Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-06
CITY PARAGRAPHS.

The United States District Court
Judge Trigg-wil open the term lS7l-72
this day week.
United States Marshal, Colonel Eaton,
is in East Tennessee, but will be back al
his post this week.
-Wanted-5OO, 900 bales of cotton, for
which the merchants Of Memphis Will pay
the highest market price.
The merchants Of Memphis viii pay
As high prices for tobacco and produce IS
any others in the South. Try them
Mr.. Andrews, the clerk of the United
States District Court, Is back again In the
city, sitter having summered IL upon the
White Mountains.
The new school building corner OF
Market and Third streets is an ornament
TO the city. We want the School Board
to keep on and give us two more such.
The Peabody and other hotels of ten
city are full Of guests. Absentees OF
summer months are rapidly returning,
and the streets sre filled with strangers.
The Ledger says 'a sober man was
seen last night on Second near Madison
streets" That's very curious-wRs the
Ledger man there9 That's the question.
The two cOloreds whom Matt Shelby
and Sergeant Hicks found with the stolen
hogs and cattle on Saturday, were sent to
jail by Squire Miller yesterday. These
people were too fond OF grazing their cab
bsge.
The Ledger is 20 be employed In Dor =
inc the proposed air-hole under the Mis-
sissippi that Tennessee and Arkansas may
breathe freely. They won't have to hold
their breath Till the Ledger appears each
afternoon.
The third Annual Fair of the Carroll
and Choct8W Agricultural and Mechanical
Association will be held at Winons, No
vember LIST and 4th. The invitation is &C.
copied with many thanks, and Memphis
mechanics will be represented.
1t is hoped that none OF the gay pisto-
liers will do any rough shooting to-day.
Somebody might be missed and the big
elephant get hurt. Father Robinson
should provide the mighty bohemOth
with 3 special body guard Of police.
Colonel G.. A. Signisgo's speech in
New York, before the Italians of that
city, does infinite credit to his head and
heart and fancy. It is commended in
most lsudstory terms by the New
York press. The speech is given in an
other column.
Barney Gray, the modest snd unss-
Stunning and efficient and experienced
chief Of the nights guardians in this city,
WAS ulhu6 L46 I6ElHAEAE VI . 6DAGnAAu kOlu-
headed cane which was voted to him at
the Druids' picnic, Monday evening. The
Dfuids are as wise now as Of yore, and
excellent judges Of character.
The mest-sellers are working man
fully against taxation. The polics may
arrest and the Recorder may fine, but the
meat men seem to be covered by an i'm
penstrsble hide. They will fight it out
on the basis of sheepskin and the consti-
tuition to the last. Half q dozen of them
were before the Recorder yesterday morn
ing. he entered q fine Of $50 against each
of them, and they entered an appeal and
gave bond.
We invite correspondence from every
part Of the South, especially from Ten
nessee, Arkansas, the Indian Nations,
Mississippi and Alabama. The letters
need not be longer than one page Of a let
ter sheet, and should contain crop news,
improvements, railroads, political items,
startling occurrences or crimes. In this
matter we ask the cordial cooperation Of
all the friends Of the APPEAL.
We give an exact copy Of a dispatch
received last night, as rendered by an 6X-
pert typogrspher. tits the best rendition
that could be made of the CHASTITY hero
glyphios: Joseph MiIler-no kin 70 the
S~kWire-struck by Chicago near Cumber-
lsrbumville fright badly shoes Caldwell
was the propeller in Oberlin Saloon in
Glendale lost negro saw which Shoofy
and beefsteaks she was here and left so
body s~natcher," etc, etc. Six pages of
the anne sort,
-Msssrs. Fsrguson q Clay, of Front
stsset, lust prior to the recent advance in
coffee, bought g cargo Of Rio and brought
1t to this city, when the duties were paid.
This Is the first direct shipment from Bra
I'll - NEavnnh4z mFehnnN GshraahTnr hnTB -
Twenty-Five hundred sacks of coffee were
never before, we believe, under g single
roof in this city. Messrs. Fsrguson &
Clay are among q most enterprising
merchants, and their stock of groceries
and plsntstion,supplies as well as of coffee,
Is unsurpassed.
We are notdone with that Frenchmsn
yet. Hsreis another last particular about
him: He wss a Mr.. Lsdieu, of New
York, on his way to New Orleans. After
being put of the train at Jackson, he
again attempted to kill himself, but un-
successfully. Just before the arrival Of
the train at Jackson, he threw q package
Of gold, containing some $500, out of the
car window, part of which was found by
3 little negro girl and returned to Madame
Ladieu. We learn still further, that
Lsdisu is now tolersbly well of, having
twice failed 70 bride his attendant at Jack
son to bring him half an ounce of NOR
phine.
Captain Athey had occasion to be out
on Poplar street yesterday, In the hest of
the day, and p~royidentially so, for 8 reg
ulsr row Ess going on st the new beer
garden of Schloffhausenberg, between
Brinkley's and the toll-gste. There we're
some gsy ladies in the crowd, hourishing
pistols, and SONIC gay fellows, also, who
we're not without irons. Captain Athey
took the pistols from the girls and sent
them away. He then picked out two
prominent boys, himself, and having sur
rounded them brought them to the sta
tion-house, where he entered 9 charge of
t'misdemsanor, and carrying concealed
weapons" against them.
in the Second Chancery Court, yes
terdsy, Chancellor Scott presiding, an in
junctive bill was fled, styled! "The State
of Tennessee ez rel. VIM. A, Rains VS.. the
NoncOnnsh Turnpike Company" pray
ing for an injunction to compel said COM
paDy to keep the toll este on the Memphis
and Hernsndo road open; that the COM
pany bs snjoined from exscting toll from
persons travelling on said road; that on
nnal hearing the charter of said company
be declared forfeited; and that a perpst-
usl injunction be granted restraining said
company from collecting toll or establish
ing toll-gates on said road, by reason of
non-ful6llment of the terms of said char
ter by ssid company. Chancellor Scott
issued a fiat granting b injunction, and
the necessary documents were issued by
Deputy Clerk and Master Mallory,
The largest time on record will be ex-
perieDced in this city to-day. John will
bring here q triple combination OF tents
that win cover all Of our bluff, il is said,
from Wolf river to Towards Row. 1t is
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thing Of that sort that 3 tremendous
rush may be expected; so that it would
be 8 good idea to procure tickets at the
places they are for sale throughout the /
and not be damned, and damned and
orammed at the of1ce on the bluff before |
The show opens Exclusive of babies IN |
arms, there are forty thousand people in
he city waiting 70 visit the gigantic clr-
,us and see the animals-the elephant.
There are to be but six performances, that
will give an attendance of nearly seven
thousand to each performances. John has
provided for all this by the immense pa
which he takes along. It is feared
here will be q desrth in our provision
market for tbs three days that the circus
s 70 be here. The animals swallow up
oarcasses each day. Now would
70 3 good time to get nd of our surplus
anime population. Let q war be waged
igainst all the vagrant hogs, goats and
In the city for the benefit of Robin
on's Lions and tigers. This circus may
hus turn out to be a blessing in disguise.
There is another very happy result an
from the opportune advent of
circus. QuiDine Is nearly run out in
city; not more than a hundred ounces
o be found perhaps in all q drug stores.
Two hours spent st the circus, ct 8 cost Of
ne dollar, viii have as beneficial effect
n the system a. 8 unce OF quinine.
his win save one dollar and fifty cents,
or qulnine IS two dollars and ffy cents
,er This will effect 3 vast saving
money, and allow the druggists 70 re-
main IN full possession Of their stock. IL