Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-22
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

Advertising agents are hurting
themselves-that is, some OF them.
Upon inquiry we will give our opinion.
The funeral of DR.. Sterling willtake
place at nine o'clock this morning,
from Calvary Church. Rev. DR..
White will conduct the services.
Last night the thermometer again
advanced far up in the "nineties.' -
Scarcely a breath of air was stirring, and
the atmosphere vas insufferably warm.
Up to half-past eleven o'clock last
night. but n arrest had been made in
the lower district. This is a good show
ing for the morals of the southern pOT-
ton of the city.
We have a note from w. y. Brown,
one Of the Denver excursionists from
this CITY. He says: 1--WE arrived safe
and sound, after a delightful journey
across the plains. We leave for Pixies
Peak tomorrow"
The bright light seen on the river
at an early hour yesterday morning was
the reflection from the flames ola small
shanty, occupied by negroes, and burned
down on Presidents Island. Many per
sons were of the opinion that it was a
marine disaster.
The three negroes, Henry Moore,
Regain Jervis and Robert Jones, who
were arrested the previous day on the
charge of stealing a quantity Of tobacco,
were brought before the Recorder ester-
day. After hearing the testimony in
the case, the Recorder committed all
three for trial, fixing the bail in each
case at one thousand dollars.
"A young man, named Beasley, was
brought before Recorder Winters, in the
Police Court, yesterday, charged with
fighting on the streets, and having a
pistol on his person when arrested. He
fined ten dollars for the first offense,
and bound over in the sum of two
hundred and fifty dollars to answer the
charge Of carrying concealed weapons
at the next term of the Criminal Court.
-EDITORs APPEAL-StOckholders
who have paid up the first assessment
in the Inventors Aid Association desire
to know from the recently elected di-
rectors what disposition has been taken
toward advancing its purposes; and,
also, if no interest is to be manifested
other than making use Of the money for
motives, that the return of the
same be made at an early day. Who is
the Secretary or Treasurer Let us hear
from the Directors or the parties in
l., NJ. AND c.
On Sunday an individual well
to the police, Mike Gallagher by /
name, was arrested for stealing OveT one
hundred dollars from the person of W.
I. Thompson. He was under the i'm
preston that Thompson lived in Indi-
ana, and was not likely to remain in the
.ity to prosecute, and after taking a lit
lie trip into Arkansas he returned Tues
and was captured by the police
yesterday. Thompson, who only lives
our OF five miles from Memphis, visited
Gallagher in his cell at the police sta
ion on Adams street, and although
Gallagher did all in his powerto conceal
his face, Thompson identified him as the
-hief who took his money.
The funeral of the late COlonelF. y.
Rocket, editor of the Ledger, took place
yesterday, from the residence of Mr.. H.
NJ. Smith, where the deceased gentle
nan received the kindliest attention
his dying hours. The solemn
uneral services in the First Baptist
church were conducted by the pastor,
Rev. Mr.. Lotion, who preached an elo-
luent sermon, and concluded by paying
! very feeling tribute to the memory Of
he late poet and editor. he quoted
.Ome beautiful extracts from the wri-
ings of Colonel Rocket, of a prose and
lOetical character, which showed that
he had lived and died in the hope of a
resurrection. A large number
# the old, firm and warm friends of the
deceased were present at the funeral
~ervices. His elder brother, DR.. j. Z.
Rocket, arrived in the city yesterday
n time to pay the last mark of respect
o the remains of his gifted brother.
in all the retail dry goods establish
nents in Memphis, there are quite a
of smart cash boys, who hustle I,
bout the stores as if the entire business
f the firm depended on their active eff
Orts. Yesterday the wife of a we'll
.nOwn citizen visited One Of the estab-
Ishments above referred to, and pur-
hased goods to the amount of seven :
and at the same time directing +,
he salesman 10 send the goods home :
:. .. d. One of the lads referred TO was ,
ispatched with the parcel, and handed
lree dollars in change, in case the
should present him with a ten
Ollar bill. He went off, arrived at the
lace, handed the lady the parcel, told
er the amount of the account, and de-
payment. The lady presented 4
with a twenty-dOllar bill, and re-
1ested him to go out and get change.
he youth cOolly informed her that
that little game would not do; he
change for a ten-dollar bill, but not
twenty and picking up the parcel, J
? went Off TO the store and related what v
occurred. The youth will not be |
mt in future on such messages. l