Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-28
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

There will be preachingth this evening
at the Chelsea Methodist Church, at seven
O'Clock, by Rev. J.. Truslow.
F. B. Willard claims ten thousand
dollars damages from the city for injuries sus-
tanned by falling into a hole on Beal street, on
the fourth Of July. The complaint states that
the hole was LEFT open by the negligence OF
the city authorities.
Squire Spellman yesterday sent one
Nathan Porter, a notorious colored thlei, 10
Jail in default OF bonds. Nathu had been
plying his nefarious avOcation in the neigh
borhoOd Of Bartlett.
In the Recorders Court yesterday
morning, Allen Payne was bound over in the
sum Of two thousand dollars 10 appear before
the Criminal Court, on the charge OF grand
larceny.
"A slight scrimmage between two
beiligerant individuals, on the corner Of JEFF
ferson and Main streets, yesterday, collected
quite a crowd Of curious spectators. Both
parties were arrested.
1t is supposed that a man who car
/ ries a a carries il TO support some weak
ness. Billy Adams says some OF our cane-car-
riers must have their weakness in their heads
Is they appear robust otherwise.
The physicians in attendance on the
/ young man Murray. who was shot in a Front
street saloon a few nights ago, say that his
condition IS rather precarlous, ana mold our
no great hopes for his recovery.
AT an early hour this morning, DR..
Miner. assisted by Drs. Rice and Mitchell, ex-
tracted the bali from young Murray, who was
shot on Front street a few evenings ago. Tn
| operation was a successful one.
Rev. L. c. Ransom returned to the
city yesterday invigorated by a sojOurn OF
three weeks in Middle Tennessee, and Will
preach in the Court Street Cumberland Pres
byterian Church tomorrow at the usual hour
We received a dispatch yesterday
afternoon from Captain B. r. Moore, agent or
the Louisville lottery drawing, that the man
ayers had unanimously consented TO postpone
the proposed drawing TO the seventh OF De
cember.
We received the following dispatch
NEW YORK, September 26, 1872.
EDITORS APPEAL-Please announce in the
APPEAL thai my great show will visit all the
principal towns in the entire South this COM
ing winter. BARNUN."
The new building of Fargason, Clay
& Cos on shelby street, is fast approaching
completion. II is an ornament to our city. 1t
VIII be thrown open 10 inspection in a short
time, when we viii take great pleasure in
giving a full description of il. This beautiful
structure ana the elevator. near by, make
south Memphis loom up. The paving Of the
pleted before bad weather. What a relief to
the poor mules!
-Much has been said Of late in our
newspapers concerning the burning Of the
bluffs near Fort Pillow, and, as a general
thing II has been attributed TO the intense
heat Of the sun. But now comes Master Davis,
son Of William Davis, who keeps a ferry near
Futon, who acknowledges that he himself is
the cause Of the great subterranean confagra-
ton, having set fire to IL himself. At latest
reports the coal vein was still burning far in
to the bowels Of the earth.
Whether it was a peculiar liking the
woman took 10 Rogers, or an u~naccountable
desire on the mans part 10 wed a negro that
led 10 ii, remains a mystery, but certain il is .
10 Miss Martha EubankE colored, at SardiS,
Mississippi, on Thursday, by Hon. c. :. Fisher, !
Judge OF the Court down there. This couple J
had been in a state or crime for some years :
previously, and had to take the matrimonial !
7oke in order 10 legaIize the iniquity. I
The Ledger says the Grand Jury +
IRE going to suppress keno-if they can. lis y
veil the keynote is sounded. As regards this y
lemOraliZing institution Of keno, It's war to a
knife, and the knife TO the hilt. Let this Il
damnable OF seductive games be wiped q
ut from our city. 4 series of articles pre- 81
JARED by one who knows, viii be published in a
he APPEAL explanatory OF the hauCful in Ia
.uences OF this gameu upon the working classes {,
I the community. Let not the Grand Jury leg q
n their good work until the voice OF the Sc
roller" is heard no more in the land. Twere Il
ar better that our city should be inflicted II
With the seven plaques Of Egypt than with n
he most accursed and ~imminently ruinous h
Of keno. %
Wheels of pdpieT mdche are coming ~
alto use on railways. The have been known II
CaT-builders for some time, but the demand N
1r them has been moderate on account of n
heir cost, Notwithstanding the admitted fact n
"a they VI safe dAtA EANN -EtlNEs llEA are fV
anufactured by bringing a pressure Of three "
undred and fifty tons upon sheets of COM =,
ioa straw paper, which forces them into a al
impact mass, which Is then turned perfectly n.
Jund and the hub forced into a hole in the =,
enter, this requiring a pressure of twenty-five \,
ms weight. The tire is of steel. and mas a M
1erter-inch bevel upon its inner edge, thus In
the paper filling to be forced in. two of
and fifty tons pressure being required "a
the process. Two iron plates, one upon n
.ch side Of the paper, are bolted together, m
hich prevents the possibility of the Killings II,
)ming out. The tire rests upon the paper e.
lly, and partakes OF its elasticity in conse- N
hence. Although these wheels are much m
expensive than those in common use, il nj
claimed they wear longer, iniure the track Fl
s., and run with less noise than wheels of al
~ other pattern. They are already used on Or
me Of the Pullman palace cars. be
We learn from the Nashville Union H,
Va 4mertcdR Of the twenty-fOurth instant, 10
al - lew DAYS ago while a gentleman ~,
Woodward, with two young ladies, his IN
eces, were driving in "A wagon down the oS
AIDED road on Church Mountain, twelve ~
lie from hOgerSVtle, Hawkins county, the -
irness stay broke and the vehicle ran upon VI
e launches Of the hOrses, showing them OF ~
D~recipice twenty-five feet high. Seeing his ne
ability 10 prevent the fearful accident Mr. PR
oOdward leaped rom the vehicle which, ~
IN the ladies w~hO,occupying the back seat, tus
Tried over the brink and fell below. In the ny
the wagon strucl&he rocks and bounding ~
WAS landed nfug feet below the place -
iere IL nrsJ MT after leaving the edge OF the ~
eciplce, landing beneath the horses. "
the wagon was shiVered in ruins, the oIu
ung ladies were extracted from the wreck sOu
ana ns5n M Fr,i1.s. thss De
Chilly injured but was able to walk to a ~
use some distance on where medical aid ut
s summoned. The horses escaped injury PEI
q not long after regalning their feet com ~,
,fdsnr ~ Woo5vrarJ ~ = - aanS the
,tIsTan rest5es 800 T,dio,aaoT1 fS liel
a, and IS a merchant By vocation. His lhe
were going home with him 10 attend CoL
IOOI, and their eNcanH is mlrgcuINTS They i NAd
4 disfsnca ~ sa,sentv go IanSfn. wOi
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