Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-28

Hartmus & Co, E. G. McComb j B.
Franklin, y. Q. Postal Hawks Def
e. Curtiss. MOOres b Norton, Maftln bh-
ley, b. Bayliss & co, J. W. Sneed, ID. A.
Hamilton, Hendrix, McNabb 90.
The peculiar iolity ana eloquencs OF
the CAV Dartv Yesterday at Dick Meson's,
came Of the fact that they obtained tnelr
IiouOrs from John Sturla's I|nvinclble ga
loon.
"A meeting Of the Mechanical Manu-
| f7cturinV Union viii take place to-mor-
/ row eveningin the r0oms Of the Second
/ Circuit court, in the County building 60
| eight O'Clock. All persons Interested in
the development Of manufacture here
viii attend.
On and after Monday, May %. ISL
trains on the Memphis snd Charleston
/ railroad viii arrive and depart as ioiioWsi
Mail-arrives, 1915 p IA departs, lO.oO o.
M. Express-arriYes, $50 am ueENE'
/ $40 nm. Freight-arrives, 8 pms ue-
| uartg. $50 am SOmerYiue Acc0nmoda
| hon-srrives, 9:25 am; departs 4''V PM
The forthcoming convention Of plan
/ ters and farmers In this city seems 70 pe
| inst what the people n6ed' An s-5 owns
IL Arkansas that we have heard from by
means OF our exchanges, in Mississippi
| and Northern Alabama, have already ap-
| Dointsd delegates. In practical results,
ne convention is expected 20 be the best
/ thing that has taken place here IN years
The International picnic, to be held
Thursday, at Humboldt park, viii Ger
tainly be one of the biggest picnics OF the
season. and as Horace Greeley IS 70
speak on the occasion. there certainly Wlll
be- little room left uuOccupied in the PARK
go. nr-H mThrwaauu and one OF the lHaE
programmes of national sports lnaL mas
been presented to the public this season
will certainly It TO be success LA
every respect.
Helena is vigorously at work as we
Iasru from the Shield. upon the roa1 from
that place to Forrest City. by IT'S cum
pIeLi0n Memphis and Helena VIII ne
within five hours Of each Otnef' h1t1As
viii become a. no distant period n OF
Inc leading cities in the valley OF the
MISSISSIPPI. The richest cotton growing
country Of the South Is tributary 10 IT'S
wealth, and its people are full OF Flgor
and enterprise.
We have now about nine sewing me-
chine agencies in this city, As q general
thing the latest patent is expected 70 De
the best. The Gold Medal Sewing Ma
chine is the latest improvement. it lnnsI'
therefore. have advantages over tle
others. one attraction, however that j.
possesses cannot be trihed with. We
mean its chsapness. The agent 500
North Court street, offers inducements
which caun1t fail to arrest the public al
t%eution. His notice will be found ia an
other place. "Buy the best
The board Of the Agricultural Society
Yesterday appointed the following dele
| ggtes to the Planters Convention when
| will assemble in the hall OF the
| of Commerce on the d and Sd Of June
proxima: Hon. Jacob Thompson, Gen.
/ John G. Fizsr. n. c. Perkins A. b.
| HAYNES. C.. J.. Anderson, A. j. Hayes, J0-
sepb Bruce, b. Bsyliss, Napoleon HILL T.,
Ensley, Eli Rayner, j. ID. Edm9Iu7on
| r. D.. Goodwin, John Brown John u.
StrsttOn, Leon. Irousdale, Cham Jones,
! f. C.. Stephenson, W. b. MLAsmson1
/ Newton Ford, W. R. Holmes, E. W.
| Caldwell, ". G. Ward, J. h. Nelson, NJ.
/ d. L. Stewart.
As will be seen by q notice in another
| column, the Confederate Association viii
/ hold g special meeting at the place
/ Of meeting, tomorrow Monday evening.
/ We learn that the Entertainment Com
mittee viii present a full report Of q pro
gramme for the great Confederate Picnic
tor the Association TO consider, and that
4 the same viii be acted upon for publlca-
ton Tuesday morning. A distinguished
Southern orator and hero has been invited
to deliver an address st the picnic, and
general arrangements have been perfected
which il is believed viii give eminent
satisfaction 20 the public, and e to
make this the enjoyable picnic OF me s5s-
son. We hope the railroads Will make
reductions in fare that VIII induce
country cousins to attend in force.
