Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-20

beretofore. But they win find a hospits-
bic and hearty people, and plenty; with
trihinR expense. In the meantime, Mr..
Byrne, the goOdly host, will expand him
self to his fullest proportions.
The people OF the Continental eating
house on Jefferson street are sinking q
we'll so ths their customers may be sup
piled with fresh water Of a morning.
Billy Kingdom, of the st. Charles eat
ing house, yesterday recovered q large
diamond, which had been missing over a
year. The police recovered it for him
Rfter a long search.
One Of the horses attached to q hack
got sun-st-uck in front Of the Magnolia
Gardens, in South Memphis, on Sunday,
about three O'Clock. At hat time there
were no less than twenty-five hacks
around there. 1t Was thought the con-
gregation of so many horses had some ef-
feet in sickening the animal.
The Memphis and Charleston Mutual
Relief Association had an election of of
6csrs q few days ago which resulted, very
happily, in the selection Of the following
oficers: President, n. Burke; Nice-Pres-
ident, Ed. Anderson; Secretary, George
Harper: Treasurer, j. HALEY A DeJter
selection could not be made. With such
a President the association is bound TO
flourish.
"A little Peregrine Pickle went out on
his travels yesterday from the outer end
Of Union street, and was picked up by the
police on Adams street, near Brinkley
avenue. he made himself quite at home
aIl day in the sta~tiOn-hOuse, until called
for in the afternoon, when he shook
hands with every one about the premises,
and went away rejoicing. He is etWee
three and D years Did.
a-mnnM 90 -H.AHalua.n
that we met at the depot of the Memphis
and Charleston railroad last evening at
eight O'Clock, returning frem the pleasure
grounds near Germantown with empty
baskets and full-hearts. Just think Oft
-twenty-seven couples, all of them, with
the exception Of me tnewly msrriedl re-
iOicing in that interesting u uncertain
state, single- blessedness; al of them un-
believers, for they could not be convinced
thst yesterday had been the hottest day OF
the season.
The APPEAL has always cOntended
that the country around Memphis is equal
In producing capacity to the best else
where in the Union. Yesterday We had
an earnest Of the fact in a basket Of Irish
potatoes Of the Russell variety, grown on
the plsce Of Nj, Michael DeRderick, six
miles from town, on the Pigeon ROost
road. They we're SC large that any one Of
the lot would suffice TO satisfy the most
vorscious appetite, and increasing the
favor with which we regarded them, they
were mealy and pslatable. Sam Wheaton,
the cOlOred florist, who knOws-hOW to pro-
duce good things, raised these big pota-
toes, and has them for sale at the corner
Of Front and Union streets.
We received by mail, yesterday, from
Saginaw, Michigan, a little plsCsrd setting
forth that a strawberry festival for the
benefit of the Young Mems Christian As
sOciatiOn would be held in that town,
and the admission was 'teu cents" just
couple thai ten vents " admission fee
with the startling facts detailed in an
other part, Of tO-day's paper in relation
20 the extraordinary prosperity Of that
town and take q lesson from it. We
charge fifty cents, and when one gets in
side nothing less than hves and tens are
ever looked at. We run things on a high
pressure principle.
The dullness of the times could hardly
be more fully illustrated than they were
yesterday at the corner Of Main and
Adams street when a couple of
gentlemen had a misunderstanding
about who should pay for FIVE cents worth
Of peanuts. They struck a few friendly
blows-merely in~terChanged cOmpli-
ments and then quit, concluding wisely
that the weather was too warm for vio-
lent exercise. A great crowd OF disap-
pointed people gathered there in a few
minutes and discussed in disgusted tones,
the recent events, including the new de-
parture and the Magnolia Gardens.
The mad dog mania is gaining force
The purps may be seen in squads hold
ing conventions in relation to the wealth
or, every evening a. all the alley corners.
Is much alarm in the vicinity
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chief done by mad dogs. We heard yes
terday that & son of the Judges had been
bitten. Several dogs have been, therefore,
killed in southern districts of the city
that had given evidence Of that rabies
demonstrated hydrOphObea, A citizen
Of South Memphis has killed nineteen
dogs in the last week. There are enough
dogs In Memphis to draw hither the ssu-
sage devouring multitudes of the old
world, and London and Happy Hollow
can bring forth enough pups to make
China altogether bllssful. Dogs are very
useful in the country, but iutOlerable
nuisances, except TO their masters, In a
CITY, A terrier, without prOyocatiOn,
Yesterday on Shelby street bit negro
and the ugly wound made by filthy teeth
il not the less inCurable because the dog
was not mad" There are streets along
which one CannOt walk at night without
personal danger from wreJChed ours and
from all sorts Of "rstters" which have
won the hearts oftheir masters and excite
the horror OF their n~eighbOrs. Constant
nOple will lose It's laurel5 as an abode Of
caniculsr delights, and Mem
phls, under the recent decision Of the
court, becomes the choicest refuge OF dogs.
negro has his pair Of settlers, " and
under the Civil Rights and Ku-KluX acts
and sntl-dog tax decision OF Judge Halsey,
man may " as many,