Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-01
CITY PARAGRAPHS.
MErERoLOa1oAL RECORD.

, r.. BROWN, Observer.
u. J. Wood was arrested yesterday by
the police for peddling lottery tickets
Major Minor Meriwether was adj
mitted q practicing attorney at bar in the
Second Circuit Court yesterday.
Mr.. Hahn, Of Nashville, has complet-
ed a beautiful organ for exhibition ct the
great Fair in Nashville in May.
Governor Ssnter has offered a reward
ofS50O for the apprehension Of Trsylor for
the killing Of Hall, near Murfreesboro,
last week.
Governor Senter, while out riding at
bis home in East Tennessee, fell from his
horse and sustained q severe abrasion Of
the leg. The injury is painful.
Mr.. Downs, who WIS arrested about a
week since, charged with bigsmy by a
former wife, was discharged by Squire
Miller yesterday, there being no grounds
for prosecution.
The custom of throwing an old shoe
after a newly married couple originated
among the wise Egyptians. It indicates
that the chances Ofmatrimonial happiness
are very slippery.
Mr.. Hall, the partner Of Joe Selig-
man in the livery stable business, was
thrown from his horse while riding along
Main street yesterday afternoon. His
injuries are said 70 be painful.
johnny Reagan, who was arrested
here q few days ago, was taken TO Hum
5oldt yesterday by deputy sheriff Nc
knight, of Gibson county, where be is TO
be tried for express robbery.
The celebrated horses, Woodburn,
Ancsster and Dean, belonging to Arm
strOng's stable, leave to-day on the Henry
Ames for New Orleans, to compete for
the purses at the races over the Metaifie
course.
Captain A. 7. Lacey has gone to
Nashville for the purpose of drawing
thirteen hundred thOussnd dollars in
bonds which the Mississippi river rail
road is entitled to, which VIII enable the
company to put their road under con-
tract Immediately,
The s~pirituslists, and those who
would have an interview with the
spirit Of Old Hickory, are requested
to meet this morning at nine O'Clock
in Court Square, that they may
have a personal interview with Andrew
Jackson. He will tell q famous rspping
medium all be knows about the jar.
We acknowledge with our thanks 8
card of invitation to ths Tennessee In
dustrial Exposition, to be held at Nash
vile for twenty days, from May 8th to
the 9th, as appears from an advertisement
in another column. It is designed to
make the Exposition q grand success,
which we trust may be accomplished.
We were in error in leaving it totbe
inferred that Boyle & Chapman would
supply Estsn Cookies Life of Lee" 1t
will be supplied to subscribers only by
the general agent of Appleton d Co, who
makes his headquarters at Boyle & Chap
mans. We are glad to know that the
subscriptions for this work are increasing
daily,
a little boy three and a half years
| of age, son of Mr.. Brown, saloon keeper
on Second street, near Madison, residence
st. Martin and Vance, was playing Withs
small pistol, which was found under a
bed, which exploded, shooting him in
the lett side of the forehead. The wound
was probed by DR.. ". d. Hall for several
inches, but 40 traces Of the pail could be
found.
In the United States Circuit Court
yesterday, Judge EmmOns, during the
hrst steps into the merits Of a case in
which the United States prOsecutes par
ties on forfeited bonds, the judge sug-
gested to the attorneys on both sides that
they had better withdraw the case from
the Jury until they made themselves q
little better acquainted with the merits of
it. Rather severe cut.
Nahum, 4th chapter and 18th verse
"And behold the man OF the people said:
Wherefore come ye out to-day for to
lAQKDg are We uOL MllQAuA Vi Llb DuDEa l
who met their fate, saying, GO up, thou
bald hesd?'" We do not clearly see what
connection subsists between the foregoing
text and the ghost story, and yet the
writer Of the letter, from which the above
is an extract, tells VI that the chapter re-
ferred 70 un,Olds the whole humbug,
We to-day call attention TO the disco
luton of the old and reliable firm ofNeW-
ton Ford g. Co., but are pleased to inform
ehnF~ FrzanAa and the mmh lfn namnrnlNU 7
that they have dissolved to reOrganize
again under the firm name Of Ford, POr-
ter & Co. The names of the gentlemen
composing this firm viii be found in
their advertisement in another column
1t is only necessary to read the names to
establish the reliability Of the hrm.
Were it not that the Comptroller is
required to receive bonds, coupons and
State warrants in payment Of taxes and
interest Of railroads, his efforts to retire
and reduce estates indebtedness would
be very materially promoted. As it is
now, s. very limited smOun Of the current
money Of the country passes through his
hands. The increase Of the State tax to
six mills on the dollar viii greatly aid
him in restoring the State credit.
The old case of the creditors against
the stockholders Of the Bank Of West
Tennessee, was decided in the Second
Chsncery Court yesterday, by special
Chancellor VIM. R. Smith, who had been
selected to try the case by reason Of Chan
cellOr Scott having been employed as
counsellor in the case before he became
Chancellor. The case involves a great
many thousand dollars, and is of great i'm
pOrtsnce to the creditors, il whose favor
the decision was rendered against the
stockholders. E
The Louisville Courier Journal Of
SAYS; Colonel Sam Tate, Pres
Ident of the Memphis and Little Rock (
j.. W. SIoss, President Of the
Nashville and Decatur railroad, NJ. J. u
Wicks, President of the Memphis and y
Charleston railroad, S, NJ. Glmer, Presi- I
lent, and John T. Miner, Chief Engineer :
the North and South railrosd, are in :
his city on special business connected :
their respective lines. They are I
al the Gait House" :
Jackson, Mississippi, is said to be the v
most Unattractive place in 3
America. They have a mighty hotel 4
here, At which people are cared for at /
1sr day. The bOOtblack in the barber y
hop charges q quarter for polishing boots ]
md every time q stranger turns he is be- L
.et BY petty piunderers. There is no need y
or Ku-Klux TO frighten peOp'e from the +
i~ssolste place. A few bills rendered by r
or by "mine host" Of the D
.h8psless pile OF Humber called the Grand I
Hotel Of the village would expel any ira Il
relsr looking for a home or resting place. q
The man who robbed Goods right v
)Owsr Of bacon, was sent to jail yesterday =
" the Recorder. This cOlOred ham-fat =
-obbed the house Of Mr.. Morrison about y
.hree years ago Of the bacon about which a
fuss arose. Mr.. Morrison shot at
while he was carrying away the -
dressed and sailed hog, out failed 20 bit y
lin. On Thursday Mr.. Morrison laid 4,
Eyes upon him sgain, and had him locked q
and also prosecuted him effectively q
before the Recorder yesterday morning. n
failed 70 procure $500 bonds, so he .
TO Jail. 4
The Brownsville States is rather Sc :
7ere pom johnny, Ia yesterdays issue =
{ says: "The Memphis public continue "
% be exercised about the great ghost n
iumbug, and on Tuesday last It came !.
rsry near causing the death of the father u
II the poor little girl ghost. Two y
nen beat the man Robertson very e
lear 10 death and left him for =
lead, and carried away with them =
miraculous jar. The man Rob =
rtsOn met his just deserts, but the poor Z
ogues who stole the jar viii ind nothing =,
n It for their pains. We are glad 70 see =
hat Bishop Quintard refused to have Id
nything 10 do with the affair. Any other y.
would have brought upon himself II
lstIy deserved ridicule." Il
"A sensible old darky wearing 8 broad al
trimmed, new white hat, tOddlsd along Sc
D The police office yesterday afternoon, "
,adinR q likely beast by q rope. He COM III
lained that he wac after buying the p
~critter" at q livery stable in the city, u