Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-16
Z PARAGRAPHS

MOAuEuk papers,
The hsokmen had another meeting
last evening for tbs further perfection or
their constitution.
Prairie chickens, psrtridges, turkeys,
and deer are said to be very plentiful this
season In the West.
We have received invitations TO attend
the Gibson County Fair, which is TO open
on the 10Th Of OctObeT, at Trenton.
"A contemporary thinks the best way
to improve the lot of woman Is TO put q
good house on it and q good man IN the
house.
There were no entries on the docket
at the police Offices last night but plain
DRINKS. The people are becoming pious
again,
We have received invitations to at
tend the Second Annual Fair of the Nc
/ Kenzie Agricultural Association, which
commences on the 25th Of October.
Purses, amounting to $500, will be
distributed among the winning horses on
the third day of the Memphis fair. The
best trotters in America Will compete for
victory.
1t was pleasant last evening, after 6
o'clock, to hear our Hebrew fsllow-citi-
zsns congrstulsting each other and wish
ing "s hsppy Newyesr" when they met
on the streets
1t is gratifying to learn that phospho-
rescence in fishes is due to the fact that
the oxygen Of the atmosphere penetrstes
the skin and acts upon the s-ubcutsneous
sdipOse tissue.
-Ex-Governor Hammond, Of Indiana,
who has been at Hot Springs for several
weeks, is back again in this city, on his
wsy homo. He was at the Overton last
night. His health is still feeble.
Mr.. Owens, Of Forest Hill, lost his
horse and pOcket-bOok in Hurricane
creek, Wednesday. He was very fortu-
nate in not losing himself, as the creek
was nightly sWoolen at the time.
The Oldest paper on the continent,
by all odds, if its name be indicative of
the date Of its origin, is the Times, of
| DeSoto. It must be shout three hundred
and twenty years old, yet IL is fresh, fair,
blooming and beautiful.
The only amusement left to the boys
on Jefferson street now is tying oyster
cans to canine csudles and bowling "msd
dog sfter the terrified beast. The par
ticulsr edge they have on the "purp" is
that he declines to fight the Tiger.
The new court house, for criminal
business, which is fitting up st the corner
Of Second and Jefferson streets, will not
be such q knock-down elegant place after
all. The situation Of it is all "korreck, F"
but the inside accommodations are poor.
-"TelI that man to take of his hat in
court. 4" said a Judge the other morning to
sn officer. The offender, who turned out
TO be q lady wearing the fashionable sailor
hat, ignsntly exclaimed It am no man,
sir!" Then" said his Honor, II am no
judge"
The Undersigned, being about to
change his present business for another,
and having on hand a~quantity Of superb
or lead and oils, wishes 20 find q party
who has g hOus to paint, which they can
have done at One-hRlf the cost
charged by any other painter. and in as
good a style. Apply to F. c. PAIRING
TON, 245 Third street, corner Of Jefferson.
An invalid not long ago complained
to his neighbOr Of Shanghai which the
latter kept. The bird wss.s terrible nuis-
snce, and gave him no peace day or
Z night, But" said the sksptical owner,
my cock only rows our or five times q
day. don't see how hat can annoy you
50 much" Because" replied the suf-
! fersr, 'syou don't take into account all
the times when 1 am expecting him to
crow.
"A very peculiar little case o finfdelity
and jealousy wss investigated by the Re-
corder, and then by'Squire Miller, yester-
day. A white lady followed her truant hus-
band su the way from fernando to Poplar
street. She attacked q couple Of wencbes
who live IN a nigh wooden house between
Third and Fourth streets; but she was
getting the worst of the fight, when she
pulled a pistol out of q basket she had.
and snapped it iu the teeth Of the blacklist
wencb. Ten dollars and costs.
