Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-11
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.


the city.
"A large water wFin laid on
I shelby street yesterday, and now extends TO
Y Beale street.
e The grading on the Memphis and
PRducah road is finished out fifteen miles
- from the city.
y Nine jurors in the Marc case. The
sheriff has q hard time OF Il IN getting twelve
"competents."
: The Grand OperahOuse box-office is
q open for the sale OF tickets from ten TO four
o'clock each day.
Yesterday morning commenced
rather cooish. The weather did not improve
during the day.
The attendance at the forthcoming
County Fair viii be larger than has ever been
- known in the Stale.
There are fully as many buildings
now unoer process Of construction here as at
w. time during the past year.
The Elevator Company will not al
/, low a bar-roOm on that institution. The pro-
4 prietors are opposed 70 drinking.
A man named Mahoney stepped Off
a coal barge al the foot Of Poplar street
Wednesday night. BE was drowned.
The receipts at the Cincinnati Ex-
position were a little over twice a. great this
- year as in 1870, the inst year ofits opening.
Convict labor is to be abolished on
. the streets OF Nashville. That corporation
mad "a way" OF giving their street jobs 10 the
penitsntiaTy.
Every n is on tip-tOe OF exDecta-
ton consequent upon the anticipated rush OF
business when the fair and exposition are in
full blast
The eloquent argument in favor Of
n-arnOw-gauge railroads is the fact that the
Erieis 20 be changed from a SIX 70 a four feet
eight inch gBuge.
The Mayor OF Nashville recon-
mends that the water supply be- cut down TO
half the present rates. That man knows the
good OF cheap baths.
The MendelssOhn Quartette Club
VIII have their tenth concert at the Memphis
TheaIer on Monday night. II Will be an oc-
casion OF musical pleasure
The highest days receipts at the
Cincinnati Exposition was hve thousand four
hundred dollars. Our Memphis institution
VIII equal, 1 not exceed that.
Yesterday at six o'clock in the
morning the thermometer indicated SO; at
noon, 90, and at nine O'Clock In the evening,
54'-the coolest day OF the season.
We have received from Major Sykes
a pamphlet copy Of the printed proceedings
Of the NarrOw-gauge Railroad Convention,
held at ST. Louis during the summer,
The most successful newsboy in the
city is a hright-eyed, chubby little fellow Of
three years and six months. He peddles pa
pers IN the vestibule OF the Peabody Hotel.
The police owe their efficiency prin-
ctpally 10 the rigid system OF discipline which
Captain Athy e~nf0rces, and the excellent in.
structions in drill received from Mr.. Haggerty.
1t was a sad sight to behold a female /
that is commonly called white, lying dead
drunk on the floor Of the s~tationhouse last
night, covered with 9th. NO beast does this. !
Mr.. J. II. Mcconnell, formerly Of
Lutte Rock, but now OF washington, was In
The city last night. De leaves FOR New Orleans
this morning.
The biValves for Memphis cOnsump-
ton usually come from Norfolk, but this year,
owing 70 the want OF express connection, they
are not imported from that point so largely as
formerly. We patronize Mobile now.
The steamers that arrived from up
the river last night report no trouble at OS-
ceola- Arkansas. Quite a number Of armed
negroes were IN the tow however, many Of
whom, il is said, went up from here a few
days ago.
Eighteen thousand is the exact
number Of Lights that viii burn In the Expo
siton building this evening. Il viii become
a great resort for the fashionable during the
next forty days. All should 90 tonight who
car spare the time from the tneateF.
There are numbers Of cattle breaks
70 be established on that part Of the Memphis
and Paducah road which is adjacent 10 the
city. All the butchers in the city have their
quarters up in that part Of the city, and cattle {
are commonly running round loose there. I
Three thieves from Paris, Tennessee, 7
were arrested by Captain smith and Harry :
-ranmer on the arrival Of the train al three :
O'Clock yesterday morning. They we're ar >
rested on a dispatch 70 the police hesdquar- .
ters. The particular nature Of their iniQuity y
mas not been made known. q
During the month Of September 3
there we're only seve1ty-one interments In the q
neInphis cemeteries, and many Of the persons a
buried were brought here from a distance. =
thls IS a remarkably healthy aspect Of affairs, '
considering that September Is the most IN \
month In the Memphis year. L
There could be nothing more appro- Il
pirate nor desirable than to have some speci- r
mems Of Arkansas minerals, and other pro- Il
lucuons, al our Exposition. The managers "a
are DESTROYS 70 have that fine state properly u
represented. The press Of Arkansas would do 10
% this.
