Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-26
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

There will be ameeting Of the Board
of Police Commissioner on Friday afternoon
at three O'Clock.
There will be preaching at the
Chelsea Methodist church this evening at
seven o'clock by Rev.J.S. Truslow.
In the Criminal Court yesterday,
Eugene Hall, a notorious negro ~conn9ehce
man, was found guilty OF wlnoIlng anu sell
/ fenced to two years in the penltenJlary.
in the Recorders Court yesterday
morning Barney smith was fined ten dollars,
and held in the sum Of two thousand dollars
for his appearance al the criminal court
Several trees were blown across the
track Of the Memphis and Charleston ran
road. between Moscow and Lagrange, during
| the storm Tuesday night
Mr.. r. c. Walker wa released yes
terday, he having given bail TO insure ms
! appearance and stand trial for the shooting
and wOunding Of the man Iozer, Ior improper
conduct toward his vile.
The iron railing in front of two res
licences on Second street, near Market, to-
gether with the wall on which they stood,
were struck by lightning, on Tuesday night,
and knocked down.
The last monthly number OF apple
TOMS Journal has been received. It should md
It's way into every household. Joe Locke, 200
Main street, and Will. Manstord, corner OF
Monroe and Second streets, have 1t for sale.
The prospect is good for the collec-
lion of the money to pave Vance. The matter
Il in GOOD hands-young, energetic and am
bilious men who have some pride in making
a city Of Memphis in fact as in name. Push
on the work.
The Nicolson pavement is rotting
and the taxes are not collected, and yet keno
has an abiding place, and worse, is openly
licensed. How is that? Let our property
owners answer, especially those who don't
pay their taxes.
Captain Hiram Dean, an old river
man and citizen of Shelby county for the past
thirty years, died on Monday at the residence
OF his mother, near Memphis. He leaves, Two
daughters, almost grown, who by his death
teaching, and we hope those who can viii in
terest themselves in procuring them situa-
tons.
The Southern Security Company
has paid the interest on the nrst mortgage
bonds Of the Charleston railroad, out OF the
e~arnings Of the road, one month IN advance
of its becoming due. Shrewd ana sharp Is
this Security Company, and money-making
on account thereof.
The catalogue of the West Tennes-
see and Mechanical Associations Second
Annual Fair, which takes place October I'd
TO 18th, a copy of which is before US, printed
by the advocate Publishing Company OF jack
son, is a very superior sample OF printing, ana
reflects credit upon the printer, the assoeia-
ton and the town.
While parties interested in the
Northern Pacific railroad are ~traducing Mr..
Jefferson Davis FOR his condemnation OF thaJ
route for a highway TO the Pacific, the people
Of san Francisco are indOrSing his good sense
in recommending the thirty-fith parallel
route, which Will find its eastern terminus at
Memphis.
-fhe Jackson PlGiadedler of Tuesday
SAYS: 9Th down train on the Mobile and
Ohio railroad, last Sunday came very nearly
meeting with a serious accident. Just below
the m~achine-shOp, the front trucks on the
baggage-car ran OF, and pulled OF the rear
trucks of the tender. No serious damage, since
the train was stopped in time.
On Tuesday Charles Hoffman ar
rived in Memphis from Como, Mississippi,
and having plenty Of time ON his hands, to-
gethsr with a few extra ~greenbacks, started
ont for a little fun. Yesterday morning
Charles made complaint to Chief-Of-POltce
Athy that he had been robbed of fOrty-twO
dollars at the Arkansas House, on Washing
ton street, but not being able to sustain his
charge he was sent On his road with the ad-
vice to be more careful in the future.
1t is a noticeable fact, and one
which ought to satisfy chronic grumblers,
during the prevalence of The severe
storm ON Tuesday night not a plank was re-
from the Memphis Industrial Exhibit
ton building on Jefferson street, so accurate
have been the calculations Of the architects,
and so praisewOrJhy the work Of the con-
tractors. After having stood so severe a test
a. thar Of Tuesday night, no doubts Of the sta
bility Of the magnificent structure viii be en-
tertained, even by the most dubious.
