Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-11
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The st. Agnes Academy annual
commencement win begin on Tuesday
next at nine o'clock. OF course, it viii
be , very interesting occasion.
Moore, the bogus Mason, was sent
tOjail in default of two thousand dollars
bonds by the Recorder yesterday for OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses
from Mr.. A. J. Wheeler.
The picnic under the auspices Of the
Young Hebrews of this city ome off at
James's Park on the nineteenth instant.
The most extensive arrangements are
being made for the occasion.
An application for a charter for the
organization Of a society TO be known as
the memphis MannerchOr' was made
in the Second Cbancery Court yesterday
by Mr.. II. S. Lee, attorney. The petit
TONERS are J. A. Luethy, A. Gold
schmidt, J. 4. Koehler, i. Guitar, f.
Stoermer, A. Zweifel, G. w. Mueller,
A. Koehler and H. Mueri. For the BEN
eft of the uninitiated, it may be ex-
planned that a Mannerchor is a musical
society.
The Commencement exercises Of
the IUka Female Institute were inaugu-
rated yesterday, and will be continued
till Wednesday, when the graduates will
deliver their essays. Mr.. Howard Fall
cOner, Of Holly Springs, has been Sc
/ lected to make the annual Grafton to
the Young ladies and their friends, which
Will be delivered on Wednesday, and
followed by the excelsior address and
comforting Of the prize medals, by Rev.
J. T. Freeman.
"A woman named Sarah Flynn, the
keeper of a couple of bagnios in town.
was arrested yesterday at the instance
/ of two of the inmates of her Main-street
establishment, named Willie d. Bow
and Clara Montgomery, on the charge
/ Of stealing their trunks and appropriat-
ing the contents to her own use. From
the statements of the girls it appears
that they We're anxious TO leave Mrs.
| Flynn's house, and she took this method
/ of preventing their departure. Justice
Miller will take c~ogniZance of the mat
ter to-day.
An esteemed correspondent, signing
himslf "An Old Democrat" sends US
1 greeting, as follows: "Please do not
deem me impatient. l am aware that l
am too impulsive, and try to guard
against my fault; but l am sick this
morning, and an impulse has got the
advantage of me. l read your political
editorial of this morning, and passing
your Office felt an unmistakable impulse
to call upon you to offer you my hand,
and to tell you how much / was pleased
with the impression you gave to your
thoughts"
j. 5. Barbour is reaping the rich re-
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ed. He sells all the berries he can put
in market. His peculiar excellencies
are that his berries are as large as proper
and careful culture can force, that they
are ripe when picked, and are packed so
carefully, in such neat packages, and
withal so clearly, that nothing is left to
be desired by the most fastidious con
sumner. Barbour has made a name for
himself that is richly deserved. He is
the best Of all the small fruit-gr0wers in
this section.
A widow lady named Mrs. Jones
attempted 10 commit suicide by taking
laudanum in a staterOOm on board the
steamer Belle Memphis, which arrived
yesterday on her trip from st. Louis to
this city. Captain Crane and the Off
GERS of the boat did all in their power
for the relief of the lady until Cotton
wood Point was reached, when she was
conveyed TO the hospital of that place.
Faint hopes are entertained Of her re-
coverv. Mrs. Jones lost her husband a
short time since, and it is thought her
sad bereavement caused her to commit
the rash act.
in the Criminal Court yesterday, an
individual about twenty years of age,
with sandy whiskers and red hair, an
swering to the name of Andrew Brown,
was placed at the bar accused of an as
sault with intent to commit rape on a
little colored girl named Alveta Hibbs.
The Offense was committed on the banks
Of the bayou, in South Memphis, on the
twenty-ninth of April last. The girl is
under ten years of age, and as she was
unable to give the definition Of an oath,
her testimony was rejected. Other wit
nesses testified that they saw the act
committed, and the jury found a verdict
Of guilty and fixed the punishment at
five years in the penitentiary.
Colonel w. c. Falkner, President of
the Ripley railroad, OF Saturday, the
seventh instant, drove the first spike in
the track, in the presence Of a large
crowd of citizens who had assembled at
Middleton to witness the ceremony.
After the delivery of a short but appro-
pirate speech, the Colonel drove the first
spike, amidst the shouts of a people who
are proud TO do him honor. Colonel
Falkner has justly earned for himself
the tile of the most rapid railway
builder in the South. The first dirt was
moved on this road in March, and by
the first of August the road will be COM
pleted. Pat Smith, the energetic rail-
road contractor, is engaged, with Gill
mer and Ruther, in laying the track,
and we know them to be men of enter
prise, integrity and energy, and the
contract will be put through in due
time.
Yesterday afternoon a quartette of
intelligent Cinnamon were observed
meandering up Second street toward
Adams street, apparently in charge of a
couple of policemen. A representative
Of the APPEAL halted the procession,
and inquired what was up, when he re-
ceived the important intelligence that
one of the Heather Chinee, by the name
Of All Nee. had been working in Arkan-
sas for a planter, a resident of Memphis,
who had refused or declined to pay the
cOuntryman of All Sin what was Justly
due him for his labor. He was accord
ingly i'm quest Of a Justice Of the Peace
and a warrant for the delinquent, and as
the reporter was aware that Squire Mil
Ter was the only Justice of the Peace
who intelligently understood the Chi
nese language, he advised them to wait
on that functionary. The case was pre-
scented TO The court by the senior Of the
party, An Nee, in a written statement
of the very finest tea-cannister litera-
ture, which was a little too much for the
Squire, who called in aninterpreter, and
the warrant was made out. On pre-
senting it to All Nee and saying 1.-TWO
dollars" that intelligent youth quickly
exclaimed, in good pigeon English:
"Me no monee." His companion also
pleaded impecuniosity, but the warrant,
nevertheless, was put in the hands of a
constable for service, and the case will
come up this morning.
THANKS TO THE ST. PETERS So
DALITY SILVER BAND.-The Christian
Brothers feel doubly grateful to the ex-
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