-8Iansf0rd has two chickens out as his
residence, named respectively Betty and
Juliet. Betty went 70 hatch a week ago.
Yesterday Juliet took the same mater
nal notion into her head. She got into the
dry goods box with Bet, ss5 down close
to her and commenced taking the eggs
from under her, using her bill Tor the
thisvish purpose. In the evening when
Mrs. Mansford went to see that all the
live stock were right about the premises
She was astOnished TO discover Juliet site
ting on Bstty's eggs and the faithful Bet
ty still hugging close to the bare straw.
She restored the eggs 10 the proper owner
but In ten minutes st5arWard Juliet had
them all away again with her bill.
On Thursday Of last week, i'm broad
daylight, a negro named Hunter Brooks
robbed two negroes on thu ChulahOma
road. a few miles west OF Holly Springs,
and attempted to rob Hon. r. s.. Greer
aud DR.. i. NJ. Eenndil. Herau Nh. Greer
quite a distance. Shortly siJerward the
negro jumped from the roadside and or
dered Dr.. Fenner to "hslt and deliver
DR.. F.'s horse jumped and threw of an
India rubber coat, on which The doctor was
riding. Getting down 20 recover IT, the
negro rushed at him with a stick. The
doctor avoided the blow, and struck the
sc0uudrsl over the head with q piece OF q
rail. which was lying near by. The negro
was arrested and carried TO Holly Springs,
and tried bsfore Mayor Cooper on Monday
last. Upon failure TO give bond in the
500 go LaH.HnEH#Al Ha HH#H ~
swat his trial at the next term of the
Circuit Court.
The gsntlamanly artist who came TO
the city with the great 0rgan for st.
Bridget finished hisjobC OF putting mp the
instrument yesterday, and returned
home. He did his piece Of work well. The
organ presents a fine appearance, with its
array of pipes beautifully Illuminated i'm
/ gold and c8I1rs. It contains seventeen
/ all-thr0ugl stops, on UWO manual and
| pedal The tone of The whole organ is
very satisfactory and mixes With-does
not stand slOof fr0m-th6 voices Of the
| choir. and Is not only we'll suited for choir
accompaniment, but also for solo playing,
the flute and viOlins being by far the best
in the city. On the whole the organ is a
gem for one of its size, and reflects great
| credit on the foresight Of Rev. Father
/ Walsh for having obtained for his church
| and congregation so good an instrument
! for moderate cost. 1t was built by Mr..
y Joseph Gratian, of Alton, llin9ls, who Is
I building, for the First and Second Fresby-
terrain churches Of st. Louis, two of the
largest organs ever manufactured Ia the
West.
Sheriff Wright has q deputy of whom
30 has been remarked is, ia the opinion Of
the ladies, one of the handsomest men in
! the city. However, We heard a lady yes
UsrdsY express the opinion that either
I his judgement or VGracIty was not equal
70 his beauty. For the circumstances.
/ The lady had called at the office Of 10 Of
our J. P.'s to settle q claim that she sup
posed had been sdiudicsted against her
husband. The deputy had made hls re-
turn 10 court Is served on the wife. The
j. z. told him the return was wrong it
/ should have been served upon the hu5-
| band. The deputy replied that she was
I the mua Of business, had acknowledged
the debt and would eventually pay,
While they were discussing the matter
the lady a. above stated, called to settle,
The deputy was eXultant; said he;
Madam, I was just telling the Court that
you told me that you attended to all the
business Of your firm that your old man
was of no manner Of use TO you" The
lady eXclsin ed Indignantly: SIT is not
80. j tell you my old man be no talk
English; but ] have boys grow up. You
say what Is not go" Deputy deprecatingly
remarks: Madam, excuse me for
incorporating you; / only said you were
a LADY" The lady, not by any means mol
| lifted by the apology of the deputy, said:
81 like to know what yOuthink, Squire"
The Court thought the deputy was
wrong, and immersed him in several