Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-24
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The hnlgnJS OF fyInlas meet 10
night.
Excursion party for st. Paul leave
on the twenty-seventh.
The regular ticket has been elected
by the Chamber of Commerce.
johnson and Maynard are expected
here on the sixteenth Of october, or there
abOuts.
A correspondent says that Memphi;
has had but one shower Of rain in eleven
weeks.
The Fair grounds are undergoing g
] thorough renovation and cleaning up at the
hands Of Mr.. p. Kellegher.
Yesterday, Recorder Winters sent
IL. Duncan and sim Matthias total without
bail, on the charge OF larceny.
The johnson men talk of putting
out a county ticket. They viii either rule OF
ruin. That is the motto Of their leader, and
they follow him.
There is a picture in the news ven
fderS' stalls of the colOred Senator and six Rep
resentatives now in Congress. They are a
greasy-looking set.
-Itappears there is TO be no meeting of
the Chickasaw sports this fall. There mo
sign as yetof any racing preparation. What
has become Of the "Klub?"
John Mccain, postmaster at Aus
tin, Mississippi, has been found guilty OF EN-
bezzlement, and bound over foE IrlaI at
NAN AN0N NeAI@ VI 80
"A small keg of liquor was recently
found in Hickman county that had been
stored away there ~siXty-rVe years ago. The
lucky finder sold il for nine dollars per gal
Ion.
Work on the st. Louis, Little Rock
and New Orleans railroad is to be commenced
forthwith in the vicinity OF Little ROCK. II
promises to be one of the best paying roads in
Arkansas.
"A peculiar but severe mortality has
visited the dogs of North Memphis. The
" purpS" are all coughing themselves 10 death.
The dog fanciers say that ii is the fine dust
which is settling on their lungs.
in the Recorders Court, yesterday
morning, Levi Egan was fined twenty-five
dollars, and obliged 10 enter into a bond OF
W. thousand dollars for his future appear
ance fer carrying concealed weapons.
"A medical observer and writer of
great ability, says that within twenty years
the numbe Of deaths among men between the
ages Of twenty and forty-hve has nearly
doubled. This is the penalty Of progress"
"A baker in the employ of Mr..
Reece, corner Of Vance and st. Martin streets,
was robbed on sunday night Of his entire
wearing apparel and seventy-hve dollars in
money. A fellow workman is suspected OF
the theft.
The reward Of three hundred dollars
which the Governor offered for the arrest of
sturgeon, the murderer Of Johnny Murphy,
was received by Captain Athy yesterday from
Comptroller Pennebaker. Captain Athy sent
the money on TO Deputy-Sherif Stoner, Of
Usage county, Missouri, who arrested the muir
derer.
Chief of Police Athy is in receipt of
"a letter from New Zealand, making anxious
inquiries after a man named X. II. May, who
I'D busineSSeh this city prior to the war. Also
one inquiring for James Heffner. Parties
knowing the whereabouts of the above lndi-
viduals will confer a great favor by calling on
Captain Athy.
" H. n.~-.C.,T -so,sa Lot msohF
the beautiful cake TO be awarded to the most
popular married lady on the ground was
voted 10 Mrs. Quentel, she having received
five hundred and fOrty-six votes-being six
votes more than double the number against
her. We learn that the lady is justly entitled
TO the honor so handsomely paid her by her
The County Undertaken complains
that the keeper Of the cemetery would not re-
ceive two corpses that were sent TO that habi-
tation Of the dead sunday night At a late hour,
though there were two men sent along TO give
them a proper interment by the light ofthe
we're tightly nailed up in strong boxes, and
could not, therefore,, be easily got at by hogs
while lying on the common
There is an announcement N our
advertising columns Of two happy marriages
which took place lately that We're marked by
some pleasant p~ecuhartieS. Two couples got
married at the same time. They went of and
did the blessed deed without making any fuss,
not even observing the usual fOrmality Of no
flying their friends or procuring attendants.
n first couple were given away and YOuched
for by the second couple, and then, when hap
pineSs lit on the heads Of the happy pair now
made one, they turned around and gave way
the second pair, and thus was the double mar
rage cOnsummated in the most blissful man
ner.
The following appointments for pub
lie speaking have been decided upon by the.
candidates for COngrcSsman-at-Large Bris-
tol, Tuesday, September 2ith; Jonesboros
Wednesday, September 25th; Morristown,
Friday, September 9th; Knoxville, Saturday,
september th; Loudon Monday, September
Goth; Athens, Tuesday, october LIST; Cleveland,
Wednesday, October ID. The following Mid
die Tennessee appointments were also agreed
upon: Winchester, Friday, October 18th Fay
e~tteville, saturday, october 9Th; McMinnyille,
non, Springfield, GAINESVILLE, Paris, Browns
vile, Jackson, Bolivar and other appointments
TO be nlled out hereafter.
The prettiest fight of the season took
place at the corner OF Main and Washington
streets last evening. Two boys that had inn
bibed a tride too much Of liquor together got
a war OF words about the " manly art OF
self-defense." One OF them, a lively little fell
played rOun his companion in the most
artistic style, demonstrating his science. The
other big, burly fellow, got annoyed at his
antics and aimed three or four terrific blows,
which the little fellow lodged and then ran
across the street, followed by the irate giant,
who caught up with him near SchoOles' Opera
house and gave him one under the chin,
" AAAAA DAAN AAAA ENAAAAAAAb AAANANA ANEA away
Both were arrested.
The attention Ofthe prOperty-Owners
or having property on Vance street,
Is called 70 an advertisement in another col
inviting them to meet for conference on
the question of paving, at four O'Clock this
afternoon in the parlOr Of the First National
Bank. We hope this call viii be answered by
The attendance, either In person or by roxy, /
81 every prOperty-OWner on Vance, and that
The verdict OF all viii be favorable TO the con-
structiOn of a roadway such as makes the
DOulevards OF Chicago, drive " in Central
Park, New York, and the bOulevards OF Paris
he finest drives in the world. IL only needs
hat gentlemen Of sufficient public spirit,
should take hold Of IL q make it a sue
and the precursor Of similar roadWays in
parts Of the city. Many of our best
have handsome residences on
Vance, or IN that neighborhOod, which are
certain 20 be enhanced in value by the CON-
Of a drive that win become the most
fashionable in the city. Let us have the
Vance Boulevard. Il