Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-17

The best likeness of the Hon. Jeter-
Davis which We have yet seen is the
model bust Just finished by Signor Bullet,
N Madison street.
1t was reported last night that a num-
Der of persons had been drowned at the
docks. There was no confirmation OF
t up to two O'Clock this morning.
The Chicago Tines says: This is q
free country, and it may be Of great import
lnce to the freedom Of this country that
there should be free beer, free whisky ana
no Sunday"
During the first ten days of June the
record about one hundred and nifty
cases of suicide in the United States, anu
seems to be no abatement In the
yet.
There was & little speck Of FIRE in the
Office next the Adams street engine
house Yesterday, but it was put out De
any other than some bundles OF pa
pers were burned.
The telegraph stopped working az
elsvsn o'clock last night. Some rumpus
Kicked up in the electrical department OF
the atmosphere, or else q beligerent steer
must have run down q post ana broke al
the wires.
A negro named Estes was shot near
brownsville on Thursday. he hsd neeh
EEanD1uE q LGLAO W-4AAOAHA ~ - -
thew both worked. When the sherlu's
oficer went after Estes, he refused to sur
render, and was shot. The other fellow
is badly cut with a knife
A pair of runaway steers made some
excitement at the lower ND OF SECOND
strset Yesterday. They deposited their
load OF seventeen sticks OF coro WOOD
two or three hundred yards OF the
NicOlsOn.
1t may be useful to the fruit growers
in the country TO know that the cosJer-
mougers in this city are selllng LIIIe
peaches at five cents each, which Is ABOUT
ffteen dollars per bushel, or st ther rate OF
1--WE thousand dollars to the acre.
There was not one arrest made by the
Dolice on Thursday night, and there were
only three cases before the Recorder yes
terdsv morning. In the face OF this IN
naraIIsled moral quietude, there are peo-
Die who will keep growing at me ponce
The school vacations are making
travel lively along the railroads. Ihere
was a little dullness in travel until this
new excitement sprung up. me Boys
and girls are all hurryiug home with eX-
recitation in their eyes and gladness IN
their hearts.
Among the great evidences OF enter
prise in the reCuperating city OF halslgn'
Isl one WHICH Is AAAA Nga AZ 40 80
of a sign which runs thus: "COnee anu
eggs fresh laid by Mary Jones" Another
is ia this style: p" Isecreme and launch on
the half she'll" Here is another:
KEY and bear on tapp."
Professor NcAllister is to be at the
New Memphis next Friday and Saturday.
He is several miles ahead Of DeCsstro IN
an respects He will give prizes 70 every
sixth spectator. The highest Will be q
twenty dollar gold piece, which ne WlLI
AXE out of the first white hat in the
house.
The Siqnor Eonuiszsski has returned
| IN ina civ and will be found st the great
| emporium Of the Bell Treble pianos at z5S
! Second street. The fine qualities OF these
instruments as regards tone, tOuch snu
general finish are unsurpassed. Besides
| these il is q home enterprise, being q ~.
Louis make. The pianos are rapidly
/ gaining ground on all other instruments
from the east.
The St. Joseph's Inirmsry, 50 the cor
/ ner Of Jefferson and Third streets, under
/ the care Of the Sisters Of st. Dominique,
has already achieved q considerable
| amount Of good. The want of a sort OF
! home for sick people who live usually IN
| hotels and boarding houses had been long
falt- The inhrmarv supplies that want
! exactlv: and many Who have recovered
health and strength under its sweet IN,
fuence feel grateful in their hearts thai
it has been established.
The Practical Planter, for June, has al
last made its appearance. important
changes and improvements nave oelayeu
it. Captain Gift retires from the active
management of the Planter, in order &c
take charge of the gas office, and is sue
cesded by that sterling patriot and sc
compIished gentleman and scholar, cen
| ersI Patton Anderson, who will continue
the journal in the same high-toned, vigor'
Gus manner, as It has been heretofore con
Quoted. We wish the General great sue
cess in his new sphere OF usefulness Int
Planter is IL so per annum.
