Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-21
cITY PARAeRAPHs.
-The az 8 fun Of mangy doga.

principally of fairs, races and cotton pick.
ing,
We have received 9 complimentary
ticket to the Henry county fair, which
commences on the third of October.
The Thermometer went down to So
last night before IL O'Clock. and was still
sinking. The keno rooms had q dull time
Of it.
The Nioolson pavement Is In a vary
good condition al q the city to with.
stand the deleteTiOus effects Of the coming
winter.
The only thing new shout the Adam,
street station-house is 5 hole thst was
knocked in b floor by the heel of q
heavy offender.
We have received tickets Of admission
to the Haywood County Fair, to be held
at Brownsville on the Sd Of October and
following days.
1t was not at the Pacific beer saloon.
Monroe street, that the Radical meeting
WAS held, which was spoken of in yester-
day mornings APPEAL.
Mr.. Theunmler, the commercial
editor of the Little Rock Gqsete, wss ct
the Peabody last night. he is on his way
to st. Louis and the West.
"A bulky pamphlet contsining the
particulars Of ths recent Ku-Klux trials
in Mississippi is Ia course of preparation
by Philip. ARnSford viii publish il in g
few days.
A time is coming, In tbs near future,
when every man viii be disqualified from
sitting on ajury to Try = criminal case,
except an ignOrHmus who viii not be able
to read q newspaper.
London hiss . population equal to
that Of New York, Philadelphia, Brook
lyz, St. LouiE, OhieAEo, BAlHnsrs and
Boston combined, or % tkas Of any other
forty cities in the United States.
The booksellers are doing 3 nne bust
mesa Eew in slstes, ssegrAFhiSs, spelling
books and "sich." This il dus TO the fsct
tsGt there are about hvs theusand chill
drsn attending our public and private
schools.
A young man named Mickle is in
trouble. Re hiss been arrested snd lodged
in isii, charged with smbeZzlinE funds
belonging to the St. Louis Life Insurance
company. He will have his csss iuvesti-
gated by q magistrate,
A gentleman named Dan Grady gave
himself up st the police station LAST night,
saying that he had let the Daylight out Of
q colored shat Vexed him. A Ahsrt time
after Grady WIS locked up he developed
! evidences OF irresistible impulse.
Our agricultural sssosistion offers
high inducements 70 ladies 20 compete
/ ADE DEAL04s 4A1 AAAN VIII AAA3 EA9 DEHk
bread and butter viii be Get up much
higher in public estimation thar the one
shat paints the best picture, or makes the
best squeak N the siano.
The members OF the chain-Eanz who
hsd bsan EnOoHing on the soft side Of sine
planka during the summer nights, were
supplied wish blankets yesterday svsRiR2
when they retired to take = saoOze. It IS
not comfortable TO Sleep under q ther-
mOmeter st so without blankets.
A letter to the London Times, con-
corning the Newcastle troubles, recon-
msnds that the employers adopt nins
hours So the daily term of labor, and that
the striking wOrkmeu sacrifice hslf an
hours wages per day to secure the rsduc-
ton Of hours. Il 8 thought this would
pretty nearly satisfy she desire OF both
parties.
On Tuesday night lsst 3 big hog Of
the streets (Our street hogs are all low
brsd) attacked q cOlored woman on an al
ley way between Madison sDd Monroe, be-
low Second street, knocked her down.
bit her band severely snd was proceeding
vigorously to make e me2l upon her,
when some humane persons rushed to the
rescuej just in time 20 save her lite.
Since Judge Flippin hiss come out
against the practice Of Sunday liquor
selling. HOHs Dime Alex" hss resolved to !
obey tbs lsw, and keep closed doors on
Sunday, He Wishss TO demonstrate TO an
~incredUlous public how respect for The
Sabbath may be combined With liquor
selling. Alex. has got cut = tWslfgh COM
m8nd-'ThOu shalt not get drUEk."
The absurd prsctics OF clubbing men
Colonel or writing Esq" sitter Eheir
names. was never bstter illustrated thar
in the Frisr's Point Delta, which recently
announced that Colonel John Cochran.
Esq delivered = stirring Republican sd
dress, etc" Think Of "COloHel, Esquire"
The last being utterly mssniBglsss, ia
this country should be dropped. Obi for
Quaker simplicity Of address.
