Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-06-16
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

[ OF Ham had public parade yesterday
Constable John Walker yesterday
/ shot and killed mad dog in South
/ Memphis.
An excursion for the grand circus al
! COvington leaves on the Paducah road
/ at four o'clock this afternoon. The fare
for the round trip is only one dollar.
The police and fire commissioners
/ yesterday afternoon elected Charles
| Campbell to the vacancy caused by the
resignation Of Policeman J. Haiti,
Mrs. Sarah Evans, who was arrested
upon the charge Of giving pistols to GER
! tain Jail prisoners, WAS released upon
/ giving bond of two hundred and fifty
dollars.
Mr.. Whittle, the evangelist, who
labOred SO zealously and with such good
results, for over month, in Memphis,
is in Little Rock, where we have no
doubt he will be equally successful.
Mr.. J. A. Wigs has sent us SAM
Piles Of his growing millet and cotton,
he having one hundred and twenty
acres Of the latter in cultivation in this
county. The sample Of cotton sent us
has six squares.
by IEAucSL Vi lnO pdStOl5
ton, Rev. DR.. David Walk, of the Lin
den street Christian church, will lecture
upon "SpurgeOn and His Work. next
Monday night. The lecture will be de-
livered in the sbove-named church.
Admission, fifty cents.
Main ST. Get merchants complain OF
hackmen stopping vehicles in front OF
their doors, and refusing to leave when
asked to do so. The city council has
designated hack-stands, and the police
should not allow the ordinance upon
this subject to be violated.
in our river column of yesterday
we published an article concerning the
shipment Of human body in barrel
from this city to Arkansas City, by one
of the Anchor line boats. The affair is
enveloped in mystery, but nothing Of il
is known in the police circles Of Mem.
phis,
"A little boy, five years Of age,
strOlled from the residence OF mis- father,
John BTener, No. l62 Main street, yes.
terday morning, and has not since been
found. Mr.. Brener has searched in vain
for the missing child, and is distressed
because Of the little fellows continued
absence.
Citizens living in Fort Pickering
have petitioned the city railway COM
Dany to extend its line to that locality.
Owing to the fact that Main street, at
Georgia, has long since been fenced in,
and the heavy taxes upon the company,
the proposition will not doubtless be
carried out.
Captain Crsnmer yesterday arrested
a negress named Jennie Brown for steal
ing pair of bracelets, gold watch snd
chain from Mr.. Krons, Beale street
baker, by whom she was employed as a
nurse. After being arrested she admit
ted her guilt and told where she had
concealed the stolen articles.
Cow stealing is Systematically con-
Quoted in this city. The police should
be Oh the lookout for thieves who are
engaged in this species of theft. A few
days ago a gentleman found his COW in
possession Of q daiTvn1an, but was CON-
PEELED TO pay him two dollars and half
before he could secure the beast.
The basket picnic given at the Leath
asylum grove on Monday by the Odd
Fellows, was largely attended by the
members and invited friends of the Or
der. The affair was conducted in the
most delightful manner, and afforded
enjoyment to every one present. The
pleasant memories of the occasion will
be long remembered.
The large turtle, mentioned in yes
teTday's APPEAL, was presented to Mr..
Balls European hotel by Mr.. Fraime
VINO says that he expects to take anoth-
er turtle which he has several times
seen in NOnconnah creek. The first
turtle weighs one hundred and forty
pounds, but the one yet at large is twice
as big, and it will doubtless require
much skill to take the monster.
AT meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the cotton exchange yesterday,
Messrs. w. A. GOODWIN, S. NJ. Gates,
w. w. Guy and Louis Hanauer were
appointed delegates, and Messrs. w. B.
Mallory and A. ]. r. Landauer alter
nate delegates, to represent the exchange
in the second annual convention, to be
held July 2lst, proximO, at Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs, Virginia.
Chief Athy has not received from
Arkansas City any information respect
ing the inquest held upon Linn G.
Doyle, whose remains were found
in q barrel at that city and said to
have been shipped from here on an
Anchor line boat. The police authori-
ties here know nothing Of the matter
concerning which an extract from an
Arkansas City paper was published in
yesterdays APPEAL.
Toe cornerstone of the Tate county
courthouse, at SenatObia, will be laid
with imposing ceremonies on the tWen-
ty-fOurth instant. The Tate county gu
pervisOrs have invited the Masons, Odd
Fellows, temperance organizations and
grangers to participate in the ceremo-
MES, which will also demand orations
from a number Of well-knOwn speakers.
At night ball will be given in the
building now used for court purposes,
The occasion will be one of great attrac-
ton and general interest. The Odd
Fellows of SaTdis, COldwater, Herman
do and Lone Station have also been in
vited to be present.
The Southern express robbery case
was given to the jury yesterday after
noon, but no verdict was rendered. Gen.
ersl Wright's speech was one of the
sblest ever made By q Memphis lawyer,
and was perhaps the best of its kind that
be ever delivered. il was compFehen.
sive, logical and effective. He spoke
nearly four hours, during which time he
recited the relative points Of the evil
dence, reviewed the arguments that hsd
been presented by the attorneys for tt e
and showed the exact ap-
plicstion of the law, facts and issues 10
the case before the jury, which is ex-
pected to return verdict this morning.
Just st daylight yesterday morning
Policeman Morrison and his companion,
in the tenth ward, discovered a negro
around rather mystericusly in
the neighborhOod Of the intersection of
Georgia street and Rsyburn avenue.
The negro was called to halt, but in
stead of obeying the order he put out
Rsyburn avenue at the top OF his speed,
the two policemen in hot pursuit. Two
or three shots were fired at him, which
served to encourage him to greater
y eed, and he finally eludei them. In
bis flight he dropped a part Of the lug
gage he wss getting away with, consist |
ing Of portions OF a lsdy's dress. The |
policemen pursued him to the extreme |
limits of the city.
We have received from w, II. |
hatch OF Minneapolis, Michigan, q |
circular calling attention 10 the suneTior /
advantages Tennessee has for fmmi-
grants. In his circular, Mr.. Hatch
,ays' l! any one will send me his adj
lress VIII send, by return mail, docu-
menus mat cannot be coptrOverted, Civ
ng fair, candid and full description Of
nat State, Its advantages, chances for
business, description OF soil, climate,