Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-09

Nearly three inches Of rain fell here
abOuts yesterday.
Aid the orphans by attending the
fair this evening. 1t is a good cause.
The Orphans Fair, at Assembly
hall, will be the great attraction this
evening.
The storms and floods swept over all
the adjacent country yesterday, doing
much damage.
The Market street bridge, lei the
intersection of Fourth, was washed
away by the flood last evening.
A boy was sent to Jail yesterday for
stealing two dollars. He is likely to get
five years in the p~enitentiary.
The matter of establishing a COM
bined wOrkhOuse for the city and u
ty is worthy the serious consideration
Of the authorities.
Two more of the little thieves that
robbed Pettigrew's store of seventeen
thousand cigars, were arrested yesterday
by Detective McCune.
One of the favorable results of the
rainstOrm Of yesterday was the
thorough washing and cleansing of the
paved streets and sidewalks.
"A street-car mule fell and broke four
ribs on Beale street yesterday. He died
last night, and was deeply regretted by
his hybrid brethren and sistern.
Owing to the heavy storm of yes
terday the drawings in the Missouri
State lottery were not received by tele-
graph, and thus not reported this morn
ing.
The first picnic of the season we
have heard mentioned viii be that of
the SOciete al URiOae e FFatdJ0HzG tai
lana, which will take lplace about the
fourteenth Of next month.
The ball given i'm the Memphis Club
Hall last night, by the gentlemen Of the
Hibernian Brass Band. was a preat suc-
notwithstanding the very unfavOr-
able weather that preceded.
This bad weather has set back plant
ing very seriously. There is a remedy at
hand, hOwever-Dugan's machine
which will do all the work of twenty
hands and not cost u quarter as much.
The contest for the gOld-headed cane
for the most popular man for Sheriff.
promises to be a lively affair. The polls
viii be open at the Assembly hall this
evening, and a full vote is requested.
Wolf river bridge, and the trackway
Of the Memphis and Charleston road
for two hundred and fifty yards, was sub
merged yesterday; but the regular train
leaving to-day at II as will go through.
Parties who viii persist in convert
ing themselves into walking armOries
would do well to keep clear Of Recorder |
Winters, who is very properly taxing
such institutions the full extent of the
The ladies of the congregation of st.
Lazarus church are requested TO meet at
the church Immediately after the meet
of the Yestry, this afternoon at four
Important business % be con-
sidered.
The jail register shows a falling of
Of near one hundred per cent. In the
number of prisoners confined in that in
stitutiOn. At present there are but
last month at this time
here were one hundred and ffty-two.
There ~ no danger that the Little
road Will sustain any material
ietriment because of recent r~ain-storms.
The newly made embankment may be
tattened out in spots when sOftened by
he absorption Of water, but the damage
lone will be slight.
From early morning till five O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, we had heavy rain
accompanied by fog, darkness and a
iweltering, unWhOlesOme heat. At six
the sky had frightened up, the
Iir became clear and bracing, and the
Weather generally cheerful.
A letter from Carroll county tells US
,ur farmers are going ahead, their lands
re all pretty well prepared for planting, i
md l think there win be an unusually f;
crop Of cotton planted this season. !
We have had an exceedingly cold win !
or, but not much rain. }
Those cases reported from the Su-
Dreme Court as having gone up from the !
'irst Circuit Court of Shelby, and were
eversed, went up from the old court, of q
which Reeves and Swayne We're Judges. r
III the cases from the First Circuit up to c
hundred and eleven were sent from 5
be old court. 5
The MdJest committee had a meet q
X at the Club Hall last night 10 further II
erfect arrangements. A letter was "
FAD from Carl Schurz, in reply to an
.lvitatiOn sent to him, in which he
sys if his senatorial duties will permit, "
e will be here on the 5th OF May, the tC
ay previous to the festival. h
The "DundreaFyisms" in vogue !"
yerywhere now among the pretty girls y
Re only nominally adapted to the =
Smiles wreath sweet faces as .
Ouds do the skies, but the sun bursts "
in splendOr, and eyes Of beauty
with delight when an apothegm Z
7 DundreaTy falls from richly pouting r
ps. ~
The United States Circuit Court at q
edmond, Virginia, yesterday gave a III
confirming the recent decision l.
Baltimore that States have no right n
impose discriminating taxes on non ~
traders. Mayors and other pet
justices in Tennessee Will please take
and govern themselves accord q,
gly. q
heavy rain of yesterday washed -
It several large holes in Thornton ave Il
Ne. and il is feared that where the cul- a.
ri crosses il, near Carroll avenue, the -,
adway will sink so as 10 render 1t inn -.
The street commissioner -
ould 90 to work Immediately upon it, ~
It is not only One of the leading thor q,
ghfares in the northern section of the -
y Out y much AscN " bhS tWO OF af
hundred children who attend the e.
abama-street public schools. -
Constable Barney Cox was ordered on
Justice Miller to take an insane man III
jail yesterday. The demented per- III
n walked along quietly and sensibly M,
ough til be reached the gate of the tic
lson5 but then protested, as any one vi,
)ulds against being locked in there ~.
ainst his viii, without a crime. He "a,
Ne a good coat of Barney's back and ~,
herwise displayed his love of freedom -
a very sensible manner. The iaiI ~
however, went to the rescue. and -
we'd BaTney's vest and also lodged the =
an inside Of strong iron bars.
The beautiful, pleasant weather oflfk,
nday, proved only TO be a precursor rel
8 most violent WindstOFm, which set 10