Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-03
LOCAL P~ARAGRAPHS.

- shortly.
The great ball Of the Odd Fellow
e takes place st the Club Hall tonight
r The elite will be there.
i There is q team Of oxen awaiting
n an owner at the stables adjoining thu
Adams street station house.
The Marie case is not yet finished
The argument for a new trial will b,
concluded this morning by Turner.
The Irish Literary Association viii
elect new officers Thursday night
Meeting at " o'clock, in the hall OF
Poplar street.
The cheerful Ministries peTambulateC
the streets yesterday making music fol
the theater. They are a go-a-head, hope,
/. ful set Of chaps.
The brother of Patrick Flaherty
writes from Illinois TO the Chief of Pc
: lice, inquiring for Patrick, who, he says,
is sick in Memphis.
The fourth month of nou-payment
Of the police department. The boys are
becoming anxious to get none to pay
their grocery and washing bills.
All the stables in the city had their
doors thrown open yesterday, to admit
= the wholesome air from without. The
hOstlers are ceasing to fear old Ep.
Whoever is interested in a lost over
coat that was found at the Exposition
building after the bal masque had better
call at Captain Athy's office andidentify
property.
We shall have a lively contest in
the city wards at the election for Coun-
cilmen and School Visitors, a few weeks
D fr,,, nnu T1,o -s,nc a1r,alv- llrsw-
ing in" their men,
Contradictory reports are in c~ircula-
ton in reference to the prevalence of
Henfiuendways in this vicinity. There
appears to lie no danger of the turkey,
so far as heard from.
-" Who can give me the best Gefni-
ton of a square rOot?' said one of our
pedagogues to a smart class, yesterday.
" The bog, sir" replied a new pupil
from Happy Hollow.
The horse complaint appears to have
passed the crisis. Many animals have
taken the lung fever, while the majority
are improving. Those that were taken
out to exercise yesterday were quite
lively.
Rev. DIR. Chapman will preach to-
night at the Central Methodist Church,
Union street, taking for his text the first
verse, tenth chapter, of Genesis, show
ing its bearing on the fOssiliferous strata
Of the earth.
The city fire department filled up
the cisterns last night, through the me-
dunn of the water-wOrks pipes, from the
tanks of Davis, on the bluff. The new
plan of replenishing the city cisterns
works well.
We have news that the steamer H.
Clay Wilson, bound for Cincinnati from
New Orleans, was wrecked at Island
Seventy-One, OIL Friday, together with
two barges. The particulars will be
found in our river column.
There is a pet deer in the yard of
the Adams street statiOnhouse, which
was taken there during the cold weather
byR cOlored woman, who is a disciple of
Bergh. She had compassion on the fawn
and took it in out of the cold.
One of the fire engines was engaged
yesterday in pumping the water Out of
the cellar under the County Court build
ing. The four steamers threw several
tons Of fluid into it the previous night,
in their efforts to "put out" the fire.
The following was posted on the
door Of a church in the country: "This {
is to give notice that no person is to be
buried in this churchyard but those {
in the parish. Those who wish /:
to be buried are desired to apply to me, i
Ephraim Grub, parish clerk" I
The Home Insurance Company, of I
which is often COMPOUNDED by |
reporters for the press, with the " Home, " !
Of New York, wishes to state mod !
asty that they incurred no loss at the I
on the corner of Second and Union /
streets, on the night Of the first instant. 5
Barney Cox had the pleasure, yester-
lay, of conveying to the county jail five .
arceneOus individuals, all colored, who !
vent there in default Of finding four or (
i've thousand dollars bond each. They !
we're guilty Of affecting butter and =
'hickens. BeingtoO fond of ones stom- {
Ich is not at all a safe passion. u
-Nessrs. Geer and Sloan, barkeepers y
It the Worsham House, sent a bowl of \
,gg-nOg to the APPEAL office last even a
ng, which was pronounced excellent by
hose who partOOk Of it. The fact of so
much eggs being available for so pious
purpose is sufficient proof that there is
10 h~enfluenza in the country. The re-
,Ort must be a piece of egg-otestic A
.hick-anry on the part Of some country
loose.
Yesterday cOntrasted very pleasant
Y with the preceding Monday, which .
vas a damp, gloomy day, and not a /,
cam visible on the streets. Everybody I,
Ooked blue, and a sort of " deadnessn o
everything. Yesterday, on O.
he contrary, was bright, sunshiny and 3
Business appeared to be rush. n
ng, and the sportiye mule and solemn =
were hopping and tOddling about v
+,
An honest old darkey, whose expec- d
atoms of getting a f~orty-acre planta- u
ion and a domestic jackass for voting C,
he Radical ticket were entirely sincere, Il
ow goes back on his friends in this 81
rise: "Dem carpet-baggin' scalawag N
sllers, dey tell us dar war pervision in q
e constitution for we cullud folk, but II
at was a lie-dem provisions didn't ia
ONE. Fore God, massa, l amt seen Il
e fust mou'ful." in
The majestic steamer James How "
I'd, the mightiest leviathan Of the az
appears at the wharf this morning, M
nd leaves this afternoon for New Or OF
ans. The river rises six feet, more or u
IS, when the Howard occupies the u
and when more, Hopefeld e1
eeth to the mountains of Hepsidam. 10
o down this afternoon and look at the Is
Howard, even if you wouldn't IN
epizoOte and smallpox, and travel CT
a floating paradise to New Orleans. M
is hew Clark, the Clerk *
ect of Clark County, Arkansas, -
as shot by Habricht, the acting eI
ERIK: Mr.. Clark, the Clerk elect, -
ent into the Clerks office . to 9i
sumo his duties; the acting Clerk did
1t like it, and a row ensued. Habricht
ed three shots at Clark, one OF which
ok effect ia the neck and will prove
ortal. The acting Clerk having thus
It a quietus on Clark, there must erI
,eds be another election for County %
ERIK in Clark County.
The City Council will have many av
lpOrtant questions up before it to-mor- ia
W evening; ways and means of paying IN
the police and fire departments must
considered. The matter of removing ku
xes from the street railroad so the peO- hi.
e may travel for five cents will also ri,
up, or at least, ought to be consid- tie
1t Is Of much importance to the Hi
lblic to nave the fare reduced. The 70,
Iestion OF regulating the salaries Of all ca,
rts Of city officials win no doubt be
nsidered. Thus it may be seen, there -
ay be lively times and eloquent de- IT..
ties. C6TAfRnR Ia
"A Somerville lady tells the follow ri
e: An old female darky came to her II
have a letter written to "Aunt An X,
cha,'i another cOlored friend. The L.
iy wrote the letter satisfactorily to the n,
cd old darky, but when she came to
rect u 10 Jus me Iemarked wi
y ul1 not S1acty nil" nov 70 ere
Ell Ahhlcha- me oiu SOUL fepineo; in
name at al~l-everybody knows Aunt wi
lDicha-jes send de letter along with nm
{ writing on Il at ALL The letter was u