Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-21
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The Mendelssobns on the twenty
There was a false alarm of fire last
night.
The Ledger people want to get up a
Tho city fathers will discuss city
business tomorrow evening"
Our evening contemporary takes his
eggs scrambled during the nosiy season.
-several English members OF the
Aissis-ipp valley Society of London, are visit
ing the city.
Last night an Intellectual attempt
was made 70 burn Ames & Beattie's store, No.
81 Vain street.
Anthony Caba, s. iarcenist, was held
70 bsil By the recorder yesterday ON two thou
sano dollars bonds
The county court has deferred
further acton on the worl<houEe question
until next January.
The rooms for the display OF fine
OH paintings, pictures, etc, at The Expos ton
building are rapidly approaching completion.
Colonel Casey Young and Hon.
Barbour Lewis viii address the citizens of
Memphis at the Gseeulaw operahouse to-
morrow night
-5team fire-engine No. 4 collided
with Gray No. 81 az the corner OF Union and
Main streets last night. Fortunately but little
damage resulted.
Who ever thought hat cotton-seales
could be made e thing OF beauty" such IS
the fact, however, as visitors TO the Exposi-
lion viii bear witness
- LAST night fiatb0atman died on
board his craft a. the mouth OF Wolf river.
He had been sick fhr0e weeks, and died nom
the Effects Of exposure.
"A company of United States sol
diers arrived here yesterday from Humboldt,
aud are eucamped at Humboldt park. They
viii remain until after the election.
Mack Green, cOlored, who murdered
sam Wheeler, another colOTed, night before
last, on DeSOto street, went to jail yesterday
without bail. Maggie Reid, charged as ac-
oessOry 70 the murder, was held OF bond Of
two thousand dollars.
Louis Jefferson hiss been awarded a
ifteen- years lob In the state penitentary, tor
the lille part he played IN me DgEaDt store
robbery. Two other negroes, Miles Ledbetter
and Bill smith, are uDuer arrest aud VIII be
tried Tor the same o1fense in q few days.
Some evil-dispOsed person went to
the stIest-cRr stables on vain street night De-
fore last, after the cars were all laid up, and
cut several pairs OF lines, aud committed 9TH
er outrages, evidently 10 crafty a cowardly
spirit Of malice against the officers OF the com
pany. 10 found out the perpetrator should
be punished severely.
The Ledger man has got it badly
on the dance business He wants some Of "all
celebrations calculated 10 10 homage 10 me
lterpsichoreEul muse" He is a At subject for
MUeller's dancing academy-at least, II the
aforesaid pencil-slinger becomes his pupi the
professor may consider himself engaged for
iife. n q tried II on Tracey and Others Of the
profession.
" esterday the western-bOund train
on the Memphis ami Little Rock railroad.
when one mile ana half beyond Bunk ey,
met with q serious accident, by which one
brakeman snd the engineer were killed. The
accident vas caused BY the tender-beam CIV
ing way, thereby uuriing the engine, baggage
with the above results. None Of the passen-
gers were seriously injured.
-EDTuURs- APPEAL am glad to see
that the candidates Tor the legislature are
going 70 take the stump, and tell Us where
they stand. Now, there iSOne thing above all
Others on which The people who pay taxes
want 10 hear them. aud that is, are you in
favor IT Tie abolition OF AL superfuous ana
expensive courts2 Secondly are you the
friend Of me Office holders or tax payers2 and
10 cutting down the excessive fees and puT-
Quirites OF our iud Clary sysiem2 and II not,
the IaE-Durdened people want TO know It,
right now, as Colonel Mtl8nahRn used 20
say, and no lodging. You cannot serve both
God and Mammon, ana want 70 know under
whose banner you propose 10 fight. Never
mind wloge o 20 b. United States senator, we
have done without one virtually eV. since
The war, and can 10 so some more; what We
want is Drac fcdl reform, and II You can't give
Il % as, probably there are others who can,
or viii at leaE pro Use 70 try. Come, speak,
out. MEMO.