Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-17
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

| -0O 10 the circus.
: Did you see the elephant?
Yesterday was cold, clear and
windy.
The city council meets Thursday
night.
Water in the streets froze last
night.
There are also TaWO Orphans in
| Nashville.
The Ten Virgins are on exhibition
in Nashville.
There were great many visitors in
the city yesterday.
The THO Orphans attended the cir
Gus yesterday afternoon.
Our thanks sre due 10 the Southern
express company for late eastern papers.
Eight hundred million people use
tobacco. No wonder the world is nervous.
The first fire alarm last night was
ca used By the burning out of chimney in
Pinch.
Ladies who wear Darrow-gauge
dresses have much difficulty in ascending the
circus seats.
The chamber of commerce has an
important meeting at half-past three o'clock
this afternoon.
-Yestelday Sergeant Arratts arrested
William Jordon, hack-driver, for stealing a
watch from dentist.
Page BroOkshire was shot and killed
by unknown persons in Union county, In this
state, few nights ago.
Last Saturday, in Upton county,
Justice N 'Call cut and seriously wounded a
man named Armisted Collier.
-Hose-csrriage Nc. was The first to
reach the Alabama. street fire last night. The
members of No. are hard TO beat.
j. n. Dawes was arrested yesterday
81 pf sta Inc ToT
a. SWayne, who resides near this city.
Two well.known young men of this
city were in the circus procession as 1t passed
the Overton hotel county courthouse build
ing.
The city council meets tomorrow
night, provided majority OF the members DO
not go 10 see the elephant in John Robinson's
show.
The Mississippi people will enjoy
Thanksgiving day, November 18th. We have
been promised seventeen turkeys and as many
deer.
There will be Theater matinee this
afternoon. Trls is an excellent opportunity
10, see the Too Orphans, in whom the public
take so much interest.
The annual report of toe commits
sioner OF agriculture of the operations of the
department for 1915. just received Is full of in
terest, especially 10 agT1culTuTists.
The trains yesterday morning
see the show. Our country cousins were very
much pleased with the entertainment.
Mrs, Gerkin, who has been blind for
sixty years, ami can't see yet. is giving mu-
sicalSs in Meridian. This talent is superior TO
the blind epic of England.
The ISOO Orphans will he continued
during the week. The sale of seats for the re-
mainder of the week will commence at nine
o'clock this morning at the TheaJer box office.
The very absurd habit OF summon
ing newspaper reporters IS being revived by
blOck-headed lawyers in this city. The first
lnstsnce Is in the case OF Gillian versus Du-
rant.
Bartlett is a furnishing suburban
burg. The people there are hospitable and
have way of making visitors Eat home" that
might be Initiated by other towns that we
wot OF.
Judge J. E r Ray is holding the
Bartlett circuit court with his usual dig nifty.
The Bartlett court is one OF great importance
TO the people Of the northern part of the
county.
The weather just now is all that an
atmospherical epicure might desire. Bright
and glorious sunshine, COOL and bracing air,
with Just enough Of the publication of frost
TO make il exhilarating, greet the outside Pc
destIian.
Granny Bland died in Marshall
county, Tennessee, October %, 1875, aged one
hundred and i've or six years old. she carued
and spun this year about hfty pounds lint
cotton. About three years since she walked
70 Franklin county, Tennessee, on a visit 20
relations.
Robert Jarvis, Radical who ran as
Union county Mississippi. was defeated. We