Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-05

A lady of a quiet disposition COM
| nlsins of the violent performances on the
big drum and on the little drums every
/ NIGHT At the Colored Baptist church, at
| me corner Of Main and OvertOn streets
She wishes to knowif the police have any
influence on those drums.
The gentlemen of the Wheaton
nursery, q mile and s-hslf from the city
on the Horn Lake road, sent us yesterday
q hrst-clsss boquet. The prettiest thing
Of the season. Our man of taste ssys that
nothing like II has occurred in the floral
world in hfteen yesrs.
The price Of game yesterday was as
follows:-Squirrels. g to 50 per
dozen, or Csc each; psrtridges,
same price; pigeons, 75c to 81
per dozen; ducks, SOC to 81 q pair; prairie
chickens, 75c to 81 a pair; venison, Csc per
H.. game fish, l5c 70 Csc per ID.
The ILLUSTRATED Catholic Family
Almsnsc, for IS72," is for sale by W. j.
Msnsford, corner Of Second and Monroe
streets, who will NIL orders at publishers
rates, viz: single copies, % cents; one
dozsn copies, q so; n hundred copies,
SIG.
The unfinished state of the new por-
ton Of fernando street, from Beale to
Union, will be taken care of very soon, as
Alderman Dent, the energetic repre-
sentative Of the seventh ward, has re-
turned. He will have plank sidewalks
put down immediately.
Owners of wells and cisterns should
be very careful that the tops are properly
secured, so that children cannot fall down.
II 8 man has a well or cistern that is LAM
gerous, and has his attention called to
the fact and does not Immediately repair
it, he lays himself liable to heavy
damages.
The Ripley News of this week, J
We received 8 call on yesterday from j.
Holmes Cummins, Esq, of ~COvington,
who informed us that in a recent Onver
alton with Colonel Norton, president Of
the Mississippi River railroad, he was
assured by that gentleman thst work
would be begun on the line from Memphis
70 Covington in q short time, and that the
road would be completed to Hatchie river
before the end Of the year, and also that
the line TO Troy station would all be put
under contract in q few months.
The board of school visitors did a good
thing in allowing the buildings to be used
awaiting themselves of this quiet and eff
Gent way Of attaining a little knowledge
which they can utilize in their various
trades and professions. On Poplar street
Mr.. Sweeney has a very 1Ourishing night
school in the Board building. 1t would
Do y EODu Nl6h II I'll tub civ EEdEIEEE I
would follow the example Of Mr.. Swee-
ney.
Here is q lesson for all lawyers. The
bar of Franklin. in this State, consists of
twenty-five members. OF this number,
not q single one ave gets drunk. Twenty
Of the number never ouc whisky at all, |
and the remaining five never take enough |
to feel the effects, only taking q drink, say
nee 8 day, some once a week, and some
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of the twenty-five sre consistent members
of churches, and the others strictly moral.
There is not q single n who ever uses in
decent or obscene language.
Speaking of the North and South
road, the Athens Post says: The gap be-
tween the two ends of the great road is
being gradually lsssened, and the work
goes on. There will be cause of much re-
joicing when the great contamination,
less han one year hence, becomes known.
b shril whistle of the iron horse COM
ing to us, freighted with the produces of
the "lsnd Of flowers snd the orange" will
herald a great triumph, and the onward
march ofprogress in our State. A link Of
iron will join us to the sea, and the COM
mencement Of an era of prosperity and
good results will follow for the people of
Alabama.
The people OF Holly Springs are pro-
kEbe1AfCs 4Ab1 w IOb bSauu WhltluE lOr
prosperity to come to them, but they
stretch forth their hands and grasp Il,
The latest Improvement Of utility which
they have adopted is 8 street railroad to
run from the square to the railroad depot.
The route was surveyed last week by
Alexander, of our Office. The
people Of that city evince a strong deter
most progressive. Alexander, 1.-THE grestl
feels constrained through this medium 20
the kindness that was
shown him both in Holly Springs and by
the railroad officials along the route.
The card Of Owen Lilly, carriage man
ufacturer, will be found in our new adj
vertising column on the first page, this
morning. Mr.. Lilly has carried on the
for years in Memphis. He has
recently moved from Besle street to more
quarters, at 63 Union. He himself
Is q prscticsl mechanic of seventeen years
standing in this city, and knows when a
3 good job is done. By personal super
vision and unremitting attention to his
business, he has made a reputation among
all u old citizens. He employs none
but the best hands, and turns out nothing
but the best work. Particular attention
psid TO all snn Of repairs.
The -stesmbostmen met on Friday
morning, in the chamber Of commerce, to
delegates TO the convention to be
held al Louisville. There were present,
JnO. ID. Adams, Of the Memphis and
Arkansas river packet company, VIM.
Of the White river line, Captain
Flem. Calvert, Of the st. Louis packet
company, Messrs. Hall, Shock, Hsrmstsd,
Hart, Miller, Durff and others. Captain {
)alvsrt Wss appointed chairman, and Mr.,
smith secretary. The following were sp-
delegates to attend the conven- {
ion: Messrs. John d. Elliott, james Lee, '
r, Chas. B. Church, Joseph Elliott, ]. NJ, .
and Major John D. Adams. A J
Meeting Of captains, clerks, pilots and all
connected with s-teamboating will
70 shortly held OF the wh2rf-b boat, in or
Ter to exchange views as to the Organizes
iono Of an association similar to those of ,
and s.. Louis. =
Thursday evening the chief Of police,
:. W. O'Donnel received a letter from a
sdy named Kahn, who runs q second =
and clothing store in Louisville. The Z
stter sets forth that the good lady, Kahn, I
Iad been robbed by her husband who 7
olted for parts unknown, that sfterwsrd =
bad compassion on his son, s youth
I less than twenty-that she fed him and
lothed him beautifully. On the back Of
er card, which was enclosed in the letter,
lady calls attention to the photograph
the young man, which was also en-
losed, saying: you can see how we'll o
)Vered him, b dirty thief" A long
lie Of M-trestment is given in the letter.
he young man was ungrsteful for all the
IvoTs she heaped upon him; stole prop
from her to the value of $500 in r
.nding watches, rings, clothing, revolvsrs
nd all that sort of property. He was re-
Orted to have opened q store in this CITY, Il
ear some variety show upon the basis Of n
ais ul-gotten stock. II Shelby can lay y
D eye on him he will have the consolation
{ resting in the ststionhouse awhile. h
The Chicago disaster has set people to
linking about the best means Of prevent
~ fires. Every one knows that fire is
asiest put mi IN the beginning. Yet the
'ndency In America, OF late years, has
sen to concentrate attention upon means
extinguishing great fires when under 3
The stesm-fre engine is q
and invention; but we want also q
leap ten-dollsr engine in every house, or
cry neighbOrhood, to attack IRE at the
,ginning, while 1t is comfortable. A gar y
'n-pump, delivering wster through a
Sc, will, with three gallons OF water, put
Il q very large and formidable fire. With
o great FIRE engines there Is also q desire 70
throw the water high. Every body has a,
en- many hogsheads full Of water thrown n
mpletely over q burning building, so n
st IL fell upon the ground on the oppo- n,
10 side, and many more pouring upon nj
6 roof Of the building merely to run of ul
the rain does, when q barrel full, de- I'm
lered into the lower story through ths fr
lnoowi would hsve extinguished the Is
.. The great secrets of q good and sue. pI
ssful fireman are: play low, on the n
west part OF the fire; throw the water in n,
spray, II possible; and don't neglect 20 ~
row q pail-fun this instant, on the mere v,