Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-08
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

1t was fre-engine number three, and
% number two, that met the misfortune
ct the FIRE yesterday morning.
The courts generally adjourned yes
terdsy, cut Of respect 70 the memory Of
Judge Smith. The funeral viii take
pisce TO-DAY, and will be attended by all
the members Of the Memphis bsr.
Gravel viii be brought from Crow
leY's ridge, and the Little Rock road from
Msmphis 70 the st. Francis river win be
bsilasted. The work Of perfecting the
road wiz be finished within the month.
B. LoWenstein q Bros, at the corner
OF Jefferson q Main streets, Aave taken
out n Of their show-WindowE and put il
u2 in the APPEAL, and yesterday more
than ten thousand people were curiOusly
looking through It.
Murray q Ridgely are the first msr-
chant tailOrs in the city who imported
goods direct from Paris and Manchester,
thu saving to consumers b profits OF
third and fourth handlers Of the goods In
New York and other cities.
The report Of Ed. Anderson, EsqY Of
the IRE department., shows that ne has
served the city well. He Is 8 gentleman
Of interchangeable energy and excellent
good sense. He viii Oon become q thor
ough master Of the details of his duties a.
cnl6I OF the IRE GEOGRAPHICALLY anu blG4 Al
officer viii be invaluable,
Jenny Sheehan, who IL an honest,
hsrdWOrkfng man when sober, but when
under the influence ofkreOsots and tObao-
co Juice, he imsginss that be does not love
his wife, and proceeds to thrash her. She
thought 1t the part Of wisdom, yesterday,
70 have Jenny brought before Justice
Miller and punished. James was too
tight" 70 be tried, and consequently he
viii have his little case looked into this
morning.
A small fire occurred between eight
and rine O'Clock last night In the navy
ward at the foot of Jackson street. The
IRE originated and ended in q small lot of
cotton that had been semi there TO be COM
pressed. There were eight bales in the
lot. The fire done some damage TO q few
of them, but was extinguiEhed before
much damage resulted anu before the en-.
gins arrived on the ground, which they
did pretty promptly. The loss is insig-
nifcsnt.
Alderman Cicalls said, when the re-
solution was pending before his bOGrd
providing for the contemplation Of 3
patch Of the lsvee between Adams and
Poplsr streets, that the beard ought to
be very cautious about handling proper
y OF that uncertain character. Alderman
Pendergsst said: "Yes; il is rather par
ishable. Il would be almost as safe to in
vest in rotten spples, or make g bargain
for oysters for summer delivery. Il viii
BE- q year before We can do anything in
the Wsy Of improvement; by that time
there may be no land there 20 improve"
A knotty case goes on slowly bafore
Justice Burke A man named IZsn pros.
ecutes two people for obtaining signatures
from him Tor the purpose Of defrauding
him out Of his Just dues. He trusted
those people with watches to sell. They
do not make any returns. There was q
legal row about Z result, but the
parties fixed up the business by giving
lien notes for the money which he
charges they hsd no intention Of paying.
They make the fghtsgsinst len on the
ground that he Il an inhdel and cannot
therefore testify in cou against those
who believe in God.
The imperfect condition of the NIcol-
son pavement on DsSoto street suggests
the propriety Of calling the immediate
attention Of the authorities 70 that i'm
portsnt subject. The aus of the rapid
decay in most instances may be traced to
the slightness of the boards under the
blocks of wood, and to the fact that vast
quantities Of mud, which is brought of
dirt streets or the wheels Of vehicles
and hOofs of horses. This dirt retains the
water for days, Snd tnEures the early lot
Of the wood underneath. The whole
city must be paved in order to secure the
best working Of the system.
Sowing wild oats seems to be as nstu-
raj an episode in the early LIE OF all great
malls characters as the WhOOpiDg-cough or
the measles. William Moore, Of Lauder
dale county, has q son who is in that stage
Of sdolescent id~iosyncracy at present.
The boy left the old place in company
with another youngster and two mules, 8
days ago. The old man visited the
office Of the chief Of police yesterday, snd
laid the whole state Of his parental feel
.ngs before Captain Athy. he expected
here would be no use in attempting to
get the boy back again; 1t would be wiser
70 allow him to plant his wild oats, be-
sides be Lie not wish to break down the
ipirit Of tbs boy by subjsoting him to the
gnOminy Of an arrest. BE expected the
young man had sold the mule, and he
would feel indebted to the chief If be
ind out the purchaser of the ami
nal, as be might have q chancs to buy it
back much cheaper than he could get an
Ons. He was bound 70 AVE q mule
anyhow, as this was the blowing season.
The chief was not so certain hat it was
part Of his duty 70 enable = man from
1suderdsle county TO make an sdvsn-
purchase Of desirable mule flesh;
le, however, promised Mr.. Moore that he
would do him all the service in his of1cisl
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