Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-01-22
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.


Father Burke wi. lecture this night
week; In the Memphis thester, for the
6eneht OF the Orphan asylum.
The men for the detective force are
said to have been selected, though their
names have not been officially supplied,
The bright, clear, crispy weather yes
terdsy was the source of enjoyment to
many who ven out on the streets walk
irg and buggy-rlding.
The detective, the only one It appears
thst will be employed, is Henry Gran
mer. His assistants are said to be Pat.
Walsh and Curly McCune.
The order for decorating the banquet
hsll for the Duke Alexis has already gone
forth. GRebel viii make g display Of art
on the occasion, the like of which was not
seen In years In Memphis.
The police are unanimous in saying
that there was not one drunken man in
town yesterday, save q few who had the
relics OF the previous nights debsuch
hanging around them.
We were very much surprised 10
learn, the other day, that doctor hsf
accidentally vsccinsted a lady ia
the nose, and 1t took" If this is Il ue, we
are compelled TO one Of two conclusions:
Either the nose of that girl Is extrsordi-
nsrily long, and bears q phenomenal re-
semblRnce to an arm, or else the physi-
clan has not yet prosecuted his study Of
the science of anatomy far enough to dis
tinguish q nose from an arm. In either
case, the condition OF things seems 20 US
to have been uncommonIy solemn for the
girl
In another column will be found a
notice Of the association Of Colonel VIII
h. Nichols, late of GreDads, Mississippi,
with the firm OF J. g. Lonsdale & Co,
agents of the st. Louis Mutual Life In
surRnce company for West Tennessee and
North Mississippi. Colonel Nichols has
been in the compsny's employ for the
past FIVE years, during which time the
management Of the agency has changed
several times; first. E. O. Barbour; then
Barbour q Otis, and then Mcmahon &
Otis. bis advancement is & Just tribute
to his indefatigsble and untiring energy,
and We wish him, as well as his associates,
much success in the management of a
company so well known Tor its reliability
and promptness In its business transsc-
lions with its policy-holders.
There are several Cinnamon In
the city at present, some Of whom
have obtained permanent employ
ment in families, where they give
great satisfaction, by doing all msn-
ner OF work, st all hours, without grum-
bling. Others Of them are still beating
round town, living cheap snd working
wherever they can get il. One Of them is
q regular ledger at tbs lower district Sta
ton house. He goes in there every night
with his bundle of clothing on his
bsck, spreads them down at the inside
door snd lies down TO sleep. he man
ages TO keep good clothes on all the time.
The police, who are acquainted with the
habits of celestial John, say that they
never take g square meal, but 20 into gro
ceries and purchase their grub for q few
cents. Dried goldfish and rusty ends of
bacon are their principal luxuries. Those
Cinnamon sre the best servants in the
world. They learn by being oncs shown,
are docile, meek as christians, timid, and
honest when well watched.
The gas companies, after pounding
one another with alterations Of luck in
the courts, have become plessiDgIy qui-
escent. The old company wears Just now
q broad grin, and is furnishing the best
gas ever consumed. We seei stated that
the authorities Of northern cities adopt
the suggestion we made ome time sgo,
and phoSOmeters instead Of gas meters
are used. The value OF the light, instead
Of the quantity Of gas burned, is meas
ured. In Detroit the gas burned recent
ly hiss only the power of six candles; last
in this city, it was Of eighteen cam
POHoL' SOaA gas anu pSOPlS Will
ind 1t Ou by experience, as they have in
Detroit, will not be endured alter they
become accustomed to nRphtha gas.
candles used to be deemed q great
Improvement on tsllow dips; then came
oil lamps, which were very fine; then
sOsl gas, better than preceding nlumina- |
ling agents, and at length We hsve nspntha
gas. We will 60 backward. The
habits OF the eyes are as incurable as those
- Nka Nnnnnnk - =. D-z- II
,ustomed TO clear, white, soft light will
never endure the red rays Of glsring coal
yss any more than they would tslloW
lips. A valuable discovery has been made
lere, which is pronounced Invaluable by
he gsslight M mechanical Journals, /
which consists In the fact that, when the
isndle- power Of gas is six or lower, It
nay be instantly raised to twenty or
higher, all yer the city, Pure nsphths
.1ndRed through tbs mains Rnd through
very pipe, This discovery renders the
patent invaluable.
One Of the fair danes who has become
infatuated with the idea OF coming great
iess incident to the arrival OF the Russian
}rand Duke, has written him 3 letter.
he epistle begins after this fashion: "My
lear Duke" and continues by remarkinR
hat b was engaged to g wldoWer with
TX children; but as he was too Door to
marry her, wouldn't the Duke make her
Dyes young dream 8 practical reality BY
avOrinR her with q little ch6ok-ssY for
i've thousand dollars with which she4
Guild, as 1t were, set hat suffering wild /
'Wer and his six neglected children upon
heir feetf Now, It will hardly be be-
.eved, and yet the painful truth IL, that
young scion of q royal house, with
is sristocrstic poGket-book distended,
refused to make that Widower's
cart sing with joy, and to calm that
lsiden's tumUlJuous soul with cash,
anything prove more plainly
demoraliRing and corruptinR in
ueDces of -aristocrstlc associations upon
be minds Of b youngS We want no
etter eviderce Of the necessity for push
" republican Institutions into the
lsces occupied by these monsrchs. The
.ony heart which would not bleed when
ierced by the soTroWs CT q Widower with
I children, the dry eye which would
OF shed 3 scalding and sympathetic tear
yer the anguish OF 8 lonely maiden who {
CHS for q chance TO make that father and {
Is orphan family stand around, ought 10 !
blolted from the things that be. If
lis paragraph should happen to meet the I
7e Of the Car week after next, when his !
gular copy Of our paper reaches St. Pc |
We implore him TO pause and c
feet, and to telegraph to Alexis to re- c
mt and attend to this widower in time. '
he neglects his manifest duty We shall '
obliged to destroy his government. C
nights OF widowed Americans shall e
4 be trsmpled upon In this manner {
ouRh the esgle Of our country scresms .
d Jim Fisk no longer wields q fslch!on o
ade. Il