Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-20

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he EE6s Isras Bullella, S Democratic
paper to be published by Mr. John Smith
LeWisat Marshall Harrison county, Texas
We understand that arrangements
nave been inside between parties from
Alahama and Mississippi TO hght a main
# cocks ia this vicinity during race
week.
OF course everybody VIII read Mr.
Mtteheuis letter. He does not seem 20 De
satisaed with answering his adversari6s-
ne wants to demolish them. Heis a mer-
siless antagonist.
The merchants Meeting this after
noon &C 8 o'clok viii discuss g question Of
rrsater immediGts importance 20 trades
men than any which they have considered
tor many months past.
Judges Emmons and Whitney start TO-
LAY for q trip TO New Orleans for the
nensht Of their health, and for the pur-
poses OF general observation. They VIII
% back ia the course Of a week.
One Of the men engaged in putting up
telegraph poles for the Atlantic and Pa
size Company had the calf Of his leg in
lored considerably yesterday by the fall
ing Of o Of the sticks as Ii Was being
raised up.
Mr. Charles F. Harris, late Of North
Carolina, general sgant in Memphis for
be sale aud to procure subscriptions for
& Zsli's Popular Encyclopedia and Uni
VersaI Dictionary % is in town, and stop
1 ping 81 the Commercial Hotel. he wants
agents
The extension Of the MacsdamiZed
Poplar strser turnpike, paved with luka
gravel or conglOmerate, bss been agreed
upon By the managers of the enterprise.
An advertisement Of ii. A. Montgomery,
Esq viii sttract the attention Of rosd
builders.
II. E. Smith, who has troubled the
/ United States Court with bis little twenty
dollar counterfeit case, was yesterday set
st liberty, the jury acquitting him. Re
was on trisl before, for this same ohanse,
when the jury disagreed.
The general jsil delivery took place
yesterday. Those unf0rtunetes, twelve Of
hem. against whom no Indictments were
/ found, were turned Rdrifr. Another clear
ing out viii take place In q day or two
when forty OF 50 go 70 Nashville 70 study
geology,
Mr. Base Ball had a high time Of 1t
/ yesterday. he came here from Chicago
( on g bender, and amused the boys In the
suburbs for an hOur and a great number
/ Of minutes. After which be came into
town to have a drink. He wore white
stockings.
Mr.. johnson wishes &c understood
that he did not say he was not in fsvor
Of giving the upper part Of town all the
money" This sentiment properly be-
longs to Mr.. Bruce. This correction Of
our report Of the School Board proceed
ings is due to the members named.
"A glorious person called old King Kole
was brought into the ~s5ation-hOuss yester-
day afternoon, fora an exaggerated eight,
and his little billy goat would insist upon
I following him, and be would Insist upon
having bis billy goat with him. Both Of
them were locked up in the yard. There
seems 30 be B very eheotinE sympathy
between them.
The sharp colored person, named
Hem. who counterfeitsd Co the amount
Of ten dollars at the expense Of Joe
Lusher, was sent 70 jail yesterday by
/ United States commissioner Pierce. Helm
had made several attempts to stave OF his
doom BY saying be had witnesses forth
coming. This plea did very well two or
three times, but could not last, so he Is in
jail
Big Lou, the female warrior Of the
African race in Memphis, was again
arrested Tuesday night for battering the
mugs of i've p~usiIauimOus dsrkies.
Hanicu6inE became necessary before the
Inree policemen could take her along
This Lou Is a terror, Sheis about eighteen
or twenty spring-times in existence, IS
six feet four inches high, with shoulders
that appear two yards across. Her face is
chfd-like snd bland. She wears q pair
of fourt6ens, double s0led, with which
she doe8 fearful execution when her ire is /
aroused, IN the early part Of last fan it
took four hours, by a patent chronOmitOr, 1
for two policemen to bring her from the
head OF Poplar street to the ststiOn-house.
The damage done 20 their ciOthing alone
wss estimated at SO, bat her head was
wrapped up in g blanket for q month.
Some of the facetious workihgmen,
who are conscientiously iuimical 70 a GER
tain organ, tell q queer yarn about that
organ 1t is to the effect that the euer-
gstic soliciting scent Of that exceedingly
fresh paper went into Flaherty's, the IN
dsrtaker, on Second street. TO get him 70
put At lad" in the paper. Negotiation
was entered into at once, and apparently
satisfactory conclusions arrived at. When
the solicitor was going away with a five
suuars ''ad." in his pocket, the clerk cas-
ually remarked: CT suppose you are
aware Of our terms?n "Well, no, not
exactly" replied the solicitor. "Our
terms are, then, that you must take IL out
In tradei" The solicitor of lads - gave q I
d~isgusted look around At the glass cases
filed with elaborate collins, gave his lip q
curl Of iDefsbls disdein, and sloped.
John Connors came across 8 misfor-
tune out on the Pigeon Roost road Tues
day. II was thusly: Being thirsty, and
q tribe weary, be went into the yard Of
Mrs. Dixon to get a drink az her cislern
In the execution Of this little innocent
design, he was severely bitten 10 the arm
by q dog that the lady kept. He had her
arrested for keeping 8 vicious dog. There
was g heavy case before the Recorder IN
consequences, who decided that the lady
had g right to keep the dog 30 her yard, /
and the dog had Alright To bite, because
+" dogs delight 70 bark and bite, Tor Nature /
made them 500" and therefore be dis
charged the case. john was not satisfied
with this, for be Wants the purp killed so
be had the case renewed before Justice
Miller, who viii give It a hearing this
morning.
ASIDE from hls persistent adhesion to
Grant, there can be no possible objection
TO anything that Is said Of Colonel Josiah
Dalosch ia the appended paragraph from
the Knoxville Regtstsr 0Nd Whtg. By the
way, IA It not possible to have
q mule mail line r8-estsbllshed
between this place and Cuba2 The
people need it sadly. But the Regis
ter SAYS: 1.-THE best managed pOstOt1Ce IN
the United States Is at Memphis. Josiah
DelOach, the postmaster, IS an old cit
izsn and a mau Of Websterian sense
and in~corruptible integrity. Colonel L
s.. AnOWltOn. hrst assistant postmaster, is
one Of the best business men connected
with the department; and John r
Durh, the principal man In the ofhce, Is q
perfect prodigy. He distributes the Inn
mail OF that city with unerring ac-
aud the rspidity Of a printer filling
his cases. Were all postoficss conducted
e. this, there would be no use for mail
agents, or reasons TOR complaints of irr6g-
IN the service"
There g. but one fighting family in
Chelsea. The difficulties are usually set
tied by the two heads Of the family. Six
months ago Squire Miller placed both
under good bonds TO keep the peace to-
ward each for half a year The restraint
OF their pugilistic passions during that
being q matter Of dollars aud cents.
was pretty complete; but tho day after t,
the six months were up, both Of them {
mutually broke out with tremendous vio-
lence, and kept up the war until the a.
tention Of squire Miller was sgain called ?
iL. The lady had q genius for she'd
ding tears, biting, scratching and brick !
batting, which made her g proper object
Of terror and the husband Is one Of those
ADVANTAGEOUS, picayunish, cadaVerous.
WOrldly-minded individuals, who hates to
quarrel, unless it is all on his side, and
never can see the benefit Of any monetary
Transactions in which he does not come
put augmented Ia wealth. The Squire
bad 70 bond them again. ]
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