Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-04
ss-rs. announcements Of eandIaa.e,
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LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The great picnic to-day.
The General Council meets tO-mor-
row afternoon.
There was a quorum at the regular
monthly meeting of the School Board
last night.
The goat and hog ordinance is al
lowed to stand as a dead letter for the
present.
The various subcommittee of Citi-
zens' Finance COmmitte will make
final reports this morning at the usual
place of meeting, ten o'clock.
An unknown man was drowned
last night at the mouth of Wolf river.
He was seen falling into the food at
that point, and not seen afterward.
We acknowledge the reception of an
Invitation to attend the commencement
of Roanoke College, and thank the
Faculty and Committee Of Invitation
for it.
The Peabody school in South Mem
phis approaches completion. 1t Is a
magnificent, substantial, c~reditaoie
structure, which will be one of the insti-
buttons Memphis will hereafter boast of.
The Stephenson Hotel at Stephenson,
Alabama, Kept by NJ. ID. Van Horn, has
been recently refitted and repaired. III
is, in fact, a new house erected on the
ruins of the Tate House, which was
burned not long since, and is well kept.
The City Tax Collector gives notice
in the new advertising columns that AL
lots on which taxes have not been paid
will be condemned for past due taxes"
on the twentieth of June. The people
/ II .,,If q, nv 20 vna hQn hotter take 4
due notice.
The proposed changes in the Green
law O~perahouse will be on an extensive
| scale, and when finished will render that
temple of Thespis the fnestin the South
The work was inaugurated yesterday,
and will be carried vigorously forward,
80 as to have the premises ready for the
next season.
Joseph LOzer, commonly called
"F~renchy,n d hack-driver of number
ninety-twO, was arrested yesterday at
the Instance of his employer, who
charges him with stealing a watch, and
also with apprOpriating to himself the
earnings of the hack. He was lodged
in the stationhouse.
The hackmen were sold yesterday.
They do not, as a general thing, readthe
papers, and were therefore ignorant OF
the changes made in the railroad sched-
ules. They repaired to the depots at the
usual hours, and had to wait until their
horses became thin for want OF feed be-
fore the trains arrived.
A heavy and peculiar storm blew
across from Arkansas last night, carry
ing with it countless millions of mil
Iers." They invaded the APPEAL edi-
k,-s,1 ra,r,g khrnrnnh tho nrare /
about nine O'Clock, accompanied by
LIQUIDS of dust. So thick were they that
the gaslight was dimmed for a time.
The street-car drivers have a Won
lerful aversion to the fancy lights in the
windows Of the drugstores after night
tall. We heard of an instance last
night, of a driver on one of the Beale
street picnic-caTs waiting at least half
an hour on a drugstore light lea the
corner of Beale and HernandO streets.
The Justices of the Peace who acted
as Assessors in the county, turned over
their books to the County Clerk yester-
day. The assessment Of property is now
complete, but the books will remain
open for correction for several days.
Those interested will be notified to call
and look at the books, in order to see
that everything is correct.
Every place of amusement Is closed
in the city now, the ball season is over.
Most of the elite are winging their hap
py flight toward. the north pole, and
the cheerful plOdders who do all the
work, get all the blows and none of the
reward, will have the city TO themselves
for the few sweltering months ahead.
Let us fraternize and try to make each
other happy.
DIR. Hogan, of the County Hospital,
is announced as a candidate for nomina-
ton TO the Office of Sheriff before the
convention. DR.. Hogan is young man
IF rare energy and intelligence, who
would fill the Office creditably to him
self and satisfactorily tOthe citizens. He
has great numbers Of influential politi-
cal frieuds who will work for him with
effect. :
A little boy named Blackwell was
killed in the COchrane planning mill yes
terday morning. He was attending a
Smuggling machine, and picking up a
short, sharp stick, he attempted TO clear
away the shavings from the machine,
when the saw caught the stick, and Civ
ing it a sudden jerk drove it into the
left side five or six inches, making 5
a horrible wound. The misfortune was
accidental.
The Postmaster at this place Colonel
DelOach) informs US that during the
month Of May there were delivered one
hundred and fifteen thousand two hum
bred and one letters, and twenty-five
thousand six hundred and ninety-seven
and there were collected
seventy-eight thousand onehundred and /,
twenty-nine letters and thirty-four hun {
dred and four newspapers. This makes s
f wide discrepancy between what comes {
in and what goes out. 1
-The~t telegraph Sunday night brought &
the news of the accidental death of {
q Mrs. H. Weatherford." The night {
editor was strongly impressed that the
was wrong, but had no right TO
.banoe n local notice exnressed his
doubts about il. The person killed was
Mrs. H. Weatherbee, widow of the late
Harry Weatherbee, who was known to I
every person in Memphis. As will be
seen from the notice on our first page, /.
he funeral will take place this morning l
rom Holst's, on Main street, at ten !
.
The following named gentlemen I
composing the MendelsOhn Quartette
Club, have very kindly consented to as 8
;ist the Rev. A. ID. DrummOnd in his
concert to be given at COllierville, on
night, seventh instant. Messrs. n
Kirkland, Otey, Lacey, HerZog, Gideon, '
Langstaf, Elliott, Currie, PortlOck, n
Meyers, TomlinsOn, Gage and others, n
and we hope TO secure the assistance Of e
The talented Professor of Music. Pro-
Perring, who is extensively
known as a most indefatigable worker.
The concert will consist Of tableaux and r
sharades. Mrs. Rose p. Thompson has =
also kindly consented to superintend p
he artistic tableauX To be represented on :
hat occasion. The concert will be for :,
he benefit Of the Episcopal Church at y
hat place. The kind people of Collier 3
lille, will give an entertainment imme-
after the concert TO the aforesaid L.
and all are invited 10 attend. d
The geDtlemanly Assistant Superintend-
Of the railroad, Mr.. Rean, has prom l.
sed 10 pass all parties at full fare there
nd return free. The cars viii leave the
.epot at half-past five O'Clock. Cars re- II
urn early in the morning. 70
The ten thousand dollars which Ct
rere drawn in the prizes Saturday fell T
D the lot of Memphians. A curious fe
hapter might be written about Incl d.
euts connected with that drawing. Il q
ill be seen by referring to the printed lie
st that twenty-One drew a prize. A al
entleman of our acquaintance bought a b
It of quarters, among them quarter of as
yenty-one. He subsequently made a I'll
,ade with another person who had a lot te
I tickets, TO divide their luck. BY this W