Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-14
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS,

AVOAA EAA s NkSA Z as.
St. Patriek's day next Friday.
-Harpel's Magazine for april at
Mansford's.
The number az fl-es Ia increasing,
three having occurred since our last.
The police and fire commissioner
viii meet this morning at tan O'Clock.
Maggie Mitchell rs "Jane Eyrs, y
supported by an excellent company, TO.
blight.
"A grand hop and opsrptic perform.
ance by the German Casino, at Cochran
hall, Thursday night. 3d..
The colored organizations Of Poll.
Bearers paraded the streets headed by
martial bands last night.
John p. Grace, who Is charged with
having killed man in Pinch about two
years sgc, will be tried to-day.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, In the shspe
OF hoary frost, will greet the eye of the
matu;insl cocktail seeker, fhis morning.
The "BeautIfnl snow" was quite a
surprise Sunday morning. That, with
wind aud rain, made IL very disagree
able day.
Recorder Duff disposed Of some in
teresting State cases yesterday morning,
particulars to be found ia another
column. Pa
There was little done in the criminal
court yesterday save 20 impsnueI jury
| for the trial of L. Il. and "A. r Poue.
charged with assault and battery with
intent to kill.
Ed Wells. a well-known sporting
man, and one having large circle OF
| friends and acqusintsncss 10 tflis,city,
died at eleven O'clock Sunday night at
bis residence on Robson street. He
will be buried at Elmwood cemetery at
ten O'CLOCK this morning.
"A meeting Of merchants, bankers,
and Others interested, will be held at the
cotton exchange at four o'clock this
evening, TO Consult as to the course to be
pursued in reference to the mRnfamus
NicolsOa pavement tax as levied upon
capital invested in bu iness.
The knights OF IBnisf4iI will give
taeir third annual hop at Cochran hall
on Friday night next, the seventeenth
instant. The different committees are
hard at WORK making extensive prepara-
lions for the entertainment, which
promises to be one of the erioysble
affairs Of the season,
The next grand drawing of the Row.
al Havana lottery will take place on the
twenty fourth Of April. The capital
prise is Sl,0O0,000; second, $500, OOO; |
third, 800 600. Only 1900 tickets. Eight |
hundred and seveuty-one prizea, |
amounting to So, 100000. This lottery |
has been ia existence fOe nearly one |
hundred years, and has always sustain |
ed the reputation OF stair dealing.u For
further Information addrsts Manuel |
OTaDtia, 1853 Common street, New Or
leans.
The following named noted trotters.
which arrived on the steamer James |
Howard on Sunday night are uuartered I
at Hall d Co.'s stables, Union street.
Messrs. Bryde, Brown, Hughes, Porter
and Crawford are in charge Of these
noted trottets, and the prospects are that
we will have one day Of exciting racing
this week. Among them is Barne ? ISels
ly, 2i2e; Annie Collins, 2:25; Kate
Campbell, i2:254, :snd General Hood,
2:3l. An effort is being made among
the lovers of the turf to have a. grand
tTot this week.
DIR. w. F. Southern. a well known
dentist, and who has been a resident of
TITS city since the close Of the war, was
found dead In his bed, at his rooms. on
the corner OF Main and Union streets,
Sunday morning. He was shout sixty.
five years Of age, and had been in bad
health for some time, but his most intk
mate fieBds had not the remotest idea,
up to Saturday night, that his dissolu-
ton wss so near at hand CoI0ner Spell.
man held An inquest during the day
Sunday, and the jury returned q YER
dict OF "death from heart disease,D this |
being the opinion Of his attendant ply
sicisns as to the GAUGE OF bis sudden |
death. He had no rsIstives il the CITY.
but had large circle Of zrierds, towhom !
his death was quite g Sad surprise.
in our report Of The lightning stroke
happening on the corner of Bsale and
Shelby streets Saturday night, by which
Captain Shades house was considerably
torn up, etc, we stated that no ore was
il jured. We have since learned that
two persOIs were eeTiously stunned by
the stroke, and for time their lives
were de5pairei Of. They, however, have
since recovered. The fact OF the house
having tin roof and 10 lightning.rod
protectors should admonish our citizens
that they may avoid a similar oceur.
renee by going forthwith to Messers. A.
Q. I,obdelI Co., az No. 579 Main street
q Memphis msruiaetory OF pure COZ
per tubular lightninZ-rods, and said TO
be the most improved and best known
lightning projectors, and having their
houses made proof against lightning.
Don't suffer yGuTseii TO become victims
o the fallacy that tin roofs need 10
'ther protection. Tie firm alluded TO
ire backed up by tie best Of references
It home and abroad.
AT meeting If the school board.
leld last evening", Superintendent PICK.
tt reported q manifest Increase OF ip-
erect In the schools during the past =
month. The influence CT the teachers :
and the work for the expo .
lion have tended to an iucreage OF ex- !
rtioD AID usefulness of the schools. .
here Is still an advance In attendance. :
he total number ia ali the schools re- 7
orted as belonging to the rolIs for :
iarch being tbree thousand and :
orty-nine. In order to comply with J,
he arrangements of the State | =
Iperintendent and State committee ON y
EDUCATIONAL products for the Centennial :.
Zposition, q special examination has g
sen held, the results Of which are now -
sfore you. He requests full and care =, -
I examination by the members Of the "
1ard. He is persuaded that there ia
Ithing in the best Of these results
at may not Re attainet by a r
~ large majority OF the pupils under 70
that might be within 20
ach. The tRient IN pupils for such re-.