Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-27
CITY PARAGRAPHS.

"AA4 H4ANAAa was AANEH AANnEAGEnAAN
throughout yesterdsy-oold, foggy, with
Il occasional rain half-frOzen.
The Irish Literary Society already
talk Of how st. Patrick's day is to be
!, celebrated by the members this year.
= The revenue men are vigorously after
q the illicit distillers sgsin throughout the
State. Distildng is warm work, anyway
these days.
Draws, hacks, wagons, and even street
. cars, nave an ugly habit OF stopping on
the street-crOsslngs, greatly to the annoy
snce Of pedestrians, especially ladies,
The new gas made by the use of crude
II naptha u generate a greater degree Of
S heat than that made from coal. It Ger
tainly a q whittier, pursr light. Such
is the heat developed in Barnum's gas
g lighted clock that It has been cracked.
There is great demand for small tene-
ment houses throughout the city, which
% one Of the 'lsnded proprietors" proposes
= TO supply. Another says he viii give an
acre in tine city limits to any
+ turer who viii invest in a building $40
A young man named willy Broad
max, perhaps eighteen or twenty years of
age, wss thrown from his horse day be-
20 fore yesterday, on Cat Island, below the
= city, and almost instantly killed. A cot
. f." for the body goes down on the Phil.
AIlin.
The W~right-Curry and Curry-Wright
tanRle has becomes so complicated that the
lawyers themselves don't know the exact
= condition Of ths question as it stands
now; but they hope 20 MASTER the intri-
cGcies Of it according as they get into
them.
The voics Of the locomotive that
comes through the swsmps of Arkansas
and bowls az midnight when it reaches
t the western shore OF the Mississippi is
heard everywhere in the city. The Damp
atmosphere conveys sOund with great
effect. II has nothing else to do, and
Nilsson should sing in Hopefeld.
Mr.. scheifers talks Of suing the AP-
PEAL for its publication Of facts develop
ed on the trial Of the writ de ~lUHutico al
CUireRdO. There was never a libel suit
yet brought by 8 sane man against a
newspaper, u II Mr.. Scheifers does not
propose TO spend a lifetime IN an asylum, /
he had better hold on to the sums hs pro
poses TO eXpeud in lawyers foes. IL
would nay better to send Cuba skies"
to Grant,
The newsdeslers and -stationers are
preparing to make a grand display of val
entines in all their windows on the FIRST
Of February. The relation Of comic to
sentimental is as q hundred 10 zone. Seven
hundred gross Of comic valentines have
been brought to this city this season, and
all the dealers say that there viii be lone
left. They cost about half a csnt apiece,
and sell for ten and fifteen cents. More
profitable than drugs.
The following are the last verses Of 8
poem, by George NandenhOf, read in
thres of the principal tbeaters in New
York on the occasion Of the Holland tes-
timonial. "The little church round the
corner" is already immortsliz8d
"Au honor to the little church,
And TO its gracious pastor,
Who in his heart the lessons kept
Taught by his heavily Mastsrl
And when this heeting scene is past
To sinner, saint, and scOrner,
Let's hope we all may ind, at last,
A bright home round the cOrnerI"
There is a work of very nice skill and :
ingenuity on exhibition in the furniture =
store Of Mckinney q BrFsOn, on Main :
street, corner Of the alleV-WaV above JEFF y
fersOn. For two days it has attracted the \
admiring attention Of tho pssssTs. The =
top is composed Of 1000 different pieces of !
wood, so arranged as 20 present the ap- +
pearanCe Of q beautiful star. There is a i
sideboard to match. Both articles are the ;
work Of Memphis artists. The wood is =
ali Of foreign growth, fine, hard texture -
and splendldly polished. The price is 8
$3.50. 3
"A lady wore an enormous weight Of n
straw, feathers, wool, moss, sea weed and O
hair piled up on her OcCiput on Second c
street yesterday. This weight in the rear n
compelled her to bend forward as she s,
went swimmingly along. The massive q
chignOn was unhinEed from its f~astenings s,
by IN umbrella borne by a short, fat man, 81
the curious heap Of cushiUning was torn 10
from its fsstenings, and the wesrer, sud- Il
denly relieved of the weight, fell forward IA
her face, b wasn't seriously in o.
