Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-08
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS,

-Hieh water still prevents visitors
from going through the ''lOng route" in
| Mammoth Cave.
The Southern express company
has our thanks for a file Of the latest
New York papers.
| -Mansiord, corner Of Second and
Monroe streets, has all the late papers
| See him to-day about it.
One Of our staple men has come to
| the conclusion that the floating logs
across the river won't go down, and thus
no rise reported at Memphis for the past
'1u~ days. How will this do for Septem,
Der?
AT ten O'Clock this morning a tug
will leave the wharfbOat for Hatchie
lake. conveying a committee to exam
inc what effect the high water has had
how near the Mississippi is toward
''annexing" it.
Billy Lieben, at 1861 Main street,
| has Peterson's and all the other maya
zines, the wseklies, foreign and home
and illustrated and all the dsilies Of the
north and west. Call on him to-day
for good Sunday reading matter.
BY reference TO advertisement In
another column it will be seen that the
regular monthly meeting OF the cham
her of commerce will be held to- morrow
afternoon at four o'clock, at which bust
ness Of importance will be discussed.
Mr.. F. NJ. Young, taX-assessOr for
the seventh ward, hassmade his returns,
from which we learn that there are six
hundred and fifty-one polls, three hum
bred and fOrty-One dOgs, twelve gro
ceries, two meat-stalls, two ice-houses
and one wood yard in that wsrd.
We are authorized to state for the
benefit Of our correspondent who, few
DAYS ago, complained through the AP-
PEAL, that he could fiud no Good Temp
lars in Memphis, that lodge No. AIS
meets every Wednesday night at the
corner Of Jackson and Sixth streets, and
No. 1872 meets ia the Adams block every
Thursday night.
Fourteen arrests were registered at
the police station at midnight last night.
OF these, two were for larceny, TWO
drunk and disorderly, four disorderly,
three plain drunk, one murder, one
shooting with intent to kill, and one
carrying concealed weapons. Z even
were white, two were females, and
eleven single.
The very best enterprise in the pub
fishing line now before the public is the
Lakeside Library edition of standard
and popular novels. The latest on hand
from MaDsford, of the Catholic book
store, is "Rslph Wilton's Weird,n by
Mrs. Alexander, sold for the low price
Of twelve and one-half cents per copy,
or two copies for twenty-five cents. We
do not know OF as much good reading
for 50 little money, to be read in any
other shape or anywhere else.
Some adTOit thieves succeeded in
| effecting an entrance in.O the upper
story OF Colonel o. F. PIescOtt's resi-
dence, at l2l Washington street, during
Friday night, and got away with seve-
raj articles of wearing apparel, some pa
pers, and o coApe Of lunches OF keys,
the latter the@only valuable articles.
Among the papers were two past-due
notes, upon which payment hiss been
stopped, so that the thieves made a dry
| haul.
The following messages remain I'M
delivered ct the telegraph office, No. 80
Madison street: 7. J. Bsrchus, James
F. Burk, @. w. Brown, R. d. Crsmer,
d. A. Clarke & Co., w. l. Cameron,
Estes & Elicit, Frey & Scarborough,
Jamts FiOst, G. w. Goyer & Co., Gage
& Fisher, John n. Hardin, Hill, FOn-
taine & Co., Levi Joy d Co., P. J. King,
R. II. Mostly, Frank Mays, S. p. Read,
Z. 2. Reid & Co, Ed Shaw, J. Strauss,
ScbeibleT & Co Il. NJ. Thompson, John
T. Timberlake ~.
There was considerable excite
ment caused yesterday afternoon by
the signal service report that the
river had come TO q stand at this
point, but later in tine afternoon news
reached the city that a crevasse had
formed at Bradley, eighteen miles, on
the Arkansas side, and the water was
pouring through into Fifteen-Mile bayou,
which checked the rise here. The gauge
at seven o'clock this evening showed
about an inch rise since three O'Clock
| yesterday afternoon, when the signal
| service observations were taken. The
water running through at Bradley will
| cause considerable damage below there
| Another creTasse is reported growing al
Mound City, Arkansas, five miles above
4 telegram from Pine Bluff states thai
the Ch.cot railroad is under water in two
places, and trains are stopped.
John Holmes and Tom Montgom.
cry, while playing cards yesterday even,
ing between four and five O'Clock, quar-
relied over the game, q fight ensuing
which resulted ia the former stsbbinl
the latter in the jugular vein and killing
him. w. 4. Montgomery, brother o
Tom, seeing the result, shot Holmes
wOundiDg him severely in the right
arm, between the elbow and the wrist
The dead body was taken in charge by
the authorities, and the surviving com
batants were arrested, Montgomery be-
ing released on bail aud Holmes being
committed to jail. Squire Specimen
held an inquest IN view OF the remains
Of Mr. Montgomery, the jury returning
a verdict that deceased came to his
death from a knife or sharp instrument
in the hands Of John Holiness Holme!
is an engineer, and both the Montgom
eTys worked on the Charleston railroad
| being residents OF huntsville. We
learn that Montgomery has on several
occasions mate threats against Holmes,
and il Is said that he was the cause OF the
row. The remains will besconveyed t.
Burnsville, Mississippi, tomorrow, to be
buried. The deceased leaves a wife anC
three children.
The following is the mortuaTy report
for the week ending yesterday after
noon, six O'Clock: