gr
hot haste. He ran round by CostilIo's Q.
aDie, through b alley way and Was tic
aklng remarkably fine progress when
o police came on the ground and gave tit
-sse. Being captured and taken before in
9 Recorder q long story of grievances ce
as told. The hne was Nv dollars for ca
9spsss, while the vegetable man was tn
Id to put up two dollars as a guarantee trl
at Miller should be paid. {
We are asked many questions about OF
celebration of the Centenary of Sir 60
alter Scott, and for the lsst three ns
)nths much has been said in the papers ad'
out The most appropriate manner in rig
dch to show the appreciation of this l
BAT poet by our citizens and to do Oo'
)per to his memory. A commit Poi
was appointed n the following pro- ior
mime has been decided upon: Ali the gel
bodies Of our city have been rlg
red TO join In g procession, and an invi- nv
ion has been extended to all of our reg
zens TO join in the same. The process a;
n Will move to BeRle street from the HlSl
ring point, then the street cars will COP
lYey them TO James Park; an Grafton yes
l be delivered and the celebration will or
with a picnic. No pains have been LuLll
red 70 make it an affair where the Aort
ST fsstidiOus can enjoy themselves. Il
zes are to be awarded, and among TlgI
ers we think q very good idea is the L!D
CANT sewing machine to be donated, slBI
by VOting for. There only q few have des'
lance, but every lady on the ground OF
II have an equal chance. 'Tis expected OoO
thousand people will be on the ~,
1ndi but the arrangements, as DESERT raat
/, are perfect. We trust a glorious
ort will be sent over the wires that
nphis did herself credit.
We have received from the enterpris-
= of Ms nav msn Of M,ssissinaG : Mix
ork of art, In all Its features, this map OM
bear the closest scrutiny. 1t is about sec
feet, and hangs on rollers, and is not see
? ornamental, but useful to every man DeeII
ing business with our sister State, OUT
counties formed by recent NJ,
81 sre Al oIstlnctIy and accurate stree
are given; the Mississippi river u,