Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-04
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

I lOWCu HJ0e ItpOcc.
Most of the sensible people in the
city say that our dog remedy is the besi
thing ever conceived.
There are twenty-one hundred
! pounds of fireworks to be shot OF to-
night az James's Park.
The lottery business was argued in
the Criminal Court yesterday, on a mo-
ton to quash indictments against the
dealers in policy.
"A ship-load Of "Hinglish Nor
mOns-our good cOusins-left Liverpool
this week to reinforce the dOminiOns Of
Brigham in Utah.
-"Vox POpuliu and Many Voters .
have disappeared under the benign in
haenee Of twenty cents per line. The
public rejoice.h.
The depot of the Little Rock rail.
road approaches completion on Center
| landing. In a short time the cars viii
be landed there of the great ferry.
There was a beautiful fall of rain in
Memphis yesterday and the blessed
black clouds interpOsed between frying
humanity and the fervid cOppery sky.
During Mardi Gras Lou. Leubrie
was the presiding genius. To-day every
one will 90 "on his own hook to the
picnic, and dance with the loveliesl
creature he can find.
There are yet to be endured this
season by the stay-at-home folks Of
Memphis about fifty sweltering days.
rh:s is making due allowance fOI
showers and beneficent breeZes.
The horse which is to be voted to-
day to the best man for Sheriff cost five
hundred dollars, and has the finest pedi-
cree of any beast in West Tennessee.
The saddle and bride go with him.
The Sons of Ham will celebrate the
Fourth at Humboldt Park. The City
Fathers, having accepted the invitation
extended cordially to them by the Sons,
viii be present to add glory and peculi-
Arity to the festival
To-day, July fourth, the p~ostoffice
viii be closed at ten o'clock in the
morning. Carriers will make one deliv-
nv and two collections. All mails viii
De closed al ten o'clock in the morning
and twelve o'clock meridian.
"A letter from Taps Hole says that
he springs up there never were so well
JatroniZed before. The Franklin House,
which is becoming a favOrite resort in
consequence of its superior manage
nent, is thronged with guests.
The great picnic at the park of
James to-day, will draw everybody out.
All the courts, banks, saloons, stores,
corner groceries and places of business,
viii be shut, and the idlers must neces-
,arily 90 in order to live comfortably.
The ehain-gang win be allowed a
holiday to-day. II Is said that they are
differing from some s~crofulous COM
Jlaint which passes from one to another
md is perpetuated among the crowd.
\ little fun might help to remove il.
There viii be two picnics at Raleigh
today; another one is contemplated for
sunday. The man of the Franklin
dOuse also proposes a small party which
gil be very like a picnic. The place is
capidly becoming one of favorite resort
Judge Ray and several others, a
committee from the County Court, Wis
ted DR.. Aliens lunatic asylum last
svening and scrutinized the arrange
nent and workings of it severely.
They were well pleased with it and viii
make a favorable report to the County
Court.
Justice Speuman looked mOrose and
blue on the bench yesterday, by reason
If a serious mishap that befel him the
previous night. He slept too soundly
md a thief entered his room and IN
litched his gold watch from the pants
If the Squire and made away with it.
some other valuables were also stolen.
We understand that the NJ. and L.
tailroad have contracted with Miss Ada
Brown for a series of pictures. The
legislative or citizen dead-head must,
IN application for a pass, sit for his pho
5ograph, which is then mucilaged upon
the pass by Miss Brown, thus preventing
A whole township from enjoying its
privileges.
"A sharp lawyer was commenting
upon the acquittal of a noted villain and
in this city by an ignorant
and corrupt jury. He said of the event
that it was the first instance on record
Of perfect compliance with that maxim
IF the Code which declares that every
is entitled to trial by a jury Of his
peers. A verdict Of 9 guilty, " we infer,
would have been feJO de Sc.
"A pugilistic person who cannot
speak the English language very fluent
", was arrested yesterday for being
No sooner had he made the ac-
luaintance of the inside Of the cell in
he statiOnhOuse than he commenced
lammering the head of a brother drunk
ard, with the heal of his boot. He made
, fearful row before he was sOOthed to
luietude.
:
A little boy of color complained to
Justice Miller, yesterday that he had
working with a person ofthe name
# Van Bodie, three miles from the city,
the Horn Lake road. and having dis
,leased his employer by giving insO-
ence to his wife, he was punished by
three of his teeth struck down
lis throat and one of his eyes shut up.
Justice Miller issued a warrant for the
rrest of BOdie.
in the month of June warrant was
worn out before Justice Miller for the
Of one Thomas H. Harris, on the
barge of stealing over three hundred
OIlars from his employers, james d
o., on Front street. Harris left town
bout the time the warrant was sworn
and the document remained a dead
etter until yesterday, when il was as
ertained that he had returned to the
Barney Cox set out in pursuit of
lis man with his usual vigOr.
The City FatE5S have inflicted a
ak of two dollars and fifty cents on the
hundred dollars worth of property for
his year. The impCst is an oppression
f such a character that no free people
bear it without a protest. This is
he hugest iniquity thai was ever in
on the slaves Of any government.
he County, the State, the cabal at
Washington, come in afterward, and
make taxation a frigblful crime in its
formulated and dire oppression. And
ct we are called free.
There were some passages of Colonel
remarks TO the cOlOred schools l,
tuesday night which were marked by
ound sense and solid reason, and which
ueht TO sink deeply into the hearts Of
hat race. He said that everything had
done for them that could be done
the white children. The race was
between them, and there was no
left for them to succeed but by the
ard, rugged path of individual effort.
Id ROYAL road to knowledge for any
OF people the prince was on the
me dead, natural level as the peasant
! this respect. Exertion, patient toll
nd superior intellect alone would tell in
he long run.
A lively fire occurred yesterday
Forming about four O'Clock, at the cor
er of Beale and Shelby streets, The
store was discovered to be on
re. The fire department attacked the
lcipient flames and extinguished them,
) they thought, without much loss, bat
was a mistake, for in less than Two
ours the fire broke uut afresh and with
violence, 50 that the whole fire
apartment had to be called out to at ]
.ck it with hose, hook and ladder and
lOrting engines. The utmost that
1uld be done was 70 ave the adjoining {
lildings. The corner grocery utterly I
from what Garlic calls the {
um Of tllings.n The house belonged i
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