Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-28
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

Yesterday wac warm and sultry.
The Chickasaw Guards were on q
drill last night.
There wss a false alarm OF fire late
yesterday afternoon.
Last night was favorable to mOsqui-
toes and conducive of perspiratiOn.
Stewart Doherty & Co. have our
thanks FOR late Londonderry, Ireland,
papers.
Henry Brewer, the notorious negro
confidence man, was arrested yesterday
upon the charge Of vagrancy.
In the second chancery court yes.
terday, Bridget Steele filed a divorce
bill against her husband, Frank Steele,
whom she charges with abandonment,
etc.
Last night Mr.. w. l. Parker, learn
ing that there was nude negro man in
the dark cell at the Administered sta
tionhouse, sent the unfortunate prisoner
shirt and pair Of pants.
The colored benevolent society of
Brownsville will give picnic the sixth
Ofnext month. The president, ?. p. Man
son, invites the colOred societies of Mem
phis to attend, and guarantees pleasant
day to all visitors.
The fast. freight lines combined have
the thanks OF the APPEAL midnight
IOilers for a very pleasant serenade dur
ing the wee sma' hours this morning.
The serenadiBg party was composed OF
some OF the first young men OF the city.
EARLY yesterday morning an old
colOred man, known as "Uncle Ben"
was found dead in bed at his house on
the Poplar street turnpike, five miles
from the city. Justice Spelman held an
inquest on the body, and verdict OF
death from natural causes was returned.
There was a big fight at the James
park picnic night before last. Several
men and women participated in the
affair, about half a dozen being knocked
down. One man received a painful cut,
and in consequence is confined to his
room. None OF the combatants were ar
rested.
Yesterday morning Judge Patrick
NJ. Winters received new heir into his
family. The boy is said to weigh if
teen pounds, clear of clothing, and is the
very picture OF Daniel O'COnnel when
the latter was an infant. 1t is to be
hoped that he will make himself great
as his father INDUCES such belief in his
heirs future.
The DevaIls Bluff (Ark.) Journal
of the twenty-ninth says: "Colonel
Pepper informs US that he realized sew
enteen and half cents per pound for
his wool, in st. Louis, whilst other par
ties shipping the same quality Of wool
to Memphis, realized twenty-seven
cents. Colonel Pepper shipped to Scrape,
Thomas & Co., grange agents, st. Louis.
How is this, gentlemen"
The Encampment Guards No. l, /.
o. o. F., give q grand picnic at Her
nando, Mississippi, to-day. A special
train for fernando will leave the Mis-
sissippi depot at nine o'clock this morn
ing, and return by eleven o'clock to-
night. Tickets for the round trip, at
two dollars, can be had from any men,
Der of the committee. There will be no
charge for ladies. The occasion will be
one OF great pleasure.
Sunday afternoon, while q gentle
man was riding along Bass avenue, a
squirrel leaped upon him from tree and
com menced vigorous attack upon his
head and face. The gentleman succeed.
ed in seiziDg the little animal and throw
ing it with force upon the ground, but
not before it had inflicted painful iuju-
ries upon his face, head and hand.
The fall stunned the squirrel, but the
equestrian did not stop to examine the
Of his sssailsnt, which was
doubtless afflicted with hydrophobia.
In the limited space Of twenty-four
hours, many curious specimens of hu-
mainly enter newspaper Office. A
mysterious biped of the genus homo,
bearing package OF bills que, and re-
sembling a special travelling reporter Of
the patent-front corkscreW Mediator |
(Only two dollars a year., visited our
yesterday, cody seated Pim- |
self at vacant desk, and remained |
there fifteen minutes, engaged all the |
while in annexation, tooth-picking and |
mysterious silence. Without having |
said a word, or even noticed the pres.
ence Of any one, he made himself per-
fectly at home in our Office. He must |
be an escaped lunatic.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Sam Snow
len, an estimable gentleman, was found |
wounded in his bed, at his res
dence on the Somervllle road, four
miles from Bartlett. A pistol-shot
being heard, the family rushed to his
-OOm, where Mr.. SnoWden was discov-
red in bed, speechless and dying from
he effects Of wound in the abdomen.
The unfortunate man had been unWell
or several days, and was lying in bed
With his clothes OLSwhen so mysteriously
wounded. AS he never spoke after re-
sewing the wound, his friends are IN
bile to account for its iDfiictiOn. Some
'e!ieve he was assassinated, while others
re Of the opinion that he fired the shot
With his own hand, in order to end his
ife.