Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-19
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The fire engines will play upon th'
bluffs this morning.
The establishment of q large book.
store on Main street Is spoken Of.
Bishop 7. c. Keener will dedicatC
the new Methodist church at Paris
tennessee, on ths twelfth Of May.
The thermometer marked eighty
three In the shade here yesterday, q rsC
If twenty degrees from the previous
week.
Fifteen bags Of green-peas arrived
here from New Orleans yesterday
which were at once sold for four dollar
and fifty cents per bag.
There were sold here yesterday one
hundred and fifty bales Of cotton, that
were raised at the head Of White river,
within the borders of Missouri.
The fre-engines will make a DEM
o~nstration on the bluff to-day at twelve
o'clock. The operation Is expected to
commence below Union street, under
very favorable auspices.
The alarm of fire yesterday morn
ing wa occasioned by a blaze that
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in the rear of the dwelling house on
Marshall avenue. a hole was burned
in the roof as large as a&3oOr, but that
wa all the damage done.
An interesting religious meeting is
In progress at the S~Rffarans Street
church In this city-the Rev. w. NJ.
Patterson, pastor. The members are
revived, penitents are at the altar, and
the prospect is good for a revival
throughout the congregation.
Mr.. Trip, the pilot Of the Inflated
Oceanus. was the head Of a family that
have had most disastrous blowing-up
misfortunes. His son was lost with him
at the same time the Oceanus vas
blown up. Not long before, another son
lost his life In a similar manner.
The Congo practitioner who
worked OFF, a fellow colOred by the
aid of compounded cologne, pepper
sauce and tincture of iron, Ia now in
Jail. The merits Of his specific, and his
qualifications as a physician, viii be in
quired into this morning by Justice
Winters.
The chaIn-gang cleaned Poplar
street, from Front TO Brinkly avenue.
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their high-fyers for a few days. This
cleansing was purposely done for the
benefit Of the sports. The buggyists are
becoming confident and bold. One Of
them ran over a child on Shelby-street,
yesterday.
The Ohio Legislature has passed a
bill to provide for the appointment of
trustees for minors, insane or tmbecile
persons residing outside Of Ohio, but
having property In the State. Also, a
bill making the obtaining of goods
under false presenses and for obtaining
signatures 70 negotiable paper ia a SINH
Lar way q penitentiary Offense.
When the alarm of fire was sounded
yesterday at noon, there were not less
Than three hundred able-bodied men
~oOngregated on Adams street 70 look at
the maneuvres Of the engines. Wheth-
CT they were all l~Oafers, idlers, Migrants,
or men Of leisure, Is q mystery. The
crowd, however, demonstrated the fact,
LhAt In q civilized state a great number
Of people may do considerable loadng
and yet live.
"A Chicago TEmes correspondent,
travelling In the South, writes home:
- The readiness with which the people
0f the South ask you to drink Is only
more remarkable than the readiness
with which the invitation 10 usually ac-
oepted. The further South you 60, the
Jftener you are asked 70 drink, and the
schooner do you refuse" That CORES
pendent must have thought Memphis
near the South Pole.
We hear Of a little giri-a sweet lit
lie prattltng charmer-that swallowed
a ball Of sewing silk. The end Of the
hne cord fortunately was left outside
and discovered when she began to
Two good danes held the
child while 3 third drew out the thread.
IL Is said that abe was so tiekled that
he nearly laughed herself TO death,
sthe rolling Of tbs ball felt 70 funny In
1er little stummick."
There Is philosophy In everything.
L nov tr~anspires thai the famous cat
which caused 8 confiagration in South
Memphis a week ago had good reason
N her side for the unfortunate action
which produced such sad results. The
hade of the lamp which the Cat over
urned had the figure of 3 mouse on II,
o which the Pickering Of the lamp gave
motion like life. The cat, true TO it,
cline instinct and excellent education,
at the mouse, and thus set q
leighborhood on fire.
All the recent monthlies viii be
At Mansf0rd's, corner Of Monroe
Second streets. Those who like
tories can get CdsseH's, London SOcte-
u B~eugTdvgd, COrHhH, ST. Euals, and
Bar. 1t must be confessed the
English magazines have generally bet
er story writers than the American.
Their illustrations are much superior 10
,urs- At the same store viii be found
u the recent English fsshion maya
ines, including the Miliaer and lie
2egtGshWOD1an. Also, all the American
publications Of note.
The Grenada Sentinel = 1.-THE 4.
demphis APPEAL ome 70 Us this
1eek In an entire new dress, looking as
as a diamond of the first water.
{ Is now printed on one of Hoes fast
o~uble-cylinder presses, and It Is de-
mechanically speaking, the /,
Rndsomest newspaper in the South.
he APPEAL is true to the core, ably
dited, vel managed, and under the
barge of talented and as noble and gen
rous-heaTted gentlemen as ever drew :
he breath Of life. To those who want a ;
rst-clsss daily, or the best weekly in /
he South, we commend the Memphis !
.PPEAL." /
-Dio Lewis has shown that a man J
iay live, and even grow fat, on the c
Cd which eight cents per day viii pur- {
lase. According to this a toleEabie
rye family may live on fifty cents per
", provided they could procure fuel, 5
and q house for nothing. The 7
of living does not seem to be +
Iderstood very well Ia this part of the a
1rld. Why not establish a social
Ience club Ia this city2 If gentlemen
educauoD, particularly doctors ana Q