Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-21
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.
au summer evenings.


The Southern express company
have cur thanks for hle Of late northern
papers.
"A negro calling himself Minter
vas arrested and imprisoned, yesterday, on
the charge Of stealing watch.
There were eleven night-lOigers
registered at the statiOnhOuse last night,
ranging between the ages Of nineteen and
seveuty-SiX years.
1t took nine ballots and a great
amount OF cheap eloquence 70 choose an as
Sistant city attorney 10 help defend The city
in the pending bond suits,
After nine ballots last night! the
general council elected Colonel Duncan X.
Il Rae additional counsel. A good selection,
and one that Will give satisfaction.
The stockholders Of the Mississippi
and Tennessee railway will hold a meeting on
the seventeenth of November for the purpose
OF electing a directory tor the ensuing year.
A lady's gold watch was taken from
a suspicious character, at the statlonhouSe,
yesterday, and may be found and Identified
by its owner At the ONCE OF the chlel OF pollce'
We thank Mrs. B. B. Minor, of st.
Louis for copy Of the pamphlet entitled
Addresses to the People OF Missouri by the
state Centennial Committee OF Ways and
Means and by the Womel's State Committee
On Ways and Means
The slatiOnhOuse docket showed sew
en- arrests up to one O'Clock this morning, the
principal items OF which were W. b Mlnter
coll, suspicion Of larceny; Ben Johnson lcol.l,
passing counterfeit money; and Mack
Poinier coll, swindl,ng. The remainder
were pulled for drunk, dlsOrderly, etc.
The scarcity of the water supply in
the tenth ward has twice recently been the
cause of the entire destruction OF property
that otherwise could have been easily saved.
Yet majority OF the connclimen last night
saw proper to delay a proposition TO increase
the number of fire-cisterns, by referring the
matter TO the Improvement committee.
The large numbers of cOlored peO-
Dle taking passage south by rail and steamer
every day the present week has excited con-
siderable comment, the popular surmlse
being that the Mississippi elections soon TO
come on are more the inspiration than the
cotton-nelds Our Mississippi friends would
do well 10 keep an eye on these newcomers
until after the elections are over.
The new fitty-cent fractional cur
rency notes will be ready for issue this week,
the delay in their preparation having been
caused by the rejection of badly printed backs
| furnished by the Philadelphia contractor.
There has been no issue of hfty-cent notes
| since March last, in order that the old issue,
which has been cOunteTfeited considerably,
might be retired before the new notes are
issued.
st. Nicholas begins its third volume
with telling number-fresh, bright, varied,
healthy. 1t contains some twenty-five inter-
ssting cOntrI buttons; II gives us articles from
more than a dozen OF the best writers In the
country. In the excellence and variety OF It's
contents, as a single number, II could hardly
| re SURPASSED And the artistic merit OF the
number is equal 10 the literary. The illusra
lions generally are very beautiful. All the
news.dealerS have IL for sale.
"A well.kuown "clubn man, who be-
| longs TO all the lodges in Memphis, is the
| foundation for this story going the ROUNDS OF
| come home nights in some sort of seasons
| The gentle retOTC was: "You got me in the
way Of it. Before We were married you used
| 10 throw your arms about my neck AT tnree
o'clock and say, Don't go, darling, IT'S early
! yet but now If happen to stay out TIL two
| II is a terrible affair."
The new boot in Paris which ladies
| are looking forward TO with eagerness is the
Pompeiian. 1t is OF black velvet aud very
high, the Logging in front all Venetian cut
work embroidered with tiny silver cord
she pink. red or scarlet POmpeiian SILK Is
| thus seen through the open cover or diamond
shaped pattern. Plain stockings OF decided
| high colOTs are all clicked on the edges OF the
| feet and around the ankles in white SILK or
| some strongly contrasting color.
M. W. B. Hood, agent in Memphis
| for the sale of the United States OFFICIAL Postal
| Guide, will in a day or two deliver TO subscrib-
| .-s-- s.nd have for sale the Octohar mum ber-
which, IKE its predecessors, is full up OF mat
ter which ought TO be known in every count
| lnghOuse in the city and surrounding towns.
| An invaluable publication, il is cheap at the
| price at which 1t is offered-htty cents per
| single copy, and one dollar ana half TO sub
| scribers b. the year. Ii is a quarterly, and Is
| printed in the handsome style of typography
Tor which HonghtOn II Co, OF Boston, are so
| noted.
