Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-09
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

-Bartlett is going to have a new church and
q new oemetery-both TO De very comfortable
The Raleigh railroad bonds will be indorsed
BY seven hudned voters in the INST Waru SA'ur-
day.
We have added four new churches to the
religious utilities OF our city Wlihln the past
We have three societies Of young men in
this city that were organized Tor saltatory e1-
e~rcises-
There will be 3 negro hung at Grenada,
Mississippi, to~-morrow-the hrst in a long
time.
Travel on Beale street is much interrupted
by the breaking down Of the Temporary bridge
over the bayou.
-Taxpsyers will End q notice Of interest to
them In our advertising columns, nom Nj.
Felix Robertson.
The great subject ofagitation for the next
three months In this city viii be railroads
railroads.! railroads.&c.
The amateur debaters Of Bartlett are grow
lug hot on the subject Resolved, That Ms.
OLeaTy's COW kicked the bucket
Yesterday was the second big cotton day in
/ Memphis. The sales were 400 bales. Nester-
day week the sales were $500 bales.
T city is null Of labOrers who have come
from the north TO seek Employment The Ia
Dor agencies are doing a big business.
"A beer-sener on Adams street says that the
name Of the new county, No shape, chi
tablish 1t.
Only twelve barrels OF oysters arrived in
the city yesterday from Norfolk. The couun-
ued mild weather is not favorable 70 oyster
opening.
IT handsome picture at F.. H. Clark &
Co.'S viii be disposed Of ata PIN. Aupesons
interested are notified TO be on hand promptly
at that time.
The night dodgers al the s~tationhouse are
becoming numerous. There were about
twenty OF them there last night They were
all strangers.
The Raleigh railroad election takes place
Saturday. Al the people in favor OF Improve
ment win vote for the road. The 'old togies
will vote against it.
Frank Hall will be brought before Judge
Fippin to-day, on a writ Of ha5eaS corpus with
the view OF getting his bail reduced. The In
jured man Is improving fast
The negro fair at the building next the
theateT, is In such full blast that the audience
al the theater have their ea-s annoyed by the
bass drums, cat-gut, hfes and cymbaIs every
night
-Ohicer Keiser arrested a negro named
Grove Miller in Pinch yesterday for stealing a
mule and wagon two years ego nom a brother
l negro. He was Of the opinion that the whole
thing had been forgotten
"A young man Is in the station-hous now
/ for fOIclng his way into q sick ladys cham
bs- for the purpose of giving her meolcine
which she did not want. His ulJ1cgsd phn-
anthropy got hin into trouble,
death is the punishment due to the
| person who murders = human being, what
Il uABAA 20 uG LAG PENNY - LII Wa A-a
twenty ." is the question TO be debated In one
Of our OrstOrical societies next week.
"A little baby was lel at the door Of g house
on Main streets few mornings since, IN a oas-
ket, nicely wrapped up in flannel, upon which
apiece Of paper was PINNED containing the fol-
lowing: I'm noDOdYs childi indeed, I'm
not. Let me have some milk
The members Of the Memphis operate
| club. under the direction OF Prof. Jul. o..
ShultZ, viii meet this thursday night, at
Hollenberg's, Ayres' building, at 5 o'clock. l..
rain prevents the meeting will be postponed
to the Thursday following.
The bill which Senator DuBose Is pushing
through the Legislature for the relief Of the
| liquor dealers, provides that the State tax shall
be but 500, ana the county aud city not over
So each. This viii relieve our saloon men TO
the eXteat Ofsl5 per year.
We have a letter from Grenada, Mississippi,
| stating that a not took place at GrayspOIL On
Tuesday, in which four white men and seven
negroes were killed. The sheriff, with a posse,
had started for the scene OF conflict, but had
not returned up 20 last accounts
The plumbers and gas filters OF the city
anticipate a rushing business this winter.
Both gas companies are trying 10 run pipes
into every street and alley In The CITY. ANY
place mai promises To consume a dozen feet
ayear is eagerly sought after by both.
The trial Of shelton was concluded last
night, for the third time, for the murder OF a
fellOw-pupl TIRES or four years ago. He got
five years the hrst time, two years The second,
aud now he gets four pears. Another appeal
was taken 10 the supreme court. He Is OUT on
l bail.
The order against fast driving is good and
timely, but suppose the recorder himself
should violate the order, who would he be
brought before the next morning? Hall y
dozen gentlemen made that query yesterday
afternoon al the corner OF Main and Union
streets.
