Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-12
CITY PARAGRAPHS.

The business of the county court will
be wound up this week.
The police fOrcs win be paid this
morning for the month Of September.
This is Columbus day. 1t will be
msgnifcently celebrated in Memphis.
The merchants Of Memphis will pay
the highest cash prices for 10000 bales of
cotton.
The sidewalk On Union, near the
| county c0ur building, is undergoing re-
pairs al last.
Our police are making up q subscrip-
| ton OF $500 for the benefit OF their suffer-
ing brethren in Chicago.
The grading of the bluffs and the con-
structiOn Of the Raleigh railroad viii
commence about the same time.
Planters and cotton men should read
the act OF congress published in our Oom-
mercisl column to-dsy for the fourth
time.
The great case OF the Gsyoso gas
| company We, J. j. Murphy and others,
is set for Monday next in the first circuit
court.
The usual heavy supply of vegetables,
fish and game that characterize the mar
kets Of this city in winter, is beginning to
arrive.
The depleted ranks Of the chain. gang
are filling up again. A, squad respect
able in number wss put doing business
yesterday.
Those intending to make up pools for
the fair on the $4,000 day should do so at
once, that there may be no trouble in I'LL
ing the order.
The colored janitor of the county
court gives SO much satisfaction that one
of the Justices yesterday felt constrained
| To saw something in his favor
The greatest dust since the Nicolson
wss laid down. blinded several block OF
Main street yesterday afternoon where
the chain gang were operating.
An old woman who lives in Chelsea,
| sold twenty improved breed Of pigs yes
terdsy for $500. SEe says they did not
cost her q dime, barring the trouble.
Much interest is now being mani
| Tested by every one in the scheme, gotten
up by The fair managers for the distribu.
ton ON next Tuesday OF $4,000. Tickets
are being rapidly sold.
in the published report of the sub
scripuion list yesterday morning, the name
OH. Dow wa down for 50 when It should
have been hty, and that Of Mr.. Dufiev,
OF the Cleburne saloon, was down for IS
when It should have been SIS.
Several communications in reference
10 the grsmmsr-questiOn are postponed
for want OF space. The crowded state of
our columns will not permit Of mOre than |
The publication Of such news as we can
condense.
The case Of Eason still COOS on in tbs
criminal court. Messrs. Sale and Horri-
gan are ior the defense. The plea set up
is prOvOcatlOn. About twenty witnesses
we're summoned on their side. Ii is not
probable that II will be concluded to-day.
There we're two couples married in
ST. Peter's Church last night. The scene |
was brilliant and the congregation lively. |
A great multitude, which lew cared 10
number, hsd assembled 10 see the brilliant
nupilals Of Alderman Cicalla and his
BRIDE
some accomplished thief went into
tho office OF Mr. Cook, the srchiteet, on
Monday, u stole sway = transit valued
At $40. Mr. Cool has been unable TO- /
md any trace Of Is, except that it was
offered for sale somewhere in the city
very cheap.
We are authorized & state that the
Chicago losses of the North British and
Mercantile hre Insurance company will
o effect Il. Its capital of / 100000 in
gold Is comparatively unimpaired' MT.
J. q. Lonsdsle, the father OF IRE insu-
u In Memphis, represents this sterling
company.
The ColOred Young Mems Union AS
ISOLATION held q meeting Tuesday night. /
J. II. Gray presided, and Thomas NJ. HOl-
land acted IS secretary. The sum of $25
was voted to the eOlored Chiesgo sufferers
from the treasury of the association, and
81 were collecsed by subscription for tho
same purpose.
Private letters from Chicago stste that
there is any quantity OF provisions in and
around the city, but most OF ID is dam
aged by the IRE; besides, there are no
means Al hand Of cooking it readily.
What is most urgently needed is prepared
~victuals and covering.
The neighborhocd of Second and
Union streets was excited last night bv
cries Of fire and the rushing thither Of en-
gines and people. II was found that a
furniture store in the county court block
had caught FIRE somehow. There was a
little smoke issuing out Of the house, but
no nsme. The engines threw some water
into the house, and that was the end OF il
We are credibly informed that there
is cotton enough on the river bank, be-
tween here and Vicksburg, to employ two
boats for some time, and enough TO come
70 continue Z good trade for them during
the winter. II our merchants will oplV
take this matter in hand they can largely
pront by an increase upon even their
present large arrivals Of cotton. Who'll
move hrstf
Next Tuesday the $4,000 prizs distri-
button takes place ct the fair grounds
Only q few days remain for the sale of
tickets, snd At the rate they have been
going OF for the past week, il is feared .
that those who are putting OF 70 the last
70 make their purchases non viii be left
70 supply them Recollect there are only
TO- coo tickets to be issued, all Of which
are now either sold or in the hands OF
agents for sale.
"A man named Meehsn, or Mahsu. Was
sent TO jail yesterday for robbing the dead. !
He is charged with hooking 3 trunk from !
the room OF q Mrs. Burke, who had lived
on Madison street, but who was desd
when the property wss stolen The re-
eorder asked him 70 give bond in the sum {
$500 for bis appearance before Judge {
Flippin when called on. He refused n
give the bail, preferring the county Jug. 9
Two young women, apparently re-
spectacle, who had just arrived il the
city Tuesday night, got into q row with !
some Migrants, whom they cleaned out !
and were arrested. They pleaded that !
they we're not accustomed to the wavs Of
Memphis; were in the habit Of taxing
care Of themselves, and thought they /
were going 70 be imposed on. Captain '
Gray let them go, having noted them well s
drst. ]
-Skiddy is out. That is the latest thing
Out He u gone 20 grcsnsr helds and pas.