On Wednesday q fatal accident occur
red in Brownsville, by which Mrs. John
A. Taylor was instantly killed. Dr.. How
ell Harris was driving her home in his
buggy, and when g little u Of town. on
tbs east side, in passing the railroad track
the horse took fright, E~ndesvoring to
rein BIN up, one OF the lines broke, when
the Doctor jumped out with q view OF
getting hold of the bride. The other line
snapped in two before he succeeded in
getting 20 the animals head, when the
| horse made a dash with the buggy. Mrs.
Taylor, in jumping out of the buggy, was
thrown and fell, her head striking the
hinder axle with such force as 20 break
the neck, producing instant death.
"A very pretty wedding occurred at the
First Methodist Church, Rev. Mr., Slater
! officiating, on the evening Of the 18th,
when were united In the blessed and in
6issOluble bonds of mstrimOny Mr..
Burke Scott and Miss Jennie Humphreys.
The wedding party consisted Of Nj Scott
and Miss Jennie Humphreys-the groom
and the bride Mr. VIM. Humphreys snd
Miss Gussie Scott; Mr.. Kirk Allen and
Miss Eliza Holland; Mr.. J. P. Gore and
Miss Jennie Jones; Mr.. Eddie Keeling
and Miss Sarah Graves. 1t was truly 3
happy event, and b bridegroom and his
beautiful bride received the hearty and
cordial congratulations of their hosts Of
friends.
The DeSoto Times, an excellent weekly
published st ~Senatobia, says, truly, that
there Is 8 unity and identity Of interest
between North Mississippi and Memphis.
Our producers and merchants are inEspsr-
ably connected with that city; it is In fact
our only market, and the faster Memphis
grows and prOspers the greater viii be
the benefits resped by our people. The
idea once prevailed among merchants and
some planters. in sections contiguous to
Memphis, hat goods and merchandise Of
all kinds could be purchased in Northern
or " sstern markets at much more Iea-
sOnable rates than at prices exacted at
Memphis. That idea has exploded snd
experience has taught them otherwise.
The New Orleans police force was
formerly composed of gendsrmes, whose
offensive weapon was the sabre. Next
came the "Lsstherhssds, f" so-csllsd from
the leather caps which they wore. They
were armed with short clubs Rnd Carried
rattles. Then came General Buffers
police, which the New Orleans Times
says were excellent. Then 6 force formed
from returned Confederate soldiers, which
wss said to be very efficient " Now the
colored element prevails, varied by some
Germans. The police force of this city
has undergone various transformations,
but we have never had serious reason to
complain Of its inefhciency since those in
office ceased to use IL, by augmenting its
numbers Just before municipal elections,
in order to secure additional power at the
ballOt-boX.
The current of the Mississippi is cut
ting the banks away opposite st. Louis
with such rspidity that the people Of that
city are alarmed, and are taking steps to
put 3 stop 10 IL. Som seventy acres of
land has besn carried of within a short
time from the Illinois side, just above the
head of Bloody Island, and on the Mis-
souri, side near the shore deposits of sand
and mud threaten TO render the water so
shsllCW as TO be useless for s barge and
lumber raft landing. Immense sums of
money have slresdy been expended to
protect the harbOr Of St. Louis, and keep
the river within its proper channel, and
large OUTLAWS viii yet be necessary 10
keep Il in good order. The Father of
Wsters Is very willful, and seems hard to
control, even at st. Louis, where millions
Of dollars have been paid 70 keep it in
order.
The common theories Of race, as held
by a number of philosophers and by Oar
winism, have received 3 rude shock lately /
a. the hands Of Mr.. HoWsrth, who, in cp-
position to one Of the chief positions of
Oar ginism, cites statistics to prove that
IN the struggle for existence the weakest
and not the strongest often prevail. He
shows that the increase OF population in
England chiefly takes place among the
poorest and consequently, IS be argues,
the worst nourished classes of the COM
muuity. Irelsnd during the last century
was stepped In poverty and want, and yet
was continually incraasinR in nnnulatinn. |