Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-04
c PARAGRAPHS.

! LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.
: All the city bands will perform a
I the Exposition this week.
1t is said that a stroke Of lightnins
Z is a good cure for the rheumatism.
= The Grand Operahouse will be open
/. all the week, Notwithstanding the cleo
. ton.
"A dog with q tinshop to his tail ran
himself to death On Gayoso street YES
terday.
The masquerade ball two weeks
hence. is the topic. All the ladies will
be delighted with it.
The masquerade ball Wa as much
the subject Of conversation on the streets
yesterday as the coming election.
The New York papers Of Tuesday
reached Us yesterday through the post
Office. The express brings them in two
days.
1t is a startling truth that one hun
dred thousand dollars worth Of oysters
are eaten OFF the shell in Memphis
every season.
Charlotte Thompson will be the at
traction at the Grand Operahouse this
week. The company that was here
with Barrett will remain.
All the pastors Of Memphis churches
being home from summer ramblings,
their sacred edifces were open Yesterday
and full Of devout worshipers.
The people of Middle Tennessee are
under the impression that Colonel Lewis
is a barber Of excellent cFinal taste, and a
colored orator Of much JUNCTION.
The Southern Farm and Home for
November, with its usual variety of in
valuable information for farmers and
manufacturers, appeared Saturday.
Mr.. Hugh Burns, Of the Nashville
distillery, is in the city. He says the
consumption of liquor has nearly
doubled since the canvass commenced.
Major Sykes returned TO Memphis
yesterday after a two months hard
campaign in Middle Tennessee. ia the
interest Of General Cheatham. He is
sanguine Of success.
The concert tonight for the st.
Mary's Church, at the Memphis Club
Hall, will be the popular amusement.
Henry Farmer, assisted by some of our
best artists, will give a rich selection Of
music.
The conductors of the railroads CEN
tering here say that they viii hardly be
able 10 accommodate the press Of travel
coming here this week. Twenty thousand
strangers viii visit Memphis, and about
twenty-five thousand Of our citizens wiz
visit the Exposition.
Mr.. Carey, Of the firm of Duffey d
Carey, is the nj Of that pretty frock
coat which TheOphilus the piOus pawned
. nth Dl1Tar%r,.H z...rn--- A. o.
being a reader of the APPEAL, saw in |
yesterdays issue how be could get his
missing garment, so he went to the
Chiefs office yesterday and got it.
The boys from Vicksburg will be
here to-day. The following dispatch
was received here last night:
VIcTsBUBG, NovemberS, 80
P. Z. Athy, Chief OF Police:
VII be there on nine train tonight
sure with prisoners. Meet me at the
depot.
CAPTAIN A A. EDWARDS.
A negro woman, young, hearty and
black, was seen in South Memphis YES
terday afternoon making rapid strides,
lodging here and there, and an elderly
negro man in hot pursuit, his counte-
nance ~betraying considerable anxiety.
OF Mfter approached some gentlemen
double gere standing on a corner, and, al
breathless, inquired q they had
y, or I q black gal ruunin' roun5
ly?" On being answered affirm
y, the old darkey inquired eagerly
Iualitisbe direction the dusky maid had
eek PL, and started to continue the pur-
~ ~ sut was asked what was the Occa-
les. At the cOlored damsels anxiety to
AaTay. The answer was: "Nuthin'
only she tuck sOmethini while
: drys Il is very strange these people
az lever say '~steal."
Teadynemeeting fthe Chamber of Com
: 10 Is expected TO be very interesting
stree, and IL is hoped that the spirit
I'LL be awakened viii be favorable .
future prospects Of the institution
- Is indispensable TO the CONNER
e want rosperlty OF city. Mr.. NaDo-
TeUu Hill, One Of the most eminent
md successful merchants of our city, /
a self-made man and a man of whom
any commercial city may be proud {
viii be iDRugurated President, and win
give all his energies and influence TO f,
building up the Chamber of Commerce I
a live basis. President Pinson will
deliver his ~valedictOry, and will make {
the occasion interesting by such suggea-
-H1 - AL1l NC CABNClC0 " GAAAaL1kE I
rom an able head and a most SUCCESS
ful merchant and administrator Of the /
nigh position he has occupied for two 3
yesn [
1t is said that the horse disease has {
resulted in q wonderful impetus 20 the
study Of language. The
headings contributed to this, we have
mad "Epihippic Disease, +" t'The Typhoid 2
Laryngite,n 'fThe Equine Plague q
The Epizooty, f" ''The Epizootie Evil"
The Malarial Incubus, " and 1.-THE Hip q
Dopathic Embarrassment" These are [
the most serious and thoughtful grooves b
IN which the reportorial mind has rum S
5ut when it occasionally relaxed from T
It's sterner moods. it gave currency TO a
such humorous allusiOn as "Old Epi- s
zoot, y "Horse All, /" Exercise Promot- c
II, 4" "BOotmakers' Friend" 1.-THE Corn c
Doctors Blessing" H'The Epidem." &
The Rosinaute Plague and fHippo- q
'hinorrbea." 1t is thus that the news 5
shows itself a great teaching n
nedium-a l5ver that lifts the cloud oi Z
gnorance-only fancy a lever lifdng a b
,loud-a thinking machine. c
1t has been decided by one Of those D
ndefatigable beings whose sole aim in a
lie seems 10 be to Overturn established y
IDEAS, that intellect Is only phosphorus !
N the brain. According to this theory, 7
have only 20 Introduce phosphorus =
ntO the skull Of an idiot 20 make him a 4
nan Of genius. How the phosphorus j. y
o be introduced is not told. Perhaps y
he learned gentleman is afraid we shall y
ave too much genius ifhe We're to break y
ontdence in This connection. II is =
10 reflect that a man of genius =
aaamnIfga a common HnnHF.e 1911 aV j II
ives his particular virtues to the phOs-
hOrus OF bis top. Like a phosphorus }"
match, too, he burns until he exhaus;s y
imself. This phosphorus idea Is a very -
God one, II il did not place an oyster =
bOve the gourmand who ests him, il ~
eing well known that phosphorus is -
resent in large quantities in this edible, q
nd that 1t In fact lives 10 a house y
composed Of phosphorus. Won 81
srful thing, this sciencei "
Almost every day we are called upon
7 subscribers 10 publish complaints W
bout the street-caT company. Now il n
that the cars are run at irregular In r,
and again, that the drivers, ~
ithOut regard TO public desire, run too m
w OF going past cross streets drive too ~
It. We have refused TO publish these =
'mplaints because generally, upon in an
Iiry, we have found the company and In
3 employees willing and anxious to ~,
the public demand, which lust bs
Nv is very great. On Friday night ID
,Out eleven o'clock, acase OF this sort "a
u under our own notice. Car Number n,
James Quinlan, driver, having ~,
ached the Junction Of Union and Main, I'M,
here a number Of ladies were waiting 81,
go out Poplar street. was with the as No
rance Of some other employees Of the
mpany, lifted by james from the wes- no
70 the eastern track and, turned ~
was driven with Its fair load 20 ~
,plar street terminus. James Quinian n,
ID Car Number Twelve should be re- ~
embered by the ladies and the public as
morally. III,
DSi
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WEAK LUNGS and Sensitive Threats da,
e severely tried by the sudden changes It's
temperature occurring during our sec
inters, and IN consequence Asthmatic ism
fections, Inflammation OF the LunQs.
Bronchitis and similar COM thu
aInts, are sure 70 be more or less pre- sci
dent. Coughs and Colds, the fore eal
nners Of these often fatal complaints. ri
IA freuuantiv the cause Of them should WI