Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-01
LocsL PARAGRAPHS.

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ten that the printers can't makeitout.
The country papers complain that
The gentle Epizn has visited their re-
spectiye towns. This is sad news.
This is the fist day, Sunday, in Ad-
vent. and the first of the month and the
first dav of winter. New o to-
night.
The elaborate argument for q new
trial in The Angelo Marie case was in
augur8ted yesterday. Ii will be con.
timed Monday.
The jury IS stillout in that MeagheI
case. The poor fellow is accused Of
stealing twenty-five dollars. A plea q
drunkenness and fun combined was PIT
in defense.
A more cheerful appearance d
things gladdened the eyes Of Memphi.
ans on the streets yesterday. Old Ep !;
subsiding here, though it Is said he ];
rampant in the country.
The epizootic furnished one item, q
runaway, to the snatchers Of news yes
terday. Two indignant steers elevated
their caudle a%ppendages and struck ou'
for grass, on Union street.
-Mansford, corner Of Second and
Monroe, has our thanks for a batch OF
late papers and magazines. He has
dailies from all the leading cities of the
United States, and weeklies and month
lies from all parts Of the globe.
The night statiOnhouse-keeper will
petition the City Council "Wednesday
for an increase of pay. They are get
ting but seventy-five dollars per month,
and ask that they be allowed the same
pay as patrolmen. Their hours Of ser
vice are as long, and their duties very
responsible.
-SaIlie Savage was successfully de
tended from the charge of stealing nine
~ dollars from Reuben Block, a cOlored
youth, who said that Sallie went into
his trunk while he wa down town get
ting a tooth pulled for his brother. The
Jury in the Criminal Court discharged
Sallie yesterday.
The c0untry's Legislators and solons
1 of the swamps are going, like the cru
eial followers Of Peter the Hermit, IN
long lines through Memphis on their
way to the shrine of their worship
Washington. Congress meets to-mor-
I ow-lhe first Monday in December.
scores Of them pass this way to their
new Mecca. Alcorn leads the way.
Professor E. Harrison, the leader o.
! he Operahouse orchestra band, being ?
I superior musician and determined &c
I abide in Memphis, announces that he
I will furnish music Of a superior tone for
balls and All sorts Of reunions. The
gentlemen that compose the orchestra
| are finished musicians, and are particu-
'arly well up in the rendition Of the
I finest national airs OF al countries.
The undersigned members Of the
| Dress of the city of Memphis viii meet
Al the ArPEAL Office, Monday afternoon,
II three o'clock, to take proper action
with reference TO the death Of Horace
Greeley: 4. J. KeLlar, d. A. Brewer,
R. \. Thompson, +. 4. Tyler, T. II
lockwood. Louis WundermRn, +. r.
Brennan, L. J. DuPre, NJ. c. Galloway,
VIM. Rosselle. All editors and mem
Jers Of the Typographical Uni0n il
Memphis, are cordially invited TO at
tend.
A lady correspondent writes to IL
upon social and school matters gene
rally. She talks of woman's rights and
bows prospects. She thinks that the
salvation of the country will depend o
women getting into politics and place.
The growing " crap y of BOYS is not at
Ill promising. They are all neat, inso
lent, vicious little manikins. The large,
gOOd-natured, soldering, energetic boy
If former e is nowhere to be found.
The fellow that would blush to his two
ears, and away round under the roots OF
his back hair, if a girl Of sixteen OF
eighteen spoke TO him in a soft, kindly
lone, is gone away, never, alas! to re
turn. The little sharpeTs that are grow
ing up now will need to he confronted
Nv the purer natures of women, If the
COUNTRY would be saved from ruin.
The following messages remain III
delivered at the Office of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, 80 Madison
;treet: /. Levy, z; F. Babeock, G. H.
Wesner, d. Walsh, II. Schultz, Jame-
3. Best, NJ. 7. Martin, j. b. Brazier, J.
Kelly. j. II. Shaw, T. H. HOlcOmb, ".
q. Cassall, Mrs. Gilbert, J. w. Ruther-
ord: Rogers, Dapdridge & Co., a. W.
stephenson, Sam. Tate, T. H. Hastings.
BIB. Minor & Co.; Hawks, Dep & Co, /
J. T. Washington, AshbroOk & White
T. G. Gaylord, J. J. Rawlings q Co, T.
A. TObin, r. p. Sawyer, G. W. Goyer Il
Co, Nathan Bros, L. Hobart & Co, J. |
A. Swain, w. T. Hutchinson, n. II.
Merrill, c. II. Billings, :. :. Levin 4
Co, Z. H. Flynn & Co, Schwab x Co, I
]. II. Milford, r. V. Vredenberg, Agent
Union r. B. and T. Company; Agent
Merchants Dispatch; J. NJ. James q
sons, Tracy w. Titus, Fred. H. Smith,
VIM. N. MeGehee, Col. J. Coleman,
L. H. Coe, Miss Sue s. Vance, J. +
Kirkland. +. L. DOrr d Co, Z. Hobart
K Co, W. B. Richards, P. r. LOUNGE
Burke & Fry, Louis, Ranger d Co.
The project recently inaugurated, a:
establishing a Reading Room and Pub
lie Library in Memphis, has met with
the most marked success. All classes H.
lur community seem to have taken q
ieep interest in the enterprise, and have
manifested a degree of enthusiasm en-
airely unlocked for. There is now every
Indication that we will soon have estab-
ished in cur midst, a Public Library,
which will he in every respect a credit
10 our city, and Of incalculable benefit
10 a community which has long felt the
wamt Of such an institution. In addi- 1
lion 70 the donation Of One hundred dol I
lars, recently made to the association. 1
by Nj. John VI. Lea, Of Nashville, we
earn that it has received 4 large aces
sion OF members, and that donations o.
books are already coming in from all
quarters. We certainly commend this
pirit Of liberality and enterprise, which
IS being manifested by u citizens, and
others who take an interest in the vel
fare Of Memphis aHd her institutions
II is to be hoped that u leading mer-
chants. bankers and business men gen
orally, Will contribute literally OF
their means, and exert themselves ac-
lively TO sustain an institution Of so de
serving a character.