This is how tde street-cars are to be
stopped by weary pedestrians:
| When the passenger perceives kare,
| BE must raise his voice and shout-Ht, there!
| Must flourish his arms, and dance, and swear,
| To attract the attention of the conductare,
| Who, perhaps, is inside collecting his fare,
| Or fixing things" with his gay drlNare,
| That their private accounts may be all on the
| square.
|
| Stout till you're hoarse, and don't despair;
| Cry out, ladies, as loud as You dare,
And as long a. you ever have breath to spare
| Shout to the man who takes your fare;
| Shout to the driver and the cOnductare.
That this is true almost every editor
can vouch for. 1t is related by the editor of the
| st. Charles (MO.) Cosmos, who says: There Is
| a certain class of men who are continually
| give - HI? If was running newspa'
| per, I'd do it Our invariable reply has been
| If they feel anxious TO eXcor1ate any person,
| they can do so az the moderate price OF fifteen
| cents line This invariably quiets them,
| They sre willing enough for us TO get into
| JIouble, but when we offer 10 let them fight
| their own battles, they suddenly discover that
| il is not their business and then go of and
call us afraid of our own shadow for refusing
| TO do what they were afraid to do
This is very appropriate at this
| season. II is entitled 1.-THE Lesson of the
| Leaves
As, one by one, these Autumn leaves, de
scending
In rustled murmurs, breathe one soft unend-
ing
| TIL branch and boagh, wherein no vestige
OF Summer bloom,
! Trace out upon the ky with withered fingers,
| Their ~lutry doom.
70 one by one, these earthly hopes we cherish
More dearly priced,
I bnrphGnrp. Heaven lTSGif-TGll
UnreaIized.
And leave u.s. with lies Winter DER us steal
And skies C'ercast.
| with barred and Outstrstcbed arms for help
70 Heaven at last
As the time approaches when candi-
| dates for the msyoraIty Will be thick as black
] berries, we think IL oppOTtUne TO revive this
| story OF Max Adler, who therein suggests a
| rock on which candidate might wreck him
! IF: Bill SloCum was nominated for mayor
| Of Pencader, snd one day, in street CONVEX
! sstion he remarked, 1--WE got to Win" He
| pronounced IL, q We gottwin,' and old Mrs.
| Martin. OverbeallDg II lmperiectly, went
| around ana reported that Mrs, Slocum had
! got twins. The boys at once decided 10 sere-
| made Bill, and that night they marched out TO
! his house with the band playing Hal TO the
! Chief, several wand clubs some fire comps-
| MES a group OF white-iressed CIR in wagon
| a lot OF bannerE, and plenty Of enthusiasm.
| BIZ m2de a speech about the canvass, ana
/
| twins Hold I'm 70 the window" and the
! ike. BIZ said there was mistake, but the
band sarcastically played Listen 20 The Ihocietng
| Bird, snd the boys shouted louder for the
! twins When the truth prevailed the ass NJ
| bly, dispersed in disgust, and Bill was over
| whelmingly defeated at the polls. candi-
| date cannot be too careful OF what he says, or
how he says II.
An iDcendiary created a cOnsideTa-
| BILE blaze but not much loss OF property on
Main street, opposite the Mississippi and Ten
nessee depot, about five o'clock yesterday
morning. The work was begun in the build =
ing occupied by Mrs. Racket, which, with Its
contents, was entirely destroyed. The flames
| communicated to the adjoining buildings,
| and on account OF the scarcity OF water, and
| cisterus IN that part OF the city, the fire had
| its own way, and the entire row was soon IN
ashes. But little OF the contents of the houses
was saved, Messrs. Laurent 4 Co, OF the : tar
OF Italy saloon, being the only ones VINO saved
anything worth mentioning. Jhe losses and
insurance were about as follows: On Nos. bo4
and 6SS, occupied by LauIenZi 4 Co., and
owned by Pat Colligan, the insurance IS as fol-
lows: Peoples, Of New jersey, 5000 Clay Of
Kentucky, 500; James L. Warner, agent loss
total; on stock, $1,000 Farmers and DroveTs and
$1,000 Royal Canadian; Beatty & Llttlej ohm,
agents; loss partial Nos So, $50 and 81, owned
and occupied by Mrs Hackett; on houses, 5000
in the Royal and 500 in London; IOmnnsOn,
agent: loss almost total. No. S9i, owned by
John O'Brien and occupied by Mrs. O'Brien;
on building, $50 in Springfield, Massachusetts,
Beatty & LittlejOhn, agents, and 500 in the
Queens Tomlinson, agent; loss almost total.
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