Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-28
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The criminal court has adjourned
until next Monday.
The Southern express company has
oar thanks for late eastern papers.
The October number Of the Memphis
Masonic Jslnel has reached u. We find it I'M
usually interesting IN IT. contents.
We have received from Bates Il
Locke, Of New York, a useful and convenient
pamphlet entitled the Adus7'tsers GUIDE
Book.
In the fr-t chaucsry court, yester-
day, Bridget p. Wright filed bin Tor divorce
against her husband, Jerry r. Wright al
leEIng abandonment, etc.
United States Commissioner Garrett
yesterday committed N Combs, IT,, 70 jail, in
default OF three thousand dollars bonds, on
the charge of dslraUdlug the government.
Tuesday morning Officers Kunholst
and Mccormack arrested James Creighton
and Is bert Nlars while in a Linden-street
residence, which they, with another man, had
entered for the supposed purpose Of robbery.
Recorder winters committed Creighton and
NITrs 10 all without bail.
LAST night shout half-past seven
O'Clock the city was visited by a very severe
shock Of earthquake, running almost directly
north and south. II lasted about three min
utes, ana was preceded by a pEemonlJory
-pssm some fifteen minutes before. In the
northern part OF the city IL was especially
severe,
AT q meeting of the cotton ex-
change, yesterday, r. :. Davis, Esq, presi-
dent 81 the First national bank, and Colonel
G. VI. &'Ghee, genera! manager OF the Mem
phis aud Charleston railroad, were appointed
delegates with Colonel NJ. Burke, supeTin-
tendent OF the Mississippi and Tennessee
railroad, and John T. Flynn, superintendent
OF the Louisville and Nashville railroad, a
alternates, 10 represent the exchange in the
raj road convention to be held in 81. Louis
November sd.
"A lecture will be delivered in the First
Presbyterian church, on the corner Of Poplar
and Third streets, on the night Of Thursday
the 2Sth instant, al eight O'Clock, by Rev. F. A.
Ross, ID, OF Huntsville, Alabama. Subject:
" southern ArlstOcracy and Shoddy.' From
the WeIl-knOWn character and reputation Of
DR.. Ross for bTilllancy, wit, pathOS and humOT,
a rare treat NAV be expected in this lecture
The object is to pay on the debt of the Third
Presbyterian church, and at the same time to
afford the means Of instruct on and entertain
ment. Tickets may had, after Monday, at all
the book ard drug stores. Admission fifty
cents.
We understand from Mr.. Meri-
wether, chief engineer Of the Memphis and
Charleston railroad, that il is the wish and
intention Of the company to press forward
the work OF paving Washington street as rap
idly as the weather Will admit and as the ma
terlals can be had, and all in strict COnformi-
" with the contract for doing said work; the
.tTeet to be paved from Curbing to curDtng of
the sidewalks, and with properly formed gut
tiers; the grades Of paving and all curbing to
conform 10 the established grades OF the
street; the work to be done under the instruc-
lions Of the city engineer, and in accordance
With the terms OF the contract.
Several years ago, says the New
York Tribune, Mr.. Carleton was seized with
the belief that a buTlesque OF the popular al
manac, such as the old Farmers Almanac"
20 which New England pinned lis meteorO-
logical faith, would be remunerative. He
suggested the irst idea to 'Artemus Ward"
afterward 10 "OrpheuS c. Kerr" and next TO
"DOestickS" but none OF them thought "a
" ~ p ann Ont y~n a q q
made with Josh Billings and 50 the AUnli-
mar came about. Nearly one hundred and
hity thousand copies were sold the first year,
ana almost as many since, and though the
retail price is only quarter, Mr., Shaw is said
to have received seven thousand dollars the
first year, AMI over IN 'rty thousand dollars in
all. The new number is almost ready, with
some OutrageOusly absurd silhouette illustra-
lions of the months.