Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-25
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The city council meets Monday
night.
Our "amusementsn will be found
on the second page of this mornings APPEAL
The Eckford and Wetter baseball
clubs pay a match game al the BismRrk gar
den L day.
Billy Iieben's new store, No. 2S6,
I has all Of the late newspapers, dime novels,
mRgazines and illustrated papers TO be found
| in the city. Give him call.
"A young man from the country
yesterday imbibed eighty-tive cents worth
Oi whisky and lost his mother in the Exposi-
ton. He wandered around recklessly, and
anally tried 20 climb the Rocky mountain
William Ingram and William Har-
rlson were committed to jail yesterdayea The
charge oil larceny, and George Allen was re
quiTtd 20 give bond OF two hundred dollars
Tor las appearance before the criminal court.
Colonel Hiram Tilman, an old citi-
zen Of This coaniy, has purchased The besuu
iul Bartlett homestead and farm at Bart ett,
where be viii spend the remainderof his life
This property was purchased at Trezevants
"a e yesterdaA.
"A protracted meeting is being con-
Quoted by Rev Mr.. Nanhorn at Asbury
chapel, corner Of fernando and Linden
streets Owing 70 the great interest aroused
nud the many good results that have ensued,
the revival will be continued two weeks.
Mrs. Mausford's Catholic book store,
al the corner OF Monroe and Second streets,
keeps on hand a full supply OF all the --latest
literature OF the gay, besides schOOl-bOOkS,
uasaZ mes, writing material, daily Journals
Of tBe principal cities, illustrated papers, etc.
We acknowledge the receipt Of an
invitation to the second matinee OF the Mem
phis 1rotting rank assoc iatiOB, TO be held at
two o'clock next Friday afternoon. The re-
ception committee consists Of General BeV-
srly Il. Robertson, L. ;. Davis, General q. W.
Gordon, j.. T. Hillsman, W. \, Hamlin, and
A. J. Hays, jr.
The marriage licenses returned as
executed 10 the county court clerk during
the week are as follows: W. p. Davey and
Miss Merry L. " sllace. James L. Hill aud Hiss
VI. 4. Eddins W. N. Moore and Miss Mary s.
Douglsss, J' hn u. Hall and Miss Carrie Essig,
b. O. HeDning and Nelis L. Frayser, Conrad
kasp and Miss Bridget Kelly.
The London Sunday-school union
having designated the twenty fifth Of October
as a day Of universal prayer for sunday
schools Inviting all persons in such work
throughout The world 10 unite in special
prayer, tie Sunday-sChOOl Of the Linden
street Christian CHURCH viii hold such service
Juls aiterl Don at three O'Clock, and the sun
OF the city viii be invited to join
in the exercises. II Is estimated that over
three million Sunday-schOOl workers viii I
participate in this season Of prayer ia behalf I
Of the SunGay-schCol cause.
In the first circuit court yesterday
was heard the cases OF the First national [
bank Is the city OF Memphis, and the Ger
Wright & Fowl e. brought the cases into the !
court by c.Tfi0TdTI 10 restrain the city from !
the amount OF taxes assessed !
against the stOckhClners individually OF /
these banks. The ely recorder issued dis /
Jress warrants to collect the taxes assessed, 1
The court sustained ihe petition and /
lusshed the distress warrants upon the \
ground that the NIcOlsOn pavement tax Of /
seventy cents ON the one hundred dollars was |
Illegal and is included in tine amount sought (
10 be collected under the distress warrants,
and violates the entire warrants. The amount l
Welve thousand dollars; they offered TO pay
me thousand two hundred dollars, the |
lmOunt paid the state, being forty per cent.
IN the capital Of three hundred thousand dot
AIS. The assessment against The German
rational bank was the same in proportion TO
he amount of capital stock.
-Mortuary report for the week ending
{ six O'Clock in the evening, October a, 1874.
NAME. Age SKY. cola CAUSE.