Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-11

nature will resume the garb Of spring.
1.-The peanut Theater fiend is the
latest style Of nuisance.
A report reached here yesterday
that two bOrse-thieves had been cap
tured and shot to death at Brinkley, on
the Memphis and Little Rock railroad.
Thieves infest the city and are doing
thriving business despite the watch
fitness O. our efficient police. Night
before last half a dozen houses were
burglarized.
"A couple or more cats held high car
nival in Court square last night, wind
ing up with a concert Of more volume
than harmony. Perhaps they have evil
designs on the "bOnnies."
Young theater fiends who carry pa
perhaps Of peanuts to the Theater, and
try to Guido the actors in entertaining
young ladies, are requested to take q
seat in the goose gallery.
The largest crowd ever seen in the
Exposition building viii attend Friday
night, the occasion of Pref. MuelleT's
display of fancy dancing by the little
pupils OF his Partisan academy.
Might before last burglars entered
and robbed p. H. DOnnelly's grocery on
Poplar street, west OF Orleans. That
night two houses in Chelsea were also
burglarized. Our citizens cannot be too
WatchfUl.
Frank Harris, the negro who robbed
negro child on board the steamer
Frank Forrest, Monday afternoon, and
was subsequently found concealed IN the
Er-4F- los uyaF1f n iall hU
Recorder Winters.
THE Southern Catholic requests that
those who are DESTROYS of seeing good
Catholic paper in Memphis, will hand
their names and subscription money to
Thos. G. Quinn, who is appointed can
vssser for the city Of Memphis.
Thieves, under the plea Of being hun
CRY beggars, gain admission to the pre-
misses of dwellings during the day IL or
der to ascertain the arrangement of the
doors and locks so as to steal at night.
Charitable citizens should be on The
alert.
VIM. Gobelier yesterday filed q pc
tition for divorce in the second criminal
court, alleging that his KATRINA, to
whom he was married st Germantown,
in this county, in 1873, had gone back TO
Germany TO meet Frank Snea, her
quOndsm lover.
One Of the school visitors in recent
report said that he had visited certain
school, examined the pupils and found
them all wide-awake. Is there any
thing strange in pupils being wide
awake in the schOOl-rOom? No one
supposed they would be found asleep.
The Brazilian monkey is said to be
a most ferociOus brute when in anger.
A gentleman was teasing one he had
petted from its infancy up, and the little
imp mot larger than q cat) suddenly be-
came insulted, and seized the gentle
mans hand between his teeth, in1icting
severe wounds. He has sold out on tbs
monkey tribe, and will hereafter contine
his affections TO the pure Anglo-Saxon
race.
Between two and three O'Clock yes
terday morning, unknown persons
robbed a grocery at StauntOn, on the
Louisville railroad, and stole a negro's
mule, with which they carried of their
plumber. Much excitement was caused
by this unexpected deed, and the ne
gTOes are greatly eXaspersted that the
mule should have been stolen. A party
of negroes armed themselves yesterday
to hunt for the thieves.
Late yesterday afternoon a man
named Louis De We're, while rolling a
barrel OF salt off the steamer Grand
Tower, at the elevator, was seized with
a fit, and falling backward, struck his
head against another barrel with such
force as to cause a conclusion Of the
brain, from the effects of which he soon
died. Justice Spelman held an inquest,
and a verdict in accordance with the
above facts was returned. The deceased
was a sailor, about forty-three years of
age, and in company with 8 man named
shipped at Cairo for New Or |
cans 10 EN- bark on a vessel. The body |
vas placed in charge Of the county IN
iertaker.
The Novem ber-Decembe Der L1teTgd-
joaoI ReVjel0 will be Published October
18th, and will contain several vastly i'm
)ortant articles practically treated by |
informed writers-sOme Of
which are: " The Domestic Commerce |
If the United States" by Hon. S. Shell
of Ohio; "Our Iron Resources !
and Manufactures" by Professor New |
berry, of Columbia college; Iuterna-
-ional Communication BY Language,
Oy Philip Gilbert Hamerton, of London, |
"Tyndall," by DR.. M'Cosh.
1t will also contain others very interest
ng and useful. To be had Of all news |
ieaIers, or by mail at one dollar, or by |
at five dollars per year. A. |
:. Barnes x CO., publishers, New York |
and Chicago.
The ArcGdiG11, a paper that we are
-ery glad to know is rapidly advancing |
N public confidence and esteem, has
-ecently been much enlarged, and will |
Je illustrated hencefOrth in handsome |
and appropriate style, As the Arcddidn
lumOrusly puts it:
Dur heads will be drawn by HEADE,
Dur pleasing faces will be drawn by SMILE, /
Dur ugly ones viii be drawn by GUY,
Dur chignOns will be drawn by BLAKLoCK,
Dur conf agrations will be drawn by BURNS, |
)ur rivers will be drawn by POOLE,
)ur places OF worship viii be drawn by |
,ur fairies via be drawn by FAY,
)ur provisions viii be drawn by BAKER,
)ur Interiors viii be drawn by HART,
'ur cupbOards VIII be drawn by OLD HUB
BARD,
'ur snowstorms viii be drawn by FROST
JOHNSON,
ar lower Limb coverings VIII be drawn by
BhICHER,
ur woods viii be drawn by DEFoREsT,
ur meadows VIII be drawn by FIELD,
ur sherifls Will be drawn by MARSHALL,
ar feathered songsters viii be drawn by
MARTIN,
ur metals Will be drawn by NICoLL,
ur games will be drawn by PIqUET,
ur weapons Will be drawn by SWORD,
ur tricks will be drawn by WILEs, and
ur donkeys viii be drawn by De HAAS.
Not satisfied with these unsurpassed
the ArcadiG1l has made ar
angements, through the mediumship of
Iessrs. Foster & Eddy, for spirit
by some Of the leading defunct
rtists. Although the paper seeks to
oake itself more attractive TO the gen.
rsl public, it will always maintain its
equation for serious criticism on liter
~, artistic, musical and dramatic sub
3cts.
PERSONAL.