Somebody broke into Mrs. Owen OF
smiths stable, on Little Third street, yester- 10
iy evening and walked away with one Of her la
learses. Ihleving is becoming peculiar. We si
hall hear Of people intending to die provid- TO
ng themselves with stolen c0f1ns very soon. Al
kleptomanla is such q vagary OF inteIeot ~
hat no one can tell what II may dive at next to
"A fine OF one hundred dollars will N
'e Imposed upon the owner Of any steamboat, a.
llWay car Or other conveyance, and nfrv -
y.s5s upon the person having charge there
euers or packets, except the same bsinclO-ed
p government envelopes, duly directed and &c
1closed in government envelopes. Letters qn
arried Tree must relate 10 some part Of. the lo
argo then on board. nv
The people along Shelby street made DO
complaint that the th0roughfare was In
laoe impossible oy the trench dug for water de-
ipe WedussQay. The business men com alb
lAlned that y would be a month before the juC
Ly9t HOGLu De open again they all felt tht
ally blue about IT, There was the yawnlng I
enchi and not a pipe on the ground TO put des
/ They we're greatly and pleasantly sur WI
Used the next morning 70 md that the plDe boz
ID al been put In, and the trench covered hes
p again. 10 was well done. THERE'S room u
That all "snarlnes" has not fed from r
lman kind yet. Il
The municipal authorities here hroI
ight study probably the manner IN which Of
Ashyile city affairs are managed. The on are
naE-WnNf - an EnrnAnnUagH Irnnw,aAH naa
ere are the salaries; Mayor, $40 Recorder, A
So Recorders Clerk, 500; Treasurer, D0Dg apr
ms; CITY Marshal, sl5J5; assistant CITY nal
aHhal, ~ per month and ~ per cent. on A
leeto9si Superintendent Of the Water skil
sl20; Chief OF Fire Department, A
W street Oyerseer, $3.50; Keeper Of the side
orkhouse, 5000; Mayors Secretary, SaO; and
.larfmaster, 500 Physician 10 the work A
use, sA0i City P-rescnpuOnist, $50. nsis
The Exposition opens tonight. and broi
occasion merits the best attention OF our A
slness men. Livery nrm in the city in trade IN I
thAtit viii attract 10 the city viii benz six
Us establishment When these Visitors are A
e they VIII make F-rchases aud pay debts. Skin
"a nave our 1~s41 ~ men done 70 aid this bach
from winch they expect-an ex- pens
that viii certainly not be dIsap- the
dement, lL - larBelyT The imam bowl
dln1culues the COMMITTEES Of CONSTRUCTION cape
y met vita give an answer We do not ike With
accept Let our merchants display too nnis
eh seu-respect "to take something for cosJu
hing. and too mucn pride in the good ladio
e q me city 70 permit an enterprise Or ct e
betore 70 fall 10 the least particular for phis
OF that public-spiriJed support that has on,
q extended 70 expeditions Ia other i'm tho
ant commercial cities. Let the Memphis side
ooluoA De not only a success, but a grand cOnsl
Last Tuesday night, thedriver Of the ~ :
rom Little Rock 70 ArkadeIphia- when - =
tne river mlsto0k the road, and drove 10 / Other
Terry instead OF the ford, and, being n IN T,
lger, drove IN, and when near the shore etv In
bis side, the stage hung upon a log when 49,
WINNING water, and the driver In ar 5oio1
% eKtucats the horses, was ~
med Fortunately, there were no pas
efs IN the Stage AZ the time, or the acct As
might have been much more serious nave
accident was not discovered untiI Wed black
az morning, although several persons vets Q
me CRIES 81 some one as IN distress. but shade.
oslng II 10 be some drunken person. they oeauti
.Ss &c f q 4 tie T Gyer, qu Eh saa ahs s3@s 3 Va. @ as5SR5
soon collected 90 the spot, and search was
stately commenced Tor the body Of the
ned man ar IA a short time IL wa re-
and q corOners Inquest was subse-
-ly held on the body, and a verdict -
q In accordance with the above facts.
The Shoe and Leather Reporter for ,erJe1
required BY fashion me foiiossii62gi IN tIS8aRi
Pe1t manv ma even f955v ana af ne Mr..
aust hRVedue attention the high heels peared
gone out Of style, IS a general rule, but a one
is a demand for a high heel. though desires
IRenuity OF the make Is brought into serve, Q
lion 20 10 arrange IL that IL VIII not Mp
The appearance Of being extra high desc,
are required By short people who desire ~ coo
70 their stature; then there are those cc,,voa
- ! yeTy small R ss7I nee 81 a foT- 6 fSRi!3I1
being much smaller and more deli r. c
an they really are, because, 20 the cas- StTahar
aerYer, the length Of the foot Is Judged R5Dia. Z
be heel 70 the Toe, and when heheel Is Englant
near the hollow Of the iDstep the pro- B. Fran.
OF the heel proper beyond the heel Of New Va