A stray hog got drowned in the Mis-
Eisaippi a dsy or two ago, ard WA washed
mp by the waves on the beach, under the
bluff at fort Pickering. ysstsrdsy mora
ing In the course of an hour or 80 there
we're thousands Of buzzards from the
sWamps OF Arkansas lowering round the
carcass. Some South Memphis postaater
was grinding & sORg-'upon the beach
IT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS evening when
our reporter left the scene.
The banana season setsir with oysters,
Countless dsrkiss about the city are on
5hs qUi UiUs for hat sort Of frait. Among
he things which the colOrsd appetite
yearns alter msy be named fish eggs, paw
Dsvs, melons, cOORs, 'pcssnfn; EhOat aad
aAlALl "A CgAAagA AaLARA RdAAM AAEHEL 4
legOtiated for two bananas yesterday
With Signor WsllsciO, but after eating
hem be failed to put up the stamps. He I
arrested :
Josh Billings recently resolved him {
elf into a mass-meetiDg at Psrdunk, and J
)sssed the f0llOWiu': ResOluted. That /
more dogs than q man wants are = nui- 1
.snce, and less than ne hsz got, IL posi ]
lively no less. ResOlubsd, That we fully q
salfaua that - orru FrDr. Hha aC-k.- n
lut WHARF tina monkey cam frem, We q
.Ont seam to knO. Resulted, That the '
hanks oV this messing be seat Darwin
Or tsw the monkey We don't ksra Whitcb. g
tssOluted, That all the nUzspapeEsi In our {
eloved land without distinction ov COLOR v
o allowed TO print these resolutes. '
"A young man OF more energy than O
Onest purpose went into Henry Eshman's -.
esterdsy for the purpose Of prospecting. q
Ome gentlemen happened to be there p
efore him who had already got their p
s~fTesbmsnts, but thsre was some change q
)mlEg also. When i5 WA laid upon the ;.
1uater by the attendant the owner WAS q
1sily engaged in conversation and the v
lterprising young man appropriated the q
amps. A heavy hand was LAID upon his q
BOULDER before be went out, the stamps v
quickly transferred nom his pocket 3
she counter and Smith-thst il the u
sme he laid claim tO-Teceived q useful r
cture. Of
State tax on our theater is $3.50. =
10 county tax $3.50, the city tax, until re- =
.Btiy, Wa $500 and United States tax =,
90, = little sum total Of S2400. In New :.
the who e Of this system Of taxa :
On amounts 70 $1,000, and in New York =,
$500. The average of the sum total Of -
inual taxation on each tkester in each y
city Of the URiOn is $500. We give =.
ne Illustration OF che terrible rapacitV of nj
X~-gstherers in Tennessee. This tax, Of -
urss. is placed upon that class of people -
are pleased 10 attend the tbeater, and -
their behalf a petition, signed by a =,
rUmoer Of our people, goes to Nash =
lie IN order hat q reduction Of burdens
ay be secured.
The residence OF Dr.. Knott, on the IN
road was burned yesterday re-
about l O'Clock. The occupants
the building sc the time Of the ere were vi
". Dr., Knott end wife, Mr.. Charles M,
lOtt and q negro man named David III
lrris. The fire originated In the roof Of M,
house, and in e few minutes the build ds
& was envelo2ed in flames, the occu- Co
barely escaping with their lives, DR., IL
Iot5 saved but little OF the furniture, I'M
succeeded in saving his most valuable 70
pers; but N doing 50 bad his hands and ka
e foot badly burned. The fire is sup ~
SEQ TO be the work Of an iDeondiary. M,
2 nave Deeu informed bhal Dr. Knott eqi
hia house fully insured, at least suf- SIC
.snt 20 W a large portion of the LOSE, TN
Some young tourniquets in Charles To
the other day began the operation Of tin
sectiDg one OF their number. He be-
they were joking at first, but see wo
that be had put himself in a daEger Coz
plight be jumped up with the blood pee
piping from him, aBd somewhat more ert
bis senses than when be ssssatea to hOl
playing Of e. practical joke on him. pei
they were all friends the matter Yves reg
a settled, and q fine supper drove anger see
az. Those friends" had 8 very pc rem
lar way of showing their friendship. quo
other case Of the same nature was &c