Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-01-27
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS

-Resting-cur local politicians.
Done with it-ksno. Ko-rect.
The Raleigh road Is progressing.
Neutrality-suspicious. Tor congress.
"A busy place yesterdsy-the leves,
Gold is worth in Nev York nine
cents.
=" He is coming" whof That's the
question.
Cotton is worth t~wenty-one cents for
middliDg.
The fashionable summer resort to be
Raleigh.
Third street ought to be paved with
The Crest Republic VIII 'pick up"
Alexis here.
Dye stuff, to make black hair blonde,
is in great request.
Increasing rspidly-freights on the
Little Rock railroad.
Much concerned-plotting politicians
In the apportionment.
1t is lust possible that Lolita viii pay
Us q visit week after next.
-Wanted-the Methodist University.
Memphis is the place for ib,
Only two dollars and fifty cents per
ysar-the WEEKLY APPEAL.
A favorite landing for psckets-the
new levee foot OF Adams street.
Necessary now-s union railroad de-
pot and q bridge across to Hopeheid.
Alexis gloves, hats, caps, boots, shoes,
coats, shirts and pants are al the rage.
Olive Logan VIII lecture before a
Memphis audience on the l4th Of Febru-
airy.
Most Of our local societies viii par
ticipste In the "fUnny dOings" on Msrdi
Gras.
"A work that ought to be Immediately
cnmmeEced-cUbting down the unsightly
blnfs.
Adams, Poplar, Jefferson and Union
streets, and ali the alleys, need cleaning.
Where Is the chsin-gsng7
Fiji matinee to-day, from ten o'clock
TO four, a. the corner Of Second and Madi-
son streets. Admittsncs free.
All who would participate in the Msrdi-
Gras celebration, in the Issh, should leave
their names with Mr., Specht, on Madison
street.
The two new lsmp-posts for the Pea
body hotel viii be decided ornaments.
The Over5cn VII have 70 90 them "one
better"
We srs to hsvs stock indicators. The
bankers have lead in this matter, and de-
serve the credit their progressive Efforts
entitle them to.
The ladies are especially interested IN
the Alexis reception snd ball. Millinsrs
arc very busy hIliug orders Tor dresses
and other "hxins."
We hope the thsster viii be open next
week On account Of the Duke Alexis. |
Can't the management prevail on Mrs.
Chsnfrs1 TO remain over for another
week.
Why csn't we have a Ere alarm tsls-
grsphf Mobile, with only half our pop /
u~lstiou, has it, and values the system so
highly they would not give it up on any
account.
Now that We are assured q plentiful
supply OF water by the first Of October
next, the city council should make Inn
mediate provision for a complete system
Of sewerage.
Gentlemen attending the ball to be
| given 70 the Prince Alexis will, Of course,
be In full drs5s-8hits chOkers, claw |
hammer coats and White gloves. Il Will
be 3 grand affair.
The DAILY APPEAL is rapidly incrsas-
ing IN circulation slong tbs lines OF rail
rOsd, Gnd is therefore becoming
every day a better advertising me-
dunn. Business men should make 8 nots
Of this.
Mother esrth donDed q besutiful. thin
white wrapper before she went TO b5d, /
snd, so far as We know, slept quietly and
comfortably. Ths snow was light and
thin, barely enough 70 I've the facs of
nature.
The man Thurman, who was taken to
st Louis g couple Of weeks ago by 3 pair
OF bogus detectives, and there released by
he courts, passed down the river yester-
day on his way home, eg Lake Providence,
LOuisisns.
Query, says q correspondent; what
besides cotton bales can We show AlexisP
Why, tbs new schoolhouss, cur Jail, the
cotton warehouses, Our schools IN session
(~privste and public and our beautiful
suburban homes.
There Is great complaint on account
Of the wretched condition Of the side
walks. Why can't we have al ordinance
compelling uniformity, and making 1t
tbs duty Of the city engineer to see IL en-
forced and complied with.
We ought not 20 ave any other than
stone sidewalks On Front and Second
laid, VIII do. VIII our oily fathers St
tend to this and so secure the blessings
Of b women Of Msmpbisf
The Charleston railroad stockholders
Will doubtless ratity the lease as modified
by their directors and the Southern Secu- 1
rity Railway company. II they do they
viii secure 70 Memphis ascendsncy for
oHbG III E-As part VI lie LL1ec4E1lBDl FdAN6Ea /
There is some demand for the por
traits Of the Duke Alexis Oar young
society" fellows want to get themselves
up In this style, out o. compliment TO the ,
Russian bear, who is just now growing
~ Us. Purely an international affair, you
know.
in consequence Of the fact that cou-
pons Of Arkansas levee bonds are taken
tor tsXss, they hsve appreciated In value
ten cents on the dollar tbs last two or
three days, and are now In demand.
Brokers are taking them In ont Of the
wet. !
The house Of Msj0r Young, between I
and OOllierYills, was burned !
Thursday night BY i~ncsndisfiss. {
Not a thing was saved. Tke fire look !
place near midnight. 30 that the whole {
premises were destroyed before assistance .
could be rendered /
The Mardi 9ras celebration In this c
cisy, on the 18Th, viii be q grand sfair. {
Itis ia good hands and will Be- conducted }
in the BEST name possible. d full !
guard Of police viii be on hand, and IN Z
ruly or improper characters viii not be {
to participate.
The two young men, J. B. Lockwood
and NJ. J. Buckley, employees OF the Pea
body hotel, arrested on 8 charge Of eua
bezzling money from Mrs. Chanfrsu. were
yesterday discharged from custody by Re- {
corder Winters. They have the conf 3
dence Of their employers, and have been
continued In their positions at the hotel. \
The Methodist Episcopal convention. ;
whose business It Is 20 look into the fee- &
of establishing g university in J
the vicinity Of Memphis, were In session
yesterday, debating the great question z
WbetbeF they should decide upon a theo- :
seminary or q regular university, =
embracing all the branches. !
-Thet trial Of Wynn Cannon commenced 8
In the criminal court yesterday By the in b
PRODUCTION of witnesses for the prosecu- ),
lion, who retsiled ell the circumstances Of
The homicide not heretofore published.
but there being nothing new developed ia Il
csss, We deem Il Unnecessary to 90 I
.nt0 the particulars OF the trial ct this =
i
The Front street lottery men. man. a
Ioned in yesterdays APPRAL as beins q
up" for carrying on an illsgltf- a
nate trade and dealing lottery business, Il
Yesterday indicted BY she criminal q
They Aad "beatp two country a
zen cut Of two hundred and twenty dol Q,
ars, for which they weEe arrested, but q