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

The reports ere indicative OF an earl
rise in the Mississippi which will fal
short very little, if any, of an overflow
"A meeting of the Democratic Coun
ty Committee is called for Saturday, a
nalf-past twelve O'Clock, in the Second
Chancery Courtroom.
The gentleman who took a silk UNI
brella from the APPEAL editorial rooms
by mistake, viii please return it for tn,
one he left behind him.
The steamer Cheek could not ge-
away yesterday afternoon as was eX
pected. She will leave this evening
without fail, at five o'clock.
Ladies and gentlemen will not fai
to read the special notice of the Confed.
crate Relief Association, having refer.
ence to the decoration of soldiers graves
in Elmwood.
Rev. Mr.. Walk viii delivers lecture
this evening, in the Linden street Bap.
list Church. The object is to aid the
cOlored members of the church in the
erection Of a chapel.
The number of the Office of the
United States Marshal is AS Main street,
where everybody goes to get garnish-
ments served that the payment Of city
taxes may be indefinitely postponed.
The convention of Episcopal minis
ters which was to have taken place in
st. Mary's Cathedral last evening, did
not meet, owing to the non-attendance
Of delegates from abroad who were de-
tanned by the floods.
The flames spread with such rapid
ity through Mr.. Lemons house that his
niece, who had Just taken one of he ear
rings OF and placed it on her bureau,
and who, when hearing the alarm, open
ed her chamber door, had only time to
escape leaving earring and all behind.
Our Memphis cat, that was guilty of
arson Tuesday night, has taken the glory
from Mrs. Deery's Chicago COW. 1t has
been suggested that the cat be embalm-
ed and preserved In the capitol by the
side of another mummied canine which
was taken from the ruins of ancient
Ihebes.
The Memphis and Ohio road sus-
tanned 10 damage, and its trains were
subjected 10 no detentions because of the
recent floods. A California earthquake,
while knocking things-"w west and
crooked, " would find itself knocked into.
flinders if it ran afoul of the Memphis
and Louisville line.
Walter Napier shows, in a petition
he files in the First Circuit Court,
for divorce, that he married q lady, in
1859, in Columbus, Georgia, and shortly
removed to Memphis, and
would have lived happily, but the lady
attached herselfto some gentleman who
took her to st. Louis, to New Orleans
and TO Montgomery, Alabama, where
she appears to be at present.
We have received number four,
volume six, of the American Builder
and Journal of Art, published by Charles
d. LaKey, Esq, of Chicago. 1t is a
beautiful, illustrated work, and the
price, three dollars a year, placesit with
in the reach Of any carpenter, and none
should be without it. The prize offered
for the best design for a fifteen hundred
dollar cottage is p~raiseworthy.
The fair, which has been going on
for the benefit of the orphans in the AS
Hall for eight or nine nights,
was concluded last night, and was COM
paratively successful. The claims of
little orphans on the charities of the
people are generally heard and respond
ed TO, though there be some strong
hearted worldlings who disregard those
and yet have impudence enough
10 call themselves Christians.
Fathers Byrnes and Carey, of st.
Peters church, left the city yesterday to
attend a general c~onvocation of the
order at the parent house IN
Perry county, Ohio. Two representa-
ives from every house the order has in
he United States viii attend this great
gathering. Father Burk, the eminent
preacher, viii be present also. The con-
will be purely of a religious a
ure, and will not, therefore, be in any
way public.
The -countenances of our tax payers
we're mournful to behold as they stood
md gazed upon the amount Of water
cooped up from the gaps in the Nicol-
on pavement yesterday morning. The
hereafter put down should be
oremanized. The pavement win never
,e abandoned until II has worn out, and
viii never wear out if gradually repair
ID, and when foremanized blocks cover
he streets the best and cheapest known
pavement viii bless Memphis.
1t Is encouraging to know that the
took Of the Inventors Aid Association
S being taken up rapidly. The associa-
ion promises TO be one of the best pay
ne in the South, and one that will do
more good than any other company ever
rot up in the United States. Inventors
re generally poor men, from whom the
most liberal terms can be had at all
lines. By assisting them to place freely
inventions before the coun-
a vast benefit is conferred on the
community and a vast profit for the as
Oeiation. Every man in Memphis
ught 10 w a few shares in it.
The generous card of Mr.. Sibley,
be attorney for the Nicolson pavement
.ontractors, will attract public atten-
ion. We are not unwilling TO do JUS
Ice 10 the city attorney, andwould only
e assured that Mr.. Sibley's proper pro-
generosity does not lead him
condone the blunders and the crimes
f a lawyer in order TO make significant
be splendid moral i~diosyncracies Of our
Extraordinary burgomasters. We will
into this curious subject to-mOr-
)w. Meanwhile, Mr.. Sibiey'snote will
lin for him the personal, as his genius
xacts the professional respect Of the
The total amount Of lands selected
y the State of Arkansas under the
vamp grant of September IS, 1850, is
.526, 432.93 acres, of which amount T.
10, 960.S4 acres have been approved as
Yamp lands to the State. The amount
aten6ed to the State is 6,75s, 48s.l0
eres, of which 747, 131.G7 acres have
carried into patent since June 80,
81. Ofthe above amount of approvals
y, 900 acres are now ready for patent
Il. On the amount still unapproved,
wit: I,l35,472.O9 acres; 33O,30S.66
res are now under consideration re-
the validity of their selection
} swamp lands. Ofthe remainder $685.
iS.43 acres 527, 074.I5 acres were dis
osed of by the United States by sales
I'd locations prior to the swamp grant
september q, 1850, leaving 276, Os9&
cres stu unadjusted. A large portion
/ the last amount was disposed by the
Inited States after September Is, 1850.
nd prior TO March 3, 1857. for which
State, upon competent prOofpresent-
q 10 the department Of the swamnv
haracter Of such land, win be enfitled
indemnity under the acts of March > 4
355 and March s, 1857.
The magnificent gold-headed cane
-hich wssin the Fair ali the week, to
voted tosGae most popular candidate
Y Sheriff, was won, last night by G..
/. Anderson, the vote standing one
undred and fourteen to seventy, Mr..
b. Galloway received the beautiful
lex from Mr. Duffy, on behalf Of Mr..