Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-01
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The quorum court meets tomorrow.
The city council meets tomorrow
night.
Quite a number Of excursioDists
left on a special train Of the Tennessee
and Mississippi railIoad yesterday morn
iug for New Orleans, TO attend the grand
Masonic cOnvocatiOn.
AT twelve O'Clock Sunday night,
Mrs. Lees One-story frame residence
and two adjoining negro shanties, on
the old Raleigh road, just beyond the
corporate limits, were destroyed by fire.
, Mrs. Lee had her place insured for i've
! hundred dollars.
The man Clarke, arrested for the al
legged larceny Of eight hundred dollars
from Tate & Co.'s safe, at Benefits
landing, Arkansas, last Thursday night,
if still in custody, to await further de-
velopments. It was yesterday sscer-
tanned that he bad expressed four hun
dred dollars to parties in Ohio.
"A special to the APPEAL from jack
son, Tennessee, yesterday, SAYS that the
reyivaIist, Rev. A P. Graves, preached
Sunday night, in Kings operah0use, to
a crowded congregation, the largest re-
| ligiOus assembly ever convened in that
city. Many requested his prayers, and
there are indications Of a powerful re-
vival.
Last Saturday Charlie M'Lean, IT.,
son Of our well-kBOwn citizen Mr.. Chas. !
M'Lean, was shot in q difficulty at La /
Fayette, in Fayette county, and is |
thought to be fatally wounded The
young mans father left fos LAFAYETTE |
Sunday, but as yet 10 reliable informa- |
ton concerning the difficulty las been
received.
Sunday morning the dead body of
an unknown white man, about fifty-five /
yeas Of age, was found ia the bottom
near the HCrn Lake bridge over Nom /
cOnnah creek. There was nothing on 4
the body to identity it, and a verdict Of
death by exposure was rendered by Jus /
tice Spelmsn's jury Of inquest. Persons |
living in the above vicinity saw the 4
stranger wandering about the locality |
Friday, and say he looked like a crazy /
man. he il supposed to have been a /
Swede or Frenchrnsn.
While the steamer CITY Of Vicks-
burg was at the elevator SUNDAY morn
ing, unknown burglars entered The boats /
Office, aud by means Of key opened |
the iron cash-drswer and stole about
thirty-eight hundred dollars. Owing to
their has they failed 70 secure eight
hundred dollars, . gold watch and p lot
of valusb'es which were in the back
part Of the drawer. The robbery WIS ef-
fected before daylight, and sitter the
clerk had retired to bed. As yet no clue
has been obtained 10 lhe discovery Of the
thieves or the recovery Ofthe money.
-Owing 10 the inclement weather
and to the demands of the Fox company
for guarantee before performance, The
benefit advertised TO take place at the
fhester for the sufferers Dy the recent i
oisstrOus storm ct TUscUmbis, Alabama.
did not come of Mr.. Warren, who had
the matter in charge, refunded 10 all !
who presented benefit tickets at the
Iheater, the money paid for them TO the /
OF ninety-seven dollars and fly
cents, leaving in his hands ffty-fve dol ,
lars and nifty cents, which he las de-
posted 70 Jhe credit Of the Tuscumbia
IN the State Ne;ional bank. q
"A difference Of opinion arose be- c
tween two col0red women living near
the corner Of Causey and South streets
yesterday afternoon, % TO who could :
scream the ioudest, and apply the dirt
iesI eillhets 70 the other. lt was "nip- Q
aha-tuck between the two for about an I
hour, and the 'honoEs" being about even. >
during which a large crowd had been at
tracted 10 the spot Finally, one seemed
10 have exhausted her vocabulary, when
seizing a whole trick n one hand and a
billet Of wood IN the other, she made
sOItie on her adversary, who zscaped
INTO neighbcTiug sh&uty, when the
-ongue-lashing was renewed with IN Q
creased vigOr. The noise made By these ;
.Eo infuriated women was heard two OF l
.hree squares, but no one iuterfered, and Q
hey may be at it yet Tor all We know. e