Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-19


transaction would find welcome publi-
cation In the daily papers, q thus 9
social revolution would be maugurated
productive Of the happiest results.
The police force were paid yester-
dav for services rendered during the
month Of March.
"A police officer had sad experiences
| on OvertOn street yesterday. He went
into a yard 20 arrest Joe Coden for whip
ping his wife, and while he was making
The arrest Sam. Marshall's dog bit him
on the leg. He very properly dubbed
the dog and arrested the dogs owner fol-
keeping a vicious animal.
Thomas Greed was arrested yester-
day for stealing an overcoat and q bun
die Of dry goods from a gentleman with
whom he had hired to go to Mississippi
TO work as a blacksmith. A colored
man vas also arrested for taking nine
dollars as advance pay from a farmer
that had hired him to go into the coun-
try TO labor on the land and then ran
away.
Another small fire In the upper part
Of the city drew out the extinguishers al
six O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The
engines went like fury up town, fol-
lowed by thousands of ~ragamuffins, in
search Of the flames. These frequent
alarms viii render the engines unfit to
do justice to the experiment on the
bluffs. There ought to be at least two
Of them brought into operation at once,
in order to test the matter of washing
away the bluffs.
We were lead into quite an error yes
terday that might, if it went incorrect
ed, infiict some damage upon a sterling
home insurance cOmpany-the Home,
Of which Mr.. Boiling is Secretary. We
stated in our monetary article that the
bonds of the Home were on the market
in large quantities, and without takers.
This appears not TO be the case. MI. BO-
Ian SAYS that he does not know of any
stock of his company upon the market,
ling Is certain there are no bonds. We
make the correction cheerfully. The
Home is a strong company, and Is 50
well esteemed by the public as 70 enjoy
a large share Of its patronage.
The races will commence Monday
week, April 29th, and last five days.
The finest lot of horses in the United
States will be here. Among them are
expected Monarehist, Frank Hampton,
Nellie Ransom, Saucebox, Nellie Gray,
Barney Williams, Nathan Oaks, Pill
grim, Arizona, Niagara, Morlacchi,
Madame Dudley, Wanderer, Conduc-
tor, Tom Corbitt and Glenrose. As the
entrance will be free, and the ground
dotted with -mountebanks, hurdy-gur-
dies, merry-go-rounds, shooting CALLER
les, electrical machines, lung testers,
improvised tenpin alleys, telescopes,
side shows, learned pigs, monkeys that
keep house with interesting families,
Chinese jugglers, acrobats, menageries
and tnck-of-the-lOops, it viii be a great
week of fun. The like never was known
before.
General W. G. Harding's stable viii
arrive from Nashville to-day at noon, to
20 into exercise at the Chickasaw course.
The stables of Colonel Hunt, of st.
Louis, and Messrs. Cheatham and Cock
rll, Of Nashville, have already arrived.
That Of Messrs. Turner and johnson
will arrive here Saturday. The splendid
stables of Drane, Rice, Mccormick Jen-
nings, COttriu, Buford, Warrick, Dono-
hue and Gaffney, Moore, and others,
will leave New Orleans when the Louis
lana Jockey Club meeting is over. 1t
will be seen from this list that there will
be an abundance of fine horses here, and
the liveliest sort Of contests may b look-
ed for, of which there will be twelve Or
fourteen during the week. The first day
is generally the best of the lot, though
the general run OF the public do not ap-
preeiate the fact fully.
Justice Bleckley, of the County
Court, has a tedious time of it signing
twelve thousand five hundred pieces Of
paper, which are TO constitute n hun
bred thousand dollars of the cOunty's
loan to the Selma road. Most Of the
little slips are for five and ten dollars,
while some few are twenties. The
former hundred thousand dollars are all
off the market; over sixty thousand of
them have already passed into the hands
of the County Trustee, while nearly
forty thousand are in the hands of a
Madison street banker, who paid eighty
five cents on the dollar for them. The
tax which Is to meet the appro-
priatiOn to this road, is payable in these
securities. The people Of the county, of
course, when they come TO pay this tax,
viii be anxious to get hold of those GER
tifcates If anything a be saved by so
but they are so close up to par
that il would be almost as we'll 10
pay cash As 70 60 about looking for
% Selma certificates" to meet the tax.
The StiIlman Block, which Is about
to be torn down to make room for the
Masonic hall, was built in two months
in 1850, and the structure cost, when
completed, twelve thousand dollars.
The main part of the building was first
occupied by the city government, the
city offices and council chambers being
in the second story, It was leased to
the city for five years, but, for some
reason, occupied by them only three
years. The occupation commenced
May lst, 1850. While the city remained
its tenants, public lectures and political
meetings were frequently held therein.
Even before the building was erected,
the vacant lot was used for many public
gatherings. In 1852 the Tennessee
occupied the building for
several weeks. Although only twelve
years old, the building has a history
is worthy Of recording in the
pages Of the APPEAL. Alderman Vol
was shot In the building during
the war. A teacher was also plugged
By one of his pupils, and DR.. Hook was
found dead in his bed, believed 20 have
been murdered in the same famous
When the city vas vacated by
the Confederate forces the United States
took possession of it. 1t
a billiard hall atteTward; was also a
great place for holding fairs and such.
Recently it has been devoted to lawyers,
magistrates and n~ondescript purposes.
The period Of its usefulness Is now about