Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-19
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

last evening that one of our cotton COM
| presses mad become disabled. We did
| not learn particulars.
The young man who went into 4"
GastOn's safe is an Austrian, and not an
| Italian, as was stated in the evening
paper. His name is NenuciO.
Three parties were arrested yester-
lay for shooting and attempting to
| shoot in the city. There was no dam
lge done beyond a violation of the law.
General Dugan received an order for
wenty of his improved plOws and cot
ton cultivatOrs yesterday, to be shipped,
iefore the snow blockade begins, to Cal
| iiOrnia.
The prettiest sight about the city,
after the gas is lighted, can be enjoyed
It the corner d Main and Jefferson
streets. The ladies stop to admire the
wonderful display.
Mrs. MacEvoy, the wife of the Hi
bernicon proprietor, was presented, before
eaving st. Louis, with set of diamond
earrings and diamond cross valued at
twenty-five hundred dollars.
There are thirty-five offices to be
filled by the votes of the citizens at the
election, January ID. In some wards
there are ten candidates out. We shall
not lack patriots to fill public offices.
The young Hebrews ball at the Club
Hall last night was one of those beauti-
ful things that happen but once in two
years. 1t was well attended, and very
enjoyable from the beginning to the
close.
The jury in that case of q contested
will, which was searched into before
Special Judge KOrtrecht and special
Jury, was under consideration by the
latter up to ten O'Clock last night. A
verdict is looked for this morning.
That property-owner is a treasure
who has sufficient pride in his estate to
keep improving it all the time, who
paints his houses and fences, repairs his
sidewalks, and sees that everything
which belongs to him indicates thrift
and taste.
The trials Of the parties indicted for
forgery and perjury in connection with
the Mrs. Green will case were postponed
yesterday on the representation under
oath that they did not anticipate an i'm
partial trial in the present state of pub
lie feeling.
The streets were never in so filthy a
condition as at present. They are a dis
grace to the city. Will not our shiftless
authorities try, for the general health's
sake, and have this state of things RENE
died? BrOOms are comparatively cheap,
and the chain-gang, if no other, is
handy.
Captain j. n. Corbett, for many
wears a commander in the " Anchor
Line Of steamers, and recently in
command Of the steamer Emma Elliott,
died on that boat very suddenly on
Tuesday morning, at BOwersfield's Land
ing, Of appOplexy. His remains will be
sent to Nashville for interment.
A school visitor says that the two
hundred thousand school bonds already
out were drawn exclusively for building
purposes. We hope that this is not true.
The Market Street House, the only one
i'm the city worthy Of the name, cost
about thirty thousand dollars, and twelve
thousand was expended in finishing the
Peabody. Now where did the other
three-fOurths Of the money go to?
The hickory stick with which the
rufiians attacked Mr.. and Mrs. GinnOc-
chic, Saturday, is a section of well-sea-
soned sapling, over three feet long, and
SAA luEA4Ee III LAAN 80
ian Society offers a reward of three hun
dred dollars for the apprehension Of the
assassins. Captain Athy wrote to the
Governor yesterday, setting forth the
facts in the case, and asking that he Of
fer an additional reward for the arrest of
the parties guilty of the outrage.
Two papers in this city, regardless
Of the spirit of truth, make ludicrous at
tempts to Overturn the position assumed
by the APPEAL in publishing the city's
financial account, which showed that
the debt amounted to four million four
hundred and fOrty-seven thousand dol
lars, with no money in sight to pay a
cent of it. These papers use the self
same figures, and throw around them
fog of nonsense, but never question the
truth of our original statement. The
debt is increasing fact is horrible
enough TO startle every citizen.
The thieves are mighty industrious
these times. They leave no stone un
turned-the turning of which may
prove serviceable TO themselves. Ow-
ing to the recent fire in the County
Court Building a large quantity of furni-
ture and debris of various sorts were
scattered about the hall up stairs in the
building. A day or two ago some vii
famous chaps ran away with a fine
heating stove and appurtenances be-
longing thereto, the property Of Shelby
county, and valued at forty dollars. 1t
was not missed until yesteday, when
the wOrkmen commenced putting back
some furniture in the County Clerks
room.
The JOnes-DeRn ease, which was
under consideration in the Second Cir
cult Court for a week or eight days, wss
decided yesterday by the jury allowing
the plaintiffs thirty-siX hundred dollars.