Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-08
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The value of steers has decreased
A dealer advises spectators 'to steel
clear Of steers"
There is no longer interest in cpl
zootjc talk in Memphis. sold Ep." Ia;
ceased to be a friendto disconsOlateitem,
seekers.
Here is a proverbial riddle which j:
not without value. when a wise wife
loses g needle she hides her husbands
slippers"
We thank Messrs. B. Bowling 4
Co, for a late Manchester, England,
paper, with a likeness attached OF
Queen Victoria, in pink.
All the great newspapers, the AP-
PEAL, and those Of New York, and the
choice mOnthlies, are at the newsstand
N the hall Of the Peabody.
The FreeHdn's Journal, Catholic pa
per in New York, says that the Nevada
Ghost is diabolical. 1t has the Tear
marks of the spiritists, it says.
in our commercial column will be
found a curious paper, affecting deeply
the interests of stockholders in the
Memphis and Charleston road.
w. J. HARRISON, is now the ener-
getic Receiver and Manager of the Ala
5ama Meridian and Chattanooga rail-
way. 1t is well managed and trains
run regularly.
The Judge Of the Criminal Court
iabOred faithfully up in that confined
room last week, and did not adjourn
sOurt till late yesterday afternoon.
Brownies case is still up.
For having a watch in his possess
sion, alleged to be the property ofanother
person, Bob Kelly was sent to Jail yes
terdsy in default of two thousand dol
iars bonds. Squire Spellman did it.
Down in Grenada, Mississippi, the
burglars have adopted the plan of rails
ing pOstules on their faces and getting
mp a sickly look, for the purpose of
ing families TO death, in order to rob the
houses more effectually.
Members Of the Old Folks Assoeia-
ton are requested to call at Armstrong;
gallery on Main street, just north Of
Adams streets. By so doing they viii
crafty and Oblige many of the best
friends of the excellent association.
Whole turkeys are sold in this mar
ket from 81 UP to 8, according to devel-
)pment; venisOn. 15e per 10. (chOice
cuts; wild ducks, SOC per pair; prairie
chickens, 81 per pair; quail, s. per
dozen; fish, l5c per h.. dressed turkeys,
zoe perth.
After reading the APPEAL this
morning there will be fewer gentlemen
Of great expectations in Memphis. That
Louisville report Of the drawing will
tumble down castles that have been built
in various parts of the world during the
past few months.
The Mississippi and Tennessee Rail
road Company, says the Pamela Star,
have rebuilt the entire length of the
trestling on this side of the T~allahatchie
river, leading to the bridge owe that
stream, with new timbers, making that
portion of the road very substantial and
firm.
The unfortunate Nicolson pavement,
all the way from Besle street to the Mis-
sissippi depot, along Main, is covered
with mud and pitted with holes, where
in the black and stagnant water rests,
terminating foul OdOrs and insuring the.
dissolution Of the said pavement.
There is a regular war going on
among the milkmen about the best
of multiplying the tactical. Some
are death on one plan, while others as
steadily fight for a different plan. About
ainety-five per cent Of water is now con-
'idered a fair proportion in five parts Of
The joint high committee Of the city
and county, excepting Squire Miller, |
who was ruled irrelevant to the party,
the county pOorhouse yesterday, |
with the intention of testing its utility
IS a location for q pesthouse. We have
lOt heard the sapient result of their de-
iberations.
The prOtracted meeting 1.-THE Vance
Church continues with increasing
interest. Nearly a half score Of souls
found peaeei in believing, and many
till inquiring the way Of salvation.
Rev. Mr.. Order, Of Bowling Green, has
the pulpit since Monday, and
viii remain until the middle Of the
lresent week. "GlOry to God in the
highest"
The news Of the Kentucky drawing
quite a sensation in this CITY
yesterday. One young gentleman in
PARTICULAR, We learn, was sOrely victim
zed. his friends fixed up a bogus dis
latch and sent it to him, saying he was
he lucky winner Of seVenty-fve thou
and dollars. The young man had a
ore finger when be got the dispatch.
he has not that finger now. He went
nearly frantic with joy, There is no
I'm in it." We call that the most heart
ess Of cruel practical joking.
Squire Spellman had the hard task
imposed upon his feelings, yesterday. Of
ending a scamp to jail in default Of
thousand dollars, who had been
,uilty of shieing brick-bats at 8 white
nan who was dTivinga cOal-eart on the
evee. The colOred wretch stood upon
he bluff aud threw down a gOod-sized
yard at the poor white trash below.
1e had been discharged himself that
morning for putting black diamonds in
lis coat tail 70 carry home for Dinah's
omfort, and his feelings Of jealousy
we're aroused to see the white mad stiIl
larsuing his vocation at twelve dollars
week, when he oughtto have twenty.
The reading-room over, the Mer-
hant's National Bank, southwest cor
ler Of Madison and Main, viii be open
be whole of to-day. We have spent
ONE hours in the ROOMS, and are de-
GIFTED with the range Of literature lying
pom the tables. The last discoveries Of
the great questions in sociology
nd national Improvement that agitate
dvanced minds the revelations Of the
raveleF, the sp~eculatiOns of the phlOs-
pher, the experiments of the scientists,
the gems Of Literature are all repre-
ented by the first magazines in the
inguage. We warmly commend the
andsOme and comfortable reading
0Oms to our citizens. The institution Is