Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-29
C PARAGRAPHS.

How is il that money is said to be
Ntight?" We always thought him the
sOberest Of our citizens up to the present
The Agricultural and Mechanical
Associations drawing is postponed &c
the twenty-fourth Of November.
An u~nmitigated scamp covered a
cat with kerosene yesterday morning in
Chelsea and then set fire to the animal.
The best actors and companies that
have appeared for many years in Mem
phis now grace the boards Of the two
theaters.
The Knights Of Pythias viii turn
ont mm1sse this evening to do honor 70
the Grand Chancellor Of the order, who
has arrived from Knoxville.
The muscular s~coundrel that tried to
Kill officer Britton Saturday was fined
one hundred dollars by the Recorder
Yesterday. The chain-gang for three
months, with such vegetable diet as the
barrack affords, will have a SOLDERING
. effect on the wildness Of this 'pusson.'
The removal of Colonel James Cole
mar from the superiutendency of tele-
graph offices may have a share Of pOliti-
cal significance. It leads US to suspect
shat the whole Geographic system Of the
country from this hour till the election
viii be subOrdinated to the partisan pur-
poses of Orton, Boutwell, and Grant.
The latest discovery Of Josh Billings
Is that MOSQUITOES are born OF poor but
industrious parents, but have in their
veins some oTthe best blood in the cOun-
try: the best way to be happy is not to
want anything-til you've got it; the
man who can wear paper collar a week
without dirtying it isn't good for any
thing else.
Wesley Harrison, shot and killed
himself near Rutherford Station, Ten
nessee on the ninteenth instant. He
placed his foot on the hammer Of his
gun and was blowing into the muzzle to
ascertain if it was loaded, and his foot
accidentally slipping, the gun was dis
charged, the contents passing through
his head, killing him almost instantly.
-Black1UO0d's Magazine for October
has the following table Of contents: The
Parisians-BOok I; William Smith; A
True Reformer-Part villa first ef-
fort with a new broom, in which Her
cules does not sweep out the stable
Leatherby in aTms-Autumn maneuvers
Critical; The Session OF 1872; Hora-
tan Lyrics-NO. /; The Late Royal
Progress in Spain. Joe Locke, 1854 Main
street, has it for sale.
-Astrange disease has broken out
mong the hogs in Gibson county. II
has but little resemblance 70 hog cholera
and is much more fatal, never falling 10
kill in a few hours, and the hogs actual
liz become very offensive before death.
It's first symptom is soreness inthe nose,
followed frequently by bleeding. Then
the tongue commences TO swell, pro-
trudes from the mouth and turns black,
and the hog dies frequently in an hour
or less time after being attacked. No
remedy has been discovered that effects
il in the least. We know several farm
ers living near this place who have from
this disease lost forty or fifty hogs in
forty-eight hours.
A h~igh-tOned young gentleman Of
Savannah, Georgia, in whose veins hOws
the best blood Of the State-so we are
informed by the papers-lately perfOrat-
ed his father with a sword cane because
ne had designated him as a puppy. As
the old gentleman must have been the
better authority Of the two on the ques-
ton Of pedigree, We look upon the action
of the young man IS highly reprehen-
sible, Notwithstanding we may differ on
that point with the best society Of Savsn-
nah. We are told that a great deal Of
sympathy exists for the perforator, who,
though naturally grieyed at being OBJ
liged TO make himself an orphan, could
consistently take no middle course.