Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-12-17
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

See v D. Fuchs cara in to-morrow's
paper.
-Resd the article Of "Watchmsn,p it is
just snd rue
The mail train on the Mississippi and
Tennessee road nov leaves st 2:l0 pm.
and reaches New Orleans in 2lH hours.
"A man named Conrcy had his arm.
cut OF in the nsvy-ysrd last evening by
the switch engine Of the Memphis and
/ Ohio railroad.
in the Third ward, which poned on
some municipal occasions 1900 votes, is
now registered Tor sol votes. or these 50
are colored.
-Southwsrd- bound passengers should
consult the new time-csrd OF the MIssis-
sippi and Tennessee railroad, published
this morning.
We acknowledge the courtesy of a
card OF invitation to the second annual
soiree of the Young Mems Terpsichorean
sOoiety-Thursdsy, December 2lst al
their hall, 81 Second street.
A rsfi Is to take place this week for q
fancy trOtting mare Of Memphis, Lady
Dempster. The lucky person who may
win the lady will be as much envied as
Mr.. Duff, the holder OF No. S27s.
A dispatch from Augusta, Georgia,
says the Mississippi Central railrosd was
protested on bonds due the first Of Au-
gust last. The road is leased to the
southern railroad association, but both
failed TO provide funds necessary TO avoid
protest.
The registry at the Seventh ward, at
closing hour yesterday evening, showed
that gu ooloTed and $40 white people were
entitled 70 vote In that ward, Masking a
total of 1911 In that ward. 1t is thought
that there will be i've thousand registered
in the Seventh.
On Monday, Dec ~VoEeste, the con-
tractor, viii nave q large force in opera
ton on the banks Of Wolf river at Raleigh.
The first ground will be broken on the
new road that day, and II is expected that
8 number Of the friends Of the enterprise
will be present.
AT the musical soiree which was given
ct H~ollenberg's, Friday night, all the fine
artists and amateurs of the city were pres
ent-Messrs. Perring, Schultz, Winkler,
Farmer and s-half score of tbs Mendels-
sohnis and a number Of our music loving
citizens. There were fully sixty people
participating In the enjoyment Of the o.
cssion.
The watch which wss mentioned In
yesterdays APPEAL as having been stolen
wss returned yesterday to Charles F.
Martin, the owner, by the repentsnt
thief. He can read, and having seen the
notice in this paper to the effecs that Cap
tain Athey was after him, he thought 1t
beat TO make a MERIT of what would very
o become 2 necessity, and return the
watch, which he did. He sent q very pen
itentisl confession along also, the tone of
which gave much satisfaction.
-StrangulsJed hernia is a disease with
which soldiers became familiar through
hospital reports. A gentleman told a
anrirna atorv ahnut thu diaaaaQ and aurf-
osity led us 20 inquire into the facts. On
Bsale street, as directed we found Alex.
Walt, who had been suffering terribly.
DR.. Richsrd n. Taylor had just performed
q curious operation. We would as soOn
have cut Mr.. Waits throat, An opening
was made in Mr.. Waits side, snd the
bowel was drawn out, and from this an
inch or Two in length was cut out, and
the bowel was sewed together again with
g silver wire. Through this opening In
the side the eXcretions psss, Mr.. Walt
seems very well, and in q few days, when
the bowel is healed, Il viii be restored to
its proper position. DR.. Taylor does not
DOUBT Mr.. Wallis immediate restoration
70 perfect health, and Mr.. Walt is very
well pleased.
The mex number Of DR.. Ford's Chris
tan Repository, published at 2l5 Pine
81. Louis. will contain, IN addition
to the vision Of Jscob,st Psniel-sn article
on Saved by Water" or the Object Of
Baptism. by the editors "Reminiscences by
r. Fuller-sn article on Baptism for
by W. W. Gardner, of Russell
vile, kentucky, the result of years OF
sgudy-sn article Of great power, by John
on the Popish Phases of Protest
sDtism-sn article OF Roger Williams, by
PsIton-S life Of The pionear preacher
If Illinois, bv the editOr-EXsgeses by
Howard Malcolm, and EIpos'tiCns by
DR.. A. Sherwood. To Mrs.. For5's fscs
story will b added, In the fsmily Cepart-
ment, "Virginis, the Heroine of soul
q thrilling historical romance,
and delightful Talks with the Little
-Four thousand copies are now
issued. VIII the friends Of q pure demon
national literature place the Repository
sbOve any other religious m~agsElns In
America DR.. Ford iB now in this city and
would gladly meet his friends Of former
years.
Horses that are too highly fed and
not well educated often give trouble, Just
ss men who labor under the same dissdvGn-
ssge do. Yesterday Of those blOsted
equines was travelling along
1nder a buggy on Adams street, when a
lslf-starYed dog attempted TO make q
neal from his fsbby fetiook. The horse
and knicked y~ioiously, but the
perseYered Is If resolved TO have his
ais pound Of flesh. Now, here is where
he wickedness of the horse was eyinced.
than let the dog have his pound,
10 would break and ruin everything. He
-ushsd msdly along the street. crossed
lain at q fearful rate, upsetting two
and turning two negroes white with
srror, and finally broke the buggy.
When he had done all this damage he
Iuit. A man In Chicsgo, during the fire,
in the ssme madiy destructive msn-
Rath an turn over q o con-
$500 in greenbsckA 70 two peo-
lie who asked him, he threw the whole
In the flames. He would not sven
Such is the madness of the aris-
mind.