Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-13

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mis-, and give in their orders without
notice. The season IS pressing,
and all those who design making a big
crop should lose no time in securing n
of these machines.
The question is, are jurors entitled
to their per diem during the TIME the
court is adjourned? A motion was
made in the Second Circuit Court yes
terday, before adjourning for ten days,
to have the Judge order the Clerk to
count up and credit the jurors with their
per diem during the interim. The mo
ton wa entered, and the County Attor-
new will have a chance to oppose It.
The question ought TO be carried up 10
the Supreme Court, no matter how the
affair goes, in order to have the matter
definitely settled.
The Jackson PldiRdedler has our
thanks for the following: 'Ihis OLD
and popurar journal comes to us IN an
entirely new dress. We have seen moth
ing more beautiful than its present APP
pearance. Its clear type and clean,
morning-like appearance invites the
eve, and its well-hIled columns and able
editorials present a treat TO the mind.
The present outfit of the APPEAL has
cost more than ten thousand dollars, and
the public, we predict, will appreciate
the en~terprising spirit that made the
outlay of this sum to meet the interests
Of the people and rally TO its support.
We wish it the greatest success"
The Directors Eof the Memphis and
Shelby County Bible Society met yes,
terday afternoon in the CumpeIiand
PRESBYTERIAN Church TO arrange ana SET
tie a programme of operations Tor the
summer months. The meeting was Wen
attended, and was opened and closed
by prayer. Much quiet earnestness was
manifested in the operations OF the socl-
ETY.. The complete published report OF
the Secretary, Mr.. William X. Stewart,
was read from a pamphlet and freely
distributed. The principal features OF
this report were published in the AP-
PEAL some months ago. This state
ment, contained in the neat pamphlet
of twenty-fom pages, is more in detail,
and in some cases more interesting than
the summarized showing, and, will,
therefore, be read with great interest.
The next meeting of the directors viii
be held in the fall. b
Yesterday was one of the most dis
agreeble days experienced this Spring IN
Memphis. The reserved rains of March
were brought amid the showers OF April
and the two combined produced the
most incessant and powerful torrents Of
the season. Business was almost en-
tirely suspended, and except on mat
tiers of actual business, there were few
who ventured beyond the protecting
roofs of their domiciles. The numerous
guests stopping at our hotels, many o.
whom were never in the city before.
were not to be deferred by the weather
and in passing the house of Messrs
Milburn & Walker, we noticed a greal
number of them examining with crlti'
cal scrutiny Dugan's great combination
cotton planting machine which is now
so rapidly coming into favor with tht
planters of the South.
The storm which visited Browns.
Vile last Monday vas terrific. The
casualties were not very numerous, bul
sad indeed, in addition to the damagt
done to property. The Jackson Plain
dealer thus enumerates them: Mrs Bar
toms arm was broken and a horrible
cash cut in the head. Anegro man hac
both his legs broken and otherwise in
iured; no hope of his recovery. Mr.
Jones lost his house and contents, anC
his wife severely injured. Mrs. Hoods
house unroofed, and all the clubhouse
blown down, Mr.. A. Prucht lost hi
new cottage. Peter Rice, colOred, wa
blown against a tree; c~ollar-bone anC
one leg broken. Nh. Dick Thomas
plantation houses were all destroyed; on
house, containing ten or twelve negroes
was turned over several times, but Nd
one hurt. The course of the storm wa
i'm a northeast direction, and half a mill
wide. 1t destroyed all the poultry in 1T
course.
The Missionary Conference of thu
Episcopal ministers, which was spoken
of for some time past, was not so sue
cessful as had been anticipated. III
fact. it was a total failure as far as real
izing the views of its original protector
was concerned. Bishops Quintard anc
Pierce had arranged to gather a larg'
representation of clerical delegates IRON
the surrounding country. The Bishops
of Missouri and Mississippi gave thel
consent and support, but when the tint
came. there were no Representatives
save a comparative few. The Bishops
named could not come, because the,
either misapprehended the time Of tn
meeting and made other appointments
or they had concluded that the bushes
could be carried on without them. Be
sides this, the enormously high floods Q
| the past week so impeded travel that
Is thought many ministers were pre-
vented from undertaking the journey
Hence. with the exception of those pre-
liminary meetings mentioned in yester
davis APPEAL, there was nothing done
and the proposed conference was de
ferred to another time.
There Is every prospect for a splen
did meeting of the Chicasaw locke.
Club this spring. All this bad weathe
will be over by the time the first day o
the meeting arrives. We will have
better attendance of well-matche'
horses than was here in five years. Be
! sides these airst principles Of a success
full meeting, it is gratifying to knowth
there are gentlemen connected with Tn
institution who perceive the differenc
between a race and a prayer-meeting
II was thought that a good ATTENDANCE
could be secured at former meetings b,
making them solemn. This was don
In order to conciIiate the views of paI
ties who would not visit the track evel
If the proceedings were opened with on
of Watts's hymns. In horse sense tn
idea was preposterous, just as rational q
TO run a religious varieties or start
saloon on the basis of pious cocktails
seThe races are run and supported b
people who love the sport, just as the
alters are kept up by those who like {
go there. When the managers sha
have done aI in their power to bring
merry crowd together, TO have a merr
time, good running and lots offun, the
mission is accomplished. Those who d
not like it can stay away.
"A very serious conflagration wa
averted yesterday morning, in Sout
Memphis, by the stOlid GOODNESS of
gentleman who would have been almoS
ruined had the flames spread. He wa
left taking care of the baby while hi
wife went out to a neighboring butcher
stall to get a beefsteak. While singin
an infantile melody to soothe the aspel
tiles of the child's temper, he saw smok
issuing from the kitchen, and approach
ing that apartment, he beheld a pile {
dried sticks in the corner all afiamt
He was not at all amazed, but looked o
ENTHUSIASTICALLY for five seconds, revolN
ing in his mind how the thing could B
put out. Without dropping the young
he coolIy removed an oil lamp from tn
table and an oil can from the safe, pitcE
ed both into the yard. He the
went back and laid the badly o
the floor of the parlor, took th
blanket from the bed, poured a
the water there was in the slOp-bUcke
basin and water-can over it, and the
threw the blanket on the burning pile
wood. The hot water that was in th
tea-kettle and other culinary vessels o
the stove rendered good service in e1
tinguishing the fire on the floor, an
even q gallon of milk and a bottle
vinegar whichIhe found i'm the kitche
were brought into requisition, but SIT