Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-24
CRY PARAGRAPHS.
lrha Old Folks picnic 70 day.

sale of Excelsior Planning Mills on the
5th of September.
Charley Jones. aged ton years, will
sing to-day at the Old Folks picnic "Wsy
Down on the Swanee River"
Peter Tracey has communicated with
Carl SchuIz with the view OF ngin
him here 20 lecture as o as possible
Presentations for the fall races are al
ready going on. WRrrick has q q ami
mal-Crsole DRnce-in training al the
rack.
The Recorder hned a man twenty dol
lsrs Yesterday for carrying a pistol. a
man, for beating his wife, was nnee ten
dollars.
Two big apples were sent us yester-
day by Colonel White, who has an or
ohsrd OF n, 600 trees, sven or eight miles
from the city. Those apples weighed
four pounds each.
A little cOlored boy, who was in the
habit of blscking the boots Of our route
aOents before they started OF q morning,
while bathing st the foot Of Vance street
Tuesday evening, was drowned.
The Livingston who had hooked a
horse and buggy from q person in Boil
var, Tenn, after resting one night in the
st~stion-house, was sent back, on q war
rant, to Bolivar, yesterday morning.
-Messrs. Guy, Mcclellan & Co, hay
ing removed TO 25s Front street, are pre-
pared 70 do an immense trade this fall.
The announcement OF their new STOCK
will be found In our new advertisements.
The bale of new cotton hat came here
from Helena to Thomas d. Allen & Co.,
vas sold Yesterday at twenty-five cents
a pound, and shipped Immediately TO
Messrs. George +. Valentine & CO.. New
York.
A was formed In this city
Yesterday for the msnurscture OF white
lead. Ground has already been purchased.
and houses will be erected directly, and
tue necessary machinery purchased and
put up.
-Tber Was q case OF seduction before
Squire Miller yesterday, ia which Mrs.
Brown and another person were defend
ants. for inducing q little girl named
Lssb 70 leave her mother and go with
them. The parties we're put under bonds
OF $1,000 to answer On Monday at 9 O'Clock,
The case OF Captain Cannon was not
gone into Yesterday owing to the sickness
OF one of the justices, Squire Burke. A
great crowd gathered in the Second Cir
cult Court room to attend the inyestigs-
ton. They were disappointed. The case
was set for Friday morning at nine
O'Clock.
The two houses at the corner of Sec
| oud and Jefferson streets are undergoing
q change, preparatory TO being used by the
Criminal Court of the county. Partitions
are coming down and little rooms are un-
dergoing q general absorption by larger
ones. Alsrge flight OF stairs reaches NJ
from the ground-hOOrt to the second-stosy
already.
Our lightning reporter, having lost
very valuable knife, which he hooked
about 3 month ago, made his misfortune
known TO the Messrs. Allison Bros. scrosi
the street from our Office, and was pre-.
sented with a Sheffield blade of superior
dimensions, snd pencil demOlishing pow
ers. The Allison Bros. have the hnes'
hardware store In Memphis.
We are glad to see on our streets
/ again our friend General W. d. Morgan
/ who has been very sick for some months
past, but there is evidently life In the
hOld Horse" yet. General Morgan wa
/ stationed here for a long period during
the late war, and FOL the affections Of oul
I people by his impartial yet kind conduct
One thing is true of him-he never took
bribs, snd left the army q poor man.
The assessors of the county hsviul
finished up their lsbOrs, the. clerk of thu
County Court has made q compilation
I HULL NAA04A G014aH W4AlA 49,
total value OF jewelry in the county IS but
S2SS, 255. Pianos, carriages ETC., Sl0l, eco
Total value Of personal property Sly244,926
Total value Of real estate snd persona
property $3.50 9S ,s45. The State tax OF
this is s230,S93
Another new bale OF cotton reached
| the CITY yesterday. This Is g Shelby
/ county production. 1t was raised by
Ben Paine, a colered man, who operates
| plantation nins miles out on the Pigeon
Roost road. This is ths FIRST Tennesse'
bale we have heard of. Received by
| Wolcott & Smith, sold to Msssrs. Gates q
Woods at twenty-six cents per pound, il
being clsssed as middling. lt was shipped
10 Manning s. Sears, Boston.
We took a look into the great housI
OF Brooks, Medley & Co, 20 and q!
Front street, yesterday, q were aston
ished at the tremendous trade that sp
pssred to be done there. This is one o
the largest grocery and cotton concerns il
the city. The supplies appeared to b
unlimited, and the demand much greats
than that. The quantity of bsgging sn(
ties attracted particular attention. Thei
card will be found among our new adver
tisementss
On Wednesday the 9Th inst, the coun
ty court of Bates county, Ark, subscrtbe'
Sl25, 600 to the Kansas City and Memphi
railroad. The railroad company, in con
siderstiOn 81 that amount, agrees TO com
plete the road through the county
The first subscription made to tn
same road, q little over q year ago, an,
which was rsscinded, was for 500, goo. N
bonds are to be delivered until the road !
completed and the cars running.
The house of Estes, Fizer & Pinsou
276 Front street, presented a very bus,
scene yesterday. In the vast store-hous
there was hardly Don to move owing L
the VISIT piles Of groceries stored up 4
the Joints Of the next floor and more CON
ing in. About the best evidence that on
can get of the great prosperity and in
oreasing commercial Importance of Mem
phis is to be found in such houses,
there are such, a. that OF his immensl
solid firm. This firm does 8 large business
There is nothing but a constant putin
in and out of great stocks Of supplies.
"A bold attempt was made 10 sssas
sinsts a BeAls street market mai
named Mr.. DoTiac, while on his way yes
terdsy morning from his place in Fol
Pickering to the market with a load
butchered meat. The WOuld-be assassi
stood behind a house and fred q rife 4
the hsRd Of his intended victim so clos
that the smoke pulled around him an
obscnred his YtsW. Whether there was
bullet in the rifle or not does not appeal
Sometime ago Mr.. Dorisc was set upon b
g band of scOundrels in the same neigh
borhood and badly beaten. This gentle
man appears to have enemies out there.
Mr.. Moore, who Is the proprietor {
the garden near ElmwOOd, was robbed o
Sunday last by a man formerly in his EN-
plOy, named Frank Morgan. Mr.. Moor
had entire confidence In Morgan, WhC
shout q week ago left him and came Int
the city. On Sunday he returned, an
while the family we're busy entertRinin
their guests, he said he would change hl
clothes. Having been an inmate Of tn
family, no suspicion was entertained. b
went into Mr.. MOOre's room, changed hi
clothes, and shortly after left. When th
room was visited II Was discovered tbs
Morgan had robbed his friends. He ha
taken twenty-five dollars In silver. tweI
ty-tWo dollars in currency, and jewelr
belonging to Mrs. Moore TO the value 0
one hundred dollars. A short time sine
he feigned sickness, and while In tn
house, well cared for, 1t is supposed b
took the lock OF the lower drawer of ID
bureau. he then had q key fitted to
the looks being duplicstesG and the rOgu
found his further progress easy. Morgs
il about thirty years OF age, has dark re
hair, red face, and Is five feet six inche
In height. Mr.. Moore says he will Civ
f25 for Morgan's arrest.
the WEATHER.
WAR DEPT, SIGNAL SERVICE, U.S.A.
MKNPHIs, August 2, ts7l.