Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-01
CITY PARAGRAPHS

Vas hssd lines and heaped-up capital
letters add no value TO telegraphic dis
patches.
1t Is sid a Chicago congregation want
10 get our Walk 10 preach, but be has so
fsr resisted ali temptation to 60 TO that
u~nconnubisl city.
Attention is directed to the announce
msnt in another place Of 8 change OF
schedule for the Charleston railroad,
which goes into effect nom and RI1er TO-
Gay.
This Little Rockers will have to be
eontentsd with q few rockets on the
Fourth. Memphis is not going to send
any fireworks over there for their amuse-
ment.
There il no talk of any sort Of a eele-
Grafton on the Fourth, save some temper
snce oratory at the Charleston depot, by
Barney HEghes, and the great picnic At
James Park.
All the boys in the city are preparing
Tor an extra splurge on Tuesday next,
Most of them are sustaining frem villain
ous cigars and sinking the dimes thus
saved iu ~gunpOwder AID hrecrackers.
The next meeting OF she Old Folks
occurs on Wednesday next. D meeting
viii be- a large one; many gentlemen
from thu country viii attend. Tie con-
stitution and bylaws should be pub
Iished.
We learn that twelve buggies and I'VE
hacks visited Raleigh Springs yesterday,
20 that the hotels and boarding houses
we're hued with visitors, and the visitors
we're filed with water and other healthy
liquids.
Louisa Wolf, the wife, since 1875, OF
G1stave A. Wolf, 6las q petition for di-
vorcs in the Second Circuit Court, on the
ground Of in6delity, brutality and hlth.
The Language Of the document is the mas
Hest 10 be found outside Of Rabilals.
In the Criminal Court. yesterday, i've
or six jurymen we're obtSinSd IN tho case
Of the State - Tom Connell, who Is
charged with killing = policeman about
three years Z on Main street. Calvin
was executed fOr the same crime bOu
twenty-five months sgo.
A coIored man, who was driving two
mules that hauled q drsy going down JEFF
ierson street yesterday, fell from his We
hicls ava got undo the wheel, and Wss
badly crushed. Tie side OF his face was
torn very muoh. and he hsG to be carried
sway, a. he was IN 8 fsinting condition.
The drsT was loaded with corn.
-About the same time that the white
lady fled her petition for divorce In
The SeconH Circuit Court yesterday, q col
orsd woman named Shesvers put in 8 pc
titioB in the Second Chancsry Court for
similar relief. Her charges we're brutality
and neglect, not 70 mention tie hot
weather.
The grand Jury hsve found An indict-
msnt against Esen, or Esom, for murder
ia the first degree. The Sheriff returned
tc the city Yesterday in the afternoon hay
ing failed to md any tracks of the crimi-
nal fugitive. There is hardly adoubt but
Essn has gone the way Of moss criminals
to Texas.
INC Life Association Of America, q
oeIsbrsted insurance oompsny, has re-
moved from No. 5 70 No. 80 Madison
street. the new aud splendid Insurance
and bank building, next to SPecht's,
General 6. ". Gordon Is the manager, and
&. B, Melford secretary Of the company.
The new offices are convenient ana
spacious.
An amusing incident occurred yester-
day morning ID the northern part of the
CITY. A lsdy Of industrious habits, who
cultivstes goats and poultry. was in her
gsrd milking one,of the Srmer, when a
male duck dew at the back Of her head,
from which a chignon was suspended. and
ssizing on the hairy s~ppendage, hung on
n the same until il became q hldeous
wreck, fearful 70 contemplate.
John Burke, q white worker, on the
grrval Of the Phil Allin yesterday morn
ing, was arrested for stealing from some
passenger. It appears that there vas gam
ing going on, in which John took 8 hand
and SAVE he Was himself Victimized 10 the
extent Of a dollar and 6 half. He was be-
fore the Recorder yesterday morning, and
ewing to some popularity Of swearing /
that was dons. the Recorder sent him up, 1
- dsfeult OF finding 1880 bail.
After 81, the last is best. The beavi-
est, richest specimen Of Norway oats yet
exhibited in this city Is that produced
upon the farm Of William /. Mclean At
nHaH - L.---. h
with marked success some years ago; but
be came home, aud has converted the
sword into q pruning hook, AND becomes
Of the most successful, IS he is one OF
The most energetic, farmers OF the country.
Like his oats. he is Of good stock.
-ThePostofaeeD Department should know
OF 8 wonderful dog in Virginia which car
riss letters twice a week between two
points, sixteen miles apart. His owner
secures the letters 70 his collar commands
him 70 20, and be goeth. The Postmaster
General has 3 good many subordinate
officers, especially in the transportation
service, who do not seem to comprehend
that e get q letter or newspaper V its des-
iinEti0n in the shortest possible time r.
the bounden duty OF q governments which
Is sharp enough to secure its pay IN adj
vance for the work, and which claims also
8 monopoly Of the Business. Buy tile Vir-
ginia dog, Nh. ?. M. Gt
"A proposition hss been laid by Alder
man Nslsh before the General Council to
open The upper part Of Main street be
yead the bayou. II Is rather singular
that the chief thOroUghfars Of the city
should stop short on the banks Of the
bayou, right within the city limits, while
The other streets on either side are sup
Piled with bridges. There ought to be no
bar 70 the prosperity Of Main strest either
way. It i 81 least entitled 70 the same
privileges that any CT the parallel streets
There IS no doUbt bat IL Is the
want Of bridge aorfSs the bayou mat has
Kept back the prosperity Of upper Main
street. 20 much.
The Chief Engineer Of shs arerada
Houston and Eas.ern Raiir9sd Company,
'vsdlsss ia another place for o0n;fsosors