Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-12
III PARAGRAPHS.

hundred and fOrty-three bales Of cotton
! The election to vOts 100000 in bond
to the Mississippi River road ia 10 tax
place in this city on Thursday next, th
> 18TH.
/. "A little daughter Of Sergeant NICE
roy, Of the police force, is to be burie
J this morning. She died Thursday Nigh
alter a weeks illness.
Mr.. Psnte, yesterday, sen a letter {
the Sheriff 3 Office. telling the Sheriff nc
to give 9 certificate of election to Spell
man. he intends TO contest the Who'll
; thing.
1t Is expected that several hundre
men will bs at work on the Mississippi
River road in q short time, IL the bond
In aid thereof be voted by Memphis mex
Saturday.
The day Of election in the upper par
7 of the city furnished more m~iscellaneou
items for police circles than the Who'll
week previous. About forty oulpTit
were brought before the Recorder yesteT
day morning.
The merchants of Che city will fDl
their business greatly stimulated by th
road, as II will open up 8 section of coun
try hitherto shut to Us.
Adams, the white man who killed tn
negro last Saturday at BledsOe's Landing
came up on the Phil Allin yesterday II
charge of Sheriff Hardin, of CrittendeI
county. He was taken out to Marion
where he Will be investigated on thu
point,
"A dog on Promenade street, who haC
been tied up all the summer, got loOs'
yesterday and bit a child named Matte
Riley, in the head. The bite was quit
severe. Sergeant WestherfOrd sent wore
to the police in the first ward TO hsve thu
dog shot on b complaint of the child'i
father.
The Scott Centennial takes place OF
the 18th OF August, which will be Tues.
day next. It viii be the hundredth ami
versary of the birth Of Sir Walter Scott
1.-The great Wizard of the North" 1t vii
also be the hundred md second anniver.
ssry of Napoleon Bonapsrt.
The attention Of our readers is called
to the fact that W. Q. Potter, corner o.
Union and Main streets, is still ahead Of
all competitors in soda, Congress, Kissen-
gen and other cooling draughts. In these
days of intense and fiery heat, q cool
drink at POtter's is q most desirable
luxury.
DIR. J. J. Coleman, for a long time
practicing physician in Nashville, has
come to Memphis to make this city his
future home. Dr.. Coleman is q graduate
of the Medical College Of Philadelphia,
where be studied in the same class with
many Of the most eminent physicians OF
the South.
The Police Board met yesterday after
noon to consider the cases of two police
men, who were thought not to be al
square In the way of performing duty.
The Witnesses in 4 case did not appear
and the prosecution in another case
tailed, SO the Board had to adjourn with
Out effscting much.
"A little daughter Of Mr.. George Cros-
by, seven years old, who lives on Elliott
street, near DssotO, was playing in q spring
wagon with six others yesterday after
noon when she toppled over the side and
broke her arm in two places in the fall.
The child is q remarkably beautiful girl,
and possesses an angelic disposition.
There was another Shskesperisn topper
at the Adams street ststiOn-house last
night. When asked to put up a forfeit,
he sung out: "WhO steals my purse steals
trash" For every word that wss said to
him he had an apt S~hskesperisn reply,
which amused our man Of taste very
much.
"A rural youth Of eighteen summers
invested in q banana in the cars on Mon
day. He carefully removed the peel and
put IL on the seat by his side; then he
broke the fruit up in small bits, cycling it
snxiOusly as he did 50. When this was
done he picked up the peel, shook it in
his lap, and finally threw the pieces out
of the window, remsrking, as he did 50:
That's the fust Of them prize packages I
ever bought, an it's the last, you bet."
There is such q liberal consumption
of Robertson county" moisture in this
city that the Nashville manufacturers of
that divine liquor are sending agents here
NTH tho uHr" ~ aEA.uAw-nTI- --,----Is--
the Kentucky article. Mr.. Frazier Is here
selling for the celebrated house OF Dough-
en6y, the manufacturer of the best Rob
ertson county whisky.
On this day week the people Of the
city Will be called on to vote Bonds or
"NO Bonds" to the amount of 500, 600 to
aid in the construction Of the Mississippi
River road. The WOFkingmsn of all sorts
will vote for the construction of this road.
The men of property, who wish to see the
city flourish and property advance as rail.
roads alone can make il advance, will vote
for it.
A lady Of Scotland, in the northeast
ern suburbs, had a small attack OF the
chills yesterday morning, to cure which
b sent i've quarters for a bottle Of some
specific, which was brought to her by a
friendly neighbor. She took the specific
according to the written directions that
accompanied the bottle, and in a few
hours she would have been q corpse had
not DR.. A. X. Taylor been called in to
look after the case. The wrong medicine
had been sent.
"A friend of our Attorney General. L..
Z. Wright, received a letter from him
yesterday, dated at Mobile, in which he
triumphantly says: 81 have been pre-
scented with a young Attorney General /"
Could there be a more acceptable present
inside to fond parent this weather. At
torpey General Wright has the congrstu-
lstions of all his scquaintances in Mem
phis, snd they are numerous.
"A young boy OF unfsvorsble aspect
presented himself to the assembled police
force al the Adams street station-hoUse
last evening and complained that Dsgo |
Joe had him to work for four days and
pay him, and he was afraid the
dago would slide OF OF g boat or get away
from him so hat he'd never be able to get
bis dollar, Tit boys face was bathsd in
tears and he looked 80 generally pitiful
that q i've cent subscription was started
and the little fellow sent away to get his
Coroner Moffatt swore out a warrant
Maj Reeves Thursday night. Nat
before Justice Miller twice, and the
Justice called for prosecutors in the case,
but none appeared. One man, not unlike
The ancient mariner, stepped forward and
said: Esquire, Pm here to tell ALI know"
The Squire had nothing to DO but dis
the prisoner. The moment Moffstt
heard Of the result Of the 'Squire's inVes-
.igatiOn, be went and sWore out another
warrant for his arrest before Moore.
Reeves had not been arrested up to late
asst night, though q constable went out
liter him.
Tha atEa,ffcu
the card of VIM. Gay & Co., wholesale
cotton factors and commission
merchants, 300 Front street. Mr.. Gay,
he senior of this firm, has been long con-
leeted with the mercantile affairs Of
Memphis, and deservedly stands high
With the people. To 3 large experience
md the highest probity, he unites prompt
less snd care in the transaction of the
BUSINESS committed to him. Mr.. Charles
Woodbridge, his partner, formerly with
& Rutland, is g gentleman OF con-
iderable experience in trade, is chRrsc-
erized by great energy and spirit, and
lands as high as any man Of his years
q Memphis. We predict for this firm q
cry large business during the coming
sssOn, and feel safe ia saying that its
lembsrs will greatly increase, by their
xertions, the growing trade Of Memphis.
The dullness in the immoral atmos-
mere uas nearly SCI tbo pu4ACoM5u VIII.
hey can't come across an item, hence
hey are fearfully anxious. The night be-
IRE last a lady in q little house In SOnth
who MAS attended by a physi-
an had occasion to scream, q very nstu-
thing in her situation; in fact she
often, aud, TO & person on the
who should happen to DO unac-
with the facts, the case looked a,
ke burglars, or sieh. Now il so happened i
LAT two policemen were on the sidewalk !
I'D supecting burglars, they forced the Z
and would listen to no rsmonstrsncs =
1til they reached the sacred chamber. J
hey walked out again very much ,
Mr.. Smith, the celebrated CATFISH Z
an, who has done an extensive business /
the levee during the last half century, G
Il into bis head % move 10 Tie | S