Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-21

fact that the DAYS have been getting
shorter ever since the twenty-iirst OF
June. They will now begin to lengthen
and will so continue till the twenty-first
of June again.
AT the annual communication OF
DeSoto Lodge No. 279, December Goth,
the following officers were elected TO
serve the ensuing year: B. F. Price, w.
M: Ed. Worsham, :. w; Jno. B. Gal
! laway, J. w; W. y. Wilkerson, Treas
urer: r. W Shelton, Secretary; X. r.
Catron, S. D.; +. G. Marsh, J. D.; J. j.
Suter, Tyler; IL. a. Tatum, J. o. Bar
bee, Stewards.
The cold weather is a sufficient ex-
PLANTATION Of the prevalent penchant OF
thieves for overcOats. Archie Tyler
made a bold effort to secure one yester-
day evening by unlocking it from a
Main street peg. He was caught in less
than half square, with the cOmfOrta-
Die evidence of his larcenOus guilt upon
his person. Adams street stationhouse
afforded him a partial shelter to his
chilled limbs.
The newsboys' dinner, which will
be given by the Bethel Association in
the Exchange Building, on Christmas
day, viii take place at halt-past twelve
o'clock. The gentlemen and ladies who
are interested in the Bethel always have
their eyes open to sights that appeal to
Christian charity. Mr.. Speers is Super
intendent. The association has done
great good, and will go on increasing in
efficiency and power, and every good
citizen viii join in wishing them sue
cess. The newsbOys can have tickets of
admission by applying to the several
chiefs of circulation at the newspaper
offices.
"A young and fancy colored couple
were married by Squire Spellman, yes
terday. They selected him after much
debate to go through the ceremony, be-
cause Of his resem blance to the picture
of Abraham, which they were in the
habit Of contemplating in their illustrat-
ed Bible histories. This highfalutin'
couple have just graduated from one of
the colored schools in the city. They
were highly pleased with the grave, dig
nified, and even solemn manner of the
Squire; so much so that the groom
doubled the regular fee, and handed the
officiating officer one dollar instead of
fifty cents. They went down Second
street eating gingerbread and wondering
at their changed relationship.
"A stout old man named Barney
Flanagan was arrested yesterday be-
cause the policeman thought he was
drunk and dangerous. Barney had ar
rived ON a steamboat from New Or
leans, and the inner man needing re-
freshment, he took few "hOrnsn at
convenient place on the levee, after
which he felt much better. Three or
four colOred men whom he had known
years ago down at Orleans, gathered
round nina, and he was demonstrating
TO them the continued tOughness and
utility OF his cottOn-hOOk when he was
arrested. At the statiOnhOuse he very
jnnOcently offered the cottOn-hOok as
forfeit. That instrument was invalua-
ble in his estimation. He had it TWEEN
ty-three years, and during that time he
said it was hooked into at least half a
million bales of cotton. The hook was
made from the shoe Of a donkey that
lived and was present at the battle of
Vinegar Hill in '9S. The shoe had hung
over his fathers cabin when Barney
was born. He took it with him to
America for good luck, and when he
landed on the levee in New Orleans he
used the shoe two days instead of a cot
tOn-hOOk. AfteTward he had it made
into a good hook, with an Irish ash
handle in it, and be valued it at an
enormous price. He was much grieved
to find that the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
would insist on taking his hook from
aim anyhow, and lock Barney up into
the bargain.