Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-25
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

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o gion by way Of Memphis, OF course to Arkan
sss.
The Dyer County Agricultural anC
= Mechanical Society have our thanks for an
! invitation 10 attend their fair, which com
mences on the fifteenth Of October, and VII
continue to the nineteenth.
The first number of the Alamo 70
brioL, a very neat and well made-up paper, was
received Yesterday. The publisher and edit.
OIs. MeSsrs. ". IYte NestbrOOk ami I'd II
Matthes, have our best wishes.
There was 20 election for Secretary
Of the Chamber Of Commerce yesterday -.
was enormously reported by the APPEAL
This officer will be elected by the Board OF
% dces who were elected yesterday by the
members.
1t is q curious fact, that deserves
some attention from our municipal aUrhOrI-
ties. thai the NicOlSon pavement between the
s--eet-car rails Is not half 50 much worn as
l4at on either side. There Is some philosophy
ll the bottom OF this fact.
Constable Shelby had a lively chase
after a mule-thief Monday. The splendid
charger on which Mat was mounted regu-
Ter rampant Rosinante-enableJ him TO over
take the mule-scamp and bring him safely
back to the city. squire Elliott dealt out even
Justice yesterday morning.
There is a common COMPLAINT
abroad about the scarcity Of tenement houses
in the city. If some enterprisiug p~hilanthro-
I VI>t who has money would lay out a hundred
Thousand dollars in the erection Of comfort
able cottages, he would confer a blessing on
the community, Il insure 10 himself large
DIVIDENDS yearly
In the Criminal Court yesterday,
Hm. Edwards, alias VIM. tarIis, was SEN
fenced 90 two years in the p~enitentiary, for
malicious stabbiug OF Henry Heath; 4. Ar
rata was found guilty Of malicious shooting
-,utcuce Withheld; and Charles Evans, a
negro, for house-StealIng, was sentenced TO
two years at hard labor.
The Dyersburg Gazette, Of Saturday,
.M-- aEv~-L Lar-- Aa-a D-LHa.Hm F..IrHF a.
rormed us that hands commenced laying iron
ODD The p. & NJ railroad, at Troy station, last
Monday. We learn work on the contract
through Dyer county viii be commenced next
week. NOwS the time 20 move to Dyer TO
plant your hundreds ana pluck your thou
sends.
About eleven O'clock last night this
.DcaIity was visited by "a most violent storm OF
wind, rain and hail, accompanied by vivid
laShes OF lightning and rapid pealsof thun-
der, which lasted fully am hOur and a hall.
Tie rain was a welcome visitor, but we fear
he wind aau hail proved disastrous 70 the
-0uutry districts. We wait the result with
BnNleJy.
There is no law in this town, it ap-
GEARS, for Furnishing the crime OF using falSa
weights and measures. vet the story is told that
such practice is quite common. There is no
record ia the country of a prosecution having
been instituted against any one offending la
tlls way. Cheating The poor IN this way is
bout the most heaTtleSs OF petty m-eanueSses,
and should be punished with exemplary
severity.
The negro who shot Burke in Scot
land SATURDAY is still at large. The evidence 4
seems 10 show that the murder was unpru-
y1ked aud cOld-blOOded as could possibly Doe.
4 reward ought 10 be offered for the appre-
ucnsion Of the perpetrat1r. when 10 shall be
KIN TO be felt that murderers viii be pursued
with sieepiess and terrible vigilance, and tnat
hey cannot possibly escape, then the Vaga-
bonds and ~cut-throaJs viii begin 70 have re-
-pecI for the law.
Our clever County Attorney, w. w. !
Mcdowell. Esq, has Just returned 10 the city /
from a trip Of several weeks in she rural dis
f-lcJs recuperatiug his health, and his many
friends congratulate him on his improved
condition. We learn that after consultation
With Colonel I. {. Haynes and other friends. l
he VIII publish appointments for addressing
the people of-l- Niuth Congressional District,
s me Greeley and Brown ElectOr. lie is
cheerful and stngltne OF the success OF hi,
We are informed by General Foster
and Mr.. Ben. Thornton, says the Pamela Star,
Of saturday. thar on Wednesday morning
last, about nine o'clock, as hey came into
this place, coming up the line Of the railroad. /
they found a large, heavy rail laid across the
Grounds. which would in all probability have
thrown the freight train, which passed soon !
after this time, OF of the track. These gen
Iemen removed the obstruction, but could
gather no Information that would lead 10 the
Of the ~scOUndreis that did this COW
srdly work.
The Catholic World for October has
he following attractive table OF contents:
Bismarck and the JesUits; Choice in No
'hOice; Fleurange; Review Of Naughans
Life OF 81. Thomas; The frOgressionlsts Ga
.aZEi uerSuS the see Of 81. Peter; Number
Thirteen On a Picture Of st. Mary Bearing
Doves 10 Sacrifice; CentcrS uf Thought in the
Past; Versailles Father Isaac Jngues, :. J.; I
Ramona; The Distau; A Martyrs jour J
hey; Odd Stories; New publications; The
Book OF the Holy Rosary; Henry Perreyve:
The spoken Word: The Beloved Disciple; I'm
amHnHnE~ TLn AraawL InnrhHnw. A~aEr~rr~-T- I
Gardening by Myself. II is for sale .
ly Locke L MansfOrd. =
The jackson Wing and Tribune # .
he twenty-drst Instant SAYS: .The DireC-
ors OF the West Tennessee Fair, which
pens mere on the tWenjy-&econd OF October a,
,Etend 10 the universal editorial fraternity !
