Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-13
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

Not one horrisle outrage occurred
anywhere near Memphis yesterday.
Thirteen divorces were granted at
the last term of the Haywood County
Court.
Court Square looked delightfully."-
cool and green last evening a little be
lore nightfal.
Fifteen hundred dollars have been
subscribed for the repair of the Alon
Episcopal Church in Brownsville.
We are indebted to MI. IT. Brady,
If the Southern Express, for late South
arn papers brought to this office yester-
day. I,
The Dugan planter, chopper n
c~ultivatOr promises to outTlyal, IN tne
South, the popularity of Mccormack
reaping machine in the North.
Hack No. Is carried a case of small
pox Yesterday. Our people should avoid
This and every vehicle under similar cir
,umstances as a veritable plague-spot-
As an offset to Dolly Vardens, Sam
rapertit pants have made their appear
ance. They are like two sections OF
nose tackled on to a fOot-bath. Very
neat.
Thursday night the Bluff City In
surance Company had a meeting, when
the President, DR.. FenneT, resigned, and
J. c. Nicely, of Brooks q Nicely, was
elected in his place.
There is a young man in Jackson
Tennessee, who carries with him when
he goes to see his sweetheart toys for the
purpose of inducing the little ones to
leave the room, while he is whispering
words of love in the ear Of his lovely
luck.
Last night the first contract was
signed by the Building Committee of the
Masonic Temple Association and Order
in Memphis, and by o. H. P. Piper q
Co. who are to raise the magnificent
structure to a level with the pavement,
and the work is to begin at once.
Strange stories come to us of the
dealings Of a certain firm doing busi-
nes in Memphis. The firm style" OF
his firm is 50 like that Of another and
llder firm that in cities abroad one is
oonfounded with the other TO an extent
oegetting much confusion Of identity. II
is queer, and il worth looking into.
The most extensive family of unbe-
levers, perhaps, on the continent, Is
hat mentioned by Thomas j. Taylor,
II Choctaw county, Mississippi, who
avs Of It: at have found a family, con-
lsting of parents and twenty-four chill
iren, who never had a Bible In their
aouse; and the youngest, twenty years
age, has never read a verse of Scrip
tUre."
The Bartlett court was adjourned
Thursday evening, by Judge Ray, until
Monday next when the felony feature
II the State docket will come up foI
consideration. The floods interfered
very much with the attendance at the
court during the week. Next week
iood or no food, parties interested In
defending or prosecuting cases must bt
promptly in attendance.
Several draws were occupied yesterday
IN hauling the Water COmpany's pipe:
70 their locatian on the cross streets
Several miles of them will be stretched
along our streets in a few days, and tbs
greatest tearing up of things ever yeI
seen in Memphis will follow. We are
bound to have a plenteous supply o
/ pure water. 1t is expected that Liquor
will come down in price in consequence
=" Goodbye Sweetheart" the ad.
! mirable story which has 50 popular
led AppletOn's Journal for months
oast, while it wa running through sue.
| cessive numbers, has now appeared IL
book form and may be found at Boyle d
| Chapmans, 279a Main street. Every
pretty girl in Memphis viii have a copy
| before the week closes, and simply be
cause everybody is talking about th'
charming book.
The Russellville kentucky Herald
has the following under the heading
"DAILY MEMPHIS APPEAL: ''This i
| the newsiest, ~raciest and most ably man
aged paper that comes to US from thu
sunny South; and we are pleased Il
learn that its increase Of patronage anC
circulation justify the purchase of new
type and a new double-cylinder press
May its prosperity continue TO increas'
with its years"
The Corinth Ledger says of the Cor
inth and Nashville IHamburgl road
that "Colonel Mickle, Chief Engineer
will begin TO locate the line next Mon
day, and Colonel VIM. R. Hunt viii ad
vertise in the Memphis papers for con
tracts for the dirt work. We understand
that every arrangement has been made
to put the road through TO Hamburg OF
the Tennessee river before the next croI
is ready for shipment.
Mr.. John L. Strong, of MERGED
California, sent to u Chamber of Com
merce. through Colonel /. ]. DuPre, Q
the APPEAL, two fine samples of tn
crop of cotton of this year, grown o.
his place in the MERGED Valley. Colo
mel Strong asks for the critical judg
| ment of our eOttOn-factors and brokers
and we hope they will call to-day at tn
chamber. examine the samples, and lie
US know what they think of them.
Yesterday morning q boy name,
Ringwald, son of the proprietor G
the Green Tree House, on Shelb,
street, was run over by an expires
wagon between Adams and Wash
ington streets, on Main, and had bot
his legs broken. He was taken TO TN
store Of Moses Levy, where all the al
tention and care that his painful condl
ton would admit of were rendered
Shortly afterwards be was taken hom
In a hack.
Colonel A. P. Curry, who as Sherli
Of this county made a good officer, Is
candidate for reelection He announce
himself as an independent candidate
and expects to be elected. In this b
shares a feeling common TO all who rul
for Office. But seriously, Curry made
faithful, careful. and, we believe, q con
scientious officer. The only objection
we have 20 him is his politics. That
however, be escheHs on the present &C
casion, and runs on his ability and CO
pacity for the Office Of Sheriff
Planters wishing to purchase tn
Dugen combination gang pillow, planter
chopper, sweep and c1ltivator must bea
, With Meesrs. Muburn, Walker q Co.
I No. 81 Union street, for q few days
: The demand for this machine has beel
20 unexpected, and the sales have beel
50 rapid that 1t was found TO be impossi
ole 20 supply the numerous orders re
iceiyed, and hence the large tool n,
hand became entirely exhausted befor
they had even an tntimation from tbei
salesman. They hAvs now ordeFed an