jured; but when she started of walked OF
as if dizzy. II was difficult for her to as III
the center Of gravity and keep 81
head level. She had lost the scCus- d,
toned us q teTgO. hi
Edwards Directory Of Memphis has al
been published for the current year. The co
is devoted solely 10 its legitimate ti
purpose, and Is only a directory, perhaps "
The most perfect ever compiled in this "a
city. The frOntispi6Ce is a moderately VI
good likeness of the author Of the vol "a
and is a better picture to the extent A
that it is more nearly like tho energetic Nt
Edwards. Pre6xed to the body of ell
modest vOlumei is a list Of all public
Institutions about the city, and as a sufiE 70
here are the names of firms n Of all ia
professional gentlemen. Everything is %
with care, and the book is most sl'
,reditable to the compiler. oe
Timothy Kelly, the father Of ex- IN
Councilman Kelly, died yesterday, 100
V his residence on Front street, IN.
after a lingering though not pain -
ul Illness Of some months. He was N sti
If those persons to whom belonged tho p
app6llatiOn, san Old gentle dc
nan, a man OF quiet, simple manners, Sb
Who trOd down the vale OF years respected to
nd loved by all these who knew him Oh
ie had been a resident Of Memphis about hg
lfteen years; was born in the county an
'lare, Ireland, about the year 1876. He g0r
vas consequently seventy-hTe years of soY
gs At his death. He was always a re- al
larkably healthy man, and some months aIq
when he felt the p~rsm0ni.ory symp en-.
Jms of hat proved 70 be a mortal com an,
lalnt, the doctors could find nothing eE- wh
ept a general debility the matter with ba.
i'm. They advised a little stinulauts. OF
gradually sank until the lamp OF life ?
lickered out. After q long life Of ths
viciBsitude and labor, he sleeps 81.
'en The funeral takes place at two an,
clock to-day. the
"A gay duck, hailing from New York, Dei
Grid complexion, flowing locks, like a csf
acchus, white hat, tail, lady-killing and OF
i~stinRus, registered his name atthe Pea reg
ody Wednesday evening and enjoyed on'
10 inequalities Of that drst-class hos SAT-
Try for q whole day, until he was ARES c5i
ID by the police for a misdemeanOr. He ga
Id not conduct himself properly. He on
pasted Of having "best" arou hotels mn
many towns down the river, and Of DOT
.ving lived q gay and cheap life for ger
He said to the hotel people that ON
3 represented several business houses in WAi
York and that he proposed TO do Jun
Ondsrfnl things. When be was placed ne
the lookup with the other gentleman Lhe
inmabes he could not conduct himself OlI
any sort Of rational style, but punched SOL
10 lights out Of his window, broke the sac
that the corporation had philan- ms
opically plsCad there 10 keep out the 20 :
intTy wind. For this unBe8ming be- on
iviOr he was locked in the chamber Of Il
provided for the unruly, where or E
has a chrnce 70 chaw the cud Of bitter qeu
dsn
"A shoemaker from Jackson, Missis- the
ppi, was on q visit recently 20 mi Of the theI
lrtheru tier Of |cOuuties Joining Tonnes spir
e. During his stay an unknown man ii. (
aa found dead in the same county, who WAS
d 8 pair of boots on him which were bril-
e manufacture of the shoemaker from live
ckson. The dead mans person was cleo
loh INITIATED by hogs, and there was VOL
thing to be found to identity him save Iega
q name stamped on the leg of each boot, r.
lich was no other than the name Of the OF Q
Of the boots. The intelligent jury false
once concluded that it was the name Of the
3 dead man, and q benevolent member In Il
* the trouble 10 write 70 the wife in r,
sksOn, telling her all about the inquest. of n
Q at once took the train for the place, of h
d at the same time her husband took cafe
B train to 90 home, not knowing any q oo,
ug whatever Of the dead person, noUs
ben she arrived at the friends place, me
/, could nor ind her husband. They is t
d her he had gone home; she in in IA
ted that he was dead; she forgot tIon
pnng INC Isglei WIN 1eI, 5ug sne CouI
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