Club Hall, in the Greenlaw Opera
house, was respectfully filled last night by an
audience of considerable discrimination who
the concert rs only cultivated people
can enjoy q thing OF merit. The singing OF
Professor Perrtng was loudly and persistently
encored. The other artists Of the occasion /
did well. II is said the concert realized for
the orphans a respectable-sum. Tn truth is, /
il was "A very SUPERIOR musical exhibition, and
Memphis would be greatly benefited by hay
ing such concerts with periodical frequency.
To show in what elegant order Chief
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engines, the "Old Reliable, No. !, which has
been in service twelve years, was taken to the
Building yesterday,and emptied a
well thirty feet deep, which is considered an
extraordinary feat for a pump, as the maxi
mum power of "a pump tOdTaN water is thirty
three feet on the level OF the sea. At our alti-
II the "Old Reliable" Is something uncon-
mon. At the Exposition Building there are
wells, the water in which during the late
Try weather stood within three feet OF the
surface of the earth, showing an ample sup
ply Of water for all purposes.
Colonel John NJ. Fleming, Greeley
Elector, and Judge L. c. HOuck, Grant EIectOr, |
agreed upon the following appoint
nents: Bristol, Tuesday, October Ist; Jones
JOrO, Wednesday, October ID; Greeneyille,
October Sd; MOrristown, Friday,
october 4thi Knoxville, saturday, October 5th
Clinton, Monday, October 7thi London, Tues
lay, October Sth; Athens, Wednesday, OctO-
Der Gth; Cleveland, Thursday, October 10th;
chattanooga, Friday, October nth; MurfreeS-
sAN HHAAA 9 80 H@NaA 49, 4
October 18th; Huntingdon, Tuesday, De-
ober 18th; Purdy, Wednesday, October 10th;
Brownsville, Thursday, October nth; SOmer-
lille, Friday, October 18th; Memphis, Satur-
lay night, october 18Th; Jackson, Monday,
2lst Bolivar, Tuesday, October 22d.
The severe thunderstorm which
,assed over the city on Tuesday night, for the
ime IL lasted, was the most severe one we
AVE experienced for years. a house on
ieorgia street, near the river, was struck by
ightning, and one OF the inmates severely :
TUNED, but had entirely recovered from the 1
fleets this morning. The new brick building {
IA the corner OF Union street and Howard 1
and occupied by W. X. Hendricks& Co., 5
seriously damaged by the washing away 8
( a portion Of the foundation, allowing the !
vail to settle some eighteen INCHES. These {
re about the only incidents we have heard of a
ours. and for severity IS pronounced by the
ldest ~inhebttant to be equal to anything Of d.
ne kind which h6s tTanspired in this locality !
Or a long series OF yeRrs, =
Early yesterday morning o shooting /
occurred in a saloon on FnQnt street I
ear Exchange, in which a young man named I
hOmas Murray was seriously, and 1t Is q
fatally. wounded. a dispute about 4
n old hack bill arOss etGreen an old steam u
Oatman named Thomas SRaadiy and a well ;
Fatty" hcGinnis. As the dispute waNed 4
some severe language was used by Nc s
innts, not very complimentary 70 STANDBY, {
hen the latter dreH "a pistol and fired at {
Fatty, the ball missing It's mark. but strik- o
lg Murray in the abdomen. BaTnard Smith Y
to prevent the shooting, and re- I
q slight cut in the side OF the head. r
lurray was conveyed 10 the Overton. where :
is wound was dressed BY DR.. Miner. STANDBY d
Ned from ule S4epe Of the ARRAY {
nd up to a late hour last evening, hal not a
captured. Murray's recovery is consid- c
red rather doubtful. c