Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-08

jsu yesterday, in default of finding $1,000
osil for his appearance before the Crlmi-
nal Court.
There will be a special meeting Of
the Chamber Of Commerce this afternoon,
when g question OF singular Importance
TO merchants viii be disposed Of The
new ball snd toe narrow g9uge road 10
Columbia viii be talked about.
John Murphy, who was sent to Jail by
Recorder Miller on the charge of stealing
nifty Collars from John Sweeney, on Jack
son strest, was brought before Judge Ray
to-day on a writ Of haBedS corpus, and was
~honorably discharged by the court.
First bales came in pretty numer-
ously on wagons all yesterday. These be-
longed principally to darkies, who wore
smiling faces as they left the city in the
evening with large areas Of side meat anG
great chunks Of ham in their wagons.
During the Ere yesterday, one Of the
men belonEiDg to the engine on Adams
street, had his right eye severely injured
BY coming in contact with 8 sLrOng
stream q foot and s half from the nozzle.
BE had not recovered his sight last even
ing.
Pascal once said, "should e man hsp-
pen to err in supposiDg tEe Christian
religion to be true he could be no loser by
the mistake. But how irrecOveTsole in
his Ioss-hoW iDexDressible his danger
who should err in sUpposing it 10 be
false"
To remove siupps nom a field, bore
holes down into them and I'll with coal
oil. LIST il be absorbed, snd, after S few
dsys, apply the torch. If gum stumps
are Ia the way use nitO-glycerine and a
short hghtning-rod 70 ser il of, and wait
for a thunderstorm.
The RafitOdy Record, Bsrny Hugbs
| .lFs,~ sn-nhFrF for the uurrnnf rr1nuFh j.
before us. Ii states truthfully that no
WRnderer of the summer months has
| found on this continent a better or safer
| Iosd than the Memphis snd Charleston,
! Of which Mr.. Hughs is the worthy repre-
sentative.
The pOlice found 3 poor fellow lying
| On Monroe street last night, worn Out and
sick. He had come over from Arkansas,
| where be was taken sick. The m
that happened he was considered OF no
more value to his employers, so they
shipped him.
The peanut stand that adorned the
corner OF second and Union streets. has
8 csvsd" The proprietor succumbsd to |
dull times and the high price of nuts
TIE immediate cause of his bankruptcy |
vas 2 heavy Investment Of 50 50 in green
6gs, which rOtted on his hands, end ruined
him financially.
a KILL L4al@ @GA GAAAlaA 9lhA NGLN Z
ike 8 juvenile pumpkin, was exhibited
yesterday by an enterprising Italian, at
his fruit stand. A CountTyman asked the /
descendant Of Cato, whats that big, |
green thing thsr2" The Roman answered, /
"It's al egg Of John Robinson's sea lion"
John win rave to set his seal on this sto-
". l. Is q hard n to crack-the nut, |
We mean.
-OfaI the public school buildings in
the city, the Peabody takes the horns for
full attendance. The four rooms were
jsmmed the first day. and since then al
most as many more children have applied
for admission, but failed TO obtain 1t
Why not finch the ether wing of the
building at Once2 A few t~hcussud-s
very faw-wm do it, and then all the chill
dren ofthe poor can be accommodated.
There VIII be a trottiug race over the
ChicksssW course to day at 5 O'Clock, The
rsce viii bs mile heats, three in Eve, to
harness aud to rule. Entrance, $50; track
TO add $50. The entries are as follows:
W. ]. Payne enters S Roberts gray mare;
q. Brothers enters 7. b, Estes black
mare; A. 4. Rogers enters Birds bay
horse Major. There viii be me fun, no
doubt.
The twelfth copy Of the first number Of
the first paper ever published in Memphis,
50 framed that both sides may be read,
will be presented by ex-MsyOr Lohand,
to the Old Folks Association. 1t contains
the advertisement OF the original proprie-
of Memphis, offering lots on easy
terms to sctusl settlers, and sdvertises for
proposals from contractors to build
bridges, ETC., along the old military road
Little Rock.
A very sdroit advertisement for the
benefit Of the beer saloons is going the
rounds of the press in the shape of bogus
testimony about the efficacy of
beer In all sorts Of camp complaints, as
in the Prussian campaign In
France. The fact Is the Prussizn soldiers
France were so short Of actual grub that
hey had to steal very extensively. They
got no beer in Frsnoe until the war was
over, and the fatigues consequent thereon
ceased. 9
People should know that a learned {
philosopher is grateful for the exist 1
Of mosquitoes. This cheerful old /
addicted TO the contemplation
# the bright side OF human destiny and
ortunes and a physician withsl, says they
we're crested to deplete the human system I
n sultry summertime that the tendency 4
fevers may be hbsted. Since q~uinine y
8 fatal TO most fevers, can't moquitOs be 2
ubtitutsd for the drug? II druggists p
viii pay 81 Is per bottle, we can afford
o sell about g peck. q
We are told that the fame Of Memphis :
s 8 cotton market grows spsce. A :
who has been visiting Northern q
nils tells as that heavier orders and
rom q greater number of Eastern mills
han sveF before, will be filed In this city,
that Whatever b quantity Of cotton A
rOught to Memphis, there will never :
be wanting strong competition !
mong buyers representing Eastern and 7
European manufacturers. a
1t iE q little curious bow telegraph Is :,
ssd sssn advertising agency. As Bonner, o
D advertise the Ledger. sends q blood and Is
hunder story to the papers and pays for v
s insertion, referring readers to the d
.edger for the conclusion Of the Sylvan y
9th webbed yarn, so cur dispatches Of Z
esteTday served the GGLaEy We were d
iven a morsel Of Grseley's letter on tho q
one term" question, and the argument, a
its point of ehiefesE interest, is sudden d
? endeds and we are told to go to the n
for the rest.
The oOgs on Court street have become
\ intolersble nuisance. Yesterday, &
dog seizsd Mrs. Brown, who
yes near Capt. John Walkers cotton 10
ned. by the cheek, and inflicted a most 10
hastily wound. Mrs. Brown is a most g
lady, and was attacked by the =
oe without any proYCcation. The eff b
Ient policemen, r. G. Manuel and John n
larey are on this beat. They killed the q
OF that attacked Mrs. Brown, and in "
,rm US that thu whole nsighborhood 4
Dmplain OF the large number of dogs
lat make night hideous with their inces-
Ant barking. The nuisance should be n
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-Becsuse of the number of horses and -
rules oonstsntly stolen, it might be well -
" Senator DnBoss, or Messrs. Crews, =,
Iumpkin and Harris, 70 have g Law en- -
cted making il 8 penal o3snse for 8 man :,
} buy a horse from a man whom he does ~
OF know 20 be a citizen of the county In Sil
Thieh the horse Is offered for sale, without -
ding before q Justies Of the Peace and n
= descriptive record of the horse -
I'D the man Offering him for sale. which os
escriF ton shall be sent 70 the Sheriff 4 4s
be county, and there kept on file Some ~
Ian must be devised fer making tie
uncomfortable for h~Orss-thieves. -
I'd this might serve the purpose. .
accomplished, sensible, praeticsl y
oman, Of this city, has been travelling y
the Northern States. Shs was not q -
tile amased By The splendOr Of WomsB's n
ar~spbernalia at Saratoga. All, alike, :
ere most richly dressed, and shOne with
rints that might well have adorned a