Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-15

gloomy. Squire Bleckley's office is shut
up, and on the outside there is pinned up
q notice to the effect that "nO warrants
viii be issued until Monday next, the 18th
inst"
There will be a gala time at St.
Bridget's fair, in Cochran Hall tonight,
and Monday evening the festivities will
terminate with a grand ball, TO which the
whole city is invited.
For the benefit Of turfmen and sports.
attention is directed TO the Geographic
account Of yesterdays races at New Or
leans, which says that Victory won a two
mile race in S:35k. If he has done this.
and there is no mistake about it, Victory
is king Of the turf.
The contest for the fine horse will be
deciped at Cochran Hail, tonight, the
polls closing at bBlfpsst eleven O'Clock.
The police ard hremeu are eVinCing 8
laudsble interest in the success Of their
chiefs, and an exciting time is anticipated.
Says q country paper: "Itmsy be men
toned IS q remarkable coincidence that
while George Francis Train was proclaim
ing himself In Memphis TO be the next
President of the United States, a Colored
lunatic at Somervills was announcing
himself as the Christ"
"A policeman was fined $40 by Squire
Elliott yesterday for arresting a young
msn q few nights ago and charging him
with shooting in the corporation limits.
and then not proving the charge. False
imprisonment is punishable. a cOlorsd
youth, who was q witness in the case, was
also sent to Jail for perjury.
The general quietness of things about
town yesterday was vividly illustrated in
the condition Of the police docket.
At g O'Clock last night there were
onlythree little cases on the Adams street
docket. The last conner was juRged for
flying round generally and beating a
purD." She beat the 'purp" in revenge,
because the purp's master had hit her on
the face.
"A delightful excursion takes place to
Island 40, leaving TOO of Union street at 9
O'clock Sunday, the large ferrybOat Excel
siOr being nicely arranged for the pleasant
occasion. This is the first excursion of
the season, and will be a success. A fine
band of music and refreshments will be
on board The whole affair viii be under
the management of. Wilt. Remember,
g O'Clock for the start and 6 o'clock for the
return.
The large and well known grocery
store Of John Lilly, on Main street, has
been converted into an exclusively liquor
establishment for the sale Of choice wines,
brsndies, WHISTLES, etc. The proprietor
Is now in New Orleans purchasing from
importers bis new stock OF select wines
q cOrdials, which will be, perhaps, the
most extensive in the city, and the most
carefully selected. Lily's will be the only |
whisky house south of Adams
street on Main.
There seems to be a number Of the
vilsst sort of curmudgsons kesuing
sorts of stock in Memphis. Pigs, /
dogs. goats, COWS and other q~usdrupeds
roam our streets during the witching
hours and chaw up everything in sight.
The destruction of plants and flowers is
horrible. Those who cultivate
front gardens get OF a regular catalogue
Of curse words every morning as q mstu-
tinsl appstiser.
The ingenuity Of colored humanity in
eking out q living is but little inferior to
that displayed by the Anglo Saxon. Yes
terday q solemn looking 'pussOn,n with
gray wool and a saw buck over his shout
der, entered the domiciI of an industrious
W-asherWOman, on Besle street, and called
for 3 drink of aqueous fluid 10 slsks his
thirst. While she was gone to the cisterH
for the required refreshment, he dived
into her trunk, hshed up q dress and
he is in the lower ststion-house.
"A country paper, vain Of its years as
well Of Dts wisdom could well afford TO
be generous as well as just, and when It
asserts that the city in which
Il exists should prefer q narrow gauge
to Memphis, veu IL it costs as
much as the common railway, il should
named the newspaper, the APPEAL,
which lt cOmmends for It's original ad-
of the narrow gauge system of
-osd-Duiiding-origina not only in Ten
lessee but in the United States.
in the rain Of Friday morning, about
lalf-past two O'Clock. q Iady's chamber on
street was entered and 8 trunk
loiselessly handed out the window. It
carried by the thieves to an adjoining
opened and rihod ofsOme ofits
They left behind them, how
,veT, a valuable set Of furs, q lot Of papers
some jswelry. In the morning a col
,red person notified a policeman that there
vas 10 open trunk lying in an allev-WaV.
e was brought TO the Chiefs office, and
subsequently, recovered by the owner.
The Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph
Inc will be completed within q few DAYS
o Jackson, Miss. A New Orleans CORES
says that We pray for the COM
iletiOn Of the new line of telegraph. The
.espotism Of the old concern IL intOlerable
most terrible monopoly upon the in
diligence and fortunes of this country ever
Yielded by an INSCRIPTIONS combination
( capitalists. What a tribute to honesty
due 70 the other line when it refuses, on
ny terms, to sell TO the monopolists.
uhlh NOus . ED00 Time Is coming lOF kQe Z
.lerchants and press"
"A young man Of color, who imagines
q has q good voice, and is encouraged by
ome Of the refined brethren that do their
uuday psalming In the Beale street
Westinghouse, took it into his head that
aw eggs would lubricats his lsrynx TO
be advantage Of his dulcet tones, so he
tipped into the box Of a ~neiphboring 9
ROGER and hshed Cut dozen, which be n
ut In his pocket. While walking nom >
h~slautly away, a goat ran against his :
high. A policeman discovered the yslk b
1nning down his leg, and arrested him. q
was practieing the gsmut in the lower
,aJion house last night. .
About fifty superintendents Of rail-
are holding a Convention In Louis o
lie, for the purpose of arranging the o
lmmer schedule. Mr.. +. G.. Barney Ia
.ectsd President of the meeting, j. F. n
.1yd and John E.. Simpson, Secretaries. :
new schedule will 20 into operation 4,
the let of May. About 1900 miles h
Z road Is represented, Including the Mis- h
Central, Mobile and Ohio. Mem q
bis and Ohio, and the Louisville and :
ashvflls The Convention is said Ia be .
le largest ever held. The new schedule a
ilI take passengers from New Orleans v
Id other Southern points 70 New York Q
7slFe hours In advance Of the time here. 4
fore made. @
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