There is nothing more puzzhng to or
binary minds than bookkeeping by dou'
bIe entry and il is advisable that no one
should ever attempt to keep his account'
on this system unless he fully under
stands il. A we'll meaning accountant
has. il appears, lately come TO trOuoI'
owing to- Misunderstanding the nature o
this simple process. A certain gentle
man was recently appointed TO q clerk
shin. AFTER a short time he submitted
Ma accounts. The various bills OF receipts
and expenditures we're being rapidly
psssed. when q clerk of unusual brllllanc
boupcsd on a bill in which 10000 brick.
were charged for twice over. The ques
ton was al once sent 20 the gentleman
whether he had got altogether 1000
bricks on such a date, and If 50, why b
had divided the item into twof 20 Gear
no" he said; 81 only got 10000 bricks
But you told me TO put everything DOW
bv double entry, and so I put the brick
down twice, An the other charges ar
the same Tothe honor Of the house
was found only too true. The receipt sid
was then examined; u It was cOnsollnI
to find that. with an instructive acumen
worthy of q higher position, the clerk ha'
here limited himself to single entry.
Many persons in this vicinity haYlnl
claims against the Federal Government
are interested in the fact that commits
~sioners have appointed the following per
sons to take testimony in the South Il
such cases as cannot be brought to Wssh
inpton Tor hearing: Theodore w. Par
[ mele. Columbia, s. c.; James q. Pierce
Memphis; William Grant, New orleans
T Charles ". Hills, Shreveport, Is; o. ID
Brewster, Monroe, La; F.. P. jacobson
Vicksburg; Harvey Q. BlackmanI Hol,
Springs, Miss. G. Cadle, jr., Selma Ala.
W, B. Figure, Huntsville, Ala Frank h
Wright, Little Rock; John L. COnley
=, Atlanta, Ga; Calvin i. Robinson, JACK
sonvills, Fla. There are Other sppoinL
meuts 10 be made, but they have beel
nut of temporarily. These special com
missioners are TO receive 8 per day 10
attendance, and twenty cents per hun
, dred words for taking, recording ana Ger
tifying The testimony. The commission
/ ers have also decided hat their jurisdiC
% ion does not extend to claims for rent, o
occupation OF buildings and grounds 10
d. military purposes, and that they are no
empowered to report to Congress on To
merits Of any such claims.
Since cur beautiful Nic0lsOn pave
p ment rots more rapidly than 1t can be re
paired, Il Is well 70 consider q plan Of pre-
r serving street pavements. Professor III
man D an improved description Z
, roadways, especially for Cities some {
the principal features Of which are as 10
lows: He would a an iron pathway
A., or trsmway, q foot wide, for each whee
! and between these q pathway for horseI
: Of either stone, wood, or asphalt compC
Z siti0n. The wheelpaths, placed four al
, oue-half feet apart would allOwthe whee
of all ordinary carriages, carts, wagon
. and omnibuses, TO run upon their surface
p The face Of such trsmway may be con
r posed Of alternating smooth elevation
3 and depressiOns, Of a series OF narrow nj
running lo~ngitudinally or Of q smOot
4 surface, having on &c q or more lines
, elevations and depressiOnE so arranged {
3 TO provide q foOthold for horses, an
when placed on he edges OF III
. tramway, TO allow the wheels {
psss obliuuely over it without slid
ne. A single pair of iron wheel-patt
I of this construction placed in the midd.
. . Of a street not much used, would accom-
r1odate all carriages which, in this cas-
: would have to turn of frem the track
d passing each other; in a more busy stree
Two pair of tramways would accomml
= date carriages going Ia opposite direction
in still more crowded streets iout pairs
/. fTamwRvs may be laid down; two f
! ioeded teams moving slowly In opposi
! Sirectiops; and, on great central thorougl
B fsres. Prof. Tiilman's plan is 10 lay Gov
. Longitudinal iron paths from six to MI
: inches in width, alternating with ston
! wood. or asphaltie fOotwsy, for a sing