Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-08

lyear is not expected to be a swamper,
Mr.. Vaeearo, who has been very IN
wen for some time past, is rapidly recov-
ering.
The divorce misunderstanding be-
tween Joe MussO and his wife has been
amicably settled.
A sensible old farmer says that the
~locusts this year are not seventeen but
eighteen year locusts.
AT present there are five hundred es-
adjustments Of various sorts on q strike
throughout the country.
The new Peabody schOolhouse is
larger than the n at the corner Of
Third and Market streets.
The gas people are laying down new
blocks in the NfcolsOn pavement wher-
ever they have injured the old ones.
The ordinary run of the thermome-
ter yesterday wa ninety-three. There
were cases in which it went up to nine
ty-fve.
A bad boy was arrested yesterday
for stealing a hat, and another bad boy
was arrested for having said hat in pos
session.
The latest phase of extravaganza is
prescribing Dolly Warden pills for a hun
CRY beggar that was found sick on the
Sidewalk.
Father Burke will be here next
week. If the weather should not prove
too hot he viii preach once or twice in
Memphis.
Trombone blowing, guitar thumb
ing, violin rasping, and piano clawing
make up the "voices Of the night in
Memphis.
A runaway on Beale street last
evening scattered four cans of milk and
spilled the driver. The horse was run
ming after hay.
Only a few Justices from the eOun-
try districts have handed in their books
10 the County Clerk The assessmentin
the city is not complete yet.
The foundations of a monastery for
the Franciscan Friars viii be laid at the
corner Of Third and Market streets on
sunday, by Bishop Feehan.
in another month the schools and
academies will be all closed, and the
young nes rolling either in the city
dust or the cOuntry's meadows.
The Annual Commencement Of the
Memphis Ladies' Institute viii take
place in the Club Hall Monday, June
18th, al eight O'Clock in the evening.
There is no section Of the suburbs,
save HOpefield, that does not show
strong indications of prosperity in build
ing. Houses are going up everywhere.
The price of cotton Is three or four
cents higher than on the first Of May.
A man who would have invested about
five hundred dollars in cotton that time
could have doubled his money.
The moonlight excursion on one of
the largest boats that comes into the
port Of Memphis finds favor in the eyes
OF the wealthy public who have decided
10 remain at home this summer.
The children Of the Methodist Sun
d~ay-schOol of Chelsea viii have their
annual picnic to-day at the Leath Or
Dhan Asylum. The children attending
the school number about seventy.
1t is said there are great droves Of
cattle grazing OF the pTairies through
railroad runs. They are principally
from Texas, and are getting up some fat
for the Memphis market.
The green-eyed took possession of a
man named Bishop yesterday, and in
duced him TO follow his wife around the
city until life became a burden to her.
Bishop was before Squire Miller yester-
day, who cOnvertedhim into an anchor
ite-he is in Jail.
Those countless thousands who are
anxious TO get a fortune, are buying up
The lottery tickets for the eleventh Of
July. Five thousand dollars most peO-
pie think would be a good thing to get
about that time. Many are buying two
tickets thinking they will draw both big
prizes.
The foundry and machine shop Of
Cubbins d Gum is fast becoming one
Of the most popular in the Southwest.
They have unsurpassed facilities for
turning out all kinds Of work in their
line. Their prOmptness and reasonable
charges are fast winning for them a
most enviable reputation.
There are certain Authorizations in
names which, though quite common,
would not be tolerated by preachers.
The editor Of a country contemporary
told an apprentice 10 ~abbreviate the
name of Rev. James DOUgherty in a
local notice; the apprentice put it in
% Rev. Jim - for short, and that editor
had to apologize.
Trout are indisputably delicious eat
ing, but trout themselves do not seem
to be very particular about what they
feed upon. An account from Ten-mile
bayou states that a gentleman, while
on a p~iscatOrial excursion the other day,
caught a trout weighing one and a quar-
ter pounds, which, when dressed, was
foundtO contain a good-sized meadow
rat, and a striped snake two feet long!
The Central Methods Church Sab
bath-schoOl will have a picnic to-day.
It viii be held in the Alexander Picnic
Grounds, situated just beyond St.Agnes
Academy, on Vance street. Mr.. Alex
ander has very generously given the
church the use of bis delightful grounds,
free of charge, and will attend inpersOn.
such acts deserve great praise. All the
friends Of the church are invited to at
tend.
The most laughable row that has
occurred in Memphis for several years
took place a few evenings ago, in that
elysium of bliss, Happy Hollow. A
vicious cat killed a pup, and thereupon
suits were entered before Justice Spell
man, in whose presence the feline and
canine merits Of the Ease were fully dis
cussed for seven mortal hours. he sent
the parties litigant to their homes, and
told them to say their prayers.
in Helena, a woman supposed to be
insane, and INDUCED with watches and
close surveillance for sOme months past,
was found missing by her sleepy guard
on awakening from a short doze one
dark, rainy night recently. The hus-
band was called, the alarm sounded, the
whole n~eighborhOOd aroused and organ
lied into a search party, when, 10! the
lunatie made her appearance in their
midst and said she had been down to the
river and taken a survey, and concluded
not to drown herself this time, as it
might occasion her children unpleasant
feelings.
AT the meeting of the Exposition
Directory, Thursday night NJ. ID. Mere
kin and Ben Eisman were elected Di-
rectors, vice johnson and Bruce, who
said they could not attend regularly, and
y. NJ. Jones was elected to fill the place
of Mr.. LangstaR, who is away from the
city and may not be back very soon.
The Directory authorized the Building
Committee to contract for the erection
of a twenty thousand dollar building for
Exposition purposes. Already seventeen
thousand dollars of the money has been
subscribed. There wiz be no difficulty
in procuring even seventeen thousand
more.
"A small case Of gaseous interest wa
before Justice Moore yesterday. The
merits OF II are easily told. Nh. smith,
the gas-fitter on Third street, cut the
pipe inside the meter that supplies Dun
bars saloon for some purpose OF other
the purpose Of Increasing the burners
or something of that sort. For this
Captain Gift was arrested for a misde-
meanOT and tried before the Squire. As
far as any wrong-doing is concerned, he
appears 10 have been perfectly blameless.
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