Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-30
O N BOARD.
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

Z LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.
Small advertisements, and plenty Of
them, is a good rule. We were all ba-
! bies once, yet VT made considerable
noise.
Quitting advertising in dull times is
like tearing out a dam because the water
. is low. Either plan will prevent good
4 times from ave coming.
E The citizens who delight in the ex-
ercise on the light fantastic toe viii have
an opportunity on Wednesday evening
next, at the Gem Garden. Pleasant pic
mic and bran-dance.
The grand Greeley and Brown "
, opening barbecue, at Lakeside, Tunica
. county, Mississippi, on Saturday, August
I Sd, viii be an interesting affair, as many
distinguished speakers viii be present.
dull times" it is said, are the best
= for advertisers Because when money
is tight, and the people are forced to
: economic, they always read the adver-
: tisements to ascertain who sells the
cheapest, and where they can trade to
the best advantage.
Five horses died, We are told, on
Sunday, of sunstroke, between Mem
phis and Raleigh and six others were
left moribund by the wayside. If Pres
colts iron ponies do not have better
luck, Raleigh will sink into its original
quietude and go down to oblivion.
-Mansford, at the corner of Second
and Monroe streets, has all the month
lies-GGldEg, HaTper'S ScTibRer'S, Lip
pincOtfS, Catholic, etc.-the american
and Southern and British Quarterlies,
the illustrated papers, of which Frank
LeSlie'S is the best. Also, all the sport
ing and novelette, weeklies, as well as
the leading daily papers Of the Union.
A couple of negroes, named respect
lively Peter Flynn and Sam j. ThOmp-
son, were before the Recorder yesterday,
charged with rObbing a c~OuntTyman on
the levee and c~onfiscating about three
dollars and seventy-fve cents. As the
operation showed that the d~epredatOrs
were adopts at their nefarious business,
the Recorder committed them TO Jail 20
await trial without bail.
-Till-tapping appears to be the order
Ofthe day, especially among the darkIes;
and it is quite evident that by means Of
the spOils they are preparing for the com
ing election. No less than four of these
WORTHLESS were before the Police Court
yesterday, two of whom We're committed
and bail refused, while Tom Ford and
Bob Frayser, being unable to give sure
ties in the sum of two thousand dollars,
went TO the Jackson Hotel till the next
term of the Criminal Court.
Chief Athy is making the most ex-
tensive arrangements to preserve the
peace on election day. A very large
number of special policemen will be
sworn in for the occasion, and no effort
will be spared on the part Of Captain
Athy and his officers to have everything
pass off pleasantly and to the satisfac-
ton Of all. Let every law-abiding citi-
zen consider himself a guardian of the
peace on Thursday, and harmony will
prevail.
The Nashville Union and Americap
of Saturday says: Yesterday Governor
Brown respited the death sentence Of :
L. J. EasOn, convicted in the Shelby :
Criminal Court of the murder of Ed. :
Lyles. EasOn was sentenced to be :
hanged the second day of August and :
has been respited until the fifteenth Of =
September. An application for commu-
tatiOn of the death sentence to imprison-
ment for life is before the Governor, who I
has not yet examined its merits" [
There is music in the name of Gas 5
ton. 1t is redOlent with everything $
that is good, and brings to remembrance J
substantial breakfasts, glorious dinners [
and prime suppers, with all the delica- :
cies of the season cooked TO perfection. !
The celebrated restaurant over which
hr. John CASTOR has presided so long
with so much pleasure 10 his hundreds,
aye, thousands of patrons, has been
for a few weeks for the purpose Of
repainting and redecorating, and will be \
reODened with ecldf on Thursday. This f
will be glorious news to all his patrons. n
who will flock back to enjoy once more Y
The good things Of this life. o
On Saturday, Mr.. Holcombe, a most h
exemplary young man, aud one Of the s
bremen over the men EN- plOyed in lay 4
ng down the pipes for the new water 4
works, became a victim to the intense n
prevailing heat, and died the same even
ng. His remains were decently and
inferred al the expense of the
contractor of the works, Mr.. Ruther-
ord. In order 10 screen his men a. l
much as possible from the intense rays
# the sun whileat work, Mr.. Ruther-
ord, in the most praisewOTthy manner, t
has had constructed quite q number Of
ent awnings for sheltering the men en-
IA AA66AA6 ~ AANANlllNos lnfN
used yesterday and worked adj
nirably. q
A young man from the country, re- 81
in the name Of Clinton Calvin, e
vas the victim Of a three-card monte u
yame on the levee yesterday. He was \
.ccOsted by q well-dreSsed individual 4
With reddish face and hair, who showed o.
lin three cards, and wanted TO know il Z
le could "pick on the baby" as the card W
called, as there was a small black u
pot on this particular card. Calvin had \
10 difficulty in doing so three several te
lines, but when he went 30 bet fifteen W
.Ollars on the result, the case was differ al
and finding he had been duped, be K,
his loss at police headquarters. \
Athy sent some of his smart de III
in search Of the m~onte-player. -
The meeting Of the working classes, ~ ~
nnounced to take place on the bluff ",
lst night, proved a failure. Only about -
dozen Of the parties interested putting Vi
! an appearance. Colonel A. II. Doug
who, it was stated, was to address OF
ne meeting, on observing the paucity of
ersOns in attendance, declined to crate,
nd quietly took mis- departure. The .
spirit of the affair. who seemed ~
!, be an intelligent mechanic, stated "
nat the meeting had been got up for the 80 ~
melioration of the working classes, and III
,emed to lament that he was paid five oo
Dllars a day, working in the shade. ce
lille poor laborers only got a couple Of
and had TO work in the sun these
It days. The only way is for the gen.
TO divide with some poor laborer en-
his neighborhood. nj,
On Thornton avenue the city has at sa,
st undertaken a work that has been an
ng needed. A brick culvert is to be gu
Id near the junction of Carroll avenue tn,
drain the water from the gulley rum att
ng between it and Alabama street. res
hen this is done, no doubt we shall in
We a sidewalk laid down that will not ora
owe as weak as the last structure. of
eanwhile would it not be well for the oh
ntractOr 10 lay a temporary plank 'Il
Tx for the convenience Of pedestrians, his
whom there are a great number re- anC
ling on Alabama and beyond, who, act
lerwise, viii be compelled to 90 very the
out Of their way by Bull Run street anC
jackson street TO get home. In other 7
les this is always done. We hope it 80
II oe done here in this instance. The dis
bic convenience should always be qui
nsulted. ON
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