Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-20
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Hack IS is Fatty Dugan's number.
The Baxter movement is not deRd-it
fell 'tstill-born."
There Is more business transacted at
ths Memphis pOstohce than il that Of the
cities double in population,
The police complain thss business is
very duh about the city st present. Not
half q dozsn arrests were made yesterday.
The dolly Warden" costume 80 much
abused by the papers, is having a heavy
ru1 At the North, and viii also at the
South.
Mr.. Mercur, from the house commit
tss on the judiciary. has reported to con-
grsss 8 bill 10 amend the bankrupt lsW Of
1867 We will print the full text of IL to-
morrow,
The movement by the women Metho-
diEts OF ST. Louis to secure the ordination
favor with many OF the gentle sex in
Memphis.
John Hull, q negro OF Presidents
Island, who was wounded in the fray
with John White on Sunday last, died
Yesterday from his wounds. Coroner
Mofslt held an inquest last evening.
The case Of Fatty Mazinnis and the
other man will be heard before Justice
Winters in q day or two, The gentlemen
engaged in getting up evidence ask a con-
tinuance, in order to perfect their chain
Of testimony.
The annual fair for the benefit Of the
orphan asylum, viii commence this year
the first OF April, in the Assembly hall.
Tbs fair will be q great thing inasmuch as
the ladies Of the four Catholic churches in
the city are interested in its success.
Hart, a well known gambler, robbed
Bsrnum q Co. Of a three hundred and
fftV-5olRr gold watch, which he sold for
one hundred and fifty dollars, and left
the town. The police sre after him. lis
fellow gamblers curse Hart for disgrRcinR
them for this theft.
White, the bIsck. Of Presidents
Island fame, was before Justice Hall, on 8
preliminary examination, yesterday, The
facts sworn to ny the witnesses are much
the same as thcse published in the APPEAL
OF Monday morning. The examination
viii DO continued tO-dsy.
The police and FIRE departments were
paid their monthly stipend lately, and
hence there are more smiling faces
among them thsn usual. The police pre-
sented q very fine appearance as they
went through their evOlutions ct the tri-
weekly drill last evening.
AT q recent meeting Of the stockhold-
etS of the Shelby County Agricultural
sssocistion, the amendments 70 their char
ter were accepted. The standing COM
mittee on getting up q fair were also in
structed 70 go vigorously TO work prepar-
ing for the next exhibition.
The spring term Of races over the Cad
do course viii commence Monday, May s
1874, and continue six days. The races
viii be under the control and management
OF tbs Czddo Jockey Club, who viii do all
in their power to make the racing inter-
esting to n of blood stock and Wis
itOrs,
The value Of the Western river ma.
rins exceeds S2S, 600, 000. An interest so
vast Is this osrtsinly deserves liberal en-
enlargement by the gensrsl government.
Where millions 90 to subsidizs railroads, /
only thousands are appropriated to i'm
prove the crest channels of inland naVi-
CATION.
"A sententious reader propOunds thiEi
"MR. EDIToR-What is GerrymsnderP"
To which the reply iR: "Gerrymspder Is
20 divide as q Ssste into local districts
for the choice Of Representatives, In q way
which is unnatural and unfair, with q
view TO give political party an advantage
over It's opponent"
The pistol which was found in the
hand Of young Atkinson, when his body
was discovered near Whitesides, Is what
is called a "FouIth Of July pistol" about
inches long, with the number rs upon
lefB-hand side of 1t, Il Ia q very suA-
circumstance that there was no
on It ~ be held it In his hand.
The German Msifest this year will
lake place on Monday, the 8sh Of May.
Alresdy the various German societies In
.he city are beginning to make arrange
nents for the great festival, which will be
.he largest ever given in this section.
There are six societies engaged now In an
sGort to make IL a magnificent success.
Everybody who had the pleasure Of
Mrs. Moulton, the charming
American ~csntstice, viii unite in a re.
,rst that is common 10 the people Of the
whole country, consequent upon the !
cath Of her husband, which sad event {
r8nspir6o yesterday st Cambridge, Mas :
schuBetts. She has cancelled ali her en- {
,egements and returned East.
The notorious Emma Reed who has
esn such a continuous trouble to the po- {
Ice and 10 the criminal court also, was 4
ent up for twenty = years yesterday q
3 jury in the criminal court. Her last G
ct was larceny frOmthe person, which {
lss proven upon her SO squsrely that the v
lry thought it best to send her where q
he can do no more violencs to public de- /
sncy. 2
The board appointed 10 examine ap-
ucants for scholarships in the Oxford G
nd Alcorn universities Of Mississippi 4
leets In Coffssvills on the first Monday d
April. There may be contestants for b
1eEe pfiz.s in this city. Several citizens q
I Memphis secured offices in Mississippi Is
hen BroWnloW went under, and there is q
o TessOB Why youths should not follow a
! the foOtsteps Of age. b
Mr.. Dan, SEigert, Of Kentucky, has Il
be following stable &C New Orleans TO Il
artioipste in the spring races over the 2
Ietaifie COURSE: Pilgrim, i've years Old. D
y Lexington; Moriacchi, four years old,
yLexington; WsndersT, four yesrs old, n
= LexiBgtoDi ShylOck, three years old, L
2 Lexington; StockWood, four years old. n
= Asteroid; Bette Washington, three AZ
old, by Lexington; Emeti, three q
ears old, by As.eroid. Asnearly all the 81
0rsss that run et New Orleans also run a,
4 our course, It is very likely this stable a
IL be found on u course Ia April. 81
"a letter from Washington states that 81
Is proposed that the government shall dl
,ntracs with Gowsn's National Ship 81
uoying and Towing company, for the b
ansfer o. vessels across tbs oar az the
outh Of the Mississippi Congress now
insiders a bill for this purpose. Anoth-
Dill pending provides for refundinR to
IAlErAH Tic HMlUEb OF lhXt6 ED6V
ave heretofore paid to the Federal gov
nuaent upon their salaries. II Is also
TO appoint a national commits. re
Of immigration, with q five thou te
dollar salary. Where Is Nh. Dono. hl
a,
The progress OF the city southwark ja a.
dictated os the tact that the . nerablo CO
le known as the Gayoso bosol. which. al
cause OF tbs overerOHded Condition 81 g
city, is now within isself q teeming oil
lisg5 # SIX or eight hundred inbsbi. gc
nft. IA which people dwell Is In Paris. 81
D fats, iB 70 become 9 osrsyanserai IS IN hf
Q oiden time. The property must Be
Id, IL Is said and Z organisation Of q 1
'esdy talked sbouh Eforta Rrs made {