Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-23
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The intense cold of yesterday KEEP
the churches empty.
The days hereafter viii be marked
by increased length and GOODNESS.
"A fair for the benefit of the orphans
viii commence in the Assembly Hal
I tonight
Tonight, unusual attractions at the
J Grand Observation-Disclosures Mcclure
takes a benefit.
Poor Eugene, the. young colored,
was put under bonds of two thousand
dollars by Recorder Winters.
All the courts except the Second
! Circuit have adjourned till next year.
] The Second Circuit viii adjourn to-day,
Ten gentlemen formed a cOterie yes
terday TO have a dinner themselves on
/ Christmas day that shall cost exactly
fifty dollars.
Our cold weather here is but part OF
another general atmospheric wave, that
has froze all the country this side Of the
Rock range.
1t is estimated that twenty thousand
fires ragged in Memphis yesterday, and
that nearly five thousand bushels Of coal
were consumed, keeping the shins OF
the sinners warm.
The prettiest card of admission we
have seen this year comes to US from the
Secretary Of "Our FavOrites, y festive
body of young men who propose to have
a social gathering In the Cochran Hall
on New Years Eve.
Owing 10 the non-arival Of the
brides trousseau, the marriage which
was to take place publicly to-day at
eleven O'Clock at the First Baptist
Church, viii be solemnized privately.
So unusual and severe was the
weather yesterday that labor on the
levee became scarce. Boats were de-
layed in shipping their cargOes. Coal
is also rising as the thermometer goes
down. a.
Saturday there was q rush end a
roar Of business on Union street. The
Jolly drivers Of mules and steers kept up
a continuous shout from morning till
night, while the street was blocked
with vehicles.
There was a glorious fight on Center
alley Saturday between white man
and a dusky brother. The weapons
were fists, sticks, stones, knives and
pistols. The combat ragged long and
loud until detective Walsh came down
upon them like cold bath, proclaimed
peace and suggested the stationhouse.
The most interesting paragraph that
Sunday afforded in Memphis was the
Of the APPEAL at the
usual hour, which was due to the freezing
Of a steam-pipe, about two O'Clock in the
morning, connected with the machinery
that drives our press. The misfortune
could not be remedied until late In the
day.
That malignant and annoying
negro known as "Red-shirt Bill" 9TH
erNgise Billy Jones, who was indicted by
the Criminal Court Grand Jury, and got
out Of jail some time ago, was arrested
yesterday By Detective Cusick. The
jailoT offered a reward Of ten dollars for
his reapprehension. Bill had been guilty
Of a grievous assault.
VIII MansfOrd, corner of Second
and Monroe streets, has Har-
per's, Scribner's, the Atlantic
and al the English and Amer
lean monthlies, the illustrated week
lies, and the New York and other
prominent dailies. Frank Leslie's Al
manac, for 1873, is on his counters, and
AnS 4 opuiHi otlrACS AAohlulg5 Aiic bcSt
publication Of the day.
We are advised that the children Of
Calvary Church viii have a celebration
on Christmas night. From what we
learn Of the arrangements, we are
confident that Il WIN be an occasion Of
much interest The fine choir of Cal
vary Church, aided by many eminent
singers Of our city, win execute some
appropriate anthems. Besides songs by