'Ordial invitation TO visit this city and par y
axe OF our hospitality. Tho editorial ira 4
of West tennessee are cordially and O
aarnestly requested 10 be here on Thursday, )
october 2ith, as a matter Of business in which :
M are interested viii be brought 90 their !
istice. 4 handsome room, with tables, sta Z
lonery, etc, viii be furnished fOrthe especial 4
he OF the editors and correspondents OF :
leWspaperS. who may favor Us with visit. y
. a>e report AT Wing and Tribune office fOI :
'adges, tickets, ETC. a
Memphis will lose, perhaps, by the S
ompletiOn OF the South and North road. y
commencing al Montgomery. and tfayerstng 2
eulral and North Alabama, piercing the coal 2
eds and iron-miniug regions Of Sherry, JET I
'r~9n and Walker counties, passing through I
ne AssiialL@l coal UlaH ana NlLInNEu the centre u
Z the Warrior coal neldS, IL peneJrates almOSt 4
lto the very heart Of the Red Mountain iron a
re-. Al Caiera IL iuterseCtS with the Selma. p
.Ome and Dalton rGVd, and crosses the Ala =
ANA ana CHATTANOOGA road at Birmingham. j
nd thence on through the timber belt 10 De o
ltur, where % connects with the Memphis q
nd Oh: leston and Louisville and Nashville G
lgdS. fine distance from Montgomery tu-De-I r
ttur is one hundred and CiEhty-UhrpC miles II
nd 10 Louisville four hundred and ninety q
.ileS, which Is 10 De run in twenty hours. U
.elmphis must be sharp. We must be looking a
our interests. We have here q sharp o.
'mpeutos. "Look-a-ouJ, look-a-out g. o
An enthusiastic supporter Of Grant, n
no was recently in the CITY, has addressed o "a
tier 20 the chief OF the government, from m
hich we were permitted 20 make The follow q
rs extract. The elegance and force OF The 2,
imposition must strike the most casual OBJ Ia
rNer; "ln the case OF HARRISON, Taylor and
ncOln, he, God, watched over us, ana 1 be-
we he VIII do so again. General n. P.l
inks, whom / personally and favOrably
AIDE his acquaintance in New Orleans, / am
rry TO see him take the course DE mas 10 join
and use the ole line Democrats TO destroy
N more, not only the southern states, he SO
llantly, justly, fought against, 70 protect v
I'd defend THIS glorious union 81 states which Il
nope VIII ultimately with You, as President, An
able 10 preserve and defend that which our a,
officers and soldiers won and gave 10 -
{, our independence, freedom of speech, III
es, the Federal and Democratic C0nstitu- to
pa and union OF States. NJ
-" Viator,n who writes on both sides of en-
e paper, sends us from nptonviue. in AXE "a
a very interesting letter, in which he ht
yS that the cotton crop in his section never "a.
lkea or pnomlscG DETER ihey wa gAlher Va
IN 1--WE % seven hundred pounds OF ginned
tton 10 the acre, a weld which viii pay f..
~ well. The farmers are ueglecting corn
ice il became cheap. The people Of Upton -
exDegt the " Comuany 10 80
tend their road from Hickman 70 tina
int, and they promise a good passenger and
traffic. The citizens about Mars
lding, IN me northern part Of The co1nty or NJ
are clamOriug for n p0stomce. They m
we now TO 90 70 TlptonVlie for their mail
after, and the distance is so long and the
lte so announcement. that a population OF SD
er fifteen hundred take only five papers. 10
people are certainly IN a very benight stl
condition. The postOfice authorities ought
look into their case al once
Although man invitations have q.
sent to our Commercial Chambe here
send delegates TO the National Board OF ]
AIDE meeting, we believe nothing has as yet M,
I'm done TO secure the Of a Mem -
Is delegation there. The meeting viii as
al the rooms Of the Chamber of Com
srce, New York, OF Tuesday, october 10th. Wi
.e Board represents the Interests ne
the entire country and Is composed Of del
liee tr0m Augusta, Boston, Baltimore, Buff
q, cincinnati, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, W
benFer- Louisville Mobile, NIL W
luhSea NashNlhe, Newark. New Orleans,
lofk, 'S%egC Peoria, PltteDurgs Phila- ]
ipnlaf Providence, Portland, Norfolk, Pc ra.
-sburg, Quincy, Richmond. san Francisco. %
sem, ~ Joseph. 81. Louis. 50. Paul, Toledo, ,
1 anu The Board Will be .
eeley' OF philadelphia, and when formaIlv I
sahl1eu the delegates viii be welcomed 10 an
hooge PRESIDENT Of the -
"a and the election OF officers for ne sus,, sGG
. year, the Board VIII adjourn 10 the CftD
div aere accommodation viii be furnished =
Mayor Hail ma.
1t is said that Joe jefferson went M.
10 a New York bank for the purpose OF d.
the money on a check drawn % his
and was informed ny the cashier that {