Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-07
: PARAGRAPHS.

The probate and quorum courts were
in session yesterday.
1t WAS said last night that q lady had
been run over by 3 street car on MAIN
street yesterday and seriously injured
An old negro woman died in a chair
at her house on Beale street, yesterdsy.
She was cooking the dinner at the time.
The holders Of B. Lewis warrants
thronR the office OF Squire Bleckley, try
ing to arrange for the negotiation OF the
same.
1t was said that Sheriff Wright pur-
chased twelve yards OF stout Kentucky
hemp ropes yesterday. b Is very
suggestive.
Amer the recorder discharged the head
smesher who crowbarred the III OF
Burns, on board the steamer Common
wealth, Spellmsn took him up and sent
him to all, where he rests.
"A syndicate of obstreperous coloreds
insugurated a row on Commerce street,
Yesterday afternoon, during which skln
and hsir few in all directions. They were
arrested by the police and now rest in the
ststionhouse.
The Memphis Gruetli society viii eel
citrate the founding Of The Swiss confed-
Grafton, at Cochrsne hall, on the 18th OF
November. This little republic is now
the Oldest in the world, having withstood
the vicissitudes of time since 1907.
AT the county fair held at Hum
boldt, Fsyette county, last week, J. D.
Cleves took the first premium on cotton.
This cotton WAS entered by g. l.. Nersel
OF this city. The same cotton % the
premium st the fair lately held AZ JACK
son, Tennessee.
Mr.. R. A. Sheppard, formerly ofShel-
byville, but at the time acting as agent tol
the Memphis transfer company, sulcideo
at the Central Hotel, on Adams street
Yesterday morning or Sunday night by
taking lOudsnum The poor fellow weni
to the hotel Sunday night intoxics,
| ted, and nothing more was known unit
he was found dead in his bed yesterday
morning.
From DR.. Rogers we learn thst Mr.
Mullins is in q fair wey to recover IRON
the wounds he received in the frscss on
Sunday night, The fears Of internal
hemorrhage are thought to have beer
groundless, though not certainly known
vet. The next twenty-tour nours vii
decide more definitely whether or moi
the injuries will prove fatal.
A Young man, named J. G.. Pickett
is wsnted by Barney Cox, the constable
who has a warrant for him, which charges
him with the mild offsnse of horse steal
ing. The facts, according to the verscious
saw of Giles Green, of Hstchle Lake, are
few and simple. J. g. P. hooked q horse
from G. G. and brought it to Memphis
where he disposed of the same for q few
convertible gresnbscks.
A Young gentleman from the country
of the name Of Silss Curry, wss trrevocs-
Div Jailed Yesterday for stealing sundry
articles of apparel from the premises OF
1 Gideon Freedman, the author Of Gideon's
band, perhaps, who dwells IN the high
lands north of Memphis. The dishonest
Silas confessed his guilt after he had
p~enitentisIly contemplated the light OF
heaven through iron bars for three or four
hours, and the property was recovered,
silss, why did you "go for to d. it!'
"A negro with a silver-==esded cane and
q tall hat on three hairs came within an
scs Of running b point Of it into Coroner
Moffsttis eve, coming down the steps OF
the criminal courtroom yesterday. The
coroner sang out: Look out, young man,
or you will get in the ststionhouse. The
niger put on q ssucy air, and said
"Well, I have money enough to get out
again, 1 guess" There is no computing
the i~mpudence Of those niggers.
A heavy Job was before the recorder
Yesterday morning, when be sat upon the
hard bench Of the police court on Adams
street. He went through the hard cases
! gsllsntly. The man who put two heads
| on young Burns with q heavy bar of iron
was fined the extensive sum of tl0. Burns
then got 3 warrant out for his assailant,
charging him with an assault with inten;
to kill" upon which charge the prisoner
was again dismissed. Burns head swelled
larger with indignation as he left the
court.
We Inadvertently did the Hartford
IRE insurance company, represented IN
this city by LittletOn & Co., injustice by
the publication OF an extract from 8
Nashville paper OF the attachment Of
Hartford bonds by the policy-holders,
This is an error, as the attachment was
made by q party here who sustained q loss
some weeks ago, and whose claim is not
due until the 25th Of November. He will
probably suffer TO some extent for thus
attempting 20 Interfere with the com
psny's business, as 1t is their intention 10
sue him for damages.
Last night one hundred and seven
shares of stock of the Memphis Mechanics
Building and Loan Association were
taken, and the stockholders organized by
electing J. D. Danbury, President; J.. W.
Heath, first yice-president; Gustsvus Rel
der, second vice-president, and f. stith,
secretary and treasurer. They adopted q
constitution which Is now in the hands OF
the printer. So soon as it is printed any
one desiring to get a cop can do 80 by
calling at the office of Jones and Bald
win, architects, Madison street. The asso-
citation adjourned 20 meet at the Office OF
Jones snd Baldwin, at IA O'Clock &. m,
Monday, November 18th
Two gentlemen on Main street be-
tween Adams and Washington streets,
had g lively time of 1t about 4 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, in the way of a run
ming fight. It was all among themselves
but the sidewalk was crowded with inter
ested spectators OF age and color, smons
them several Cinnamon, with several coils
OF pigtRil twisted around their heads.
They were not at all Rstonished, but
merely looked quietly and philosophic-
ally on. The trsditions of five Thousand
years civiliz alton came down to them
burdeusd with history OF such things,
and they could not be moved by q little
street fracss in Of yesterday.
The quorum court was engaged yes
tsrdsy In considering the bond Of William
Mclean, u city tax-collector. A recent
sction of the court fixes the bond of this
officer at sos. 600 much more than any
other officer. Yesterday the bondsmen
OF Mr.. Mclean were ready 10 sign the
necessary documents, but so critical had
the hutnOrlLles D6cOu6 Ina QuAlucdtlOus
were required in each, which, it is be-
lieved, can be found in no one. Mr.. d.
PAnte qualified by oath that he was own
or Of $50 900 worth of property, upon sOme
of which there was an incumbrance of
$4,000. The county attorney ruled that
he could not be taken because there was
an incumbrsnce on his property. The
court, however. not being surf on that
point adjourned over to this morning to
consider the matter more deliberately.