Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-14
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

Old Boreas was trying his bellows lsss
nisbt, preparatory to D eqnm
blow.
MrE.L.T opp donated fifty tin torches
TO the Msrdi Gras procession and 30 did
| tho APPEAL.
An election for directors of the Mem,
| ph.s and Little Rock railroad viii be heio
Ell Hopeheld on Thursday next.
The person who yesterday took from
q desk in the APPRAL editorial rooms =
glass paper-weight is known, and II resIl-
tuition Is not made to-day, viii be exposed
1T was generally remarked by persons
whO have been yearly visitsnts OF rev
] Orleans for years, that in NUMBERS ano
enthusiasm a. least our show OF last n1gnt
fer surpassed anything the Crescent Oisy
ever produced.
This is st. Valentines Day, and post
msn viii be kept busy all day running 60
and fro carrying messages OF love and as
| surances Of affection from lOve-lorn"
| SWANS and damsels. And this, notwith-
standing it is also Ash Wednesday.
Our philosophical merchants and
hotel proprietors along Main street de-
serve the highest mede of praise for their
ibeIslIty in Illuminating 30 handsomely,
AID thus sustaining the spirit which per
vsded our population to the extent Of a
perfect furors.
-Wsggsner, at S17K Main street, the
| great merchant tailor, is prepared TO I'LL
allorders for suits, dress or undress he
sends at the head of his profession and is
uueuestionsbly the first tailor south Of
New York. Our country friends should
Gall and see him.
AT an election held In Crittenden
county, Arkansas, last Saturday, to take
the sense Of the people upon the propriety
offs county subscription to the Kansas
City and st Louis rsilrosd, the former
was carried by Q vote Of three to one; the
latter being doubtful.
Colonel W., g well-knOwn writer and
citiZsn of Iuka. was like the rest Of the
people, drunk from sheer sympathy with
the madness of the hour. He put his
mask on the wrong side of his head, his
coat wRs worn with tail uppermOst. He
j1ined the Ku-Klnx and sang q Jordan"
with the lungs Of 9 ~stentor.
IT is truly gratifying to see the rapid
advancement msde in all branches Of In
dustry here in our own city. Strong
srms sDd stout hssrts are ct work, and
rome deserve better than cur enterpris-
ing citizens, Hook & Lsgrill. Their artistic
work Is equsl to any in the United States.
Their lettering on glass Is Incompatible.
-When Olive Logan lectursd in Nash
vile the bll-pOster stuck q Of her lee
ture-strips over 3 patent medicine poster
in such a way that this surprising com.
binstion resulted:
RHEUMATISM POSITIVELY CURED IN TEN
DAYS
TRY ONE BSTTLE OF
OLIVE LOGAN'S GIRLS"
There was no incident ct sither of the
great balls lssE night which made any
woman regret that she was in attendance.
The conduct Of the multitude was almost
blsmeless. Nothing was oosrsely said
or done snd rarely was n guilty, sven
Of rudeness. Ladies declined TO dance
who were masked with masked men, but
scanned resolved that no unpleasant in
oident should mar b delights of Msrdi
Grss.
"A sober-sided lawyer, without q mask,
came to the New Memphis Thester shout
eleven O'Clock last night. He was recog-
nizes by the dsncing maskers, and soon
shsridg the hilarity OF the giddy throng,
such as was never before crowded into the
building, ne began 80 dsnce with 9 velvet
elsd, unknown girl. When We left at one
o'clock he had his dress-cOsE wrong side
out, and hsd nearly dsnced hs IsEs on
He is a good member OF - cnuroh, or
his nsms would be given. he was never
'-esught wrong" before.
The reporter of ths cotton market at
| Salisbury, 3 weilknown merchant of that
hsppy village, WIS completely intoxicated
with the delights Of the ball ct the Opera
! house. Hs had a charming partner in the
dance who fascinated him with her grace
and tender glsHces as he peered anxious
y into her bright eyes. The fair one,
while che two promsDSded, quietly d.
vested herself Of hoOpskirts and h0Wing
female apparel, and when the cotton lord
looked sgain = handsome dry goods clerk
held has arm. His amsZsment and dis
gust was such that he fed snd will be in
salisbury this morning ahead Of the
train.