Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-30
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

Giving TO the poor and needy would
be a delightful mode of celebrating New
Year. Suppose each pretty girl take ~
a collection?
Yesterday, the Vicksburg daily
Tines, of September 9Th, reached ii
among our exchanges. Nearly foul
months is too long for making the jour,
ney from Vicksburg to Memphis.
1t viii not be necessary to receive
New Year callers before Wednesday
There is still a little respite. The good
old year, having killed Off a number Of
excellent persons, will itself die to-mor-
row night.
The county Jail is begin ming to I'LL
up once more. We are better able to
support a ~penitentiary in this part of the
State than both the other sections to-
gether. This will be a good work for OuI
progressive Representatives.
woo at Wolf river was quoted
Saturday at nine dollars per cord. The
rain Of yesterday viii, no doubt, have
the effect of bringing down the price,
but at the same time will impair the
burning qualities Of the sticks.
"A negro was carried to the Adams
street statiOnhouse last night, complain
ing Of a broken leg, which he received
in walking over the trestie work on the
Ohio railroad, at the intersection of
Third street. He was sent to the hos
pital. Levi Hampton is his name, and
he resides at Wells Depot.
We viii commence the new year
with the publication Of the serial story
OF West Tennessee, as told by the oldest
of our citizens. Let all old residents
get up clubs for the APPEAL. The in
teresfinz history Of this part of the
State viii be given in q series of well
prepared articles most interesting to all.
Cold and drzzly rain had no effect
in lettering crowds from visiting the
struin on ice" which the APPEAL pic
tured for the people Of Memphis, yester-
day morning. Fully three thousand
persons were on the bluff and thelevee
al one time yesterday, viewing the
ruins and wondering at the destructive
force Of ice when formed in vast masses.
The detachment of United States
troops that had been staying here some
days, detained by the excessively bad
weather, crossed the river in q scow yes
terday, hauled by q tug. preparatory to
leaving on the train for Little Rock this
morning. The regular trains over the
road viii be resumed this morning, Ow-
ing to the favorable change in the
weather.
Would it not be well for some one
to ventilate some recent coupon trans
actions between Nashville and Mem
phis, aud then to tell of the trade IN
reference TO the 81 LOCO which was at one
time a public and then a private debt,
and of the speculation in collaterais,
and Of the City Bank sweetness? Does
Dr. aewittls resolution embrace in
quiriesi into these nice little transactions?
During the prevalence OF the polar
wave many persons suffered much from
want and not a few from physical in
juries. Some Of the street-car drivers.
who thought themselves sufficiently
weather-proOf 10 stand out fifteen hours
per day, got frOst-bitten in the feet.
There were but few bold enough to a.
tempt torun AL day during thatintensely
cold spell. The intensity of the frost
was greater than commonly imagined.
saw ; large hogshead Of lard that
bad been broken yesterday. and il was
20 bard that the round, cylindrical.
shaped mass had 70 be chopped with an
Ak.
The story Is told of a recent festi-
yai where everything was to be on the
most h~ighfalutin' principles, that one of
he managers, being always remarkable
or his economy, told the Kew French
,ook to mix veal with the chicken, say
ng It would make an excellent salad
or supper. At the banquet which fol-
owed a newspaper critic remarked that