Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-22


rear; next, a strap runs horizontally
from the fore TO the hind foot on both
sides. Being rather short, 1t is impossi-
BILE to make a long step. Restraint COM
pels the animal TO practice a new gait,
TO progress at all. As o 0 as a habit is
established Of going ahead tethered, the
desirable amble is fully and permanently
accomplished.
-Barnum and his circus left last
night on the Mississippi and Tennessee
road, carried away by forty-three ears
drawn by three locomotives.
The fre-engines were called out last
night TO ~eXtinguish a fire on the bluff,
which was nothing but the great camp
blaze Of Barnum's men as they bundled
up their traps preparatory to starting
away from camp.
"A large and powerful but skittish
young man, attached 10 a band-cart, ran
away on Main street yesterday forenoon,
to the great terror Of a number Of ladies
on the sidewalk. He was caught, how
ever, before doing amy damage.
Quite an excitement at the "big
show" yesterday during the rain. The
fat girl sought refuge from the rain in
the whale cage, and as the A~Udldnchfda
troupe, led by "us,n passed through, she
was singing, "Come rest in this BOSOM"
The finny reporters said ii was the big
gest warbler and biggest 'gudgeOn"
they had to report for twenty-four hours.
This is the anniversary of st. Ce-
ella. Il used to be q popular anniyer-
sary in England. Dryden, Pope aud
others wrote odes In honor Of it. The
saint, the patron of music, is usually
represented with a musical instrument
Of some kind. She was a Roman lady
Immediately after her marriage she con
verted her husband, his brother and a
friend, who in consequence were all sub
sequently put to death in the year 239.
The Little Rock Journal of the nine
tenth contains a startling telegram
from Crittenden county. II is a horrible
affair, Here it is: "AUGUsTA, ARK,
November ITO l.. G. Cause: Critten-
den went two hundred and ninety-four
70 eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.
Five ballot-boxes were taken TO Mem
phis the night Of the election and stuffed
about one thousand more votes than
were registered. Immense frauds can
be proven. s. 5. CAUSE"
1t is a saying, ii Il foresight was
as good as our hindsight, a great deal Of
trouble and much property could be
saved. The horse malady is in the city, and
is liable to grow worse. In twenty-four
or fOrty-eight hours the horses Of the fire
department may be u~nservicable, as well
as many Others in the city. Would it
not be well for the citizens of each ward
TO organize, elect officers and report to
the nearest engine-hOuse 4? Let the Off
GERS Of those volunteer companies be sub
ject to the orders of the Captain TO which
ever station they report.
The new law firm of Messrs. Turner
d Duff has been established and will
have their office at SO Madison street.
They are two powerful and promisiDg
young men. Turner was the law part
ner of the late Genral Sale, and has
made, in a short time, a deseTvedly high
reputation in Memphis IS an able crimi
nal advocate. He is talked of as the
legitimate successor of the great Sale in
hat line Of forensic labor in Memphis.
Colonel Duff is an able gentleman, one
If those rich natures which is capable of
great things when properly cultivated, a.
5 his. He will attend to the civil BUSH
less in the city. Both men are at an
.ge when great things may be expected {
rom their suspicious business alliance. +,
We wish them all the success they de-
erve. !
Boston gives another example of !
What the public in general hasneveT, We ;
hink, fully appreciated -namely, the +
'enerosity of theater managers and 9
ctOrs. In every great public calamity :
hese people are the first to step forward +
nd offer aid. All theaters of Boston q
announce benefits for the sufferers. !
hey did the same in Chicago, and time n
nd time before evinced the same phil Q
nthrOpic spirit. We appear to have 4
ecome 81 accustomed to this thing r
nat we expect it, and look upon il i
IMPLY a a matter of duty upon the u
art of managers and actors. On the n
lntrary, it is no more their duty to II
we their services and their time gra- n
than il is for the merchant to ~
t aside days receipts or profits for o,
purpose. The fact is, the pub ~
+: impose on the theater managers; but a,
impose to ten times the extent on ~
e~wspapers. Everybody runs TO a news .,
.per Office that wants any charity, and II
smand from five to fifty dollars worth, a,
think il nothing.
A patron of the public schools
as follows: "As the time APP
caches for the election of School Visi-
rs, | would suggest to the press of the
Jy, through your columns, the pro-
iety Of giving some attention to this
instead Of waiting until next
miner to open your walls of wrath,
id renew the warfare. Now is the
ne to impress the people with the vast
lpOrtance Of securing proper trustees
r the guardianship of their children in
e most sacred trust Of education.
'Ould it not be well at this time to in
the subject Of this charter for
e Memphis Public Schools that
herein it may fail to fulfill the wants
u people, our Representatives at
lshville might apply for a change of
e same? Would il not be better to
We, for school affairs, fewer men, with
IS diversity Of interests to serve?
ould they not be more likely to har-
/ ask these questions TO elicit
ought and gain information. Know
3 little, yet hearing many opinions, it
,uld be gratifying to have this matter
nvassed, since those of less weight
We been settled by the mighty pOT