Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-06-29
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The county court meets Monday.
The first circuit court adjOurns to-
morrow.
There was a heavy rain yesterday
morning.
The city council holds its regular
weekly meeting this afternoon.
In the second chanceTy court yester-
day Mrs. Sallie Behr was granted a d.
vorce from her husband Joseph Behr.
Sell Towards American circus ar
rived yesterday and pitched tent on the
bluff for the purpose Of opening tO-mOr-
row.
Helm Connolly was arrested yester-
day on the charge Of shOplifting. He
was released afTerWaTd by the CHEF Of
police.
We received yesterday file of New
York papers from the Southern express
company, for which we make acknowl-
edgements.
We have received from Justice Cald-
we'll cotton-bloom, raised by Mr.. Van
Holland on the II, s. Williams place
near Bartlett.
Sunday night some malicious per-
son entered Mr.. Cafey' sTesidence, BeSle
street, and cut the throat Of a valuable
horse which he had recently purchased.
Deputy Coroner Spelmsn yesterday
morning held an inquest upon the body
OF Dennis Brandon who died on fiat
boat near the elevator. The verdict
was death from illness.
Mr.. J. c. Belts, sunday recognized
a lot Of articles stolen from his house
among those recovered by the police.
A part Of the recovered goods were those
stolen from Mr.. ". B Gibson of Chelsea.
A deputy sheriff yesterday read q
COY y Of the supreme court order in the
Foley injunction case to the police and
fire Uol.. nissioners, who are to meet this
afternoon, when they will doubtless
consider the subject.
The water has undermined the river
bank at the foot OF Vance street, and
that locality is now dangerous to visit
Ors. Persons accustomed to go out upon
the bluff there should remember this.
The danger can not be seen from above.
Sunday morning a young white
man stole lot OF clothing from q gen.
tleman named Privett, at Bartlett. The
thief had been employed as a laborer
and committed the larceny while the
Of the house was absent on q
visit to his father-in-law.
In the criminal court yesterday,
Charles Lawrence, who last week jeTked !
q watch from the pocket Of an old man
near the Louisville depot, was convicted |
Of the larceny, and will serve ten years |
in the penitentiary. George Johnston,
q negro burglar, will also reside in prison |
ten years.
The loss to n. Schwaizenberg, |
whose storehOuse, No. 232 Main, caught |
fire Sunday morning, as stated in the |
APPEAL Of that day, is about seven |
thousand dollars; insurance sixteen |
dollars. The damages to the /
building, which is owned by W. n. |
Perkins. was twenty-five hundred dol
lars, insurance seven thousand five |
hundred dollars.
"A Columbia paper Of Friday last /
says: Hal HOlcOmb sent telegram
last Monday to his brother, John r. |
HOlcomb, to meet him in Memphis i'm
John was in Pulaski, and |
p. M. (Bud) HOlcOmb went in his place.
IT is thought that Hal has found out
about the murdeTers OF his
brother Tom, and wanted assistance to
arrest them. II is said that Tom had
i've hundred dollars on his person when
be left Forest City the day he was muir
dered."
Yesterday il was announced that the
trustees (frst-mOTtgsge bODdhoideTs) OF
the Memphis and Little Rock railroad
had taken possession of it. Ii seems
that Mr.. Dove, who has been here in
The interest Of the first-mortgsge bond
holders, left for Little Rock, and the
,uTmise is that his visit there is to carry
lut the transfer Of the road. Ii was also
reported that a mum Der Of the bondhoId-
srs, who had been in the city, left for
Little Rock to investigate the condition
# the road.
Yesterday afternoon one OF the three |
mOk eTOoms of Stewart, Haley & Co.'s
establishment, No. 38l Shell
~ street, caught fire from the drippings
Il the meat, and at one time it seemed
IS IL there would be s big cOnfisgTati0n.
The timely aid Of the fire department
the flames before they coulc
pTead. The damage to the stock and
building will not be over two thousand
i've hundred dollars, which Smount is
ully covered byinsuTaDce in the Phoenix
md the Merchants of this city. The
lsmRge will in no manner interfere
With the regular and continued business
u the house.
We have received through w. c.
rutland & Co, OF this city, q cotton
bloom from c. E. Grimmer, Of DeSoto
county, Mississippi. He writes that
'rops, especially in DeSoto county, are
'eTy good. This Is the first cotton
'loom from DeSOto county that we
rave received this year. The first
lOom OF the season We received the
Eighteenth OF this month, through Pet
it & Simpson, from Warren d Russell
he fret bloom grown ia this county we
eceived yesterday from Mr.. Van Hol- .
and, Of Bartlett. The first cotton
loom last season was received here .,
uly 10Th.