The negroes Of Chelsea are commencing
the study OF s~piritua1sm, but owing TO the
thickness Of their skulls md the pursuit un-
profitable. They succeed better when II is
combined with vOOdOO. SIN. The general re-
HQlLE seem 10 favor broken noses and family
jars and magistrates lees
In two years Memphis will be the great
est cotton market on the continent. The eX-
tension OF western and rail-
roads wili secure Ior Us L400 OU bales OF cot
ton annually. The bnildIns OF the Jefferson
road will bring Us ali Inc cotton Ia Texas not
Immediately Un the coast
"A telegram from st. Louis last night saws
that a man named Frank Wells, who killed a
person in Memphistw years ago, was arrested
IN that city yesterday. We have no recollec-
ton Of such q person. Whenever a strange
eut-throat is caught anywhere north, they say
mat he Is a graduate OF the Memphis School Of
Butchery.
Members OF the workir gmen's buildIne
and loan association are notifies that Nj. q.
1. Paterson, Secretary and treasurer Will be
found st his once, Southern life Insurance
company, every Tuesday and Thursday from
o'o-ock " 3 O'Clock p.m.s FOR the purpose Of
receiving subscriptions giving informs-
ton in regard 70 the association.
The Bartlett Enterprise is the name Of a
new paper whose INST number reached US yes
terdsy. The general makeup OF this sprightly
new weekly is very tasteful, the paper and
typography good, and the style Of writing ms
ture and Journalistic. II is not every town
that has such q splendid representative In the
success
A young man by the name OF smith was
arrested yesterday by the police on "Suspi-
eton. A telegram mad been received from
Bethel, Tennessee, ordering his arrest. OnicSr
shelby pOunced down upon the person al the
PoStonlce, and brought MIN 70 the hotel de
vale on Adams street where the young man
said he had done q little shooting out here a
piece BE Will be held III called TOR.
1t Is earnestly desired and requested that
the officials and authorities Of each and every
city, town and village south of Mason q DIX
ons line, make a careful estimate Of all the
donations 70 the Chicago relief fund, up % the
LIST Of December, and forward by The 10Th Of
DecemDer 70 A. A. DaNldsons Dyer station,
tennessee. All southern papers please copy.
Or Monday last the great Ada Jones muir
der case was finally disposed Of by Attorney |
General wright entering q MOLE pr0ssg1u IS TO |
John II. Savage. Atew days ago We made an
unlntentOnal error in publishing the report |
which We thought a. the time had good au- |
thorlty} that Mr.. Van Roberts had made 4 dy- |
ing confession We d scisim any anlmoslIy |
Toward Mr.. Roberts, OF any intention 70 do
him au injury.
The memphis and jefferson railroad" is |
now the common topic Of conversation. Our
merchants, having experienced the vast bene- |
MS Of the Little kOck road. are turning their /
eyes 70 that vast and rich territory that
stretches away 70 the southwest OF Us. The
vision OF an additional half-mLlioa bales OF
cotton 10 our market is Irresistible. The mer-
chants Will begin 10 move in earnest for this /
trade in a few days.
On Saturday, two worthy Radicals had a
splendid night in Pamela county, Z. J. Dow
nng, he United States mail agent on the Mis-
slssippl and Tennessee road, wanted to be the
representative from that county in the legisla-
ture, and he was 50 Jealous OF the NOMINEES, i
u1an Davis, that he picked a quarrel and
there was u fight. II Is reported that Bowling
had 10 "caVe" and that be fed 10 Memphis l
with a mules head on him, leaving the held
70 his opponent, who twas elected.
Tracy Is on the wins The Nashville Ban
ner, OF Tuesday, says: mir. Peter Tracy. Of
the Memphis press, agent and businessman
ager Tor George Francis Trains presidential
lecture tour OF The SOUTH, arrived in the city
last evening en- route fr Louisville 70 arrange
Tor the Train campaign there. The Mar Of
Destiny Is. billed for this place on the nth
Instant, at Masonic hall. After Nashville. he |
goes 70 sowing Green. CaFksylle- ,Jackson-
Memphis Little Rock, and On 70 the gull"
The oolored man, Kennedy, convicted in
The criminal court last week OF blgamy, seems
70 nave been the victim Of circumstances more
han a doer Of Wiiful evil His wife says that
be was assured by the lawyer whom be had
Employed 70 secure q divorce from his first
wife that the separation had been legally con-
animated, and that there existed no bar 10
ais marriage with another woman. A petition
; In circulation, and being numerously
igned by the most respectable Of our citizens,
nj the lnterposition OF executive clemency
a the case.
The railroad from Kansas City to Memphis
4 q live thing and a great mum her ~ man ara |